§2222. Drought contingency plans — Inbound Citations

Citations to 43 U.S.C. § 2222 as a whole

• 43 U.S.C. § 2223(a)

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  (a) Elements of the contingency plans prepared pursuant to section 2222 of this title may include, but are not limited to, any or all of the following:

  (1) Water banks.

  (2) Appropriate water conservation actions.

  (3) Water transfers to serve users inside or outside authorized Federal Reclamation project service areas in order to mitigate the effects of drought.

  (4) Use of Federal Reclamation project facilities to store and convey nonproject water for agricultural, municipal and industrial, fish and wildlife, or other uses both inside and outside an authorized Federal Reclamation project service area.

  (5) Use of water from dead or inactive reservoir storage or increased use of ground water resources for temporary water supplies.

  (6) Water supplies for fish and wildlife resources.

  (7) Minor structural actions.
• 43 U.S.C. § 2224(a)

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  (a) The Secretary shall submit each plan prepared pursuant to section 2222 of this title to the Congress, together with the Secretary’s recommendations, including recommendations for authorizing legislation, if needed.
• 43 U.S.C. § 2225

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  The Secretary shall undertake a study of the need, if any, to establish a Reclamation Drought Response Fund to be available for defraying those expenses which the Secretary determines necessary to implement plans prepared under section 2222 of this title and to make loans for nonstructural and minor structural activities for the prevention or mitigation of the adverse effects of drought.