Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legal/us/code/title-43/chapter-12/section-412.md

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+type: "LegalText"
+title: "43 U.S.C. § 412"
+description: "Prerequisites to initiation of project or division of project"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 43
+title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
+chapter_number: "12"
+chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
+section: "412"
+citation: "43 U.S.C. § 412"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc43@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s412"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-43/usc43.xml"
+source_hash: "960a257ef715a561010effa688bb8b867ad3c421015fd7adeeee4d3c8fa7c84b"
+raw_snapshot_hash: "d46a16361aa9d10bbc4b27ea0561882d240801c965a2700a4b7cf5f02f552a5f"
+text_hash: "7649ceb50fa444bfacb9ad22983aff4e5a200d6f68ea14cac1c1ab58c95d117b"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 43 U.S.C. § 412 - Prerequisites to initiation of project or division of project
+
+## Text
+
+After December 5, 1924, no new project or new division of a project shall be approved for construction or estimates submitted therefor by the Secretary until information in detail shall be secured by him concerning the water supply, the engineering features, the cost of construction, land prices, and the probable cost of development, and he shall have made a finding in writing that it is feasible, that it is adaptable for actual settlement and farm homes, and that it will probably return the cost thereof to the United States.
+
+(Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, § 4, subsec. B, 43 Stat. 702.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Definitions The definitions in section 371 of this title apply to this section.