802 



be notified of these changes. 



fb) The Secretary is herebv authorized to enter 

 into contracts that he deems necessary to carry 

 out the provisions of this subchapter, in advance of 

 the aonronription of funds therefor. There is hereby 

 aitthoriTied to be appropriated the sum of $125,100,- 

 000 for the construction of the works and for other 

 purposes authorized in section 1592 of this title, 

 based on April 197S prices, plus or minus such 

 amounts as may be iustified by reason of ordinary 

 fluctuations In costs involved therein, and such 

 sums as mav be required to operate and maintain 

 such works. There Is further authorized to be ap- 

 propriated such sums as may be necessary to pay 

 condemnation awards in excess of appraised values 



and to cover costs required in connection with the 

 Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real ProF>erty 

 Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. (Pub. L. 93-320, title 

 n, § 208, June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 274.) 



§ 1599. Definitions. 

 As used in this subchapter — 



(a) all terms that are defined In the Colorado 

 River Compact shall have the meanings therein 

 defined; 



(b) "Colorado River Basin States" means the 

 States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, 

 New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. 



(Pub. L. 93-320. title U, § 209, June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 

 275.) 



6. Conservation Facilities at Water Resource Projects of the Corps 



of Engineers 



16 U.S.C. 460d 



§460d. Construction and operation of public parks and 

 recreational facilities in water resource develop- 

 ment projects; lease of lands; preference for use; 

 limitations; disposition of receipts. 



The Chief of Engineers, under the supervision of 

 the Secretary of the Army, is authorized to con- 

 struct, maintain, and operate public park and recre- 

 ational facilities at water resource development proj- 

 ects under the control of the Department of the 

 Army, to permit the construction of such facilities by 

 local interests (particularly those to be operated and 

 maintained by such interests) , and to permit the 

 maintenance and operation of such facilities by local 

 interests. The Secretary of the Army is also au- 

 thorized to grant leases of lands, including struc- 

 tures or facilities thereon, at water resource develop- 

 ment projects for such periods, and upon such terms 

 and for such purposes as he may deem reasonable 

 in the public interest: Provided, That leases to non- 

 profit organizations for park or recreational purposes 

 may be granted at reduced or nominal considerations 

 in recognition of the public service to be rendered 

 in utilizing the leased premises: Provided further, 

 That preference shall be given to Federal, State, or 

 local governmental agencies, and licenses or leases 

 where appropriate, may be granted without monetary 

 considerations, to such agencies for the use of all 

 or any portion of a project area for any public pur- 

 pose, when the Secretary of the Army determines 

 such action to be in the public interest, and for such 

 periods of time and upwn such conditions as he may 

 find advisable: And provided further, That in any 

 such lease or license to a Federal, State, or local gov- 

 ernmental agency which involves lands to be utilized 

 for the development and conservation of fish and 

 wildlife, forests, and other natural resources, the 

 licensee or lessee may be authorized to cut timber 

 and harvest crops as may be necessary to further 

 such beneficial uses and to collect and utilize the 

 proceeds of any sales of timber and crops in the de- 



velopment, conservation, maintenance, and utiliza- 

 tion of such lands. Any balance of proceeds not so 

 utilized shall be paid to the United States at such 

 time or times as the Secretary of the Army may 

 determine appropriate. The water areas of all such 

 projects shall be open to public use generally for 

 boating, swimming, bathing, fishing, and other rec- 

 reational purposes, and ready access to and exit from 

 such areas along the shores of such projects shall be 

 maintained for general public use, when such use 

 is determined by the Secretary of the Army not to 

 be contrary to the public interest, all under such 

 rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Army 

 may deem necessary, including but not limited to 

 prohibitions of dumping and unauthorized disposal 

 in any manner of refuse, garbage, rubbish, trash, 

 debris, or litter of any kind at such water resource 

 development projects, either into the waters of such 

 projects or onto any land federally owned and ad- 

 ministered by the Chief of Engineers. Any violation 

 of such rules and regulations shall be punished by 

 a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not 

 more than six months, or both. Any persons charged 

 with the violation of such rules and regulations may 

 be tried and sentenced in accordance with the pro- 

 visions of section 3401 of Title 18. All persons desig- 

 nated by the Chief of Engineers for that purpose 

 shall have the authority to issue a citation for viola- 

 tion of the regulations adopted by the Secretary of 

 the Army, requiring the appearance of any person 

 charged with violation to appear before the United 

 States magistrate, within whose jurisdiction the 

 water resource development project is located, for 

 trial ; and upon sworn information of any competent 

 person any United States magistrate in the proper 

 jurisdiction shall issue process for the arrest of any 

 person charged with the violation of said regula- 

 tions; but nothing herein contained shall be con- 

 strued as preventing the arrest by any oflBcer of the 

 United States, without process of any person taken 

 in the act of violating said regulations. No use of any 



