43 U.S.C. § 390ww — Administrative provisions

(a) Existing Federal reclamation law: Federal reclamation law stays completely in force, except to the extent this subchapter changes it or conflicts with it. (b) Existing statutory exemptions from ownership or pricing limitations of Federal reclamation law: Nothing in this subchapter repeals or changes any exemption from reclamation law's ownership or pricing limits that already existed. (c) Regulations; collection of necessary data: The Secretary may write regulations, and must collect all the data needed to carry out this subchapter and the rest of federal reclamation law. (d) [Omitted from the published law — no substantive text appears at this letter.] (e) Sale of nonexcess land acquired into excess status pursuant to involuntary process of law, etc.: Land that wasn't excess, but becomes excess because it's acquired through involuntary foreclosure or a similar forced process, a genuine transfer to satisfy a debt (like a mortgage, real estate contract, or deed of trust), inheritance, or a will, can be sold at its fair market value without regard to any other rule in this subchapter or to section 423e. The same is true if mortgaged land shifts from nonexcess to excess status after the mortgage is recorded, and the lender later acquires it by involuntary foreclosure, a similar forced process, or a genuine transfer to satisfy the mortgage — that land, too, may be sold at fair market value. (f) [Omitted from the published law — no substantive text appears at this letter.] (g) Annual audit of compliance with reclamation laws: On top of any other audits, the Secretary of the Interior (or someone designated by the Secretary) must thoroughly audit compliance with reclamation law, including this subchapter, by the people and entities that must follow it. At minimum, within three years the Secretary must audit anyone whose landholdings or operations are larger than 960 acres. (h) Recordable contracts executed prior to October 12, 1982: Section 390ee(c) has always applied to recordable contracts signed before October 12, 1982. Any Interior Department decision, rule, or regulation saying otherwise is revoked. Despite subsection (i), the Secretary may not seek repayment of any amount owed under this subsection or section 390ee(c) that was due before December 22, 1987. (i) Collection of underpayment with interest for irrigation water: If the Secretary finds that a person or entity covered by reclamation law (including this subchapter) hasn't paid the full required amount for delivered irrigation water, the Secretary must collect the underpayment plus interest. Interest runs from the date payment was originally due until it's paid, at a rate the Secretary of the Treasury sets based on the weighted average yield of all interest-bearing marketable Treasury securities sold during the underpayment period.