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43 U.S.C. 625: Release of unentered land from lien on noncompletion of irrigation projectText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 43-PUBLIC LANDSCHAPTER 13-FEDERAL LANDS INCLUDED IN STATE IRRIGATION DISTRICTS

§625. Release of unentered land from lien on noncompletion of irrigation project

The Secretary of the Interior may, upon the expiration of ten years from the date of his approval of said map and plan of any irrigation district, release from the lien authorized by this chapter any unentered land or lands upon which final certificate has not issued, for which irrigation works have not been constructed and water of such district made available for the land.

( Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 319, § 3 , 39 Stat. 508 .)

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Codification

Section is comprised of the first proviso in section 3 of act Aug. 11, 1916. The remainder of section 3 is classified to section 623 of this title.