Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 390h–13
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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43 U.S.C. § 390h–13
Title 43 — Public Lands
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Apr 6, 2026
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