Pub. L. 83-364, tit. I, sec. 106

Sec. 106. (a) All water and water services furnished from the District water supply system through any connection thereto for direct use by the Government of the United States or any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof, situated in the District, except water and water services furnished to the United States for the maintenance, operation, and extension of the water system, shall be paid for at the rates for the furnishing and readiness to furnish water applicable to other water consumers in the District. All water and water services furnished from the District water supply system through any connection thereto for direct use by the Government of the United States or any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof, situated outside the District in the States of Maryland or Virginia, except water and water services furnished to the United States for the maintenance, operation, and extension of the water system, shall be paid for at rates comparable to those which may be in effect and charged to State, municipal, or county agencies or other political authorities or jurisdictions within the respective States wherein said Federal facilities may be situated for similar water service from the District water supply system: Provided, That conditions as to water pressure, quantity, rates of demand, and points of connection available or permissible at any time for service outside the District, if any, shall be fixed by the Commissioners so as to fully protect the prior interests of water consumers within the District: Provided further, That as a condition of service, at each point of Federal connection to the water system of the District for service outside the District there shall be installed and maintained at the expense of the 68 Stat. 103 department, independent establishment, or agency of the United States which is to use water therefrom a suitable meter or meters and incidental vaults, valves, piping and recording devices, and such other equipment as the Commissioners in their discretion deem necessary to control and record the use of water through each such connection. Payment shall be made as provided in subsection (b) of this section. Whenever any payment authorized by this section is made, such payment shall be in lieu of so much of the annual payment authorized by article VI of the Act approved July 16, 1947 (61 Stat. 328, 361), as pertains to the Water Fund of the District. The provisions of sections 102, 103, and 104 of this title, relating, respectively, to enforcement of payment for water charges by penalty charge for late payment, by shutting off of the water supply for nonpayment, and the imposition of lien and sale of property, shall not apply in any case where water or water service is furnished to a building, establishment, or other place owned by the Government of the United States and occupied by a department, independent establishment, or agency thereof. (b) For the purpose of effectuating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, there shall be included annually in the budget estimates of the Commissioners the value, as determined by the Commissioners, of the water and water services furnished to the United States during the most recent preceding fiscal year for which such value can lie determined, based on the water rates prevailing during the period of consumption, and there shall be appropriated annually for the District to the credit of the said Water Fund, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated (to be advanced on July 1 of each fiscal year beginning July 1, 1954), a sum corresponding to the value of the water and water services furnished the United States.