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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 388. Claims for damages; settlement by agreement
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to pay out of funds
available for the Indian irrigation projects for damages caused to
owners of lands or other private property of any kind by reason of
the operations of the United States, its officers or employees, in
the survey, construction, operation, or maintenance of irrigation
works of such projects and which may be compromised by agreement
between the claimant and the Secretary of the Interior or such
officers as he may designate: Provided, That the total of any such
claims authorized to be settled as herein contemplated shall not
exceed 5 per centum of the funds available for the project under
which such claims arise during any one fiscal year.
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