43 U.S. Code § 422a - Declaration of purpose
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.
The Federal reclamation laws, referred to in text, are defined in section 422b of this title.
1986—Pub. L. 99–546 inserted “, 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,” after “laws”.
Pub. L. 99–546, title III, § 310, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3055, provided that:
Act Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 972, § 12, 70 Stat. 1047, provided that:
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