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# 43 U.S.C. § 485h–3 - “Long-term contract” defined

## Text

As used in sections 485h–1 to 485h–5 of this title, the term “long-term contract” shall mean any contract the term of which is more than ten years.

(July 2, 1956, ch. 492, § 3, 70 Stat. 484.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 which comprises this subchapter.