Hoover Dam Miscellaneous Sales Act
PL 106-461 (S.1275), enacted 11/07/2000

PUBLIC LAW 106-461—NOV. 7, 2000 
114 STAT. 1989 
Public Law 106-461 
106th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to produce and sell products and to 
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sell publications relating to the Hoover Dam, and to deposit revenues generated 
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from the sales into the Colorado River Dam fund. 
[S. 1275] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORTTITLE. 
S S A C ? " " 
This Act may be cited as the "Hoover Dam Miscellaneous ^^ ^SC 619 note. 
Sales Act". 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
43 USC 619 note. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the sale and distribution of general pubHc information 
about the use of public land and water areas for recreation, 
fish, wildlife, and other purposes serve significant public bene-
fits; 
(2) publications and other materials educate the public 
and provide general information about Bureau of Reclamation 
programs and projects; 
(3) in 1997, more than 1,000,000 visitors, including 300,000 
from foreign countries, toured the Hoover Dam; 
(4) hundreds of thousands of additional visitors stopped 
to view the dam; 
(5) visitors often ask to purchase maps, publications, and 
other items to enhance their experience or serve educational 
purposes; 
(6) in many cases the Bureau of Reclamation is the sole 
source of those items; 
(7) the Bureau is in a unique position to fulfill public 
requests for those items; and 
(8) as a public agency, the Bureau should be responsive 
to the public by having appropriate items available for sale. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
43 USC 619 note. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to offer for 
sale to members of the public that visit the Hoover Dam Visitor 
Center educational materials and memorabilia; and 
(2) to use revenue from those sales to repay the costs 
relating to construction of the Hoover Dam Visitor Center. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT SALES. 
43 USC 619 note. 
With respect to the Hoover Dam, the Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, may— 
(1) conduct sales o
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114 STAT. 1990 
PUBLIC LAW 106-461—NOV. 7, 2000 
(A) materials generated by the Bureau of Reclamation 
such as posters, maps, brochures, photographs, and similar 
publications, videotapes, and computer information discs 
that are related to programs or projects of the Bureau; 
and 
(B) memorabilia and other commemorative items that 
depict programs or projects of the Bureau; 
(2) convert unneeded property or scrap material into 
Bureau memorabilia for sale purposes; and 
(3) enter into agreements with nonprofit organizations, 
other Federal agencies. State and local governments, and 
commercial entities for— 
(A) the production or sale of items described in para-
graphs (1) and (2); and 
(B) the sale of publications described in paragraph 
(1). 
43 u s e 619 note. 
SEC. 5. COSTS AND REVENUES. 
(a) COSTS.—All costs incurred by the Bureau of Reclamation 
under this Act shall be paid from the Colorado River Dam fund 
estabhshed by section 2 of the Act of December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 
617a). 
(b) REVENUES.— 
(1) USE FOR REPAYMENT OF SALES COSTS.—All revenues 
collected by the Bureau of Reclamation under this Act shall 
be credited to the Colorado River Dam fund to remain available, 
without further Act of appropriation, to pay costs associated 
with the production and sale of items in accordance with section 
4. 
(2) USE FOR REPAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS.—All reve-
nues collected by the Bureau of Reclamation under this Act 
that are not needed to pay costs described in paragraph (1) 
shall be transferred annually to the general fund of the 
Treasury in repayment of costs relating to construction of the 
Hoover Dam Visitor Center. 
Approved November 7, 2000. 
L E G I S L A T I V E H I S T O R Y — S . 
1275: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-808 (Comm. on Resources). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-195 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 145 (1999): Nov. 19, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 146 (2000): Oct. 23, considered and passed House.