43 USC § 662 - Reservation of reservoir sites generally

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s662"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 662 - Reservation of reservoir sites generally"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "662"
section_name: "Reservation of reservoir sites generally"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "APPROPRIATION OF WATERS; RESERVOIR SITES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 2, 1888, ch. 1069, 25 Stat. 526, 527; Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 837, § 1, 26 Stat. 391; Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.)"
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# § 662. Reservation of reservoir sites generally

August 30, 1890

Sites for reservoirs and other hydraulic works necessary for the storage and utilization of water for irrigation and the prevention of floods and overflows, located or selected prior to , shall remain segregated and reserved from entry, or settlement, until otherwise provided by law, and reservoir sites thereafter located or selected on public lands shall in like manner be reserved from the date of the location or selection thereof.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 2, 1888, ch. 1069, 25 Stat. 526, 527; Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 837, § 1, 26 Stat. 391; Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is based on provisions contained in acts , and , affected by act .

### Amendments

1976— struck out provision authorizing the President, in his discretion, to open by proclamation any portion or all of the lands reserved by this section to settlement under the homestead laws.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

, , , provided that the amendment made by section 704(a) is effective on and after .

### Savings Provision

Amendment by  not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on , see , set out as a note under .