# § 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.)