Title 43Public LandsRelease 119-73

§373d Grants and cooperative agreements with Indian tribes and organizations

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 373d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Starting in fiscal year 2003, the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation commissioner, can give grants and make cooperative agreements to Indian tribes, colleges, and Indian organizations to help develop, manage, and protect water resources under sections 6301 to 6308 of title 31. These grants do not change or limit the Indian Self-Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.).

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §373d

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In order to increase opportunities for Indian tribes to develop, manage, and protect their water resources, in fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, is authorized to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with any Indian tribe, institution of higher education, national Indian organization, or tribal organization pursuant to sections 6301 to 6308 of title 31. Nothing in this Act is intended to modify or limit the provisions of the Indian Self Determination Act [25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.].

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References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, means div. D of Pub. L. 108–7, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 133, known as the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2003. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. The Indian Self-Determination Act, referred to in text, is title I of Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2206, which is classified principally to subchapter I (§ 5321 et seq.) of chapter 46 of Title 25, Indians. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 5301 of Title 25 and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Similar ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following appropriation act: Pub. L. 107–66, title II, § 201, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 499.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 373d

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73