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[CITE: 43USC412]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
  CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
        SUBCHAPTER III--INSTITUTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS
 
Sec. 412. Prerequisites to initiation of project or division of 
        project
        
    After December 5, 1924, no new project or new division of a project 
shall be approved for construction or estimates submitted therefor by 
the Secretary until information in detail shall be secured by him 
concerning the water supply, the engineering features, the cost of 
construction, land prices, and the probable cost of development, and he 
shall have made a finding in writing that it is feasible, that it is 
adaptable for actual settlement and farm homes, and that it will 
probably return the cost thereof to the United States.

(Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, Sec. 4, subsec. B, 43 Stat. 702.)


                               Definitions

    The definitions in section 371 of this title apply to this section.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 371, 417, 493, 500, 600a of 
this title.
