---
kind: "unit"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
key: "ch12/schIV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter IV"
heading: "Construction of Small Projects"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/ch12-schIV"
sections_count: 13
---

# Subchapter IV — Construction of Small Projects

Title 43 — Public Lands › Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government

## Sections

- [§422a. Declaration of purpose](/usc/43/422a.md)
- [§422b. Definitions](/usc/43/422b.md)
- [§422c. Proposals; submission; payment for cost of examination](/usc/43/422c.md)
- [§422d. Contents of proposals](/usc/43/422d.md)
- [§422e. Contract requirements](/usc/43/422e.md)
- [§422f. Proposals for projects previously authorized; waiver of requirements; approval; negotiation of contract](/usc/43/422f.md)
- [§422g. Information from Federal agencies; costs](/usc/43/422g.md)
- [§422h. Planning and construction; transfer of funds](/usc/43/422h.md)
- [§422i. Rules and regulations](/usc/43/422i.md)
- [§422j. Appropriations; notice to Congress of receipt of proposal; funds to initiate proposal; availability of appropriations; reimbursement; limitations on expenditures in any single State; waiver](/usc/43/422j.md)
- [§422k. Supplement to Federal reclamation laws; short title](/usc/43/422k.md)
- [§422k–1. Loan contracts for deferment of repayment installments; amendment or supplementation](/usc/43/422k-1.md)
- [§422l. Application of this subchapter to Hawaii](/usc/43/422l.md)
