---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 485j"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "485j"
heading: "Effect on existing laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/485j"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government"
  - "Subchapter X — Payment of Construction Charges"
---

# §485j. Effect on existing laws


The provisions of previous Acts of Congress not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter shall remain in full force and effect.


## Source credit

(Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, § 16, 53 Stat. 1198.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Construction With Other Laws

Act Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, § 18, 53 Stat. 1198, provided that: “Nothing in this Act [see section 485k of this title] shall be construed to amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1057), as amended [section 617 et seq. of this title].”