An Act to defer certain operation and maintenance charges of the Eden Valley Irrigation and Drainage District
PL 88-291 (S.1299), enacted 03/26/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-291-MAR. 26, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
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Approved March 26, 1964. 
March 26, 19 64 
[S. 1299] 
Public Law 88-291 
AN ACT 
To defer certain operation and maintenance charges of the Eden Valley Irrigation 
and Drainage District. 
Eden Valley 
Irrigation and 
Drainage Dis-
trict, Wyoming. 
Availability of 
appropri at ions. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized and directed to defer, without interest, 
the collection of irrigation operation and maintenance charges due for 
the last one-half of calendar year 1964 as shown in the May 17, 1963, 
notices of 1964 water charges to the Eden Valley Irrigation and Drain-
age District: Provided^ That the Secretary and the district enter into 
a contract prior to June 1,1964, for the payment by the district of such 
deferred charges during the sixty-year repayment period provided 
by the repayment contract of June 8, 1950, with said district: Pro-
vided further^ That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
defer all or any part of operation and maintenance charges due for the 
first one-half of calendar year 1965, as will be announced in a notice 
to be issued the district pursuant to article 8 of the repayment contract 
herein referred to, to the extent that he determines by June 1, 1964, 
that the water supply for 1964 is inadequate to meet project needs, 
such deferment without interest, to be contingent upon the Secretary 
and the district entering into a contract prior to December 1,1964, for 
the payment by the district of such deferred charges over the repay-
ment period provided by the repayment contract herein referred to. 
Appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for carrying on the func-
tions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for operation 
and maintenance of the Eden project to the extent that funds for 
operation and maintenance are deferred hereunder and therefore are 
not advanced by the Eden Valley Irrigation and Drainage District. 
Approved March 26, 1964.