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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government

§ 373d. Grants and cooperative agreements with Indian tribes and organizations

Statutory text

In order to increase opportunities for Indian tribes to develop, manage, and protect their water resources, in fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, is authorized to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with any Indian tribe, institution of higher education, national Indian organization, or tribal organization pursuant to sections 6301 to 6308 of title 31. Nothing in this Act is intended to modify or limit the provisions of the Indian Self Determination Act [25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.].

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003

    Pub. L. 108–7 div. D title II § 201 · 117 Stat. 11

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 373d

    (Pub. L. 108–7, div. D, title II, § 201, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 144.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 108–7, div. D, title II, § 201, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 144.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations and funds made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the public interest.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, means div. D of Pub. L. 108–7, , 117 Stat. 133, known as the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2003. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

The Indian Self-Determination Act, referred to in text, is title I of Pub. L. 93–638, , 88 Stat. 2206, which is classified principally to subchapter I (§ 5321 et seq.) of chapter 46 of Title 25, Indians. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5301 of Title 25 and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Similar Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following appropriation act:

Pub. L. 107–66, title II, § 201, , 115 Stat. 499.

Credits

(Pub. L. 108–7, div. D, title II, § 201, , 117 Stat. 144.)

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