--- kind: "range" citation: "43 U.S.C. §§ 424–424e" title: "43" from: "424" to: "424e" count: 6 release: "119-102" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/424..424e" --- # §424. Disposal of lands classified as temporarily or permanently unproductive; persons who may take The [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior, hereinafter styled the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7), is authorized in connection with Federal irrigation projects to dispose of vacant [public lands](/usc/43/155.md?p=1) designated under sections [423 to 423g](/usc/43/423..423g.md) and 610 of this title, as temporarily unproductive or permanently unproductive to resident farm owners, and resident entrymen on Federal irrigation projects, in accordance with the provisions of [sections 424 to 424e](/usc/43/424..424e.md) of this title. # §424a. Sale of unproductive lands; terms; area purchasable; tracts included The [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) is authorized to sell such lands to resident farm owners or resident entrymen, on the project upon which such land is located, at prices not less than that fixed by independent appraisal approved by the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7), and upon such terms and at private sale or at public auction as he may prescribe: Provided, That no such resident farm owner or resident entryman shall be permitted to purchase under [sections 424 to 424e](/usc/43/424..424e.md) of this title more than one hundred and sixty acres of such land, or an area which, together with land already owned on such Federal irrigation project, shall exceed three hundred and twenty acres: And provided further, That the authority given hereunder shall apply not only to tracts wholly classified as temporarily or permanently unproductive, but also to all tracts of [public lands](/usc/43/155.md?p=1) within Federal irrigation projects which by reason of the inclusion of lands classified as temporarily or permanently unproductive are found by the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) to be insufficient to support a family and to pay water charges. # §424b. Application of certain statutes to lands sold All “permanently unproductive” and “temporarily unproductive” land now or hereafter designated under sections [423 to 423g](/usc/43/423..423g.md) and 610 of this title, shall, when sold, remain subject to sections [423](/usc/43/423.md) and [423b](/usc/43/423b.md) of this title. The exchange provisions of [section 423c of this title](/usc/43/423c.md), shall not be applicable to the land purchased under [sections 424 to 424e](/usc/43/424..424e.md) of this title. # §424c. Issuance of patents; recitals in patents; reservations After the purchaser has paid to the United States all amounts due on the purchase price of said land, a patent shall issue which shall recite that the lands so patented have been classified in whole or in part as temporarily or permanently unproductive, as the case may be, under sections [423 to 423g](/usc/43/423..423g.md) and 610 of this title. Such patents shall also contain a reservation of a lien for water charges when deemed appropriate by the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) and reservations of coal or other mineral rights to the same extent as patents issued under the homestead laws. # §424d. Use of moneys collected from sales, project construction charges and water rentals respecting unproductive lands In the absence of a contrary requirement in the contracts between the United States and the water users organization or [district](/usc/43/316a.md?p=2) assuming liability for the payment of project construction charges, all sums collected under [sections 424 to 424e](/usc/43/424..424e.md) this title from the sale of lands, from the payment of project construction charges on “temporarily unproductive” or “permanently unproductive” lands so sold, and (except as stated in this section) from water rentals, shall inure to the Reclamation [Fund](/usc/43/1602.md?p=k) as a credit to the construction charge payable on May 16, 1930, by the water users under their present contracts, to the extent of the additional expense, if any, incurred by such water users in furnishing water to the unproductive area, while still in that status, as approved by the Commissioner of Reclamation and the balance as a credit to the sums heretofore written off in accordance with sections [423 to 423g](/usc/43/423..423g.md) and 610 of this title. Where water rental collections under [sections 424 to 424e](/usc/43/424..424e.md) of this title are in excess of the current operation and maintenance charges, the excess as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7), shall, in the absence of such contrary contract provision, inure to the Reclamation [Fund](/usc/43/1602.md?p=k) as above provided, but in all other cases the water rentals collected under [sections 424 to 424e](/usc/43/424..424e.md) of this title shall be turned over to or retained by the operating [district](/usc/43/316a.md?p=2) or [association](/usc/43/31b.md?p=2), where the project or part of the project from which the water rentals were collected is being operated and maintained by an irrigation [district](/usc/43/316a.md?p=2) or water users [association](/usc/43/31b.md?p=2) under contract with the United States. # §424e. Authority of Secretary of the Interior; rules and regulations The [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts and to make all rules and regulations necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes of [sections 424 to 424e](/usc/43/424..424e.md) of this title.