Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§397a Advances for Operation and Maintenance of Projects
Title 43 › CHAPTER 12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › SUBCHAPTER II — RECLAMATION FUND GENERALLY › § 397a
Summary
Money advanced to run or maintain any project or part of a project must go into the reclamation fund and can be spent for those same purposes.
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Title 43, §397a
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Any moneys which may have been heretofore or may be hereafter advanced for operation and maintenance of any project or any division of a project shall be covered into the reclamation fund and shall be available for expenditure for the purposes for which advanced in like manner as if said funds had been specifically appropriated for said purposes.
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43 U.S.C. § 397a
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102