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[CITE: 43USC425]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
  CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
            SUBCHAPTER V--ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING PROJECTS
 
Sec. 425. Exemption of lands owned by States, etc., from acreage 
        limitation on receipt of irrigation benefits; determination of 
        exempt status
        
    The provisions of Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 
Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto) which 
limit the acreage of irrigable land which may receive irrigation 
benefits from, through, or by means of Federal reclamation works, shall 
not be applicable to lands owned by States, political subdivisions, and 
agencies thereof, so long as such lands are farmed, primarily in the 
direct furtherance of a non-revenue-producing public function, as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior; and to the extent that such 
lands continue to qualify for the exempted status afforded by this 
section they shall not be deemed to be excess lands for any purposes 
whatsoever under said reclamation laws.

(Pub. L. 91-310, Sec. 1, July 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 411.)

                       References in Text

    Act of June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is popularly known as the 
Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 425a of this title.
