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43 U.S.C. § 421a — Construction of distribution and drainage systems by irrigation districts or public agencies
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Distribution and drainage systems authorized to be constructed under the Federal reclamation laws may, in lieu of construction by the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in sections 421a to 421h of this title as the “Secretary”), be constructed by irrigation districts or other public agencies according to plans and specifications approved by the Secretary as provided in sections 421a to 421h of this title. The drainage systems referred to in sections 421a to 421h of this title are those required for collection and removal of excess irrigation water, either on or below the surface of the ground and do not include enlargement or alteration of existing waterways for disposition or natural runoff.
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Distribution and drainage systems authorized to be constructed under the Federal reclamation laws may, in lieu of construction by the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in sections 421a to 421h of this title as the “Secretary”), be constructed by irrigation districts or other public agencies according to plans and specifications approved by the Secretary as provided in sections 421a to 421h of this title. The drainage systems referred to in sections 421a to 421h of this title are those required for collection and removal of excess irrigation water, either on or below the surface of the ground and do not include enlargement or alteration of existing waterways for disposition or natural runoff.
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To assist financially in the construction of the aforesaid local distribution and drainage systems by irrigation districts and other public agencies the Secretary is authorized, on application therefor by such irrigation districts or other public agencies, to make funds available on a loan basis from moneys appropriated for the construction of such distribution and drainage systems to any irrigation district or other public agency in an amount equal to the estimated construction cost of such system, contingent upon a finding by the Secretary that the loan can be returned to the United States in accordance with the general repayment provisions of sections 485a(d) and 485h(d) of this title and upon a showing that such district or agency already holds or can acquire all lands and interests in land (except public and other lands or interests in land owned by the United States which are within the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary and subject to disposition by him) necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the project. The Secretary shall, upon approval of a loan, including any loan for a distribution and drainage system receiving water from the San Luis unit, Central Valley project, authorized by the Act of June 3, 1960 (74 Stat. 156), enter into a repayment contract which includes such provisions as the Secretary shall deem necessary and proper to provide assurance of prompt repayment of the loan within not to exceed forty years plus a development period not to exceed ten years. The term “irrigation district or other public agency” shall for the purposes of sections 421a to 421h of this title mean any conservancy district, irrigation district, water users’ organization, or other organization, which is organized under State law and which has c
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 421b
lands in private ownership which may be irri-
gated by the waters of the said irrigation
project, and the number of annual installments
in which such charges shall be paid and the time
when such payments shall commence: Provided,
That in all construction work eight hours shall
constitute a day’s work.
(June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 4, 32 Stat. 389; May 10,
1956, ch. 256, 70 Stat. 151.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section is comprised of part of section 4 of act June
17, 1902. Remainder of such section 4 is classified to sec-
tion 461 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
1956—Act May 10, 1956, substituted a period for the
comma after ‘‘work’’ in proviso, and struck out ‘‘and
no Mongolian labor shall be employed thereon.’’
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SECTION AS UNAFFECTED BY SUBMERGED LANDS ACT
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified,
or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section
1303 of this title.
§ 420. Use of earth, timber, etc., from other public
lands
In carrying out the provisions of the national
irrigation law approved June 17, 1902, and in con-
structing works thereunder, the Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to use and to permit the
use by those engaged in the construction of
works under said law, under rules and regula-
tions to be prescribed by him, such earth, stone,
and timber from the public lands of the United
States as may be required in the construction of
such works, and the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to permit the use of earth, stone, and
timber from the national forests of the United
States for the same purpose, under rules and
regulations to be prescribed by him.
(Feb. 8, 1905, ch. 552, 33 Stat. 706; Mar. 4, 1907, ch.
2907, 34 Stat. 1269.)
Edi
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