---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 1475a"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "1475a"
heading: "Participation of non-Federal entities in contract negotiations and source selection proceedings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/1475a"
units:
  - "Chapter 31 — Department of the Interior"
---

# §1475a. Participation of non-Federal entities in contract negotiations and source selection proceedings


On and after October 2, 1992, the Bureau of Reclamation may invite non-Federal entities involved in cost sharing arrangements for the development of water projects to participate in contract negotiation and source selection proceedings without invoking provisions of [chapter 10](/usc/5/chptI/ch10.md) of title 5: Provided, That such non-Federal participants shall be subject to the provisions of [chapter 21](/usc/41/chstI/dB/ch21.md) of title 41 and to the conflict of interest provisions appearing at [18 U.S.C. 201](/usc/18/201.md) et seq. (1988).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–377, title II, § 205, Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1332; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(283), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4337.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

In text, “chapter 21 of title 41” substituted for “the Federal Procurement Integrity Act (41 U.S.C. 423 (1988))” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

### Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 10 of title 5:” for “the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988)):”.