2019 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 11 - Irrigation of Allotted Lands
Sec. 388 - Claims for damages; settlement by agreement

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 388 (2019)
Section Name ยง388. Claims for damages; settlement by agreement
Section Text

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.

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(Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 279, 45 Stat. 1252.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 25 - INDIANS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 11 - IRRIGATION OF ALLOTTED LANDS
Sec. 388 - Claims for damages; settlement by agreement
Contains section 388
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 45 Stat. 1252
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