Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§507 Construction for Dam Safety
Title 43 › Chapter 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter XI–A— RECLAMATION SAFETY OF DAMS › § 507
Summary
Except as allowed under section 509b, construction here must only improve dam safety, not add storage or new benefits. It doesn't reduce previously authorized repayable costs.
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Title 43, §507
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Except as provided in section 509b of this title, construction authorized by this subchapter shall be for the purposes of dam safety and not for the specific purposes of providing additional conservation storage capacity or of developing benefits over and above those provided by the original dams and reservoirs. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to reduce the amount of project costs allocated to reimbursable purposes heretofore authorized.
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2015—Pub. L. 114–113 substituted “Except as provided in section 509b of this title,
Construction
” for “
Construction
”.
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43 U.S.C. § 507
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60