43 USC § 390hh - Operation and maintenance charges

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s390hh"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 390hh - Operation and maintenance charges"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "390hh"
section_name: "Operation and maintenance charges"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "I–A"
subchapter_name: "RECLAMATION REFORM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 208, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1267.)"
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# § 390hh. Operation and maintenance charges

**(a)** **Price adequate to recover charges** section 390cc of this title

The price of irrigation water delivered by the Secretary pursuant to a contract or an amendment to a contract with a district, as specified in , shall be at least sufficient to recover all operation and maintenance charges which the district is obligated to pay to the United States.

**(b)** **Modification of price** section 390cc of this title

Whenever a district enters into a contract or requests that its contract be amended as specified in , and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall calculate such operation and maintenance charges and shall modify the price of irrigation water delivered under the contract as necessary to reflect any changes in such costs by amending the district’s contract accordingly.

**(c)** **Districts not operating from Federal funds** This section shall not apply to districts which operate and maintain project facilities and finance the operation and maintenance thereof from non-Federal funds.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 208, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1267.)