SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS
 Section 1.-This Act is made amendatory to and supplementary of
 the "Reclamation Law." This has been a traditional means of extend-
 ing Reclamation Law and it thereby invokes all of the existing pro-
 visions as well as administrative and judicial interpretations. It is the
 intention throughout this measure to preserve all such existing stat-
 utes and interpretations where they do not conflict with the provisions
 of this measure.
 Section 2. (a)-Self explanatory.
 Section 2. (b)-The term "individual" is defined as a man and wife
 along with other dependents as defined according to the Internal Rev-
 enue Code in order to provide a standard for determining the number
 of acreage limitation landholdings which could be held by a family
 group. In general, a head of household along with his legal depend-
 ents would be entitled to one landholding of 1,280 acres. The existing
 joint ownership concept of allowing two units for a man and wife
 would be amended. Other adults and independent children would be
 entitled to separate acreage units.
 Section 2. (c)-The term "qualified recipient" is a new, all inclusive
 term for purposes of applying the new provisions of this bill. In addi-
 tion to individuals the term "qualified recipient" would include small
 corporations.
 Section 2. (d)-This section defines a new category of recipient
 eligible to continue receiving a water supply from a Federal Reclama-
 tion project. This section, in conjunction with Section 8(j) and con-
 forming language, has the effect of allowing stock corporations who are
 presently receiving water to continue receiving water sufficient for 160
 acres.
 Section 2. (e)-The term "landholding" is intended to mean the area
of land receiving water from a Federal Reclamation project which is
farmed by any party which either owns such land or leases it from an-
other owner. This is the 'acreage which would be limited. There is no
distinction made in .the basic acreage limitation between leased or
owned lands. Furthermore, the "landholding" would be the total of all
such project-served acreage held by any party on one or more projects.
 Section 3. (a) -This section clarifies the application of the Federal
Reclamation Law to lands specifically included within an authorized
Federal Reclamation project and served with a water supply pursuant
to a contract. The objective is to make clear that people who may be
incidentally benefitted by a project are not subject to the limitations of
the Federal Reclamation Law.
 Section 3. (b)-This section establishes a new acreage limitation for
a "landholding" as defined above. Note that this provision overrides
the existing law only where a "qualified recipient" is concerned, and
provides that a "landholding" may be 1,280 acres. The existing acre-
age limitation law would continue to apply to any landholder who is a
limited recipient. (i.e. a large corporation).
 Furthermore, the existing provisions of law would continue to gov-
ern where specific exemptions from the acreage limitation have been
previously legislated. These existing provisions would include certain
specific projects and the application of the acreage limitation to proj-