2020 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 12 - Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
Subchapter VII - Exchange and Amendment of Farm Units
Sec. 451h - Establishment of farm units; size; contiguous or noncontiguous

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 451h (2020)
Section Name §451h. Establishment of farm units; size; contiguous or noncontiguous
Section Text

In administering sections 434, 448, and 544 of this title, the Secretary may, to the extent found necessary as shown by a land classification to provide farm units sufficient in size to support a family, establish such units of not more than three hundred and twenty acres containing not more than one hundred and sixty irrigable acres designated by him and may permit entry and assignment under the homestead laws, and retention and assignment under the desert land laws, of such units. The lands included in farm units established pursuant to the authority of this section and entered under the homestead laws may be contiguous or noncontiguous.

Source Credit

(Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, §9, 67 Stat. 568.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12 - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER VII - EXCHANGE AND AMENDMENT OF FARM UNITS
Sec. 451h - Establishment of farm units; size; contiguous or noncontiguous
Contains section 451h
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 67 Stat. 568
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