43 USC 451 - Sec. 451a. Persons eligible for benefits
US Code - Title 43: Public Lands
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The benefits of section 451 of this title shall, and those of sections 451b to 451k of this title may, be extended by the Secretary to (a) any lawful assignee of an unpatented farm unit on a Federal irrigation project who took the assignment in good faith not knowing and not having reason to believe the farm unit to be insufficient to support a family; and (b) any resident owner of private lands on any such project whose lands shall be found to be insufficient to support a family and (i) who, apart from his ownership of the lands to be conveyed pursuant to clause (iii) hereof and apart from his having previously exhausted his homestead right, if such be the case, is eligible to enter unappropriated public lands under section 161 (!1) of this title, (ii) who lawfully acquired his lands as an entire farm unit under the Federal reclamation laws from the United States or, in the case of a widow, widower, heir, or devisee, from a spouse or ancestor, as the case may be, who so acquired them, and (iii) who conveys, free from all encumbrances, to the United States all of his lands served by the project or such portion thereof as the Secretary may designate.
References In Text
Section 161 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 702, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2787. The Federal reclamation laws, referred to in text, include act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, classified generally to this chapter.
For classification of act June 17, 1902, to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
Section Referred To In Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 451b, 451e, 451k of this title.
(!1) See References in Text note below.
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