§ 505. — Drainage facilities and minor construction in irrigation works; contracts with repayment organizations; limitation on costs; submission of contract to Congress.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC505]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER XI--MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY
Sec. 505. Drainage facilities and minor construction in
irrigation works; contracts with repayment organizations;
limitation on costs; submission of contract to Congress
Funds appropriated for the construction of irrigation works
authorized to be undertaken pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws
(Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or
supplementary thereto), the Act of August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1418), as
amended [16 U.S.C. 590y et seq.], or other Acts of Congress may, insofar
as such funds are available for the construction of drainage facilities
and other minor items, be utilized by the Secretary of the Interior to
accomplish such work by contract, by force account or, notwithstanding
any other law and subject only to such reasonable terms and conditions
as the Secretary shall deem appropriate for the protection of the United
States, by contract entered into with the repayment organization
concerned whereby said organization shall perform such work: Provided,
That in the event construction work to be accomplished by any one
repayment organization, pursuant to contract with the United States,
exceeds a total cost of $200,000, such contract shall not be executed by
the Secretary prior to the expiration of sixty calendar days (which
sixty days, however, shall not include days on which either the House of
Representatives or the Senate is not in session because of an
adjournment of more than three days to a day certain) from the date on
which it has been submitted to the Speaker of the House and the
President of the Senate for reference to the appropriate Committees,
except that such contract may be executed prior to expiration of such
sixty days in any case in which both such Committees approve said
contract and notify the Secretary in writing of such approval.
(June 13, 1956, ch. 382, 70 Stat. 274.)
References in Text
Act of June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is popularly known as the
Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
Act of August 11, 1939, referred to in text, is classified generally
to subchapter II (Sec. 590y et seq.) of chapter 3C of Title 16,
Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Tables.
