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§506 Authority of Secretary to make modifications

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XI–A— - RECLAMATION SAFETY OF DAMS › § 506

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may modify Bureau of Reclamation dams and facilities to keep them safe, under Federal reclamation law (June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and later acts).

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Title 43, §506

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In order to preserve the structural safety of Bureau of Reclamation dams and related facilities the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform such modifications as he determines to be reasonably required. Said performance of work shall be in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory or supplementary thereto).

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Act of June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.

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of 1984 Amendment Pub. L. 98–404, § 1, Aug. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1481, provided in part: “That this Act [amending section 508 and 509 of this title] may be cited as ‘The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act

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of 1984’.”

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of 1978 Amendment Pub. L. 95–578, § 1, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2471, provided: “That this Act [enacting this subchapter and amending section 1511 of this title] shall be cited as the ‘Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978’.” Facilities Included Within Scope of Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 Pub. L. 95–578, § 12, as added by Pub. L. 98–404, § 1(4), Aug. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1482, provided that: “Included within the scope of this Act [this subchapter] are Fish Lake, Four Mile, Ochoco, Savage Rapids Diversion and Warm Springs Dams, Oregon; Como Dam, Montana; Little Wood River Dam, Idaho; and related facilities which have been made a part of a Federal reclamation project by previous Acts of Congress. Coolidge Dam, San Carlos Irrigation Project, Arizona, shall also be included within the scope of this Act.”

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43 U.S.C. § 506

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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