An Act to amend the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956, as amended
PL 92-167 (S.1026), enacted 11/24/1971

November 24, 1971 
[S.1026] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-167-NOV. 24, 1971 
Public Law 92-167 
[85 STAT. 
AN A C T 
To amend the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956, as amended. 
Small Reclama-
tion Projects Act 
of 1956, amend-
mentSvi 
43 u s e 422k. 
"Project . " 
80 Stat. 376. 
43 u s e 422b. 
Limitation. 
Project pro-
posals, 
70 Stat. 1045; 
71 Stat. 49. 
43 u s e 422d. 
Loans and 
grants, 
80 Stat. 376. 
43 u s e 422e. 
43 u s e 422j. 
Loan repayment, 
deferment. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rejjresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That the Small 
Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 1044), as amended, is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Subsection (d) of section 2 of such Act is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(d) The term 'project' shall mean (i) any complete irrigation 
project, or (ii) any multiple-purpose water resource project that is 
authorized or is eligible for authorization under the Federal reclama-
tion laws, or (iii) any distinct unit of a project described in clauses 
(i) and (ii), or (iv) any project for the drainage of irrigated lands, 
without regard to whether such lands are irrigated with water supplies 
developed pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws, or (v) any proj-
ect for the rehabilitation and betterment of a project or distinct unit 
described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) : Provided^ That the 
estimated total cost of the project described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), 
(iv), or (v) does not exceed $15,000,000. Nothing contained in this 
Act shall preclude the making of more than one loan or grant, or com-
bined loan or grant, to an organization so long as no two such loans 
or grants, or combinations thereof, are for the same project, as herein 
defined.". 
(2) The first sentence of section 4(e) of such Act is amended by 
deleting ", whether the proposal involves furnishing supplemental 
irrigation water for an existing irrigation project, w^iether the pro-
posal involves rehabilitation of existing irrigation project w'orks, and 
whether the proposed project is primarily for irrigation". 
(3) Paragraph (a) of section 5 of such Act is amended by deleting 
"$6,500,000 or" and inserting in lieu thereof "$10,000,000 or". 
(4) Section 5(b)(2) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(2) one-half the costs of acquiring lands or interests therein to serve 
exclusively the purposes of fish and wildlife enhancement or public 
recreation, plus the costs of acquiring joint use lands and interests 
therein properly allocable to fish and w^ildlife enhancement and public 
recreation;". 
(5) At the end of subsection 5(b)(5). delete the word "projects" 
and the semicolon, and add the following: "projects: Provided^ That 
the cost of constructing the project as used in this subsection shall be 
exclusive of the cost of lands and interests in land;". 
(6) Subsection 5(c) (3) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(3) in the case of any project involving an allocation to domestic, 
industrial, or municipal water supply, commercial power, fish and 
wildlife enhancement, or public recreation, interest on the unamor-
tized balance of an appropriate portion of the loan at a rate as deter-
mined in (2) above;". 
(7) Section 10 of such Act is amended bv deleting "$200,000,000" 
and inserting in lieu thereof ^'$300,000,000". ^ 
(8) The Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 is amended by 
adding at the end thereof a new section 13 as follows: 
"SEC. 13. A loan contract negotiated and executed pursuant to this 
Act may be amended or supplemented for the purpose of deferring 
repayment installments in accordance with the provisions of section 
17(b) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, as amended (73 Stat. 
584,43U.S.C. 485b-l)." 
Approved November 24, 1971.