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[CITE: 43USC390pp]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
  CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
                   SUBCHAPTER I-A--RECLAMATION REFORM
 
Sec. 390pp. Involuntary foreclosure

    Neither the ownership limitations of this subchapter nor the 
ownership limitations of any other provision of Federal reclamation law 
shall apply to lands when the lands are acquired by involuntary 
foreclosure, or similar involuntary process of law, by bona fide 
conveyance in satisfaction of a debt (including, but not limited to, a 
mortgage, real estate contract, or deed of trust), by inheritance, or by 
devise: Provided, That such lands were eligible to receive irrigation 
water prior to such transfer of title or the mortgaged lands became 
ineligible to receive water after the mortgage is recorded but before it 
is acquired by involuntary foreclosure or similar involuntary process of 
law or by bona fide conveyance in satisfaction of mortgage: Provided 
further, That if, after acquisition, such lands are not qualified under 
Federal reclamation law, including this subchapter, they shall be 
furnished temporarily with an irrigation water supply for a period not 
exceeding five years from the effective date of such an acquisition, 
delivery of irrigation water thereafter ceasing until the transfer 
thereof to a landowner qualified under such laws: Provided further, That 
the provisions of section 390ee of this title shall be applicable 
separately to each acquisition under this section if the lands are 
otherwise subject to the provisions of section 390ee of this title.

(Pub. L. 97-293, title II, Sec. 216, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1270.)

                       References in Text

    Federal reclamation law, referred to in text, is defined in section 
390aa of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 390cc of this title.
