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Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§391a–1 Increase in Reclamation Fund; Reimbursement of Advances From Treasury

Title 43 › Chapter 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter II— RECLAMATION FUND GENERALLY › § 391a–1

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Treasury must put into the reclamation fund an amount equal to the difference between 52½ percent of the money the Treasury determines came from naval petroleum reserve lands (not including Alaska) from February 25, 1920, through June 30, 1938, and the total of all advances made to the reclamation fund under sections 397, 398–400, 391a, and 391b that were not repaid to the Treasury's general funds. That transfer counts as full repayment to the general funds for all advances made under sections 391a, 391b, 397, and 398–400.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §391a–1

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The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transfer to the credit of the reclamation fund, created by section 391 of this title, a sum equal to the difference between (1) 52½ per centum of the moneys which the Secretary of the Treasury shall determine to have accrued to the United States from lands within the naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska, from February 25, 1920, to June 30, 1938, inclusive, and (2) the total of all sums advanced to the reclamation fund under the provisions of section 397 and 398 to 400 of this title, and under the provisions of section 391a and 391b of this title, and not reimbursed by transfer from the reclamation fund to the general funds in the Treasury. The transaction provided for in this section shall be deemed to have effected a complete reimbursement to the general funds in the Treasury of all sums advanced to the reclamation fund under the provisions of such section 391a, 391b, 397, and 398 to 400 of this title.

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section 391b and 399 of this title, referred to in text, contained provisions similar to those comprising this section, and were omitted from the Code.

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43 U.S.C. § 391a–1

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60