43 U.S.C. § 422a — Declaration of purpose

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This law encourages states and local groups to help develop federal reclamation projects. It focuses on fixing up and improving existing projects to save water and energy and protect water quality. It also lets the federal government help non-federal groups build similar projects in seventeen western states.

This section states the purpose of this subchapter. The goal is to get states and local organizations more involved in building projects under the federal reclamation laws. The focus is on rehabilitating and improving existing projects. This helps conserve water and energy, protect the environment, and control water quality. The subchapter also lets the federal government give financial assistance. This assistance helps non-federal organizations build similar projects in the seventeen western states covered by the reclamation laws.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The purpose of this subchapter is to encourage State and local participation in the development of projects under the Federal reclamation laws, with emphasis on rehabilitation and betterment of existing projects for purposes of significant conservation of water, energy and the environment and for purpose of water quality control, and to provide for Federal assistance in the development of similar projects in the seventeen western reclamation States by non-Federal organizations.

Source credit: (Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 972, § 1, 70 Stat. 1044; Pub. L. 99–546, title III, § 302, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3053.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 972 · 70 Stat. 1044
1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-546 · 100 Stat. 3053

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 972 on 1956-08-06.

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