Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§394 Proceeds from sale of products of or leases of withdrawn or reserved lands
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - RECLAMATION FUND GENERALLY › § 394
Summary
Lease and product-sale money from lands set aside under the reclamation law must go into the reclamation fund. The same rule covers lands set aside under other laws if they are needed for reclamation projects, and those lands stay under the Secretary of the Interior.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §394
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The proceeds heretofore or hereafter received from the lease of any lands reserved or withdrawn under the reclamation law or from the sale of the products therefrom shall be covered into the reclamation fund; and where such lands are affected by a reservation or withdrawal under some other law, the proceeds from the lease of land and the sale of products therefrom shall likewise be covered into the reclamation fund in all cases where such lands are needed for the protection or operation of any reservoir or other works constructed under the reclamation law, and such lands shall be and remain under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The reclamation law, referred to in text, is identified in act
July 19, 1919, ch. 24, 41 Stat. 200, under the heading “reclamation service”, as act
June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. Act
June 17, 1902, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of act
June 17, 1902, to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 394
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73