Federal

Title 43 — Public Lands

1,464 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 390h–22 — Omitted
• § 390h–23 — Southern California desert region integrated water and economic sustainability plan
• § 390h–24 — Omitted
• § 390h–25 — Mountain View, Moffett Area reclaimed water pipeline project
• § 390h–26 — Pittsburg recycled water project
• § 390h–27 — Antioch recycled water project
• § 390h–28 — North Coast County Water District recycled water project
• § 390h–29 — Redwood City recycled water project
• § 390h–3 — Research and demonstration projects
• § 390h–30 — South Santa Clara County recycled water project
• § 390h–31 — South Bay advanced recycled water treatment facility
• § 390h–32 — Rancho California Water District project, California
• § 390h–33 — Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District projects, California
• § 390h–34 — North Bay Water Reuse Program
• § 390h–35 to 390h–37 — Omitted
• § 390h–38 — Yucaipa Valley regional water supply renewal project
• § 390h–39 — City of Corona Water Utility, California, water recycling and reuse project
• § 390h–4 — Southern California comprehensive water reclamation and reuse study
• § 390h–5 — San Jose area water reclamation and reuse program
• § 390h–6 — Phoenix metropolitan water reclamation study and program
• § 390h–7 — Tucson area water reclamation study
• § 390h–8 — Lake Cheraw water reclamation and reuse study
• § 390h–9 — San Francisco area water reclamation study
• § 390hh — Operation and maintenance charges
• § 390ii — Disposition of excess lands
• § 390jj — Water conservation
• § 390kk — Residency not required
• § 390ll — Corps of Engineers projects
• § 390mm — Repayment of construction charges
• § 390nn — Trusts
• § 390oo — Temporary supplies of water
• § 390pp — Involuntary foreclosure
• § 390qq — Isolated tracts
• § 390rr — Central Arizona Project
• § 390ss — Religious or charitable organizations
• § 390tt — Contract required
• § 390uu — Waiver of sovereign immunity
• § 390vv — Excess crop restrictions
• § 390ww — Administrative provisions
• § 390xx — Validation of contracts entered into prior to October 1, 1981
• § 390yy — Leasing requirements
• § 390zz — Reporting
• § 390zz–1 — Severability
• § 391 — Establishment of “reclamation fund”
• § 391a — Advances to reclamation fund
• § 391a–1 — Increase in reclamation fund; reimbursement of advances from Treasury
• § 391b — Omitted
• § 392 — Payments into reclamation fund of moneys received from entrymen and water right applicants
• § 392a — Payment into reclamation fund of receipts from irrigation projects; transfer of power revenues to General Treasury after repayment of construction costs
• § 393 — Proceeds from sale of materials, etc.
• § 394 — Proceeds from sale of products of or leases of withdrawn or reserved lands
• § 395 — Contributions by State, municipality, etc.
• § 396 — Return of contributions to cooperative investigations of projects
• § 397 — Advances by Government for completion of projects initiated prior to June 25, 1910
• § 397a — Advances for operation and maintenance of projects
• § 398 — Sales of Government certificates to obtain funds for advances
• § 399 — Omitted
• § 3a — Omitted
• § 4, 5 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 632 , 641
• § 400 — Advances as item of cost of construction and maintenance of project
• § 401 — Amounts collected from defaulting contractors and their sureties
• § 402 — Omitted
• § 403, 404 — Repealed. June 30, 1947, ch. 166 , title II, § 206(c), 61 Stat. 208
• § 407 — Reclamation Water Settlements Fund
• § 41 — Publications and reports; preparation and sale
• § 411 — Surveys for, location, and construction of irrigation works generally
• § 411a — Repealed. Feb. 28, 1929, ch. 374, § 2 , 45 Stat. 1406
• § 411a–1 — Authorization of appropriations for investigations of feasibility of reclamation projects
• § 411b — Employment of engineers, geologists, appraisers and economists for reclamation consultation work; compensation; retired Army and Navy officers as consulting engineers
• § 412 — Prerequisites to initiation of project or division of project
• § 413 — Approval of project by President
• § 414 — Appropriation for projects essential
• § 415 — Receipts applicable to project generally
• § 416 — Laws applicable to withdrawn lands; restoration to entry
• § 417 — Reservation of easements in public lands for reclamation projects
• § 418 — Private lands within project; agreement as to disposal of excess over farm unit
• § 419 — Contract for irrigation project; notice as to lands irrigable, unit of entry, and construction charges
• § 42 — Distribution of maps and atlases, etc.
• § 420 — Use of earth, timber, etc., from other public lands
• § 421 — Acquisition of lands for irrigation project; eminent domain
• § 421a — Construction of distribution and drainage systems by irrigation districts or public agencies
• § 421b — Loans for construction of distribution and drainage systems; repayment contract; time period for repayment of loan; “irrigation district or other public agency” defined
• § 421c — Conditions of loan for distribution and drainage systems; reconveyance by Secretary of lands, interests in lands, and distribution works heretofore conveyed to the United States; conditions of reconveyance; rights of way
• § 421d — Effect on existing laws
• § 421e — Municipal and industrial water supply delivery and distribution; allocation of loan funds; loan repayment contract requirements; rate of interest
• § 421f — Existing loan contracts; negotiation by Secretary of amendments
• § 421g — Existing rights unaffected
• § 421h — Procedural and substantive requirements applicable to works financed by loans pursuant to sections 421a to 421h of this title
• § 422 — Construction of dams across Yellowstone River
• § 422a — Declaration of purpose
• § 422b — Definitions
• § 422c — Proposals; submission; payment for cost of examination
• § 422d — Contents of proposals
• § 422e — Contract requirements
• § 422f — Proposals for projects previously authorized; waiver of requirements; approval; negotiation of contract
• § 422g — Information from Federal agencies; costs
• § 422h — Planning and construction; transfer of funds
• § 422i — Rules and regulations
• § 422j — Appropriations; notice to Congress of receipt of proposal; funds to initiate proposal; availability of appropriations; reimbursement; limitations on expenditures in any single State; waiver
• § 422k — Supplement to Federal reclamation laws; short title
• § 422k–1 — Loan contracts for deferment of repayment installments; amendment or supplementation
• § 422l — Application of this subchapter to Hawaii
• § 423 — Permanently unproductive lands; exclusion from project; disposition of water right
• § 423a — Construction charges on permanently unproductive lands already paid; disposition
• § 423b — Suspension of payment of construction charges against areas temporarily unproductive
• § 423c — Exchange of unpatented entries; entries, farms or private lands, eliminated from project; rights not assignable; rights of lienholders; preference to ex-service men
• § 423d — Amendment of existing water right contracts by Secretary of the Interior
• § 423e — Completion of new projects or new division; execution of contract with district as condition precedent to delivery of water; contents of contract; cooperation of States with United States; limitations on sale of land
• § 423f — Purpose of sections 423 to 423g and 610
• § 423g — Adjustment of water right charges as final adjudication on projects and divisions named
• § 423h — Delivery of water to excess lands upon death of spouse
• § 424 — Disposal of lands classified as temporarily or permanently unproductive; persons who may take
• § 424a — Sale of unproductive lands; terms; area purchasable; tracts included
• § 424b — Application of certain statutes to lands sold
• § 424c — Issuance of patents; recitals in patents; reservations
• § 424d — Use of moneys collected from sales, project construction charges and water rentals respecting unproductive lands
• § 424e — Authority of Secretary of the Interior; rules and regulations
• § 425 — Exemption of lands owned by States, etc., from acreage limitation on receipt of irrigation benefits; determination of exempt status
• § 425a — Eligibility of transferred lands owned by States, etc., for receipt of water from a Federal reclamation project, division, or unit; conditions of eligibility; purchase price
• § 425b — Receipt of project water by lessees of irrigable lands owned by States, etc.; time limitation; applicability of acreage limitations
• § 42a — Use of receipts from sale of maps for map printing and distribution
• § 43 — Copies to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates
• § 431 — Limitation as to amount of water; qualifications of applicant
• § 432 — Entry under homestead laws generally
• § 433 — Character and capital qualification of entrymen
• § 433a — Preference of needy families
• § 434 — Amount of land for which entry may be made; farm unit; subdivision of lands
• § 435 — Entries in excess of farm unit
• § 436 — Time when entry may be made generally
• § 437 — Lands as to which entries made prior to June 25, 1910 , have been relinquished
• § 438 — Repealed. Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, § 10 , 67 Stat. 568
• § 439 — Cultivation requirement as to entrymen
• § 44 — Sale of transfers or copies of data
• § 440 — Regulations as to use of water and requirements as to cultivation and reclamation of land; cancellation for noncompliance with requirements
• § 441 — Assignment of entries generally
• § 442 — Assignment between June 23, 1910 , and January 1, 1913 , confirmed
• § 443 — Limitation of amount of land holdable under assignment of entry
• § 444, 445 — Omitted
• § 446 — Right to make entry on relinquishment of former entry under land laws
• § 447 — Relinquishment of homestead entry and making new entry
• § 448 — Desert-land entries within reclamation project generally
• § 449 — Assignment of desert-land entry within project
• § 45 — Production and sale of copies of photographs and records; disposition of receipts
• § 451 — Conditions necessary for exchange; terms; credits; rights nonassignable
• § 451a — Persons eligible for benefits
• § 451b — Irrigation construction charges
• § 451c — Cancellation of charges or liens; credits
• § 451d — Disposal of improvements; water rights; revertibil­ity of relinquished land
• § 451e — Amendment of farm unit; application; amount of land; exchange; waiver
• § 451f — Exchanges subject to mortgage contracts
• § 451g — Preferences; veterans; timely applicants
• § 451h — Establishment of farm units; size; contiguous or noncontiguous
• § 451i — “Federal irrigation project” defined
• § 451j — Rules and regulations
• § 451k — Availability of appropriations; expenses as nonreimbursable
• § 455 — State taxation; lands of homestead entryman
• § 455a — State taxation; lands of desert-land entryman
• § 455b — State tax as lien upon lands; prior lien of United States; rights of holder of tax title
• § 455c — Extinguishment of liens and tax titles on reversion of lands to United States
• § 46 — Omitted
• § 461 — Determination of construction charges generally
• § 462 — Classification of irrigable lands and equitable apportionment of charges
• § 463 — Repealed. May 25, 1926, ch. 383, § 47 , 44 Stat. 650
• § 464 — Increases of charges on failure to make water-right application
• § 465 — Charges for water service prior to notice of construction charge
• § 466 — Surveys to correct errors or inequalities in original basis of project
• § 467 — Repealed. May 25, 1926, ch. 383, § 47 , 44 Stat. 650
• § 468 — Withdrawal of notice given and modification of applications and contracts made prior to February 13, 1911
• § 469 — Increase in construction charges
• § 47 — Repealed. Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1(11) , 60 Stat. 867
• § 470 — When work increasing construction charge may be undertaken
• § 471 — Initial payment and annual installments of charges generally
• § 472 — Installments on entries or applications made after August 13, 1914 , and prior to December 5, 1924
• § 473, 474 — Repealed. May 25, 1926, ch. 383, § 47 , 44 Stat. 650
• § 475 — Annual installments on entries and contracts prior to August 13, 1914
• § 476 — Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1 , 46 Stat. 1029
• § 477 — Association or irrigation district as fiscal agent of Government
• § 478 — Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of installments of construction charges
• § 479 — Shutting off water for nonpayment of construction charge
• § 48 — Omitted
• § 480 — Cancellation of water right or entry for nonpayment of construction charge
• § 481 — Action to recover construction charges and penalties
• § 482 — Omitted
• § 485 — Declaration of policy
• § 485a — Definitions
• § 485b — Amendment of existing repayment contracts
• § 485b–1 — Deferment of installments under repayment contracts; determination of undue burden; conditions; supplemental contract; report to Congress
• § 485c — Repealed. Pub. L. 85–611, § 3 , Aug. 8, 1958 , 72 Stat. 543
• § 485d — Time of payments to the United States
• § 485e — Maintenance and operation of project works; delinquency penalties
• § 485f — Negotiation of equitable contracts by Secretary
• § 485g — Classification of lands
• § 485h — New projects; sale of water and electric power; lease of power privileges
• § 485h–1 — Administration of repayment contracts and long-term contracts to furnish water; renewal and conversion; credit for payments; right to available water supply; rates; construction component
• § 485h–2 — Amendments to existing contracts
• § 485h–3 — “Long-term contract” defined
• § 485h–4 — Application of State laws
• § 485h–5 — Supplement to Federal reclamation laws
• § 485h–6 — Repayment contracts; amendment for provision, addition or modification of irrigation blocks
• § 485h–7 — Amendment of repayment contract for payment of annual installments in two parts