FEDERAL · 43 U.S.C. · Chapter 12
Application of State laws
43 U.S.C. § 485h–4
Title43 — Public Lands
Chapter12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SubchapterX
Current throughPub. L. 119-99
This text of 43 U.S.C. § 485h–4 (Application of State laws) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering United States primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
43 U.S.C. § 485h–4.
Text
Nothing in sections 485h–1 to 485h–5 of this title shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or to in any way interfere with the laws of any State relating to the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder, and the Secretary in carrying out the provisions of such sections, shall proceed in conformity with such laws, and nothing herein shall in any way affect any right of any State or of the Federal Government or of any landowner, appropriator, or user of water in, to, or from any interstate stream or the waters thereof: Provided, That the right to the use of water acquired under the provisions of such sections shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Related
§ 485h
43 U.S.C. § 485h
Source Credit
History
(July 2, 1956, ch. 492, §4, 70 Stat. 484.)
Editorial Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 which comprises this subchapter.
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 which comprises this subchapter.
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
43 U.S.C. § 485h–4, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/usc/43/485h–4.