---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 505a–2"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "505a–2"
heading: "Asset Management Report enhancements for transferred works"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/505a-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government"
  - "Subchapter XI — Maintenance and Operation of Works Generally"
---

# §505a–2. Asset Management Report enhancements for transferred works

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/43/485a.md?p=b) shall coordinate with the non-Federal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance of transferred works in developing reporting requirements for [Asset Management Reports](/usc/43/505a.md?p=2) with respect to [major repair and rehabilitation needs](/usc/43/505a.md?p=3) for transferred works that are similar to the reporting requirements described in [section 505a–1(b) of this title](/usc/43/505a–1.md?p=b).
- (b) **Guidance—**
  - (1) **In general—** After considering input from water and power contractors of the Bureau, the [Secretary](/usc/43/485a.md?p=b) shall develop and implement a rating system for transferred works that incorporates, to the maximum extent practicable, the rating system for [major repair and rehabilitation needs](/usc/43/505a.md?p=3) for reserved works developed under [section 505a–1(b)(3) of this title](/usc/43/505a–1.md?p=b-3).
  - (2) **Updates—** The ratings system developed under [paragraph (1)](#b-1) shall be included in the updated [Asset Management Reports](/usc/43/505a.md?p=2) under [section 505a–1(c) of this title](/usc/43/505a–1.md?p=c).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–9, title VIII, § 8603, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 828.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definition of “Secretary”

Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, see section 2 of Pub. L. 116–9, set out as a note under section 1 of Title 16, Conservation.