43 USC § 461 - Determination of construction charges generally

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s461"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 461 - Determination of construction charges generally"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "461"
section_name: "Determination of construction charges generally"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "CONSTRUCTION CHARGES"
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, § 4, 32 Stat. 389.)"
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# § 461. Determination of construction charges generally

The construction charges which shall be made per acre upon the entries and upon lands in private ownership which may be irrigated by the waters of any irrigation project shall be determined with a view of returning to the reclamation fund the estimated cost of construction of the project, and shall be apportioned equitably.

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**Source Credit**: (June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 4, 32 Stat. 389.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is comprised of part of section 4 of act . Remainder of such section 4 is classified to .

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Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see .