The Act approved June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, referred to in text, is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 371 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of Title 43 and Tables.
1955—Act June 16, 1955, removed 160-acre limitation on desert entry.
Act June 16, 1955, ch. 145, § 3, 69 Stat. 138, as amended by Puspan. L. 85–641, § 2, Aug. 14, 1958, 72 Stat. 596, provided that:
Section 90 of this title, act Apr. 30, 1912, ch. 99, 37 Stat. 105, supplements this section by making provisions for the selection of coal lands by the several States, and for their sale under the laws providing for the sale of isolated or disconnected tracts of public lands.