Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§593b Construction of additional works for irrigation purposes
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVII— - LEGISLATION APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR PROJECTS GENERALLY › § 593b
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may build and run irrigation works under the Federal Reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388). He must make the required report and findings first; that report may charge part of dam and reservoir construction costs to irrigation if water users can repay.
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Title 43, §593b
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain under the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws (Act June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), such additional works as he may deem necessary for irrigation purposes. Such irrigation works may be undertaken only after a report and findings thereon have been made by the Secretary of the Interior as provided in such Federal reclamation laws; and, within the limits of the water users’ repayment ability, such report may be predicated on allocation to irrigation of an appropriate portion of the cost of constructing said dam and reservoir. Said dam and reservoir and said irrigation works may be utilized for irrigation purposes only pursuant to the provisions of said Federal reclamation laws.
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References in Text
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
Short Title
note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Authorization of AppropriationsAct June 5, 1944, ch. 234, § 4, 58 Stat. 271, authorized appropriation of such sums as might be necessary to carry out the purpose of this section and section 593a of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 593b
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73