§ 524. — Cooperation with irrigation districts, etc., in construction of reservoirs and canals.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC524]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER XIII--SALE OR LEASE OF SURPLUS WATERS, WATER POWER, STORAGE
CAPACITY, AND WATER TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
Sec. 524. Cooperation with irrigation districts, etc., in
construction of reservoirs and canals
In carrying out the provisions of the said reclamation Act, and Acts
amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, the Secretary of the
Interior is authorized, upon such terms as may be agreed upon, to
cooperate with irrigation districts, water-users' associations,
corporations, entrymen, or water users for the construction or use of
such reservoirs, canals, or ditches as may be advantageously used by the
Government and irrigation districts, water-users' associations,
corporations, entrymen, or water users for impounding, delivering, and
carrying water for irrigation purposes: Provided, That the title to and
management of the works so constructed shall be subject to the
provisions of section 498 of this title: Provided further, That water
shall not be furnished from any such reservoir or delivered through any
such canal or ditch to any one landowner in excess of an amount
sufficient to irrigate one hundred and sixty acres: Provided, That
nothing contained in sections 523 to 525 of this title shall be held or
construed as enlarging or attempting to enlarge the right of the United
States, under existing law, to control the waters of any stream in any
State.
(Feb. 21, 1911, ch. 141, Sec. 2, 36 Stat. 926.)
References in Text
The said reclamation Act, referred to in text, probably means act
June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, as amended, 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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 525, 526, 2245 of this
title.
