Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§505a–2 Asset Management Report Enhancements for Transferred Works

Title 43 › Chapter 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter XI— MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY › § 505a–2

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must work with the non-Federal groups that operate transferred works to make reporting rules for Asset Management Reports about major repair and rehabilitation needs, similar to the rules used for reserved works. After getting input from the Bureau’s water and power contractors, the Secretary must create and use a rating system for transferred works that matches the reserved-works rating system as much as possible, and put that rating system into the updated Asset Management Reports.

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Title 43, §505a–2

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(a)The Secretary shall coordinate with the non-Federal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance of transferred works in developing reporting requirements for Asset Management Reports with respect to major repair and rehabilitation needs for transferred works that are similar to the reporting requirements described in section 505a–1(b) of this title.

(b)(1)After considering input from water and power contractors of the Bureau, the Secretary shall develop and implement a rating system for transferred works that incorporates, to the maximum extent practicable, the rating system for major repair and rehabilitation needs for reserved works developed under section 505a–1(b)(3) of this title.

(2)The ratings system developed under paragraph (1) shall be included in the updated Asset Management Reports under section 505a–1(c) of this title.

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definition of “Secretary” Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, see section 2 of Pub. L. 116–9, set out as a note under section 1 of Title 16, Conservation.

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43 U.S.C. § 505a–2

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60