§390ll — Title 43 Public Lands | U.S. Code

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Lands served by U.S. Army Corps projects are not covered by federal reclamation law on ownership, pricing, or other reclamation rules unless a federal statute makes the Corps project part of a reclamation project or the Secretary, under reclamation law, provided works to control or convey agricultural water. Contracts requiring users to repay construction costs and pay operation, maintenance, and contract-administrative costs for conservation or irrigation storage remain in effect.

Title 43, §390ll

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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the ownership or pricing limitation provisions nor the other provisions of Federal reclamation law, including this subchapter, shall be applicable to lands receiving benefits from Federal water resources projects constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, unless—

(1)the project has, by Federal statute, explicitly been designated, made a part of, or integrated with a Federal reclamation project; or

(2)the Secretary, pursuant to his authority under Federal reclamation law, has provided project works for the control or conveyance of an agricultural water supply for the lands involved.

(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, obligations that require water users, pursuant to contracts with the Secretary, to repay the share of construction costs and to pay the share of the operation and maintenance and contract administrative costs of a Corps of Engineers project which are allocated to conservation storage or irrigation storage shall remain in effect.

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Federal reclamation law, referred to in subsec. (a), is defined in section 390aa of this title.

§390ll Corps of Engineers Projects

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