43 U.S.C. § 390dd

Limitation on ownership

Except as provided in section 390ii of this title , irrigation water may not be delivered to—

(1)

a qualified recipient for use in the irrigation of lands owned by such qualified recipient in excess of nine hundred and sixty acres of class I lands or the equivalent thereof; or

(2)

a limited recipient for the use in the irrigation of lands owned by such limited recipient in excess of six hundred and forty acres of class I lands or the equivalent thereof;

whether situated in one or more districts.

( Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 204 , Oct. 12, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1265 .)