§ 3874. Information services.

The Secretary is directed to collect, evaluate, publish, and disseminate information and materials relating to research and programs and projects conducted under this chapter, and other matters relating to prevention or treatment of delinquency or provision of rehabilitative services for delinquent youths and youths who are in danger of becoming delinquent, such information and materials to be for the general public and for agencies, organizations, and personnel engaged in programs concerning youths who are delinquent or in danger of becoming delinquent. (Pub. L. 90-445, title III, § 304, July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 471.)

Subchapter IV.-Administration

§ 3881. Payment procedure.

Payments of any grant or under any contract under this chapter may be made (after necessary adjustment on account of previously made overpayments or underpayments) in installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be determined by the Secretary, and shall be made on such conditions as he finds necessary to carry out the purposes for which the grant or contract is made. (Pub. L. 90-445, title IV, § 401, July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 471.)

§ 3882. Authorization of appropriations.

There are authorized to be appropriated for grants and contracts under this chapter, to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971. (Pub. L. 90-445, title IV, § 402, July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 471.)

§ 3883. Amounts available to each State.

(a) The total of the grants made under subchapter I of this chapter for any fiscal year with respect to activities in any one State may not exceed 15 per centum of the total of the funds available for such grants under such subchapter for such fiscal year.

(b) Of the funds available for grants under subchapter I of this chapter for any fiscal year

(1) $25,000 each shall be reserved for the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and

(2) $100,000 shall be reserved for each other State;

except that, if the Secretary determines, on the basis of the information available to him on the last day of the ninth month of any fiscal year, that any portion of such $25,000 or $100,000 for any State will not be required for such grants under subchapter I of this chapter for such year with respect to activities in any other State (in the case of which such a determination has not been made). (Pub. L. 90-445, title IV, § 403, July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 471.)

§ 3884. Evaluation.

(a) The Secretary shall provide for the continuing evaluation of the programs, projects, and other activities under this chapter, including their effectiveness in achieving stated goals and their relationship to and impact on related Federal, State, and local activities. This evaluation shall include comparisons with proper control groups composed of persons who have not participated in programs under this chapter. The results of such evaluations shall be included in the report required by section 3888 of this title.

(b) In addition to funds otherwise available for evaluation, such portion of any appropriation under section 3882 of this title as the Secretary may determine, but not exceeding 1 per centum thereof, shall be available for evaluation by the Secretary (directly or by grants or contracts) of the activities for which such appropriation is made. (Pub. L. 90-445, title IV, § 404, July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 472.)

§ 3885. Judicial review.

In the case of action taken by the Secretary terminating or refusing to continue financial assistance to a grantee, such grantee may obtain judicial review of such action in accordance with chapter 7 of Title 5. (Pub. L. 90-445, title IV, § 405, July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 472.)

§ 3886. Joint funding.

Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President, where funds are advanced for a single project by more than one Federal agency to an agency or organization assisted under this chapter, any one Federal agency may be designated to act for all in administering the funds advanced. In such cases, a single non-Federal share requirement may be established according to the proportion of funds advanced by each Federal agency, and any such agency may waive any technical grant or contract requirement (as defined by such regulations) which is inconsistent with the similar requirements of the administering agency or which the administering agency does not impose. (Pub. L. 90-445, title IV, § 406, July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 472.)

§ 3887. Coordination.

To avoid duplication of efforts, it shall be the responsibility of the Secretary to consult and coordinate with the Attorney General and such other Federal officers as are charged with responsibilities in the area of combating juvenile delinquency or crime in general. (Pub. L. 90-445, title IV, § 407, July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 472.)

§ 3888. Annual report to Congress.

Not later than one hundred and twenty days after the close of each fiscal year, the Secretary, with the appropriate assistance and concurrence of the heads of other Federal agencies who are consulted and whose activities are coordinated under section 3887 of this title, shall prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress a full and complete report on all Federal activities in the fields of juvenile delinquency, youth development, and related fields. Such report shall include, but not be limited to

(1) planning, program, and project activities conducted under this chapter;

(2) the nature and results of model programs and technical assistance conducted under subchapter III of this chapter;

(3) the number and types of training projects, number of persons trained and in training, and job placement and other follow-up information on trainees and former trainees assisted under subchapter II of this chapter; and

(4) steps taken and mechanisms and methods used to coordinate and avoid duplication of Federal activities in the fields of juvenile delinquency, youth development, and related fields and the effectiveness of such steps, mechanisms, and methods.

(Pub. L. 90-445, title IV, § 408, July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 472.)

§ 3889. Advisory committees.

(a) The Secretary is authorized to appoint an advisory committee to advise him with respect to matters of general policy involved in the administration of this chapter, and particularly with respect to the coordination of activities under this chapter and related activities under other Federal, State, or local laws and on such other matters relating to this chapter as the Secretary may request.

(b) (1) The Secretary is also authorized to appoint such other technical or advisory committees to advise him in connection with activities under this chapter as he deems necessary.

(2) Members of any committee appointed under this section who are not otherwise in the regular full-time employ of the United States, while attending meetings of their respective committees, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per diem (or, if higher, the rate specified at the time of such service for grade GS-18 in Table 5, section 5332), including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (section 5703 of Title 5) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. (Pub. L. 90-445, title IV, § 409, July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 473.)

§ 3890. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter

(1) The term "State" includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

(2) The term "State agency" means the State agency designated in a State's comprehensive juvenile delinquency plan.

(3) The term "public agency" means a duly elected political body or a subdivision thereof and shall not be construed to include the Office of Economic Opportunity. Such term includes an Indian tribe. In the case of a grant under part A of subchapter I of this chapter or section 3842 of this title, if the Secretary is satisfied that an Indian tribe does not have sufficient funds available to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of any planning, project, or program, he may increase the Federal share of the cost thereof payable under this chapter to the extent necessary, notwithstanding the maximum otherwise imposed by this chapter on the portion of such cost which may be so payable.

(4) The term "nonprofit private agency or organization" means any accredited institution of higher education and any other agency, organization, or institution which is owned and operated by one or more nonprofit corporations or organizations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, but only if such agency, organization, or institution was in existence at least two years before the date of an application under this chapter. Such term shall not be construed to include the Office of Economic Opportunity. Participation by the Office of Economic Opportunity is expressly prohibited in administering this chapter.

(5) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

(Pub. L. 90-445, title IV, § 410, July 31, 1968, 82 Stat. 473.)

CHAPTER 12.-RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Construction of Small Projects

$ 422a. Declaration of purpose.

The purpose of sections 422a to 422k of this title is to encourage State and local participation in the development of projects under the Federal reclamation laws and to provide for Federal assistance in the development of similar projects in the seventeen western reclamation States by nonFederal organizations. (Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 972, § 1, 70 Stat. 1044.)

$ 422b. Definitions.

As used in sections 422a to 422k of this title(a) The term "construction" shall include rehabilitation and betterment.

(b) The term "Federal reclamation laws" shall mean the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.

(c) The term "organization" shall mean a State or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof or a conservancy district, irrigation district, water users' association, an agency created by interstate compact, or similar organization which has capacity to contract with the United States under the Federal reclamation laws.

(d) The term “project” shall mean (i) any complete irrigation undertaking, including incidental features thereof, or distinct unit of such an undertaking or a rehabilitation and betterment program for an existing irrigation project, authorized to be constructed pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws and (ii) any similar undertaking proposed to be constructed by an organization. The term "project" shall not include any such undertaking unit, or program the cost of which exceeds $10,000,000, and no loan, grant, or combination thereof for any project shall be in excess of $6,500,000: Provided, That nothing contained in sections 422a to 422k of this title shall preclude the making of more than one loan or grant, or combined loan and grant, to an organization so long as no two such loans or grants or combinations thereof, are for the same project, as herein defined.

(e) The term "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Interior. (Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 972, § 2, 70 Stat. 1044; Sept. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89-553, § 1(1), 80 Stat. 376.)

§ 422c. Proposals; submission; payment for cost of examination.

Any organization desiring to avail itself of the benefits provided in sections 422a to 422k of this title shall submit a proposal there for to the Secretary in such form and manner as he shall prescribe. Each such proposal shall be accompanied by a payment of $1,000 to defray, in part, the cost of examining the proposal. (Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 972, $ 3, 70 Stat. 1044.)

§ 422d. Contents of proposals.

(a) Plans and estimates; review by States; allocation of capital costs.

Any proposal with respect to the construction of a project which has not theretofore been authorized for construction under the Federal reclamation laws shall set forth, among other things, a

plan and estimated cost in detail comparable to those included in preauthorization reports required for a Federal reclamation project; shall have been submitted for review by the States of the drainage basin in which the project is located in like manner as provided in section 701-1(c) of Title 33, except that the review may be limited to the State or States in which the project is located if the proposal is one solely for rehabilitation and betterment of an existing project; and shall include a proposed allocation of capital costs to functions such that costs for facilities used for a single purpose shall be allocated to that purpose and costs for facilities used for more than one purpose shall be so allocated among the purposes served that each purpose will share equitably in the costs of such joint facilities. The costs of means and measures to prevent loss of and damage to fish and wildlife resources shall be considered as project costs and allocated as may be appropriate among project functions.

(b) Lands and water rights; ownership; financing.

Every such proposal shall include a showing that the organization already holds or can acquire all lands and interests in land (except public and other lands and interests in land owned by the United States which are within the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary and subject to disposition by him) and rights, pursuant to applicable State law, to the use of water necessary for the successful construction, operation, and maintenance of the project and that it is ready, able, and willing to finance otherwise than by loan and grant under sections 422a-422k of this title such portion of the cost of the project (which portion shall include all costs of acquiring lands, interests in land, and rights to the use of water), except as provided in section 422(e)(z)(2) of this title as the Secretary shall have advised is proper in the circumstances.

(c) Transmittal of findings and approval to Congress; reservation of land.

At such times as a project is found by the Secretary and the Governor of the State in which it is located (or an appropriate State agency designated by him) to be financially feasible, is determined by the Secretary to constitute a reasonable risk under the provisions of sections 422a to 422k of this title, and is approved by the Secretary, such findings and approval shall be transmitted to the Congress. The Secretary, at the time of submitting the project proposal to Congress or at the time of his determination that the requested project constitutes a reasonable risk under the provisions of sections 422a to 422k of this title, may reserve from use or disposition inimical to the project any lands and interests in land owned by the United States which are within his administrative jurisdiction and subject to disposition by him and which are required for use by the project. Any such reservation shall expire at the end of two years unless the contract provided for in section 422a of this title shall have been executed. (d) Appropriation; nonapplicability.

No appropriation shall be made for financial participation in any such project prior to sixty calendar days (which sixty days, however, shall not include days on which either the House of Representatives or the Senate is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day certain) from the date on which the Secretary's findings and approval are submitted to the Congress and then only if, within said sixty days, neither the House nor the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee disap

proves the project proposal by committee resolution. The provisions of this subsection (d) shall not be applicable to proposals made under section 422f of this title.

(e) Consideration of financial feasibility, emergency, or urgent need; jurisdiction and control of project works and facilities. The Secretary shall give due consideration to financial feasibility emergency, or urgent need for the project, whether the proposal involves furnishing supplemental irrigation water for an existing irrigation project, whether the proposal involves rehabilitation of existing irrigation project works, and whether the proposed project is primarily for irrigation. All project works and facilities constructed under section 422a to 422k of this title shall remain under the jurisdiction and control of the local contracting organization subject to the terms of the repayment contract. (Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 972, § 4, 70 Stat. 1044; June 5, 1957, Pub. L. 85-47, § 1(a), (b), 71 Stat. 48; Sept. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89-553, § 1(2), (3), 80 Stat. 376.)

§ 422e. Contract requirements.

Upon approval of any project proposal by the Secretary under the provisions of section 422d of this title, he may negotiate a contract which shall set out, among other things

(a) the maximum amount of any loan to be made to the organization and the time and method of making the same available to the organization. Said loan shall not exceed the lesser of (1) $6,500,000 or (2) the estimated total cost of the project minus the contribution of the local organization as provided in section 422d(b) of this title and the amount of the grant approved;

(b) the maximum amount of any grant to be accorded the organization. Said grant shall not exceed the sum of the following: (1) the costs of investigations, surveys, and engineering and other services necessary to the preparation of proposals and plans for the project allocable to fish and wildlife enhancement or public recreation; (2) one-half the costs of acquiring lands or interests therein for a reservoir or other area to be operated for fish and wildlife enhancement or public recreation purposes; (3) one-half the costs of basic public outdoor recreation facilities or facilities serving fish and wildlife enhancement purposes exclusively; (4) one-half the costs of construction of joint use facilities properly allocable to fish and wildlife enhancement or public recreation; and (5) that portion of the estimated cost of constructing the project which, if it were constructed as a Federal reclamation project, would be properly allocable to functions, other than recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement, which are nonreimbursable under general provisions of law applicable to such projects;

(c) a plan of repayment by the organization of (1) the sums lent to it in not more than fifty years from the date when the principal benefits of the project first become available; (2) interest, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which the contract is executed, on the basis of the computed average interest rate payable by the Treasury upon its outstanding marketable public obligations, which are neither due nor callable for redemption for fifteen years from date of issue, and by adjusting such average rate to the nearest one-eighth of 1 per centum, on that portion of the loan which is attributable to furnishing irrigation benefits in each particular year to land held in private ownership by any one owner in excess of one hundred and sixty irrigable acres; and (3) in

the case of any project involving an allocation to domestic, industrial, or municipal water supply, or commercial power, interest on the unamortized balance of an appropriate portion of the loan at a rate as determined in (2) above;

(d) provision for operation of the project, if a grant predicated upon its performance of nonreimbursable functions is made, in accordance with regulations with respect thereto prescribed by the head of the Federal department or agency primarily concerned with those functions and, in the event of noncompliance with such regulations, for operation by the United States of the amount of any such grant;

(e) such provisions as the Secretary shall deem necessary or proper to provide assurance of an security for prompt repayment of the loan and interest as aforesaid. The liability of the United States under any contract entered into pursuant to sections 422a to 422k of this title shall be contingent upon the availability of appropriations to carry out the same, and every such contract shall so recite; and

(f) provisions conforming to the preference requirements contained in the proviso to section 485h (c) of this title, if the project produces electric power for sale. (Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 972, § 5, 70 Stat. 1046; June 5, 1957, Pub. L. 85-47, § 1 (c), 71 Stat. 49; Sept. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89-553, § 1(4), 80 Stat. 376.)

§ 422f. Proposals for projects previously authorized; waiver of requirements; approval; negotiation of contract.

Any proposal with respect to the construction of a project which has theretofore been authorized for construction under the Federal reclamation laws shall be made in like manner as a proposal under section 422d of this title, but the Secretary may waive such requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 422d of this title as he finds to be duplicative of, or rendered unnecessary or impossible by, action already taken by the United States. Upon approval of any such proposal by the Secretary he may negotiate and execute a contract which conforms, as nearly as may be, to the provisions of section 422 of this title. (Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 972, § 6, 70 Stat. 1046.)

§ 422g. Information from Federal agencies;

costs.

Upon request of an organization which has made or intends to make a proposal under sections 422a to 422k of this title, the head of any Federal department or agency may make available to the organization any existing engineering, economic, or hydrologic information and printed material that it may have and that will be useful in connection with the planning, design, construction, or operation and maintenance of the project concerned. The reasonable cost of any plans, specifications, and other unpublished material furnished by the Secretary pursuant to this section and the cost of making and administering any loan under sections 422a to 422k of this title shall, to the extent that they would not be nonreimbursable in the case of a project, constructed under the Federal reclamation laws, be treated as a loan and covered in the provisions of the contract entered into under section 422e of this title unless they are otherwise paid for by the organization. (Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 972, § 7, 70 Stat. 1047.)

§ 4221. Rules and regulations.

The Secretary is authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as

may be necessary or proper in carrying out the provisions of sections 422a to 422k of this title. (Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 972, § 9, 70 Stat. 1047.)

§ 422j. Appropriations; notice to Congress of receipt of proposal; funds to initiate proposal; availability of appropriations; reimbursement.

There are authorized to be appropriated, such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $200,000,000, to carry out the provisions of sections 422a to 422k of this title: Provided, That the Secretary shall advise the Congress promptly on the receipt of each proposal referred to in section 422b of this title, and no contract shall become effective until appropriated funds are available to initiate the specific proposal covered by each contract. All such appropriations shall remain available until expended and shall, insofar as they are used to finance loans made under sections 422a to 422k of this title, be reimbursable in the manner hereinabove provided. (Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 972, § 10, 70 Stat. 1047; Sept. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89-553, § 1(6), 80 Stat. 377.)

§ 422k. Supplement to Federal reclamation laws; short title.

Sections 422a to 422k of this title shall be a supplement to the Federal reclamation laws and may be cited as the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956. (Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 972, § 11, 70 Stat. 1047.)

Payment of Construction Charges

§ 485. Declaration of policy.

For the purpose of providing for United States reclamation projects a feasible and comprehensive plan for an economical and equitable treatment of repayment problems and for variable payments of construction charges which can be met regularly and fully from year to year during periods of decline in agricultural income and unsatisfactory conditions of agriculture as well as during periods of prosperity and good prices for agricultural products, and which will protect adequately the financial interest of the United States in said projects, obligations to pay construction charges may be revised or undertaken pursuant to the provisions of sections 375a, 387 to 389 and 485 to 485b-1, 485d to 485h, 485i to 485k of this title. (Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, § 1, 53 Stat. 1187.) § 485a. Definitions.

As used in sections 375a, 387 to 389 and 485 to 485b-1, 485d to 485h, 4851 to 485k of this title

(a) The term "Federal reclamation laws" shall mean the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and all acts amendatory thereof supplementary thereto.

(b) The term "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Interior.

(c) The term "project" shall mean any reclamation or irrigation project, including incidental features thereof, authorized by the Federal reclamation laws, or constructed by the United States pursuant to said laws, or in connection with which there is a repayment contract executed by the United States, pursuant to said laws, or any project constructed or operated and maintained by the Secretary through the Bureau of Reclamation for the reclamation of arid lands or other purposes.

(d) The term "construction charges" shall mean the amounts of principal obligations payable to the United States under water-right applications, repayment contracts, orders of the Secretary, or other forms of obligation entered into pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws, excepting amounts payable for water rental or power charges, operation and maintenance and other yearly service charges, and excepting also any other operation and maintenance, interest, or other charges which are not covered into the principal sums of the construction accounts of the Bureau of Reclamation.

(e) The term "repayment contract" shall mean any contract providing for payment of construction charges to the United States.

(f) The term "project contract unit" shall mean a project or any substantial area of a project which is covered or is proposed to be covered by a repayment contract. On any project where two or more repayment contracts in part cover the same area and in part different areas, the area covered by each such repayment contract shall be a separate project contract unit. On any project where there are either two or more repayment contracts on a single project contract unit or two or more project contract units, the repayment contracts or project contract units may be merged by agreements in form satisfactory to the Secretary.

(g) The term “organization" shall mean any conservancy district irrigation district, water users' association, or other organization, which is organized under State law and which has capacity to enter into contracts with the United States pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws.

(h) The term "division of a project" shall mean any part of a project designated as a division by order of the Secretary or any phase or feature of project operations given a separate designation as a division by order of the Secretary for the purposes of orderly and efficient administration.

(i) The term "development unit" shall mean a part of a project which, for purposes of orderly engineering or reclamation development, is designated as a development unit by order of the Secretary.

(j) The term "irrigation block" shall mean an area of arid or semiarid lands in a project in which, in the judgment of the Secretary, the irrigable lands should be reclaimed and put under irrigation at substantially the same time, and which is designated as an irrigation block by order of the Secretary. (Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, § 2, 53 Stat. 1187; Aug. 8, 1958, Pub. L. 85-611, § 3, Stat. 543.)

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§ 485b. Amendment of existing repayment con

tracts.

In connection with any repayment contract or other form of obligation, existing on August 4, 1939, to pay construction charges, providing for repayment on the basis of a definite period, the Secretary is authorized, upon request by the water users involved or their duly authorized representatives for amendment under this section of said contract or other form of obligation, and if in the Secretary's judgment such amendment is both practicable and in keeping with the general purpose of sections 375a, 387 to 389 and 485 to 485d to 485h, 485i to 485k of this title, to amend said contract or other form of obligation so as to provide that the construction charges remaining unaccrued on the date of the amendment, or any later date agreed upon, shall be spread in definite annual installments on the basis of a longer definite period fixed in each case by the Secretary:

Provided, That for any construction charges said longer period shall not exceed forty years, exclusive of 1931 and subsequent years to the extent of moratoria or deferments of construction charges due and payable for such years effected pursuant to Acts of Congress, from the date when the first installment of said construction charges becomes due and payable under the original obligation to pay said construction charges and in no event shall the unexpired part of said longer period exceed double the number of remaining years, as of the date of the amendment made pursuant to sections 375a, 387 to 389 and 485 to 485b-1, 485d to 485 h, 4851 to 485k of this title, in which installments of said construction charges would become due and payable under said existing repayment contract or other form of obligation to pay construction charges. (Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, § 3, 53 Stat. 1188.)

§ 485b-1. Deferment of installments under repayment contracts; determination of undue burden; conditions; supplemental contract; report to Congress.

(a) The authority granted in section 485b of this title for modification of existing repayment contracts or other forms of obligations to pay construction charges shall continue through December 31, 1960.

(b) The Secretary is authorized, subject to the provisions of this subsection to defer the time for the payment of such part of any installments of construction charges under any repayment contract or other form of obligation as he deems necessary to adjust such installments to amounts within the probable ability of the water users to pay. Any such deferment shall be effected only after findings by the Secretary that the installments under consideration probably cannot be paid on their due date without undue burden on the water users, considering the various factors which in the Secretary's judgment bear on the ability of the water users so to pay.

The Secretary may effect the deferments hereunder subject to such conditions and provisions relating to the operation and maintenance of the project involved as he deems to be in the interest of the United States. If, however, any deferments would affect installments to accrue more than twelve months after the action of deferment, they shall be effected only by a formal supplemental contract. Such a contract shall provide by its terms that, it being only an interim solution of the repayment problems dealt with therein, its terms are not, in themselves, to be construed as a criterion of the terms of any amendatory contract that may be negotiated and that any such amendatory contract must be approved by the Congress unless it does not lengthen the repayment period for the project in question beyond that permitted by the laws applicable to that project, involves no reduction in the total amount payable by the water users, and is not in other respects less advantageous to the Government than the existing contract arrangements. The Secretary shall report to the Congress all deferments granted under this subsection. (Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, § 17, 53 Stat. 1198; Apr. 24, 1945, ch. 94, § 3, 59 Stat. 76; Aug. 8, 1958, Pub. L. 85-611, § 3, 72 Stat. 543; Sept. 21, 1959, Pub. L. 86-308, § 1, 73 Stat. 584.)

§ 485d. Time of payments to the United States. The Secretary in his discretion may require, in connection with any contract entered into pursuant to the authority of sections 375a, 387 to 389