Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§590z Utilization of Services, Materials, Funds, Etc., of Federal, State, or Municipal Agencies, or of Individuals
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3C — WATER CONSERVATION › SUBCHAPTER II — CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION PROJECTS › § 590z
Summary
The Secretary may use services, labor, materials, property, or money from federal agencies (for example, the WPA, CCC, Office of Indian Affairs, or Department of Agriculture) for project work. The President decides how those resources are used and sets repayment per project, but repayment cannot be more than water users can pay under section 590z–1(a)(iv). The Secretary may also accept state, local, or private contributions if they do not harm U.S. title or reduce the chance that project water users can meet their obligations to the United States under this subchapter; money accepted this way must be spent for the purpose it was given.
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Title 16, §590z
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In connection with the investigation, construction, or operation and maintenance of a project, pursuant to the authority of this subchapter, the Secretary is authorized to utilize (1) in such manner as the President may direct, services, labor, materials, or other property, including money, supplied by the Work Projects Administration, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Office of Indian Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, or any other Federal agency, for which the United States shall be reimbursed in such amounts as the President may fix for each project, within the limits of the water users’ ability to repay costs as found by the Secretary under section 590z–1(a)(iv) of this title; and (2) such services, labor, materials, easements or property, including money, as may be contributed by any State or political subdivision thereof, State agency, municipal corporation, or other organization, or individuals, if, in the judgment of the Secretary, the acceptance thereof will not impair the title of the United States to the project works and will not reduce the probability that the project water users can meet the obligations to the United States entered into pursuant to this subchapter. Moneys received and accepted under (2) of this section shall be and remain available for expenditure for the purposes for which contributed in like manner as if said sums had been specifically appropriated for said purposes.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1940—Act Oct. 14, 1940, reenacted section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Federal Works Agency transferred to General Services Administration by act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 103, 63 Stat. 380. See
Historical and Revision Notes
under section 303(b) of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. section 303(b) of Title 40 was amended generally by Pub. L. 109–313, § 2(a)(1), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1734, and, as so amended, no longer relates to the Federal Works Agency and Commissioner of Public Buildings. See 2006 Amendment note under section 303 of Title 40. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was redesignated Department of Health and Human Services by section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education. Drainage Facilities and Minor
Construction
Contracts with repayment organizations for
Construction
of drainage facilities and minor items in irrigation works, see section 505 of Title 43, Public Lands.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For
Transfer of Functions
of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff.
May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Works Projects Administration and its functions transferred to Federal Works Agency by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1939, §§ 301, 306, eff.
July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2729, 53 Stat. 1426, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Civilian Conservation Corps and its functions consolidated with other agencies under Federal Security Agency, to be administered by Director of Corps under direction and supervision of Federal Security Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1939, §§ 201, 207, eff.
July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1425, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Federal Security Agency was abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, and its functions transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 590z
Title 16, Conservation
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Aug 21, 2026
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