43 USC § 425b - Receipt of project water by lessees of irrigable lands owned by States, etc.; time limitation; applicability of acreage limitations

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title: "43 USC § 425b - Receipt of project water by lessees of irrigable lands owned by States, etc.; time limitation; applicability of acreage limitations"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "425b"
section_name: "Receipt of project water by lessees of irrigable lands owned by States, etc.; time limitation; applicability of acreage limitations"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING PROJECTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–310, § 3, July 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 411; Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 224(d), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1272.)"
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# § 425b. Receipt of project water by lessees of irrigable lands owned by States, etc.; time limitation; applicability of acreage limitations

July 7, 1970

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–310, § 3, July 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 411; Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 224(d), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1272.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal reclamation law, referred to in text, probably means , , and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. See . 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  and Tables.

### Amendments

1982— struck out “for a period not to exceed twenty-five years” after “may receive project water”.