43 U.S.C. § 373
General authority of Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act into full force and effect.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 27
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1934–2026 · leading case: California v. United States
California v. United States (1978)
“" Furthermore, § 10 of the Reclamation Act, now 43 U. S. C. § 373 , authorizes the Secretary to perform any and all acts necessary to carry out the Act.”
Thames Shipyard & Repair Co. v. United States (2003)
“§ 5509 (establishing the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation and authorizing the Foundation to perform "any and all acts necessary and proper”); 43 U.S.C. § 373 (authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to perform "any and all acts” to make rules necessary…”
Del Puerto Water District v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (2003)
“1993) citing 43 U.S.C. § 373 . This case is directly analogous to the Westlands Water District v.”
United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co. (1989)
“But it now argues that the Act’s broad delegation of authority to the government *212 to regulate reclamation matters pursuant to section 10, 43 U.S.C. § 373 (1982), does not extend to any matters related to bench/bottom classification.”
Westlands Water Dist. v. US Dept. of Interior (1994)
“§ 373 provides: The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform any and all acts and to make rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect. 43 U.”
Elephant Butte Irrigation District v. United States Department of Interior (2001)
“§§ 460Z-18 (1994); Reclamation Act of 1902, 43 U.S.C. § 373 ) (1994). More specifically, as the district court correctly stated, “the Reclamation Act of 1902 grants the Secretary of Interior broad authority ‘to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as…”
Westlands Water Dist. v. US Dept. of Interior (1992)
“Section 10 of the 1902 Reclamation Act, 43 U.S.C. § 373 , provides: The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into…”
Orange Cove Irrigation District v. United States (1993)
“43 U.S.C. § 373 (1982). What is not clear, however, is whether the Bureau, in exercising its discretionary powers in its capacity as a contractor, acted in a fair and reasonable manner.”
State of New Mexico v. Backer (1952)
“The management, control and operation of such facilities are given the Secretary of the Interior in broad terms, 43 U.S.C.A. § 373 . The United States could not hold or operate this vast project except through its officials and agents.”
National Land for People, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior (1976)
“The named Federal defendants 1 are: Thomas Kleppe, Secretary of *451 the Department of Interior, who supervises the operations of the Bureau of Reclamation and is authorized by statute, 43 U.S.C. § 373 , to perform such acts and to make such rules and regulations as required to…”
Burley Irr. Dist. v. Ickes (1940)
“373, 43 U.S.C.A. § 373 , the Secretary of the Interior set in motion the machinery for determining costs of construction on the Minidoka Project and making assessments against the lands benefited to *533 repay them.”
United States v. Fallbrook Public Utility District (1958)
“The Secretary of the Interior has been expressly authorized to “perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper * * * ” to carry out the Reclamation Acts, 43 U.S. C.A. § 373; (June 17, 1902, c. 1093, § 10, 32 Stat.”
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