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§422g Information from Federal agencies; costs

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - CONSTRUCTION OF SMALL PROJECTS › § 422g

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal agencies may give an organization that has made or plans to make a proposal under this subchapter any existing engineering, economic, or hydrologic data and printed material that will help plan, design, build, operate, or maintain the project. If the Secretary provides unpublished plans, specifications, or makes or administers a loan, the reasonable costs for those items will be treated as loan costs and included in the contract under section 422e, but only to the extent those costs would be repayable under the Federal reclamation laws unless the organization pays them.

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Title 43, §422g

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Upon request of an organization which has made or intends to make a proposal under this subchapter, the head of any Federal department or agency may make available to the organization any existing engineering, economic, or hydrologic information and printed material that it may have and that will be useful in connection with the planning, design, construction, or operation and maintenance of the project concerned. The reasonable cost of any plans, specifications, and other unpublished material furnished by the Secretary pursuant to this section and the cost of making and administering any loan under this subchapter shall, to the extent that they would not be nonreimbursable in the case of a project constructed under the Federal reclamation laws, be treated as a loan and covered in the provisions of the contract entered into under section 422e of this title unless they are otherwise paid for by the organization.

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The Federal reclamation laws, referred to in text, are defined in section 422b of this title.

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43 U.S.C. § 422g

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73