Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 40 — Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief
§ 2242. Authority of Secretary
Statutory text
The Secretary is authorized to perform any and all acts and to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary and appropriate for the purpose of implementing this chapter. In carrying out the authorities under this chapter, the Secretary shall give specific consideration to the needs of fish and wildlife, together with other project purposes, and shall consider temporary operational changes which will mitigate, or can be expected to have an effect in mitigating, fish and wildlife losses and damages resulting from drought conditions, consistent with the Secretary’s other obligations.
Legislative history
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Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991
Pub. L. 102–250 title III § 302 · 106 Stat. 53
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 2242
(Pub. L. 102–250, title III, § 302, Mar. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 58.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–250, title III, § 302, Mar. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 58.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 302. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY. The Secretary is authorized to perform any and all acts and to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary and appropriate for the purpose of implementing this Act. In carrying out the authorities under this Act, the Secretary shall give specific consideration to the needs of fish and wildlife, together with other project purposes, and shall consider temporary operational changes which will mitigate, or can be expected to have an effect in mitigating, fish and wildlife losses and damages resulting from drought conditions, consistent with the Secretary’s other obligations.
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