{"data":{"id":"us/43-u.s.c.-499","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 U.S.C. § 499","heading":"Discretionary power to transfer management","body":"Whenever any legally organized water-users’ association or irrigation district shall so request, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to transfer to such water-users’ association or irrigation district the care, operation, and maintenance of all or any part of the project works, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.","path":["Title 43—PUBLIC LANDS","CHAPTER 12—RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc43@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:36Z","sha256":"fc0ee419cc7c77a22b13c75c9c7d4ffe505af9b09096c839dfeb16cbadd2128c","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-u.s.c.-498","next":"us/43-u.s.c.-499a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}