Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§485h–6 Repayment Contracts; Amendment for Provision, Addition or Modification of Irrigation Blocks
Title 43 › CHAPTER 12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › SUBCHAPTER X — PAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION CHARGES › § 485h–6
Summary
After a contract is signed under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 but before the project development begins, the Secretary of the Interior can change that contract. The Secretary can add irrigation blocks, or expand or change ones already in the contract, if they think it will help carry out the Act.
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Title 43, §485h–6
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After the execution of a contract pursuant to the authority of section 9(d)(1) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 [43 U.S.C. 485h(d)(1)] and prior to the commencement of the development period provided thereunder, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to amend such contract to provide for irrigation blocks, or if such are already provided, to add to or modify such irrigation blocks, as he shall deem desirable to carry out the purposes of that Act.
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That Act, referred to in text, means act Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187, which enacted this subchapter, section 375a, 380a, and 387 to 389 of this title and section 16d of former Title 41, Public Contracts, and enacted provision set out as a note under section 485j of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 485k of this title and Tables. Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 which comprises this subchapter.
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43 U.S.C. § 485h–6
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102