25 U.S.C. § 385 : US Code - Section 385: Maintenance charges; reimbursement of construction costs; apportionment of cost

Search 25 U.S.C. § 385 : US Code - Section 385: Maintenance charges; reimbursement of construction costs; apportionment of cost

For lands irrigable under any irrigation system or reclamation
project the Secretary of the Interior may fix maintenance charges
which shall be paid as he may direct, such payments to be available
for use in maintaining the project or system for which collected:
Provided further, That all moneys expended under this provision
shall be reimbursable where the Indians have adequate funds to
repay the Government, such reimbursements to be made under such
rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may
prescribe: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is
authorized and directed to apportion the cost of any irrigation
project constructed for Indians and made reimbursable out of tribal
funds of said Indians in accordance with the benefits received by
each individual Indian so far as practicable from said irrigation
project, said cost to be apportioned against such individual Indian
under such rules, regulations, and conditions as the Secretary of
the Interior may prescribe.