Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
§ 425b. Receipt of project water by lessees of irrigable lands owned by States, etc.; time limitation; applicability of acreage limitations
Statutory text
Lessees of irrigable lands owned by States, political subdivisions, and agencies thereof which are held to be subject to the acreage limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law and for which recordable contracts to sell have not been made may receive project water from , subject to the same acreage limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law as private landowners.
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. 91–310 § 3 · 84 Stat. 411
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 425b
Pub. L. 91–310, § 3, July 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 411
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 91–310, § 3, July 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 411Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. Lessees of irrigable lands owned by States, political subdivisions, State leased lands. and agencies thereof which are held to be subject to the acreage limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law and for which recordable contracts to sell have not been made may receive project water for a period not to exceed twenty-five years from the date of approval of this Act subject to the same acreage limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law as private landowners.Pub. L. 97–293 title II § 224(d) · 96 Stat. 1261
Struck · 43 U.S.C. § 425b
Pub. L. 97–293 struck out “for a period not to exceed twenty-five years” after “may receive project water”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 97–293 struck out “for a period not to exceed twenty-five years” after “may receive project water”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(d) Section 3 of the Act of July 7, 1970 (43 U.S.C. 425b) is amended by striking the phrase “for a period not to exceed twenty-five years” following the term “project water”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Federal reclamation law, referred to in text, probably means act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. See section 425 of this title. Act , popularly known as the Reclamation Act, is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of act , to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1982—Pub. L. 97–293 struck out “for a period not to exceed twenty-five years” after “may receive project water”.
Credits
1970–1982 · 2 acts
Show as published
(Pub. L. 91–310, § 3, , 84 Stat. 411; Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 224(d), , 96 Stat. 1272.)