[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[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 Int
