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Show 214 and timing of repayment assurances is the same where the en- tire project cost is allocated to irrigation.874 It was also con- cluded that if the United States permits construction costs re- payable by water users to exceed the amount of assumed obli- gations under existing contract, the situation as to water-users' benefits and obligations is the same under the 1939 Act as under the 1926 Act.378 In some instances, Congress has enacted provisions applying to specific projects which expressly limit the water-users' repay- ment obligation to a fixed dollar maximum.376 Operation of Projects.-Congress has enacted many laws governing various aspects of operation of irrigation projects. As we shall group them for review, they relate to settlement and development of projects, acreage limitations and anti- speculation, operation and maintenance charges, disposal of power, flood control and navigation, rehabilitation and better- ment, and nonfederal operation of projects by water-users' organizations. Settlement and Development of Projects.-In order to pro- vide for the creation of homes and of opportunities for suc- cessful living, as the ultimate objective of reclamation work, the Bureau supervises the development and settlement of project lands.377 As earlier noted, both public and privately owned lands may be included in reclamation projects.378 Privately owned land is subject to the applicable provisions of Reclama- tion Law when covered by a water-right application or a sub- scription for stock in a water-users' association,379 or is in- 374 Id. p. 887. mIbid. 378 Id. p. 881. See also Act of July 12,1043, 57 Stat. 451, 477. 377 Reclamation Handbook, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Recla- mation, p. 44 (1942). "The responsibility of the Bureau does not cease with the assumption of operation and maintenance operations by local organiza- tions. Through cooperation with county agricultural agencies and through the recently established division of soil and moisture conservation opera- tions, it seeks to aid project farmers in agricultural development and in improving irrigation practices." Ibid. 878 See supra, p. 45. 378 Reclamation Handbook, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Recla- mation, p. 46 (1942). |