{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s590z\u20138","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f590z\u20138.","heading":"Authority of Secretary of the Interior over lands, contracts, water rights, etc.","text":"\u00a7\u202f590z\u20138.\nAuthority of Secretary of the Interior over lands, contracts, water rights, etc.\n(a)\nUtilization of lands\nIn connection with any project constructed pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, the Secretary shall have the same authority, with regard to the utilization of lands owned by the United States, other than lands acquired under\nsection 590z\u20133 of this title\nJune 17, 1902\n32 Stat. 388\n(b)\nContracts, land acquisitions, etc.\nIn connection with the construction or operation and maintenance of a project undertaken pursuant to the authority of this subchapter, the Secretary shall have with respect to construction and supply contracts, and with respect to the acquisition, exchange, and disposition of lands, interest in lands, water rights, and other property and the relocation thereof, the same authority, including authority to acquire lands and interests in land and water rights with titles and at prices satisfactory to him, which he has in connection with projects under the Federal reclamation laws.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s590z\u20138.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s590z\u20138","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f590z\u20138."},{"t":"heading","text":"Authority of Secretary of the Interior over lands, contracts, water rights, etc."},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s590z\u20138/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Utilization of lands"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In connection with any project constructed pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, the Secretary shall have the same authority, with regard to the utilization of lands owned by the United States, other than lands acquired under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 590z\u20133 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s590z\u20133","tail":" as he has in connection with projects undertaken pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws, Act of "},{"t":"text","text":"June 17, 1902","tail":" ("},{"t":"ref","text":"32 Stat. 388","href":"/us/stat/32/388","tail":"), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s590z\u20138/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Contracts, land acquisitions, etc."},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In connection with the construction or operation and maintenance of a project undertaken pursuant to the authority of this subchapter, the Secretary shall have with respect to construction and supply contracts, and with respect to the acquisition, exchange, and disposition of lands, interest in lands, water rights, and other property and the relocation thereof, the same authority, including authority to acquire lands and interests in land and water rights with titles and at prices satisfactory to him, which he has in connection with projects under the Federal reclamation laws.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}