43 USC § 377 - General expenses of Bureau of Reclamation chargeable to general reclamation fund

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title: "43 USC § 377 - General expenses of Bureau of Reclamation chargeable to general reclamation fund"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "377"
section_name: "General expenses of Bureau of Reclamation chargeable to general reclamation fund"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, § 4, subsec. O, 43 Stat. 704; Apr. 19, 1945, ch. 80, 59 Stat. 54.)"
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# § 377. General expenses of Bureau of Reclamation chargeable to general reclamation fund

June 30, 1945

The cost and expense after , of the office of the Commissioner in the District of Columbia, and, except for such cost and expense as are incurred on behalf of specific projects, of general investigations and of nonproject offices outside the District of Columbia, shall be charged to the reclamation fund and shall not be charged as a part of the reimbursable construction or operation and maintenance costs.

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**Source Credit**: (Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, § 4, subsec. O, 43 Stat. 704; Apr. 19, 1945, ch. 80, 59 Stat. 54.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1945—Act , amended section generally and made it applicable after .

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### 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 under .