BOARD01721

• Board Meeting Date: 11/22/1999
• Description: Federal Issues - Warren Act
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Familv Farm AlIianee proposed chan!!es to Warren Act and other related acts
June 25, 1999

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Amend 43 U.S.c. ~ 521 as follows:

(A) DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, AND SECTIONS 523 THROUGH
526 OF THIS TiTlE:

(1) THE TERM "DIVISION OF A PROJECT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS THAT
TERM IS DEFINED IN THE REClAMATION PROJECT ACT OF 1939 SECTION
2(H), 43 U.S.C. 485A(H). .

(2) THE TERM "DISTRICT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS THAT TERM IS
DEFINED IN THE REClAMATION REFORM ACT OF 1982 SECTION 202(2), 43
U.S.c. 390BB(2).

(3) THE TERMS "FEDERAL REClAMATION lAWS" AND "REClAMATION
lAWS" SHALL BE DEFINED AS "FEDERAL REClAMATION lAWS" IS DEFINED
IN THE REClAMATION PROJECT ACT OF 1939 SECTION 2(A), 43 U.S.C.
485A(A).

(4) THE TERM "OPERATING ORGANIZATION" SHALL MEAN AN
ORGANIZATION OR ORGANIZATIONS, AS DEFINED IN THIS ACT, THAT
ASSUMES OPERATION AND/OR MAINTENANCE, OF WORKS CONSTRUCTED
TO FURNISH OR DISTRIBUTE A WATER SUPPLY, PURSUANT TO A
CONTRACT ENTERED INTO WITH THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE FEDERAL REClAMATION lAWS, AS DEFINED IN THIS ACT.

(5) THE TERM "ORGANIZATION" SHALL BE DEFINED AS THAT TERM IS
DEFINED IN THE REClAMATION PROJECT ACT OF 1939 SECTION 2(G), 43
U.S.c. 485A(G).

(6) THE TERM "PROJECT" SHALL BE DEFINED AS THAT TERM IS
DEFINED IN THE REClAMATION PROJECT ACT OF 1939 SECTION 2(C), 43
U.S.c. 485A(C).

(7) THE TERM "REPAYMENT ORGANIZATION" SHALL MEAN AN
ORGANIZATION OR ORGANIZATIONS, AS DEFINED IN THIS ACT, THAT HAS
ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION CHARGES, EITHER IN FULL OR IN PART, TO THE UNITED