40 USC § 9505 - Paying for main pipes

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title: "40 USC § 9505 - Paying for main pipes"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "9505"
section_name: "Paying for main pipes"
chapter_number: 95
chapter_name: "WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT AND OTHER PUBLIC WORKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1234.)"
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# § 9505. Paying for main pipes

**(a)** **Federal Government.—** The Federal Government shall only pay for the number of main pipes of the Washington Aqueduct needed to furnish public buildings, offices, and grounds with the necessary supply of water.

**(b)** **District of Columbia.—** The District of Columbia shall pay the cost of any main pipe of the Washington Aqueduct which supplies water to the inhabitants of the District of Columbia, in the manner provided by law.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1234.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 9505 | 40:55. | R.S. § 1805. |

In subsection (b), the words “its inhabitants” are substituted for “inhabitants of Washington and Georgetown” in section 1805 of the Revised Statutes because of the Act of  (ch. 79, ).