Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§385a Irrigation Projects; Deposit of Assessments as Trust Fund; Disposition of Fund
Title 25 › CHAPTER 11 — IRRIGATION OF ALLOTTED LANDS › § 385a
Summary
Starting August 7, 1946, money collected from water users for each Indian irrigation project must be put into the Treasury as a trust-fund account under section 1321 of title 31. That money may be spent only for the purposes it was collected for, like operating and maintaining the project.
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Title 25, §385a
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Effective August 7, 1946, collections made from water users on each Indian irrigation project on account of assessments levied to meet the cost of operating and maintaining such project shall be deposited into the Treasury for credit to a trust-fund account pursuant to section 1321 of title 31, and shall be available for expenditure in carrying out the purposes for which collected.
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Codification “Section 1321 of title 31” substituted in text for “section 20 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 (48 Stat. 1227) [31 U.S.C. 725s]” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance. Section was formerly classified to section 725s–1 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
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25 U.S.C. § 385a
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102