43 U.S.C. § 1598 : US Code - Section 1598: Achieving project objectives

Search 43 U.S.C. § 1598 : US Code - Section 1598: Achieving project objectives

(a) Modification of projects
The Secretary is authorized to provide for modifications of the
projects authorized by this subchapter as determined to be
appropriate for purposes of meeting the objective of this
subchapter. No funds for any such modification shall be expended
until the expiration of sixty days after the proposed modification
has been submitted to appropriate committees of the Congress,
except that funds may be expended prior to the expiration of such
sixty days in any case in which the Congress approves an earlier
date by concurrent resolution. The Governors of the Colorado River
Basin States shall be notified of these changes.
(b) Contract authority; authorization of appropriations
The Secretary is hereby authorized to enter into contracts that
he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter,
in advance of the appropriation of funds therefor. There is hereby
authorized to be appropriated the sum of $125,100,000 for the
construction of the works and for other purposes authorized in
section 1592(a) or (b) of this title, based on April 1973 prices,
plus or minus such amounts as may be justified by reason of
ordinary fluctuations in costs involved therein, and such sums as
may be required to operate and maintain such works. The funds
authorized to be appropriated by this section may be used for
construction of any or all of the works or portions thereof and for
other purposes authorized in subsection (a) of this section,
including measures as provided for in subsection (b) of section
1592 of this title. There is further authorized to be appropriated
such sums as may be necessary to pay condemnation awards in excess
of appraised values and to cover costs required in connection with
the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition
Policies Act of 1970 [42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.].
(c) Implementation of basinwide salinity control program
In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under
subsection (b) of this section, there are authorized to be
appropriated $175,000,000 for section 1592(a) of this title,
including constructing the works described in paragraph (6) of
section 1592(a) of this title and carrying out the measures
described in such paragraph. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this
section, the Secretary may implement the program under section
1592(a)(6) of this title only to the extent and in such amounts as
are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.