43 USC § 1575 - Contract authority

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title: "43 USC § 1575 - Contract authority"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "1575"
section_name: "Contract authority"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PROGRAMS DOWNSTREAM FROM IMPERIAL DAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–320, title I, § 105, June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 270.)"
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# § 1575. Contract authority

The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts that he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter in advance of the appropriation of funds therefor.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–320, title I, § 105, June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 270.)