Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
§ 423h. Delivery of water to excess lands upon death of spouse
Statutory text
Where the death of a husband or wife causes lands in private ownership to become excess lands, as that term is used in section 423e of this title, and those lands had theretofore been eligible to receive water from a project under the Federal reclamation laws (Act of (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory thereto) without execution of a recordable contract under section 423e of this title, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to furnish water to them, without requiring execution of such a contract, so long as they remain in the ownership of the surviving spouse: Provided, That in the event of the remarriage of the surviving spouse, such lands shall be governed by applicable law without regard to the provisions of this section.
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. 86–684 · 74 Stat. 732
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 423h
(Pub. L. 86–684, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 732.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 86–684, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 732.)
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act of , referred to in text, is popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
Credits
(Pub. L. 86–684, , 74 Stat. 732.)