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Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73

§2226 Technical assistance and transfer of precipitation management technology

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 40— - RECLAMATION STATES EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANNING › § 2226

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can provide technical help for drought planning in states not listed in section 391 and in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories and Pacific islands named in the law. The Secretary can run a Precipitation Management Technology Transfer Program to help reduce problems from changing precipitation and droughts in the West as part of long-term water planning. Working with state, tribal, and local water, hydropower, water quality, and instream-flow interests, the Secretary will pick areas for field studies paid 50–50 with partners to test whether precipitation-management methods can increase stream flows. Proven methods will be transferred to non-Federal interests for use.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §2226

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(a)The Secretary is authorized to provide technical assistance for drought contingency planning in any of the States not identified in section 391 of this title, and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and upon termination of the Trusteeship, the Republic of Palau, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(b)The Secretary is authorized to conduct a Precipitation Management Technology Transfer Program to help alleviate problems caused by precipitation variability and droughts in the West, as part of a balanced long-term water resources development and management program. In consultation with State, tribal, and local water, hydropower, water quality and instream flow interests, areas shall be selected for conducting field studies cost-shared on a 50–50 basis to validate and quantify the potential for appropriate precipitation management technology to augment stream flows. Validated technologies shall be transferred to non-Federal interests for operational implementation.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Executive Documents

Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 2226

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73