43 USC § 391a - Advances to reclamation fund

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title: "43 USC § 391a - Advances to reclamation fund"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "391a"
section_name: "Advances to reclamation fund"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "RECLAMATION FUND GENERALLY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 435, § 1, 46 Stat. 1507.)"
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# § 391a. Advances to reclamation fund

section 391 of this titleJune 17, 190232 Stat. 388March 3, 1931

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, upon request of the Secretary of the Interior and upon approval of the President, to transfer from time to time to the credit of the reclamation fund created by , such sum or sums, not exceeding in the aggregate $5,000,000, as the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary for the construction and operation of reclamation projects authorized under the Act of  (), and under way on , and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 435, § 1, 46 Stat. 1507.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of , referred to in text, is popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.