{"data":{"id":"us/43-u.s.c.-506","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 U.S.C. § 506","heading":"Authority of Secretary to make modifications","body":"In order to preserve the structural safety of Bureau of Reclamation dams and related facilities the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform such modifications as he determines to be reasonably required. Said performance of work shall be in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory or supplementary thereto).","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":"6f23d2d2d940f515b39086aaf36f2540f4bd4d67c5870e6134c7b1333958b700","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/43-u.s.c.-505a-2","next":"us/43-u.s.c.-507"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}