Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
§ 390vv. Excess crop restrictions
Statutory text
Report to Congress on production of surplus crops on acreage served by irrigation water
Within one year of , the Secretary of Agriculture, with the cooperation of the Secretary of the Interior, shall transmit to the Congress a report on the production of surplus crops on acreage served by irrigation water. The report shall include—
data delineating the production of surplus crops on lands served by irrigation water;
the percentage of participation of farms served by irrigation water in set-aside programs, by acreage, crop, and State;
the feasibility and appropriateness of requiring the participation in acreage set-aside programs of farms served by irrigation water and the costs of such a requirement; and
any recommendations concerning how to coordinate national reclamation policy with agriculture policy to help alleviate recurring problems of surplus crops and low commodity prices.
Restrictions prohibiting delivery of irrigation water for production of excess basic agricultural commodities
In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of any Federal reclamation project authorized before , any restriction prohibiting the delivery of irrigation water for the production of excess basic agricultural commodities shall extend for a period no longer than ten years after the date of the initial authorization of such project.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 97–293 title II § 222 · 96 Stat. 1261
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 390vv
(Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 222, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1272.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 222, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1272.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 222. excess crop restrictions (a) Within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, with the cooperation of the Secretary of the Interior, shall transmit to the Congress a report on the production of surplus crops on acreage served by irrigation water. The report shall include— (1) data delineating the production of surplus crops on lands served by irrigation water; (2) the percentage of participation of farms served by irrigation water in set-aside programs, by acreage, crop, and State; (3) the feasibility and appropriateness of requiring the participation in acreage set-aside programs of farms served by irrigation water and the costs of such a requirement; and (4) any recommendations concerning how to coordinate national reclamation policy with agriculture policy to help alleviate recurring problems of surplus crops and low commodity prices. (b) In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of any Federal reclamation project authorized before the date of enactment of this Act, any restriction prohibiting the delivery of irrigation water for the production of excess basic agricultural commodities shall extend for a period no longer than ten years after the date of the initial authorization of such project.
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