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43 U.S.C. § 503 — “Unusual or emergency conditions” defined

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This section defines 'unusual or emergency conditions,' the term used in section 502 to decide when emergency reclamation funds can be spent. It covers things like canal or generator failures, damaged power lines, natural disasters, epidemics, strikes, and freight embargoes that interrupt water or power service.

As used in section 502 of this title, the term "unusual or emergency conditions" means: canal bank failures; generator failures; damage to transmission lines; other physical failures or damage; acts of God or of the public enemy; fires; floods; drought; epidemics; strikes; or freight embargoes — or any condition causing, or threatening to cause, an interruption in water or power service.
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The term “unusual or emergency conditions”, as used in section 502 of this title, shall be construed to mean canal bank failures, generator failures, damage to transmission lines; or other physical failures or damage, or acts of God, or of the public enemy, fires, floods, drought, epidemics, strikes, or freight embargoes, or conditions, causing or threatening to cause interruption in water or power service.

Source credit: (June 26, 1948, ch. 676, § 2, 62 Stat. 1052.)

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  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 26, 1948, ch. 676 · 62 Stat. 1052

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 676 on 1948-06-26.

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