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43 USC § 390vv - Excess crop restrictions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s390vv"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 390vv - Excess crop restrictions"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "390vv"
section_name: "Excess crop restrictions"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "I–A"
subchapter_name: "RECLAMATION REFORM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 222, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1272.)"
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# § 390vv. Excess crop restrictions

**(a)** **Report to Congress on production of surplus crops on acreage served by irrigation water** Within one year of October 12, 1982, 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)** **Restrictions prohibiting delivery of irrigation water for production of excess basic agricultural commodities** October 12, 1982

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 222, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1272.)