43 USC § 2432 - Effect on the reclamation laws

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title: "43 USC § 2432 - Effect on the reclamation laws"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "2432"
section_name: "Effect on the reclamation laws"
chapter_number: 42
chapter_name: "RURAL WATER SUPPLY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY WATER WORKS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–451, title II, § 213, Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3361.)"
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# § 2432. Effect on the reclamation laws

**(a)** **Reclamation projects** Nothing in this subchapter supersedes or amends any Federal law associated with a project, or a portion of a project, constructed under the reclamation laws.

**(b)** **No new or supplemental benefits** Any assistance provided under this subchapter shall not—

**(1)** be considered to be a new or supplemental benefit for purposes of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390aa et seq.); or

**(2)** affect any contract in existence on December 22, 2006, that is executed under the reclamation laws.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–451, title II, § 213, Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3361.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is title II of , , , which enacted subchapter I–A (§ 390aa et seq.) of chapter 12 of this title, amended sections 373a, 422e, 425b, and 485h of this title, and repealed , Indians. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.