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the acreage limitation will cease to apply to the landholdings. Con-
tract provisions which permit early, accelerated, or lump sum repay-
ment would be honored under this section if they have already been
validated by the Congress or if they are validated under the provisions
of subsection 10 (c) of this Act.
 This section further provides that a lump sum repayment or an
accelerated repayment schedule will be adopted in other cases if applied
for by the contracting entity.
 If a contracting entity owes construction charges under a contract
entered into pursuant to the authority of the Rehabilitation and
Betterment Act, the acreage limitation would continue to apply during
the term of repayment of such indebtedness. Lump sum or accelerated
repayment of such debts by the contracting entity would be authorized
and in addition the contracting entity could choose to repay the portion
of the Rehabilitation and Betterment debt associated with excess
lands with interest as an alternative to continuing the acreage limita-
tion where such indebtedness was the sole remaining reason for appli-
cation of the limitation.
 Section 6. (b)-This section provides that upon repayment of con-
tractual construction charges, the Secretary of the Interior shall, at
the request of a landholder, document the termination of the acreage
limitation as it applied to that landholding.
 Section 7. (a) -This section clarifies the intent of S. 14 that the
lands which a lessee leases from another and farms as part of his opera-
tion are charged against such lessee's landholdings, as well as the
owner-lessor's landholding, for purposes of the acreage limitation. The
net result of this provision would be that a qualified recipient who is
not actively farming could own up to 1280 acres and lease it to one or
more other persons who would farm it as part of their landholdings.
However, a limited recipient could own and lease out only 160 acres
under existing law as amended by S. 14.
 Section 7. (b)-This section provides that water may be delivered
to leased lands held by a lessee in excess of 1,280 acres when the lease
is for 1 year or less and such lease does not convey to the lessee a right
of renewal. However, this section is not meant to be construed that
the lessee may not lease the same land in the following or subsequent
years.
 Section 7. (c)-This section provides that delivery of water to
leased lands in excess of 1,280 acres pursuant to section 7(b) may
begin immediately upon filing of the required notice of the lease with
the Secretary of the Interior. However, such right of delivery may
be interrupted upon a determination by the Secretary that the require-
ments of this section have not been met.
 Section 7. (d)-The effect of S. 14 is that lands operated under
lease will be treated as part of the landholding of the lessee and will
henceforth come within the limitations of 1,280 acres for qualified
recipients and 160 acres for limited recipients. There presently exist
leaseholdings in excess of these limitations. This section explicitly
provides that such lessees must come into compliance within 10 years.
 Section 8. (a)-This section provides that the Secretary shall con-
tinue to deliver water to Reclamation project lands held by nonprofit
charitable or religious organizations as of January 1, 1978, without
regard to the acreage limitation. The conditions for such continued