---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 485h–7"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "485h–7"
heading: "Amendment of repayment contract for payment of annual installments in two parts"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/485h-7"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government"
  - "Subchapter X — Payment of Construction Charges"
---

# §485h–7. Amendment of repayment contract for payment of annual installments in two parts


In any [repayment contract](/usc/43/485a.md?p=e) which provides for payment of [construction charges](/usc/43/485a.md?p=d) by single annual installments, the [Secretary](/usc/43/485a.md?p=b) may by agreement with the contracting [organization](/usc/43/485a.md?p=g) amend such contract to provide for the payment of such annual installments in two parts on such dates in the calendar year as may best enable the contracting [organization](/usc/43/485a.md?p=g) to meet its payments.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–613, § 3, Aug. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 408.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 which comprises this subchapter.