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Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73

§390ll Corps of Engineers projects

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I–A— - RECLAMATION REFORM › § 390ll

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lands that get water or other benefits from United States Army Corps of Engineers projects are not covered by Federal reclamation law rules about ownership, pricing, or other reclamation limits, unless (1) Congress by law makes the project part of a reclamation project, or (2) the Secretary, under reclamation law, provides works to deliver agricultural water for those lands. Contracts that require water users to repay construction costs or to pay operation, maintenance, and contract administration costs tied to conservation storage or irrigation storage for a Corps project must still be followed.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §390ll

Public Lands — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the ownership or pricing limitation provisions nor the other provisions of Federal reclamation law, including this subchapter, shall be applicable to lands receiving benefits from Federal water resources projects constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, unless—
(1)the project has, by Federal statute, explicitly been designated, made a part of, or integrated with a Federal reclamation project; or
(2)the Secretary, pursuant to his authority under Federal reclamation law, has provided project works for the control or conveyance of an agricultural water supply for the lands involved.
(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, obligations that require water users, pursuant to contracts with the Secretary, to repay the share of construction costs and to pay the share of the operation and maintenance and contract administrative costs of a Corps of Engineers project which are allocated to conservation storage or irrigation storage shall remain in effect.

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Federal reclamation law, referred to in subsec. (a), is defined in section 390aa of this title.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 390ll

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73