---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 421d"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "421d"
heading: "Effect on existing laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/421d"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government"
  - "Subchapter III — Institution and Construction of Projects"
---

# §421d. Effect on existing laws


Except as otherwise provided in sections [421a](/usc/43/421a.md) to [421h](/usc/43/421h.md) of this title, the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws, and Acts amendatory thereto, are continued in full force and effect.


## Source credit

(July 4, 1955, ch. 271, § 4, 69 Stat. 245; Pub. L. 92–487, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 805.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1972—Pub. L. 92–487 reenacted section without change.