A bill to remove all acreage limitations and residency requirements from lands eligible to receive irrigation water under the Federal reclamation laws, to grant irrigation districts the right to impose such limitations and requirements, and for other purposes.

Summary

Amends the Reclamation Act of 1902 to remove all acreage limitations and residency requirements from lands eligible to receive irrigation water. Amends the Omnibus Adjustment Act to permit any irrigation district, upon consent of the owners of 75 percent of the land within the district, to establish such acreage limitations or residency requirements as it deems suitable or necessary for the efficient use and management of the irrigable land and water resources within that district.

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Timeline

1. 2 March 1978

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 2 March 1978

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 March 1978

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 2 March 1978

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID-1] · R · Sponsor
• · hsii00 · Standing

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