43 U.S.C. § 461
Section 461 · Determination of construction charges generally
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 134 F. Supp. 2d 1111 - United States v. Westlands Water District (2001)
Most recently applied in San Luis Unit Food Producers v. United States (March 2013)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The construction charges which shall be made per acre upon the entries and upon lands in private ownership which may be irrigated by the waters of any irrigation project shall be determined with a view of returning to the reclamation fund the estimated cost of construction of the project, and shall be apportioned equitably.
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Codification
Section is comprised of part of section 4 of act June 17, 1902. Remainder of such section 4 is classified to section 419 of this title.
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Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.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
Construction charges against unproductive lands, see sections 423 to 423g of this title.
Grand Teton National Park, withdrawn lands within exterior boundary, use for reclamation purposes, see section 406d–5 of Title 16, Conservation.