43 U.S.C. § 390dd: Limitation on ownership

43 U.S.C. 390dd: Limitation on ownershipText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).

From Title 43-PUBLIC LANDSCHAPTER 12-RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Jump To: Source Credit

§390dd. Limitation on ownership

Except as provided in section 390ii of this title, irrigation water may not be delivered to⁠—

(1) a qualified recipient for use in the irrigation of lands owned by such qualified recipient in excess of nine hundred and sixty acres of class I lands or the equivalent thereof; or

(2) a limited recipient for the use in the irrigation of lands owned by such limited recipient in excess of six hundred and forty acres of class I lands or the equivalent thereof;

whether situated in one or more districts.

( Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 204 , Oct. 12, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1265 .)