An Act to provide adjustments in order to make uniform the estate acquired for the Vega Dam and Reservoir, Collbran project, Colorado, by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to reconvey mineral interests in certain lands
PL 89-579 (H.R.399), enacted 09/16/1966

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STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-579-SEPT. 16, 1966 
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and charges collected relevant to the administration of this Act shall 
be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the 
District of Columbia. 
SEC. 22. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of reve-
nues of the District of Columbia such funds as may be necessary to 
pay the expenses of administering and carrying out the purpose of this 
Act. 
SEC. 23. The Act entitled "An Act to create a board of accountancy 
for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved 
February 17,1923 (42 Stat. 1261), as amended, is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 24. This Act shall take effect ninety days after the date of its 
enactment. 
Approved September 16, 1966. 
Appropriation. 
Repeal. 
D.C. Code 
2-901 to 2-909. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 89-579 
A N A C T 
September 16, 1966 
To provide adjustments in order to make uniform the estate acquired for the 
[H. R. 399] 
Vega Dam and Reservoir, Colibran project, Colorado, by authorizing the 
Secretary of the Interior to reconvey mineral interests in certain lands. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to pro-
vide .adjustments in the interests in land heretofore acquired for the 
Vega Dam and Reservoir, Colibran project, Colorado, and thereby 
make uniform the estate acquired to fulfill necessary real estate 
requirements of the project, the Secretary of the Interior is .authorized 
to reconvey to the former owner thereof any mineral interest, includ-
ing oil and gas, heretofore acquired for said project, whenever the 
Secretary shall determine that the retention of such mineral interest 
is not required for public purposes and he shall have received an 
application for reconveyance as hereinafter provided. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary shall give notice to the former owner of such 
mineral interest of the availability of the interest for reconveyance 
under the provisions of this Act. The former owner shall thereafter 
file an application within ninety days of the date of notice if he desires 
to have the interest reconveyed to him. 
SEC. 3. Any mineral interest reconveyed under this Act shall be 
transferred for an amount determined by the Secretary to be equal 
to the price at which the mineral interest was acquired by the United 
States. 
SEC. 4. As used in this Act the term "former owner" means the 
person from whom any mineral interest was acquired by the United 
States or, if such person is deceased, his spouse; or if such spouse is 
deceased, his children or heirs at law. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior may delegate any authority 
conferred upon him by this Act to any officer or employee of the 
Department of the Interior. 
Such officer or employee Fhall exer-
cise the authority so delegated under regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary. 
Approved September 16, 1966. 
Vega Dam and 
Reservoir, Colo. 
Mineral inter-
ests, reconvey-
ance. 
'Former owner.'