§ 617 Colorado River Basin; protection and development; dam, reservoir, and incidental works; water, water power, and electrical energy; eminent domain
§ 617a “Colorado River Dam Fund”
§ 617b Authorization of appropriations
§ 617c Condition precedent to taking effect of provisions
§ 617d Contracts for storage and use of waters for irrigation and domestic purposes; generation and sale of electrical energy
§ 617e Uses to be made of dam and reservoir; title in whom; leases, regulations; limitation on authority
§ 617f Canals and appurtenant structures; transfer of title; power development
§ 617g Colorado River compact as controlling authority in construction and maintenance of dam, reservoir, canals, and other works
§ 617h Lands capable of irrigation and reclamation by irrigation works; public entry; preferences
§ 617i Modification of existing compact relating to Laguna Dam
§ 617k Definitions
§ 617l Colorado River compact approval
§ 617m Reclamation law applicable
§ 617n Projects for irrigation, generation of electric power, and other purposes; investigations and reports
§ 617o Officials of ratifying States; authority to act in advisory capacity; access to records
§ 617p Claims of United States; priority
§ 617q Effect on authority of States to control waters within own borders
§ 617r Consent given States to negotiate supplemental compacts for development of Colorado River
§ 617s Recognition of rights of Mexico to Colorado River waters
§ 617t Short title
§ 617u Lease of reserved lands in Boulder City, Nevada; disposition of revenues
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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 43 > Chapter 12A > Subchapter I - Boulder Canyon Project Act

  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • political subdivisions: as used in this subchapter shall be understood to include any State, irrigation or other district, municipality, or other governmental organization. See 43 USC 617k
  • Reclamation law: as used in this subchapter shall be understood to mean that certain Act of Congress of the United States approved June 17, 1902, and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. See 43 USC 617k
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7