Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§390vv Excess Crop Restrictions

Title 43 › Chapter 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter I–A— RECLAMATION REFORM › § 390vv

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within one year after October 12, 1982, the Secretary of Agriculture, with the Secretary of the Interior, must send Congress a report about surplus crops grown on irrigated land. The report must give production data; show irrigated farms’ participation in set‑aside programs by acreage, crop, and State; assess whether requiring participation is feasible and what it would cost; and recommend how to coordinate reclamation and farm policy to reduce recurring surpluses and low commodity prices. For reclamation projects authorized before October 12, 1982, any ban on supplying irrigation water to grow excess basic agricultural commodities may not last more than ten years from the project's authorization.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §390vv

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(a)Within one year of October 12, 1982, the Secretary of Agriculture, with the cooperation of the Secretary of the Interior, shall transmit to the Congress a report on the production of surplus crops on acreage served by irrigation water. The report shall include—

(1)data delineating the production of surplus crops on lands served by irrigation water;

(2)the percentage of participation of farms served by irrigation water in set-aside programs, by acreage, crop, and State;

(3)the feasibility and appropriateness of requiring the participation in acreage set-aside programs of farms served by irrigation water and the costs of such a requirement; and

(4)any recommendations concerning how to coordinate national reclamation policy with agriculture policy to help alleviate recurring problems of surplus crops and low commodity prices.

(b)In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of any Federal reclamation project authorized before October 12, 1982, any restriction prohibiting the delivery of irrigation water for the production of excess basic agricultural commodities shall extend for a period no longer than ten years after the date of the initial authorization of such project.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 390vv

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60