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16 U.S.C. § 590y (CONSERVATION)
§ 590y. Authorization and purpose of investigation, construction, and maintenance of projects; title to projects; limitation on costs
For the purpose of stabilizing water supply and thereby rehabilitating farmers on the land and providing opportunities for permanent settlement of farm families, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as “the Secretary”) is authorized to investigate and, upon compliance with the provisions of this subchapter, to construct water conservation and utilization projects in the Great Plains and arid and semiarid areas of the United States, and to operate and maintain each such project in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter; Provided, That the United States shall retain title to the dams, reservoirs, irrigation, and other project works until Congress otherwise provides: And provided further, That expenditures from appropriations made directly pursuant to the authority contained in section 590z–10(1) of this title to meet reimbursable construction costs allocated to irrigation as defined in section 590z–2(b) of this title shall not exceed $2,000,000 for dams and reservoirs in any one project, and that expenditures from appropriations made directly pursuant to the authority contained in section 590z–10(1) of this title to meet costs allocated to flood control by the Secretary after consultation with the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, shall not exceed $500,000 on any one project.
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, § 1, 53 Stat. 1418; Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 861, 54 Stat. 1119; Mar. 7, 1942, ch. 164, 56 Stat. 142; July 16, 1943, ch. 242, § 1, 57 Stat. 566; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1943—Act July 16, 1943, raised amount of expenditures for dams and reservoirs on any one project from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000.
1942—Act Mar. 7, 1942, amended last proviso.
1940—Act Oct. 14, 1940, reenacted section.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Change of Name
text: Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
heading: Angostura Project
text: Act Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 630, 69 Stat. 552, provided: “That the provisions of sections 41(g), 43, and 51 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended [sections 1015(g), 1017, and 1025 of Title 7, Agriculture], are hereby extended to apply on the obligations of settlers on the Angostura project in South Dakota developed under the Act of August 11, 1939, as amended [this section].”
16 U.S.C. § 590z–4 (CONSERVATION)
§ 590z–4. Cooperative agreements with other agencies
The Secretary, by cooperative agreements, may arrange with the Department of Agriculture or with such other Federal or State agencies, as the President may deem desirable, for cooperation in the investigations and surveys of projects proposed under the authority of this subchapter; and in connection with any such project which is undertaken the Secretary by such cooperative agreements may arrange for such cooperation in the construction or operation and maintenance of the project as he deems desirable. Any such cooperative agreement with the Department of Agriculture may provide, among other things (1) that the Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into the repayment contracts, required by section 590z–2 of this title and shall handle the collections of repayments and shall take over the other administrative duties connected with the project, after the Secretary of the Interior announces that the project is ready for operation; (2) if such agreement be entered into after construction of the project has been undertaken by the Secretary of the Interior and after he has entered into the repayment contracts required by section 590z–2 of this title, that the Secretary of Agriculture shall take over the collection of repayments and other administrative duties connected with the project; (3) that no water shall be delivered to or for any land or party while the owner of said land or said party is in arrears for more than twelve months in the payment to the United States of money due and payable under a land contract entered into pursuant to section 590z–3(a) of this title; and (4) that any repayment contract with a water user or water users’ organization entered into pursuant to section 590z–2 of this title and any land contract with the same water user or organization entered into pursuant to section 590z–3(a) of this title, if said contracts involve the same land, may be combined in a single instrument. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out the provision of any such cooperative agreements.
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, § 6, as added Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 861, 54 Stat. 1123.)
16 U.S.C. § 590z–5 (CONSERVATION)
§ 590z–5. Repealed. Aug. 17, 1954, ch. 751, § 2, 68 Stat. 736
text: Section, act Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, § 7, as added Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 861, 54 Stat. 1124; amended June 10, 1949, ch. 195, 63 Stat. 171, related to limitations on expenditures under former sections 590r to 590x of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 590z–6 (CONSERVATION)
§ 590z–6. Disposition of receipts from repayment contracts and project operations
All payments made to the United States under repayment contracts on account of reimbursable construction costs, including penalties collected for delinquencies in such payments, and all other receipts from project operations pursuant to sections 590z–2 and 590z–7 of this title shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. Charges collected during the development period of a project under section 590z–2(c)(1) of this title, excepting such amounts thereof as may be credited to reimbursable construction costs, and charges collected for the operation and maintenance of a project under section 590z–2(c)(2) of this title shall be available for expenditure for operation and maintenance of said project in like manner as if said funds had been specifically appropriated for said purposes.
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, § 8, as added Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 861, 54 Stat. 1124.)
16 U.S.C. § 590z–8 (CONSERVATION)
§ 590z–8. Authority of Secretary of the Interior over lands, contracts, water rights, etc.
(a) Utilization of lands
In connection with any project constructed pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, the Secretary shall have the same authority, with regard to the utilization of lands owned by the United States, other than lands acquired under section 590z–3 of this title as he has in connection with projects undertaken pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws, Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
(b) Contracts, land acquisitions, etc.
In connection with the construction or operation and maintenance of a project undertaken pursuant to the authority of this subchapter, the Secretary shall have with respect to construction and supply contracts, and with respect to the acquisition, exchange, and disposition of lands, interest in lands, water rights, and other property and the relocation thereof, the same authority, including authority to acquire lands and interests in land and water rights with titles and at prices satisfactory to him, which he has in connection with projects under the Federal reclamation laws.
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, § 10, as added Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 861, 54 Stat. 1125.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Act of June 17, 1902, referred to in subsec. (a), is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 371 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of Title 43 and Tables.
16 U.S.C. § 590z–9 (CONSERVATION)
§ 590z–9. Powers and duties of Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture; rules and regulations
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are authorized to perform any and all Acts 1 and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying out their respective functions under this subchapter and for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this subchapter into full force and effect.
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, § 11, as added Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 861, 54 Stat. 1125.)
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
16 U.S.C. § 590z–10 (CONSERVATION)
§ 590z–10. Authorization of appropriations
To carry out the purposes of this subchapter there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated (1) for the Department of the Interior such sums as may be necessary to carry out its functions under this subchapter, and (2) for the Department of Agriculture such sums as may be necessary to carry out its functions under this subchapter.
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, § 12, as added Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 861, 54 Stat. 1125.)
16 U.S.C. § 590z–11 (CONSERVATION)
§ 590z–11. Delegation of powers and duties by Secretary of the Interior
For the purpose of facilitating and simplifying the administration of the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) and the Act of August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1418), as amended [16 U.S.C. 590y et seq.], the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to delegate, from time to time and to the extent and under such regulations as he deems proper, his powers and duties under said laws to the Commissioner of Reclamation, an Assistant Commissioner, or the officer in charge of any office, division, district, or project of the Bureau of Reclamation.
(Dec. 19, 1941, ch. 595, 55 Stat. 842.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Act of June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 371 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of Title 43 and Tables.
Act of August 11, 1939, referred to in text, is act Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, 53 Stat. 1418, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
heading: Codification
text: This section was not enacted as part of act Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, 53 Stat. 1418, which comprises this subchapter.
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
16 U.S.C. § 593 (CONSERVATION)
§ 593. Protection of timber in Florida
The President is authorized to employ so much of the land and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary effectually to prevent the felling, cutting down, or other destruction of the timber of the United States in Florida, and to prevent the transportation or carrying away any such timber as may be already felled or cut down; and to take such other and further measures as may be deemed advisable for the preservation of the timber of the United States in Florida.
(R.S. § 2460.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 2460 derived from act Feb. 23, 1882, ch. 9, 3 Stat. 651.
16 U.S.C. § 594 (CONSERVATION)
§ 594. Protection of timber owned by United States from fire, disease, or insect ravages
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to protect and preserve, from fire, disease, or the ravages of beetles, or other insects, timber owned by the United States upon the public lands, national parks, national monuments, Indian reservations, or other lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior owned by the United States, either directly or in cooperation with other departments of the Federal Government, with States, or with owners of timber; and appropriations are authorized to be made for such purposes.
(Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 349, 42 Stat. 857.)
16 U.S.C. § 594–1...594–5 (CONSERVATION)
§§ 594–1 to 594–5. Repealed. Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(3), formerly § 13(a)(3), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374; renumbered § 16(a)(3), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525
text: Section 594–1, act June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 1, 61 Stat. 177, set forth policy of Federal Government respecting protection of all forest lands from insects and diseases.
text: Section 594–2, act June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 2, 61 Stat. 177, related to conduct of surveys by Secretary of Agriculture to detect infestation by forest insect pests and tree diseases.
text: Section 594–3, act June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 3, 61 Stat. 177, related to allocation of funds for pest and plant disease control.
text: Section 594–4, act June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 4, 61 Stat. 177, related to contributions for insect or disease control carried out on non-federally owned forest land.
text: Section 594–5, acts June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 5, 61 Stat. 177; June 20, 1975, Pub. L. 94–40, 89 Stat. 224, set forth funding requirements for Federal program.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 17 of Pub. L. 95–313, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2101 of this title.
heading: Short Title
text: Act June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 7, 61 Stat. 177, providing that sections 594–1 to 594–5 of this title be known as the “Forest Pest Control Act”, was repealed by Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(3), formerly § 13(a)(3), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374, renumbered § 16(a)(3), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525.
heading: Construction
text: Act June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 6, 61 Stat. 177, providing that sections 594–1 to 594–5 of this title not be construed as limiting or repealing existing legislation, was repealed by Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(3), formerly § 13(a)(3), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374, renumbered § 16(a)(3), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525.
heading: Plan for Control of Dutch Elm Disease
text: Pub. L. 94–588, § 20, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2963, provided that the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with officials of both the States and political subdivisions thereof, conduct a study of the incidence of Dutch elm disease and evaluate methods for controlling the spread of such disease and submit a report on the results of such study to the President and the Congress on or before Mar. 1, 1977.
16 U.S.C. § 594a (CONSERVATION)
§ 594a. Repealed. Pub. L. 95–313, § 16(a)(2), formerly § 13(a)(2), July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 374; renumbered § 16(a)(2), Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1215(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525
text: Section, act Apr. 26, 1940, ch. 159, 54 Stat. 168, set forth provisions relating to white-pine blister rust control by the Secretary of Agriculture, and local authorities.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Repeal effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 17 of Pub. L. 95–313, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2101 of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 597...600 (CONSERVATION)
§§ 597 to 600. Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat. 1028
text: Sections, R.S. § 2463, acts Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 189, §§ 1, 2, 20 Stat. 470, 471; Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 182, 28 Stat. 814, related to red cedar timber and reservation of lands for naval purposes.
16 U.S.C. § 605 (CONSERVATION)
§ 605. Unlawful cutting on mineral lands; notice to Secretary
It shall be the duty of such officer as the Secretary of the Interior may designate in whose district any mineral land may be situated to ascertain from time to time whether any timber is being cut or used upon any such lands, except for the purposes authorized by section 604 of this title, within such land district; and, if so, he shall immediately notify the Secretary of the Interior of that fact; and all necessary expenses incurred in making such proper examinations shall be paid for and allowed such officer in making up his next quarterly account.
(June 3, 1878, ch. 150, § 2, 20 Stat. 88; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
“Such officer as the Secretary of the Interior may designate” substituted in text for “the register and the receiver of any local land office”, “Secretary of the Interior” for “Commissioner of the General Land Office”, and “such officer” for “such register and receiver” on authority of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
16 U.S.C. § 606 (CONSERVATION)
§ 606. Offense for unlawful cutting on mineral lands; punishment
Any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of sections 604 and 605 of this title, or any rules and regulations in pursuance thereof made by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $500, and to which may be added imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
(June 3, 1878, ch. 150, § 3, 20 Stat. 89.)
16 U.S.C. § 607a (CONSERVATION)
§ 607a. Cutting and use of timber in Alaska by settlers, residents, miners, etc.
The Secretary of the Interior may permit under regulations to be prescribed by him the use of timber found upon the public land in Alaska by actual settlers, residents, individual miners, and prospectors for minerals, for firewood, fencing, buildings, mining, prospecting, and for domestic purposes, as may actually be needed by such persons for such purposes and may permit such use by churches, hospitals, and charitable institutions in Alaska for firewood, fencing, buildings, and for domestic purposes.
(May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 11, 30 Stat. 414; June 15, 1938, ch. 437, 52 Stat. 699.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section is comprised of the last sentence of section 11 of act May 14, 1898. The remainder of section 11 of act May 14, 1898, is classified to section 615a of this title.
Section was formerly classified to section 423 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
heading: Amendments
text: 1938—Act June 15, 1938, inserted last clause relating to use of timber by churches, hospitals, and charitable institutions.
16 U.S.C. § 608 (CONSERVATION)
§ 608. Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Malheur County, Oregon
It shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits under the provisions of section 607 of this title to citizens of Malheur County, Oregon, to cut timber in the State of Idaho for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and to remove the timber so cut to Malheur County, State of Oregon.
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 111, 40 Stat. 1321.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section is derived from act Mar. 3, 1919, which recites that it amends section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, which is the source of section 607 of this title, by adding this section thereto. Section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, is classified to sections 607, 608 to 611a of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 609 (CONSERVATION)
§ 609. Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Modoc County, California
It shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits under the provisions of section 607 of this title, to citizens of Modoc County, California, to cut timber in the State of Nevada for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and to remove the timber so cut to Modoc County, State of California.
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 115, 40 Stat. 1322.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section is derived from act Mar. 3, 1919, which recites that it amends section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, which is the source of section 607 of this title, by adding this section thereto. Section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, is classified to sections 607, 608 to 611a of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 610 (CONSERVATION)
§ 610. Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Washington County and Kane County, Utah
It shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits under the provisions of section 607 of this title, to citizens of Washington County and of Kane County, Utah, to cut timber on the public lands of the counties of Mohave and Coconino, Arizona, for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and remove the timber so cut to said Washington County and Kane County, Utah.
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Feb. 27, 1922, ch. 82, 42 Stat. 398.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section is derived from act Feb. 27, 1922, which recites that it amends section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, which is the source of section 607 of this title, by adding this section thereto. Section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, is classified to sections 607, 608 to 611a of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 611 (CONSERVATION)
§ 611. Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Idaho and Wyoming
It shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits under the provisions of section 607 of this title, to citizens of Idaho and Wyoming to cut timber in the State of Wyoming west of the Continental Divide on the Snake River and its tributaries to the boundary line of Idaho, for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and to remove the timber so cut to the State of Idaho.
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added July 1, 1898, ch. 546, § 1, 30 Stat. 618.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section is derived from act July 1, 1898, which recites that it amends section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, which is the source of section 607 of this title, by adding this section thereto. Section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, is classified to sections 607, 608 to 611a of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 611a (CONSERVATION)
§ 611a. Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Bear Lake County, Idaho
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to grant permits, subject to the provisions of section 607 of this title, to citizens of Bear Lake County, Idaho, to cut and remove timber on the unappropriated public domain in Lincoln County, Wyoming, for domestic use in Bear Lake County, Idaho: Provided, That no live standing timber shall be taken without compensation.
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 591, 49 Stat. 665.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section is derived from act Aug. 1, 1935, which recites that it amends section 8 of act Mar. 31, 1891, which is the source of section 607 of this title, by adding this section thereto. Section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1891, is classified to sections 607, 608 to 611a of this title.