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[CITE: 43USC505]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
  CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
       SUBCHAPTER XI--MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY
 
Sec. 505. Drainage facilities and minor construction in 
        irrigation works; contracts with repayment organizations; 
        limitation on costs; submission of contract to Congress
        
    Funds appropriated for the construction of irrigation works 
authorized to be undertaken pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws 
(Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or 
supplementary thereto), the Act of August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1418), as 
amended [16 U.S.C. 590y et seq.], or other Acts of Congress may, insofar 
as such funds are available for the construction of drainage facilities 
and other minor items, be utilized by the Secretary of the Interior to 
accomplish such work by contract, by force account or, notwithstanding 
any other law and subject only to such reasonable terms and conditions 
as the Secretary shall deem appropriate for the protection of the United 
States, by contract entered into with the repayment organization 
concerned whereby said organization shall perform such work: Provided, 
That in the event construction work to be accomplished by any one 
repayment organization, pursuant to contract with the United States, 
exceeds a total cost of $200,000, such contract shall not be executed by 
the Secretary prior to the expiration of sixty calendar days (which 
sixty days, however, shall not include days on which either the House of 
Representatives or the Senate is not in session because of an 
adjournment of more than three days to a day certain) from the date on 
which it has been submitted to the Speaker of the House and the 
President of the Senate for reference to the appropriate Committees, 
except that such contract may be executed prior to expiration of such 
sixty days in any case in which both such Committees approve said 
contract and notify the Secretary in writing of such approval.

(June 13, 1956, ch. 382, 70 Stat. 274.)

                       References in Text

    Act of June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is popularly known as the 
Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
    Act of August 11, 1939, referred to in text, is classified generally 
to subchapter II (Sec. 590y et seq.) of chapter 3C of Title 16, 
Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Tables.
