---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 3206"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "3206"
heading: "Drought contingency plan funding requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/3206"
units:
  - "Chapter 50 — Western Water Infrastructure"
---

# §3206. Drought contingency plan funding requirements

- (a) **In general—** Funds made available under [section 3201(8) of this title](/usc/43/3201.md?p=8) for use in the Lower Colorado River Basin may be used for projects—
  - (1) to establish or conserve recurring Colorado River water that contributes to supplies in Lake Mead and other Colorado River water reservoirs in the Lower Colorado River Basin; or
  - (2) to improve the long-term efficiency of operations in the Lower Colorado River Basin.
- (b) **Limitation—** None of the funds made available under [section 3201(8) of this title](/usc/43/3201.md?p=8) may be used for the operation of the Yuma Desalting Plant.
- (c) **Effect—** Nothing in [section 3201(8) of this title](/usc/43/3201.md?p=8) limits existing or future opportunities to augment the water supplies of the Colorado River.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title IX, § 40906, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1124.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Wage Rate Requirements

For provisions relating to rates of wages to be paid to laborers and mechanics on projects for construction, alteration, or repair work funded under div. D or an amendment by div. D of Pub. L. 117–58, including authority of Secretary of Labor, see section 18851 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.