--- type: "LegalText" title: "43 U.S.C. § 482" description: "Omitted" 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: "482" citation: "43 U.S.C. § 482" 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/s482" source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-43/usc43.xml" source_hash: "383f114decce9285d82d33b15cc8e0cfe4f8312b09c2cf24d01619b22e767706" raw_snapshot_hash: "d46a16361aa9d10bbc4b27ea0561882d240801c965a2700a4b7cf5f02f552a5f" text_hash: "e7ce8944c39df4915b51497e4936fec08368b74a914378f773c3284b8f312e50" retrieved_at: "2026-07-04" confidence: "official" tags: ["legal", "us-code"] --- # 43 U.S.C. § 482 - Omitted ## Notes Editorial Notes Codification Section, act May 10, 1926, ch. 277, 44 Stat. 479, authorized Secretary of the Interior, until June 30, 1927, to contract with water-users’ associations for payment of charges within such term as may be necessary. See section 485b of this title.