---
kind: "unit"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
key: "ch12/schXI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter XI"
heading: "Maintenance and Operation of Works Generally"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/ch12-schXI"
sections_count: 21
---

# Subchapter XI — Maintenance and Operation of Works Generally

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

## Sections

- [§491. Authority of Secretary to operate works](/usc/43/491.md)
- [§492. Operation and maintenance charges generally](/usc/43/492.md)
- [§493. Operation charges; date of payment; discount; advance payment](/usc/43/493.md)
- [§493a. Omitted](/usc/43/493a.md)
- [§494. Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of operation charge](/usc/43/494.md)
- [§495. Shutting off water for nonpayment of operation charge](/usc/43/495.md)
- [§496. Cancellation of entry or water right for nonpayment of operation charge](/usc/43/496.md)
- [§497. Action to recover operation charge and penalty](/usc/43/497.md)
- [§498. Transfer of management and operation of works to water users generally](/usc/43/498.md)
- [§499. Discretionary power to transfer management](/usc/43/499.md)
- [§499a. Transfer of title to movable property; use of appropriations](/usc/43/499a.md)
- [§499b. Transfer to municipal corporations or other organizations of care, operation, and maintenance of works supplying water for municipal, domestic, or industrial use](/usc/43/499b.md)
- [§500. Duty of association or district to take over management](/usc/43/500.md)
- [§501. Disposition of profits of project taken over by water users](/usc/43/501.md)
- [§502. Emergency fund to assure continuous operation of projects and project facilities governed by Federal reclamation law](/usc/43/502.md)
- [§503. “Unusual or emergency conditions” defined](/usc/43/503.md)
- [§504. Rehabilitation and betterment of Federal reclamation projects, including small reclamation proj­ects; return of costs; interest; definitions; performance of work](/usc/43/504.md)
- [§505. Drainage facilities and minor construction in irrigation works; contracts with repayment organizations; limitation on costs; submission of contract to Congress](/usc/43/505.md)
- [§505a. Definitions](/usc/43/505a.md)
- [§505a–1. Asset Management Report enhancements for reserved works](/usc/43/505a-1.md)
- [§505a–2. Asset Management Report enhancements for transferred works](/usc/43/505a-2.md)