43 USC § 390xx - Validation of contracts entered into prior to October 1, 1981
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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s390xx"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 390xx - Validation of contracts entered into prior to October 1, 1981"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "390xx"
section_name: "Validation of contracts entered into prior to October 1, 1981"
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, § 225, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1273.)"
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# § 390xx. Validation of contracts entered into prior to October 1, 1981
October 1, 1981
The provisions of any contract entered into prior to , by the Secretary with a district, which define project or nonproject water, or describe the delivery of project water through nonproject facilities or nonproject water through project facilities to lands within the district, are hereby authorized and validated on the part of the United States.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 225, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1273.)