Title 43Public LandsRelease 119-73

§390h–13 Authorization of appropriations

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 390h–13

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money can be provided as needed to carry out the programs named in the listed sections. Before federal construction money is used for projects in those sections, three things must happen: a required appraisal and feasibility study must be finished, the Secretary must find that the non‑federal project sponsor can pay its share, and the Secretary must approve a cost‑sharing agreement that commits the sponsor to pay its yearly share. Those three rules do not apply to projects that had construction funds approved before January 1, 1996. Within 30 days after a cost‑sharing agreement is signed, the Secretary must notify the House Committees on Resources and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and Appropriations. The federal share of each project may not exceed $20,000,000 (October 1996 prices), except for projects with construction funds before January 1, 1996, which are limited to the “total Federal obligation” shown in the Bureau of Reclamation’s fiscal year 1997 budget justification (part 3 of the March 27, 1996 hearing report). For the San Gabriel Basin demonstration project, the federal share may be that amount plus $6,500,000.

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Title 43, §390h–13

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(a)There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of sections 390h through 390h–12p of this title.
(b)(1)Funds may not be appropriated for the construction of any project authorized by sections 390h to 390h–39 of this title until after—
(A)an appraisal investigation and a feasibility study that complies with the provisions of section 390h–1(b) or 390h–2(c) of this title, as the case may be, have been completed by the Secretary or the non-Federal project sponsor;
(B)the Secretary has determined that the non-Federal project sponsor is financially capable of funding the non-Federal share of the project’s costs; and
(C)the Secretary has approved a cost-sharing agreement with the non-Federal project sponsor which commits the non-Federal project sponsor to funding its proportionate share of the project’s construction costs on an annual basis.
(2)The requirements of paragraph (1) shall not apply to those projects authorized by sections 390h to 390h–39 of this title for which funds were appropriated prior to January 1, 1996.
(c)The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Resources and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and Appropriations of the Senate within 30 days after the signing of a cost-sharing agreement pursuant to subsection (b) that such an agreement has been signed and that the Secretary has determined that the non-Federal project sponsor is financially capable of funding the project’s non-Federal share of the project’s costs.
(d)(1)Notwithstanding any other provision of sections 390h to 390h–39 of this title and except as provided by paragraph (2), the Federal share of the costs of each of the individual projects authorized by sections 390h to 390h–39 of this title shall not exceed $20,000,000 (October 1996 prices).
(2)(A)Subject to subparagraph (B), in the case of any project authorized by sections 390h to 390h–39 of this title for which construction funds were appropriated before January 1, 1996, the Federal share of the cost of such project may not exceed the amount specified as the “total Federal obligation” for that project in the budget justification made by the Bureau of Reclamation for fiscal year 1997, as contained in part 3 of the report of the hearing held on March 27, 1996, before the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(B)In the case of the San Gabriel Basin demonstration project authorized by section 390h–12 of this title, the Federal share of the cost of such project may not exceed the sum determined by adding—
(i)the amount that applies to that project under subparagraph (A); and
(ii)$6,500,000.

Legislative History

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References in Text

Sections 390h through 390h–12p of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “sections 1601 through 1630 of this title” meaning sections 1601 through 1630 of title XVI of Pub. L. 102–575, which are classified to sections 390h to 390h–12p of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 390h of this title.

Amendments

2004—Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 108–418 designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), substituted “Subject to subparagraph (B), in the case” for “In the case”, and added subpar. (B). 1996—Pub. L. 104–266 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted “300h–12p” for “300h–12”, and added subsecs. (b) to (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Resources of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 390h–13

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73