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603 cations to flood control are authorized under the 1939 legisla- tion, just as in the case of navigation. But Reclamation Law includes no provisions for local contributions like those set out above. Irrigation.-The evolution of the law respecting repayment for benefits received by irrigation water users is marked by consideration of ability to repay. The 1902 Act required that they repay the "estimated cost of construction," without distinction as to the project purposes served.585 Correspondingly, revenues derived from project operations were covered into the Reclamation Fund.588 Note- worthy, too, is the fact that the original 10-year repayment period was extended from time to time until today, the law now providing for a period not to exceed 40 years, exclusive of a maximum 10-year development period.587 Another shift in the law respecting the irrigation repayment obligation should be noted. Originally, that obligation rested with the individual water user.588 This was replaced in 1926 by a mandatory requirement for repayment contracts with irigation districts.589 Under the 1939 Reclamation Project Act, repayment contracts must be made with an organization "satis- factory in form and powers to the Secretary."590 The 1939 Act includes a number of provisions important with respect to the irrigation water-users' repayment obliga- tion. In the first place, its allocation provisions and pricing provisions are so constructed that allocations to irrigation but beyond the water-users' ability to repay are assigned for return from revenues from power, or from the furnishing of water for municipal water supply or miscellaneous purposes.591 Under these provisions, the irrigation water-users' obligation is then 588 Act of June 17, 1902, § 4, 32 Stat. 388, 389, 43 U. S. C. 419, 461. 686 See supra, p. 203. 687 Act of June 17,1902, § 4, 32 Stat. 388, 389; Act of August 4,1939, § 9(d), 53 Stat. 1187, 1195, 43 U. S. O. 485h(d). See also supra, pp. 207-208. 588 Act of June 17, 1902, § 5, 32 Stat. 388, 389, 43 U. S. C. 381, 392, 431. 688 Act of May 25,1926, § 46, 44 Stat. 636, 649, 43 U. S. O. 423e. 690 Act of August 4, 1939, § 9(d), 53 Stat. 1187, 1195, 43 U. S. C. 485h(d). 581 § 9, 53 Stat. 1194, 43 U. S. O. 485h. See H. Doc. No. 172, 79th Cong., 1st sess., p. 6 (1945).

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