43 USC § 497 - Action to recover operation charge and penalty

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s497"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 497 - Action to recover operation charge and penalty"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "497"
section_name: "Action to recover operation charge and penalty"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 6, 38 Stat. 688.)"
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# § 497. Action to recover operation charge and penalty

section 481 of this title

In the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior suit or action may be brought for the amounts of operation or maintenance charges in default and penalties in like manner as provided in .

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 6, 38 Stat. 688.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is comprised of third sentence of section 6 of act . First and second sentences of such section 6 are classified to sections 479, 493, 494, 495, and 496 of this title, respectively.