16 USC § 835i - Contracts with State of Washington for maintenance and operation of fish hatcheries
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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s835i"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 835i - Contracts with State of Washington for maintenance and operation of fish hatcheries"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "835i"
section_name: "Contracts with State of Washington for maintenance and operation of fish hatcheries"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 794, 54 Stat. 1085; May 27, 1937, ch. 269, § 1, 50 Stat. 208; Mar. 10, 1943, ch. 14, 57 Stat. 14.)"
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# § 835i. Contracts with State of Washington for maintenance and operation of fish hatcheries
In connection with fish hatcheries built or to be built as a part of the fish-protection program required on the Columbia Basin Dam project, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to contract with the State of Washington for the maintenance and operation of any of them at the expense of said State.
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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 794, 54 Stat. 1085; May 27, 1937, ch. 269, § 1, 50 Stat. 208; Mar. 10, 1943, ch. 14, 57 Stat. 14.)
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Change of Name
Act , as amended by act , changed name of project from “Grand Coulee Dam” to “Columbia Basin”.