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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 389. Investigation and adjustment of irrigation charges on lands within projects on Indian reservations
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to cause
an investigation to be made to determine whether the owners of
non-Indian lands under Indian irrigation projects and under
projects where the United States has purchased water rights for
Indians are unable to pay irrigation charges, including
construction, maintenance, and operating charges, because of
inability to operate such lands profitably by reason of lack of
fertility of the soil, inadequacy of water supply, defects of
irrigation works, or for any other causes. Where the Secretary
finds that said landowners are unable to make payment due to the
existence of such causes, he may adjust, defer, or cancel such
charges, in whole or in part, as the facts and conditions warrant.
In adjusting or deferring any such charges the Secretary may enter
into contracts with said land owners for the payment of past due
charges, but such contracts shall not extend the payment of such
charges over a period in excess of ten years.
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