[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR402.2]

[Page 547]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
      CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 402--SALE OF LANDS IN FEDERAL RECLAMATION PROJECTS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Public Lands
 
Sec. 402.2  What lands may be sold; method of sale; limit of acreage.

    (a) Lands which may be sold under the Act of May 20, 1920 (41 Stat. 
605; 43 U.S.C. 375) are lands, not otherwise reserved, which have been 
withdrawn in connection with a Federal irrigation project and improved 
at the expense of the reclamation fund for administration or other like 
purposes and which are no longer needed for project purposes. Not more 
than 160 acres of such lands may be sold to any one person. With one 
exception, such lands must be sold at public auction. If, however, a 
tract is appraised at not more than $300, it may be sold at private sale 
or at public auction and without regard to the provisions of the Act of 
May 20, 1920 respecting notice of publication and mode of sale.
    (b) Lands which may be sold under the Act of May 16, 1930 (46 Stat. 
367; 43 U.S.C. 424 through 424e) are tracts of temporarily or 
permanently unproductive land of insufficient size to support a family. 
A purchaser must be a resident farm owner or entryman on the Federal 
irrigation project where such lands are located and is permitted to 
purchase not more than 160 acres or an area which together with lands 
already owned or entered on such project, does not exceed 320 acres. A 
resident farm owner means a farm owner who is actually residing on the 
farm he owns, and a resident entryman means a homestead entryman who is 
actually residing on the land in his homestead entry. These lands may be 
sold either at public auction or at private sale.
    (c) Lands which may be sold under the Act of March 31, 1950 (64 
Stat. 39; 43 U.S.C. Sup., 375b through 375f) are tracts of land too 
small to be classed as farm units under the Federal reclamation laws. A 
purchaser must be a resident farm owner or entryman (as defined in 
paragraph (b) of this section) on the Federal irrigation project where 
such lands are located and is permitted to purchase not more than 160 
acres or an area which, together with land already owned or entered on 
such project, does not exceed 160 irrigable acres. These lands may be 
sold either at public auction or at private sale.