Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-110
§2426 Title to Newly Constructed Facilities
Title 43 › CHAPTER 42 — RURAL WATER SUPPLY › SUBCHAPTER II — TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY WATER WORKS › § 2426
Summary
New projects or facilities built under this subchapter must stay under the control of the non‑Federal borrower and follow the terms of that borrower's repayment agreement. Nothing here changes who owns reclamation projects authorized before December 22, 2006, or the ownership of works that add to or repair existing reclamation projects.
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Title 43, §2426
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(a)New projects and facilities
All new projects or facilities constructed in accordance with this subchapter shall remain under the jurisdiction and control of the non-Federal borrower subject to the terms of the repayment agreement.
(b)Existing projects and facilities
Nothing in this subchapter affects the title of— (1)
(2)works supplemental to existing reclamation projects; or
(3)works constructed to rehabilitate existing reclamation projects.
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43 U.S.C. § 2426
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110