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type: "LegalText"
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title: "43 U.S.C. § 2402"
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description: "Rural water supply program"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 43
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title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
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chapter_number: "42"
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chapter_name: "RURAL WATER SUPPLY"
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section: "2402"
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citation: "43 U.S.C. § 2402"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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---
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# 43 U.S.C. § 2402 - Rural water supply program
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## Text
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(a) In general The Secretary, in cooperation with non-Federal project entities and consistent with this subchapter, may carry out a rural water supply program in Reclamation States to—
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(1) investigate and identify opportunities to ensure safe and adequate rural water supply projects for domestic, municipal, and industrial use in small communities and rural areas of the Reclamation States;
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(2) plan the design and construction, through the conduct of appraisal investigations and feasibility studies, of rural water supply projects in Reclamation States; and
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(3) oversee, as appropriate, the construction of rural water supply projects in Reclamation States that are recommended by the Secretary in a feasibility report developed pursuant to section 2405 of this title and subsequently authorized by Congress.
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(b) Non-Federal project entity Any activity carried out under this subchapter shall be carried out in cooperation with a qualifying non-Federal project entity, consistent with this subchapter.
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(c) Eligibility criteria Not later than 1 year after December 22, 2006, the Secretary shall, consistent with this subchapter, develop and publish in the Federal Register criteria for—
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(1) determining the eligibility of a rural community for assistance under the Program; and
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(2) prioritizing requests for assistance under the Program.
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(d) Factors The criteria developed under subsection (c) shall take into account such factors as whether—
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(1) a rural water supply project—
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(A) serves—
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(i) rural areas and small communities; or
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(ii) Indian tribes; or
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(B) promotes and applies a regional or watershed perspective to water resources management;
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(2) there is an urgent and compelling need for a rural water supply project that would—
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(A) improve the health or aesthetic quality of water;
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(B) result in continuous, measurable, and significant water quality benefits; or
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(C) address current or future water supply needs;
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(3) a rural water supply project helps meet applicable requirements established by law; and
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(4) a rural water supply project is cost effective.
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(e) Inclusions The Secretary may include—
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(1) to the extent that connection provides a reliable water supply, a connection to pre-existing infrastructure (including impoundments and conveyance channels) as part of a rural water supply project; and
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(2) notwithstanding the limitation on population under section 2401(9)(A) of this title, a town or community with a population in excess of 50,000 inhabitants in an area served by a rural water supply project if, at the discretion of the Secretary, the town or community is considered to be a critical partner in the rural supply project.
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(Pub. L. 109–451, title I, § 103, Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3347.)
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