§ 451b. — Irrigation construction charges.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC451b]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER VII--EXCHANGE AND AMENDMENT OF FARM UNITS
Sec. 451b. Irrigation construction charges
(a) Credits to entryman
If an entryman making an exchange under the provisions of this
subchapter becomes the direct obligor for payment to the United States
of irrigation construction charges for his lieu farm unit or undertakes
a contract under which the equivalent, in whole or in part, of such
charges is returned to the United States, the Secretary, to the extent
to which such charges upon the original farm unit or the equivalent
thereof have actually been paid to the United States or to an irrigation
district or other form of organization under contract with the United
States, may give him credit for such charges upon the lieu unit.
(b) Credits to district; reduction of costs
If an irrigation district or other form of organization within the
boundaries of which is located the lieu farm unit of an entryman making
an exchange under the provisions of this subchapter is or becomes the
direct obligor for payment to the United States of irrigation
construction charges or undertakes or has undertaken a contract under
which the equivalent, in whole or in part, of such charges is returned
to the United States, the Secretary may, to the extent to which it gives
credit to the entryman for such charges or the equivalent thereof
actually paid upon the original farm unit, give the district or other
form of organization credit for payment of such charges. Upon the making
of an exchange pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, the
Secretary may reduce (i) the reimbursable construction costs of the
project or division thereof upon which the original farm unit was
located by the amount of such costs which were properly assignable to
the original farm unit and which were not then due and payable, and (ii)
the reimbursable construction costs of the project or division thereof
upon which the lieu farm unit is located by the amount of credit which
might be given under the provisions of this section.
(c) Extension of benefits to districts
In any case in which the benefits of this subchapter are extended to
an assignee of an unpatented farm unit or to a resident owner of private
lands, as provided in subsection (b) of section 451a of this title, an
appropriate extension of benefits may also be made to an irrigation
district or other form of organization under subsection (b) of this
section.
(Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, Sec. 3, 67 Stat. 566.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 451a, 451c, 451k of this
title.
