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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.

  1. 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. 411

    Enacted 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.

  2. 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
  1. 1970Pub. L. 91–310, § 3, , 84 Stat. 411
  2. 1982Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 224(d), , 96 Stat. 1272.
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(Pub. L. 91–310, § 3, , 84 Stat. 411; Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 224(d), , 96 Stat. 1272.)

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