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43 U.S.C. § 389 — Relocation of highways, railroads, transmission lines, etc., exchange of water, water rights or electric energy

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43 U.S.C. § 389 — Relocation of highways, railroads, transmission lines, etc., exchange of water, water rights or electric energy

The Secretary is authorized, in connection with the construction or operation and maintenance of any project, (a) to purchase or condemn suitable lands or interests in lands for relocation of highways, roadways, railroads, telegraph, telephone, or electric transmission lines, or any other properties whatsoever, the relocation of which in the judgment of the Secretary is necessitated by said construction or operation and maintenance, and to perform any or all work involved in said relocations on said lands or interests in lands, other lands or interests in lands owned and held by the United States in connection with the construction or operation and maintenance of said project, or properties not owned by the United States; (b) to enter into contracts with the owners of said properties whereby they undertake to acquire any or all property needed for said relocation, or to perform any or all work involved in said relocations; and (c) for the purpose of effecting completely said relocations, to convey or exchange Government properties acquired or improved under (a) above, with or without improvements, or other properties owned and held by the United States in connection with the construction or operation and maintenance of said project, or to grant perpetual easements therein or thereover. Grants or conveyances hereunder shall be by instruments executed by the Secretary without regard to provisions of law governing the patenting of public lands.

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43 U.S.C. § 485a — Definitions

As used in this subchapter— **(a)** The term “Federal reclamation laws” shall mean the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. **(b)** The term “Secretary” shall mean the Secretary of the Interior. **(c)** The term “project” shall mean any reclamation or irrigation project, including incidental features thereof, authorized by the Federal reclamation laws, or constructed by the United States pursuant to said laws, or in connection with which there is a repayment contract executed by the United States, pursuant to said laws, or any project constructed or operated and maintained by the Secretary through the Bureau of Reclamation for the reclamation of arid lands or other purposes. **(d)** The term “construction charges” shall mean the amounts of principal obligations payable to the United States under water-right applications, repayment contracts, orders of the Secretary, or other forms of obligation entered into pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws, excepting amounts payable for water rental or power charges, operation and maintenance and other yearly service charges, and excepting also any other operation and maintenance, interest, or other charges which are not covered into the principal sums of the construction accounts of the Bureau of Reclamation. **(e)** The term “repayment contract” shall mean any contract providing for payment of construction charges to the United States. **(f)** The term “project contract unit” shall mean a project or any substantial area of a project which is covered or is proposed to be covered by a repayment contract. On any project where two or more repayment contracts in part cover the same area and in part different areas, the area covered by each such repayment contract shall

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42 U.S.C. § 7134 — Assistant Secretaries; appointment and confirmation; identification of responsibilities

**(a)** There shall be in the Department 8 Assistant Secretaries, each of whom shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; who shall be compensated at the rate provided for at level IV of the Executive Schedule under [section 5315 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5315&num=0&edition=prelim); and who shall perform, in accordance with applicable law, such of the functions transferred or delegated to, or vested in, the Secretary as he shall prescribe in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The functions which the Secretary shall assign to the Assistant Secretaries include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Energy resource applications, including functions dealing with management of all forms of energy production and utilization, including fuel supply, electric power supply, enriched uranium production, energy technology programs, and the management of energy resource leasing procedures on Federal lands. (2) Energy research and development functions, including the responsibility for policy and management of research and development for all aspects of— (A) solar energy resources; (B) geothermal energy resources; (C) recycling energy resources; (D) the fuel cycle for fossil energy resources; and (E) the fuel cycle for nuclear energy resources. (3) Environmental responsibilities and functions, including advising the Secretary with respect to the conformance of the Department’s activities to environmental protection laws and principles, and conducting a comprehensive program of research and development on the environmental effects of energy technologies and programs. (4) International programs and international policy functions, including those

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43 U.S.C. § 389 — Relocation of highways, railroads, trans-

Page 92 TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS § 389 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries DEFINITIONS The definitions in section 485a of this title apply to this section. § 389. Relocation of highways, railroads, trans- mission lines, etc., exchange of water, water rights or electric energy The Secretary is authorized, in connection with the construction or operation and mainte- nance of any project, (a) to purchase or condemn suitable lands or interests in lands for reloca- tion of highways, roadways, railroads, telegraph, telephone, or electric transmission lines, or any other properties whatsoever, the relocation of which in the judgment of the Secretary is neces- sitated by said construction or operation and maintenance, and to perform any or all work in- volved in said relocations on said lands or inter- ests in lands, other lands or interests in lands owned and held by the United States in connec- tion with the construction or operation and maintenance of said project, or properties not owned by the United States; (b) to enter into contracts with the owners of said properties whereby they undertake to acquire any or all property needed for said relocation, or to per- form any or all work involved in said reloca- tions; and (c) for the purpose of effecting com- pletely said relocations, to convey or exchange Government properties acquired or improved under (a) above, with or without improvements, or other properties owned and held by the United States in connection with the construc- tion or operation and maintenance of said project, or to grant perpetual easements therein or thereover. Grants or conveyances hereunder shall be by instruments executed by the Sec- retary without regard to provisions of law gov- erning the patenting of public lands. The S

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