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# 43 U.S.C. § 485h–2 - Amendments to existing contracts

## Text

The Secretary is authorized to negotiate amendments to existing contracts entered into pursuant to subsection (e) of section 485h of this title to conform said contracts to the provisions of sections 485h–1 to 485h–5 of this title.

(July 2, 1956, ch. 492, § 2, 70 Stat. 484.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 which comprises this subchapter.