43 USC § 411 - Surveys for, location, and construction of irrigation works generally

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s411"
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title: "43 USC § 411 - Surveys for, location, and construction of irrigation works generally"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "411"
section_name: "Surveys for, location, and construction of irrigation works generally"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "INSTITUTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 2, 32 Stat. 388; Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1(7), 60 Stat. 867.)"
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# § 411. Surveys for, location, and construction of irrigation works generally

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to make examinations and surveys for, and to locate and construct, as herein provided, irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters, including artesian wells.

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**Source Credit**: (June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 2, 32 Stat. 388; Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1(7), 60 Stat. 867.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

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

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in acts , ; , .

### Amendments

1946—Act , struck out provisions requiring annual reports to Congress as to results of those examinations and surveys.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands Act

Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see .