Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73

§1472 Bureau of Reclamation working capital fund

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 31— - DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR › § 1472

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 30 days after November 1, 1985, the Treasury must set up a working capital fund to help the Bureau of Reclamation pay for support services. The fund can be used without a yearly limit to buy materials, supplies, equipment, and services for Bureau programs and, if allowed, for other agencies or groups. It can pay for things like computers, engineering help, payroll and management services, and vehicles or aircraft where allowed. The fund gets money from capital appropriations, transfers of related assets at fair and reasonable value, and payments from the Bureau, other Interior or federal agencies, or others. Payments can be made before or after work is done. Users are charged rates that roughly match the cost, including equipment depreciation and accrued annual leave. Money may be appropriated as needed, and any funds not needed must be returned to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §1472

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(a)Within 30 days after November 1, 1985, there shall be established in the Treasury of the United States a working capital fund to assist in the management of certain support activities of the Bureau of Reclamation (hereafter referred to as the “Bureau”), Department of the Interior. The fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation for expenses necessary for furnishing materials, supplies, equipment, work, and services in support of Bureau programs, and, as authorized by law, to agencies of the Federal Government and others. Such expenses may include the acquisition, replacement, and operation of a central computer and related automatic data processing equipment; engineering services; payroll and other management services; acquisition and replacement of equipment and facilities, including the purchase, lease, or rent of motor vehicles and aircraft within any limitations set forth in appropriations made to carry out the functions of the Bureau and such other activities as may be approved by the Director, Office of Management and Budget.

(b)The fund shall be credited with appropriations made for the purpose of providing or increasing capital. There are authorized to be transferred to the fund (at fair and reasonable values at the time of transfer) the inventories, equipment, receivables, and other assets, less the liabilities, related to the functions to be financed by the fund as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.

(c)The fund shall be credited with appropriations and other funds of the Bureau, and other agencies of the Department of the Interior, other Federal agencies, and other sources, for providing materials, supplies, equipment, work, and services as authorized by law. Such payments may be made in advance or upon performance.

(d)Charges to users will be at rates approximately equal to the costs of furnishing the materials, supplies, equipment, facilities, and services (including such items as depreciation of equipment and accrued annual leave).

(e)There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

(f)Funds that are not necessary to carry out the activities to be financed by the fund, as determined by the Secretary, shall be covered into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 1472

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73