(c) Any non-Federal party to a repayment contract with the Secretary relating
to a Reclamation project may obtain validation of any provisions of such con-
tract relating to the acreage limitation available to such party pursuant to such
contract or under the Federal Reclamation Law by making application therefore
to the Secretary in writing within three years from the date of enactment of this
Act. The Secretary shall review each such application and within ninty days from
the date on which he receives such application shall transmit it to the Congress
together with his comments and recommendations. Unless the Congress by joint
resolution disapproves the application with ninty days from the date on which
it receives the Secretary's transmittal, the application shall be approved and the
provisions shall be considered to be validated.
 (d) If lands in excess of the acrege limitation of Federal Reclamation Laws
have not been disposed of at the end of the recordable contract period, power of
attorney shall vest in the Secretary who shall sell such lands by lottery or other
impartial selection only to qualified receipts according to such reasonable rules
as he may establish. In such sales the Secretary shall make every effort to pro-
vide opportunities for the acquisition of landholdings of varying financially and
economically feasible size.
 CONSENT TO SUE
 SEC. 11. In addition to any other remedy available in law or equity, any party
to a contract with the Secretary of the Interior providing for the deliver of agri-
cultural water supplies may bring an action in the United States district court
for the district in which the project is located for mandatory injunctive relief
to reform such contract in accordance with the terms of any written representa-
tion concerning the application or interpretation of the Federal Reclamation Law
or contracts made by the Secretary or his representative to such party or his
predecessor in interest. Exclusive jurisdiction for such suit is hereby vested in
the United States district court. If the court finds, on the basis of the evidence
submitted, that the party would not have entered into the contract but for the
written representations made by the Secretary or his representative, which were
relied on by the water users, then the court shall order the Secretary to reform
the contract to conform with the representations and the contract, as reformed,
shall be considered valid as of the date of the written representation.
 REPORTING
 SEc. 12. Any contracting entity subject to the acreage limitation of Reclamation
Laws shall compile and maintain such records and information relating to land
ownership, leasing, water supply and use, land use, cropping, financial transac-
tions including transfers of interest in lands which are reasonably necessary to
to implement this Act and the Federal Reclamation Law. On a date set by the
Secretary following the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter,
every such contracting entity shall provide in a form suitable to the Secretary
such reports on the above matters as the Secretary may require.
 2. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill to amend and supplement
the acreage limitation and residency provisions of the Federal Recla-
mation Law, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes.".

 PURPOSE OF THE MEASURE

 The purpose of S. 14 is to provide a modern statement of congres-
sional policy on several aspects of Reclamation Law, to resolve ambi-
guities, and to conform the law to the current practical considerations
of farm practices and economics. As amended, S. 14 clarifies and up-
dates the provisions of Federal Reclamation Law placing a limitation
upon the acreage in a single ownership which is eligible to receive a
water supply from a reclamation project, repeals the requirement for
a water user to reside on or in the vicinity of his land holding, clarifies
and restricts the exception of leased lands from the acreage limitation,
and defines and updates several other provisions of the Reclamation
Law.