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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>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "25 U.S.C. § 388"
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description: "Claims for damages; settlement by agreement"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 25
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title_name: "INDIANS"
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chapter_number: "11"
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chapter_name: "IRRIGATION OF ALLOTTED LANDS"
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section: "388"
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citation: "25 U.S.C. § 388"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc25@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s388"
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source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-25/usc25.xml"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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# 25 U.S.C. § 388 - Claims for damages; settlement by agreement
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## Text
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to pay out of funds available for the Indian irrigation projects for damages caused to owners of lands or other private property of any kind by reason of the operations of the United States, its officers or employees, in the survey, construction, operation, or maintenance of irrigation works of such projects and which may be compromised by agreement between the claimant and the Secretary of the Interior or such officers as he may designate: Provided, That the total of any such claims authorized to be settled as herein contemplated shall not exceed 5 per centum of the funds available for the project under which such claims arise during any one fiscal year.
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(Feb. 20, 1929, ch. 279, 45 Stat. 1252.)
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