2014 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation (Sections 1 - 7304)
Chapter 3C - Water Conservation (Sections 590r - 590z-11)
Subchapter II - Conservation and Utilization Projects (Sections 590y - 590z-11)
Sec. 590z-8 - Authority of Secretary of the Interior over lands, contracts, water rights, etc.
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 3C - WATER CONSERVATION SUBCHAPTER II - CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION PROJECTS Sec. 590z-8 - Authority of Secretary of the Interior over lands, contracts, water rights, etc. |
Contains | section 590z-8 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, §10, as added Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 861, 54 Stat. 1125. |
Statutes at Large References | 32 Stat. 388 54 Stat. 1125 |
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In connection with any project constructed pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, the Secretary shall have the same authority, with regard to the utilization of lands owned by the United States, other than lands acquired under section 590z–3 of this title as he has in connection with projects undertaken pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws, Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
(b) Contracts, land acquisitions, etc.In connection with the construction or operation and maintenance of a project undertaken pursuant to the authority of this subchapter, the Secretary shall have with respect to construction and supply contracts, and with respect to the acquisition, exchange, and disposition of lands, interest in lands, water rights, and other property and the relocation thereof, the same authority, including authority to acquire lands and interests in land and water rights with titles and at prices satisfactory to him, which he has in connection with projects under the Federal reclamation laws.
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, §10, as added Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 861, 54 Stat. 1125.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTAct of June 17, 1902, referred to in subsec. (a), is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§371 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of Title 43 and Tables.
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