Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§411 Surveys For, Location, and Construction of Irrigation Works Generally
Title 43 › CHAPTER 12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — INSTITUTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS › § 411
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must study and survey land and water, pick sites, and build irrigation projects to store, divert, and develop water. These projects can include artesian wells.
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Title 43, §411
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to make examinations and surveys for, and to locate and construct, as herein provided, irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters, including artesian wells.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Herein, referred to in text, means in act
June 17, 1902, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of act
June 17, 1902, to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in acts Mar. 2, 1889, ch. 411, § 1, 25 Stat. 960; Oct. 2, 1888, ch. 1069, § 1, 25 Stat. 526.
Amendments
1946—Act Aug. 7, 1946, struck out provisions requiring annual reports to Congress as to results of those examinations and surveys.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands ActProvisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 411
Title 43, Public Lands
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Aug 21, 2026
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