# § 590z. Utilization of services, materials, funds, etc., of Federal, State, or municipal agencies, or of individuals
section 590z–1(a)(iv) of this title
In connection with the investigation, construction, or operation and maintenance of a project, pursuant to the authority of this subchapter, the Secretary is authorized to utilize (1) in such manner as the President may direct, services, labor, materials, or other property, including money, supplied by the Work Projects Administration, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Office of Indian Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, or any other Federal agency, for which the United States shall be reimbursed in such amounts as the President may fix for each project, within the limits of the water users’ ability to repay costs as found by the Secretary under ; and (2) such services, labor, materials, easements or property, including money, as may be contributed by any State or political subdivision thereof, State agency, municipal corporation, or other organization, or individuals, if, in the judgment of the Secretary, the acceptance thereof will not impair the title of the United States to the project works and will not reduce the probability that the project water users can meet the obligations to the United States entered into pursuant to this subchapter. Moneys received and accepted under (2) of this section shall be and remain available for expenditure for the purposes for which contributed in like manner as if said sums had been specifically appropriated for said purposes.
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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, § 2, 53 Stat. 1419; Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 861, 54 Stat. 1120.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
1940—Act , reenacted section.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Transfer of Functions
Functions of Federal Works Agency transferred to General Services Administration by , . See Historical and Revision Notes under , Public Buildings, Property, and Works. was amended generally by , , , and, as so amended, no longer relates to the Federal Works Agency and Commissioner of Public Buildings. See 2006 Amendment note under .
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was redesignated Department of Health and Human Services by , Education.
### Drainage Facilities and Minor Construction
Contracts with repayment organizations for construction of drainage facilities and minor items in irrigation works, see , Public Lands.
## Executive Documents
### Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Works Projects Administration and its functions transferred to Federal Works Agency by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1939, §§ 301, 306, eff. , 4 F.R. 2729, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
Civilian Conservation Corps and its functions consolidated with other agencies under Federal Security Agency, to be administered by Director of Corps under direction and supervision of Federal Security Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1939, §§ 201, 207, eff. , 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
Federal Security Agency was abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, eff. , 18 F.R. 2053, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, and its functions transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953.