43 USC § 413 - Approval of project by President

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title: "43 USC § 413 - Approval of project by President"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "413"
section_name: "Approval of project by President"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "INSTITUTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 25, 1910, ch. 407, § 4, 36 Stat. 836.)"
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# § 413. Approval of project by President

June 25, 1910June 17, 1902

After , no irrigation project contemplated by the Act of , shall be begun unless and until the same shall have been recommended by the Secretary of the Interior and approved by the direct order of the President of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1910, ch. 407, § 4, 36 Stat. 836.)

## 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.

### Codification

Section is comprised of second clause of section 4 of act . First clause of such section 4 is classified to .