---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 451k"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "451k"
heading: "Availability of appropriations; expenses as nonreimbursable"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/451k"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government"
  - "Subchapter VII — Exchange and Amendment of Farm Units"
---

# §451k. Availability of appropriations; expenses as nonreimbursable


Appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for carrying on the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for credits, expenses, charges, and costs provided by or incurred under this subchapter. Expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of sections [451](/usc/43/451.md) to [451f](/usc/43/451f.md) of this title, shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable under the Federal reclamation laws.


## Source credit

(Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, § 13, 67 Stat. 568.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal reclamation laws, referred to in text, are identified in section 451i of this title.