Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§423 Permanently Unproductive Lands; Exclusion From Project; Disposition of Water Right
Title 43 › CHAPTER 12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › SUBCHAPTER V — ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING PROJECTS › § 423
Summary
Lands found permanently unproductive under House Doc. 201, 69th Cong. are excluded from the project and get no water until they are restored. The United States will dispose of the water right under the reclamation law, giving project users priority, and any temporary surplus water may be rented to excluded lands with approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
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Title 43, §423
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All lands found by the classification made under the supervision of the Board of Survey and Adjustments (House Document 201, 69th Congress, 1st Session, checked and modified as outlined in General Recommendations numbered 2 and 4, Page 60 of said document), to be permanently unproductive shall be excluded from the project and no water shall be delivered to them after the date of such exclusion unless and until they are restored to the project. Except as herein otherwise provided, the water right formerly appurtenant to such permanently unproductive lands shall be disposed of by the United States under the reclamation law: Provided, That the water users on the projects shall have a preference right to the use of the water: And provided further, That any surplus water temporarily available may be furnished upon a rental basis for use on lands excluded from the project under this section, on terms and conditions to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Sections 423 to 423g and 610 Unaffected by Sections 451 to 451k of This TitleAct Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, § 10, 67 Stat. 568, provided in part that: “Nothing contained in this Act [enacting sections 451 to 451k of this title] shall be held to repeal, supersede, or supplement the provisions for exchange and matters related thereto contained in the Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 636), as amended and supplemented [sections 423 to 423g and 610 of this title].”
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43 U.S.C. § 423
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102