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[CITE: 43USC373]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
  CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 373. General authority of Secretary of the Interior

    The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all 
acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and 
proper for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act into 
full force and effect.

(June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, Sec. 10, 32 Stat. 390; Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, 
Sec. 15, 38 Stat. 690.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in text, refers both to act June 17, 1902, 
popularly known as the Reclamation Act, and to act Aug. 13, 1914. See 
Codification note set out below. For classification of act June 17, 1902 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this 
title and Tables. Act Aug. 13, 1914, is classified to sections 373, 414, 
418, 435 to 437, 440, 443, 464, 465, 469, 471, 472, 475, 477 to 481, 
492, 493, 494 to 497, and 499 of this title.

                          Codification

    Act Aug. 13, 1914, cited as a credit to this section, did not amend 
act July 17, 1902, but contained identical provisions.


              Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands Act

    Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by 
the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.


                            Cross References

    Delegation of powers and duties of Secretary of the Interior under 
reclamation laws, see section 590z-11 of Title 16, Conservation.
    Grand Teton National Park, withdrawn lands within exterior boundary, 
use for reclamation purposes, see section 406d-5 of Title 16.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 475 of this title.
