Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§485 Declaration of policy
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - PAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION CHARGES › § 485
Summary
Allows the United States to change or make repayment agreements for construction costs of federal reclamation projects under this subchapter so payments can vary with farm income and protect the government's financial interest.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §485
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For the purpose of providing for United States reclamation projects a feasible and comprehensive plan for an economical and equitable treatment of repayment problems and for variable payments of construction charges which can be met regularly and fully from year to year during periods of decline in agricultural income and unsatisfactory conditions of agriculture as well as during periods of prosperity and good prices for agricultural products, and which will protect adequately the financial interest of the United States in said projects, obligations to pay construction charges may be revised or undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.
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References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187, known as the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, which enacted this subchapter, section 375a, 380a, and 387 to 389 of this title and section 16d of former Title 41, Public Contracts, and enacted provision set out as a note under section 485j of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 485k of this title and Tables.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 485
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73