43 USC § 499 - Discretionary power to transfer management

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s499"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 499 - Discretionary power to transfer management"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "499"
section_name: "Discretionary power to transfer management"
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, § 5, 38 Stat. 687.)"
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# § 499. Discretionary power to transfer management

Whenever any legally organized water-users’ association or irrigation district shall so request, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to transfer to such water-users’ association or irrigation district the care, operation, and maintenance of all or any part of the project works, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 5, 38 Stat. 687.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is comprised of part of first sentence of section 5 of act . Remainder of first sentence and second sentence of such section 5 are classified to .