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+{{Organization
+|OrganizationName=Bureau of Reclamation
+|OrganizationType=Executive Departments
+|Mission=The Bureau of Reclamation manages, develops, and protects water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public. Its mission includes providing water for agricultural, municipal, and industrial uses, and generating hydroelectric power.
+|ParentOrganization=United States Department of the Interior
+|CreationLegislation=Reclamation Act of 1902
+|Employees=5500
+|Budget=$1.5 billion (Fiscal Year 2024)
+|OrganizationExecutive=Commissioner of Reclamation
+|Services=Water supply; Hydroelectric power generation; Water resource management; Environmental protection
+|Regulations=Reclamation Act; Boulder Canyon Project Act; Colorado River Compact; Central Valley Project Improvement Act
+|HeadquartersLocation=38.89392, -77.04265
+|HeadquartersAddress=1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240
+|Website=https://www.usbr.gov
+}}
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-The '''Bureau of Reclamation''', formerly the '''United States Reclamation Service''', is a [[List of United States federal agencies|federal agency]] under the [[U.S.&nbsp;Department of the Interior]], which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and operation of the diversion, delivery, and storage projects that it has built throughout the western United States for [[irrigation]], [[water supply]], and attendant [[hydroelectric]] [[power generation]]. It is currently the U.S.'s largest wholesaler of water, bringing water to more than 31 million people, and providing one in five Western farmers with irrigation water for 10 million acres of farmland, which produce 60% of the nation's vegetables and 25% of its fruits and nuts. The Bureau is also the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the western U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.usbr.gov/main/about/fact.html|title = Bureau of Reclamation – About Us|access-date = 2016-02-16|archive-date = 2016-02-24|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160224074309/http://www.usbr.gov/main/about/fact.html|url-status = dead}}</ref>
+The '''Bureau of Reclamation''', formerly the '''United States Reclamation Service''', is a [[List of United States federal agencies|federal agency]] under the [[U.S.&nbsp;Department of the Interior]], which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and operation of the diversion, delivery, and storage projects that it has built throughout the western United States for irrigation, water supply, and attendant hydroelectric power generation. It is currently the U.S.'s largest wholesaler of water, bringing water to more than 31 million people, and providing one in five Western farmers with irrigation water for 10 million acres of farmland, which produce 60% of the nation's vegetables and 25% of its fruits and nuts. The Bureau is also the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the western U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.usbr.gov/main/about/fact.html|title = Bureau of Reclamation – About Us|access-date = 2016-02-16|archive-date = 2016-02-24|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160224074309/http://www.usbr.gov/main/about/fact.html|url-status = dead}}</ref>
-On June 17, 1902, in accordance with the [[Reclamation Act]], [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] [[Ethan A. Hitchcock (Interior)|Ethan Allen Hitchcock]] established the U.S. Reclamation Service within the [[U.S. Geological Survey]] (USGS). The new Reclamation Service studied potential water development projects in each western state with federal lands. Revenue from sale of federal lands was the initial source of the program's funding. Because [[Texas]] had no federal lands, it did not become a Reclamation state until 1906, when Congress passed a law including it in the provisions of the Reclamation Act.
+On June 17, 1902, in accordance with the [[Reclamation Act]], [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] Ethan Allen Hitchcock established the U.S. Reclamation Service within the [[U.S. Geological Survey]] (USGS). The new Reclamation Service studied potential water development projects in each western state with federal lands. Revenue from sale of federal lands was the initial source of the program's funding. Because [[Texas]] had no federal lands, it did not become a Reclamation state until 1906, when Congress passed a law including it in the provisions of the Reclamation Act.
 == History ==