§ 388. — Claims for damages; settlement by agreement.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC388]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 11--IRRIGATION OF ALLOTTED LANDS
Sec. 388. Claims for damages; settlement by agreement
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to pay out of funds
available for the Indian irrigation projects for damages caused to
owners of lands or other private property of any kind by reason of the
operations of the United States, its officers or employees, in the
survey, construction, operation, or maintenance of irrigation works of
such projects and which may be compromised by agreement between the
claimant and the Secretary of the Interior or such officers as he may
designate: Provided, That the total of any such claims authorized to be
settled as herein contemplated shall not exceed 5 per centum of the
funds available for the project under which such claims arise during any
one fiscal year.
(Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 279, 45 Stat. 1252.)
