Federal · Title 43 — Public Lands

43 U.S.C. § 315a: Protection, administration, regulation, and improvement of districts; rules and regulations; study of erosion and flood control; offenses

Infraction

What this law says, in plain English

The Secretary of the Interior manages grazing districts and may establish rules for their use and protection. Willful violations of this subchapter or its rules, after notice, are punishable by a fine of up to $500.

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The Secretary of the Interior shall make provision for the protection, administration, regulation, and improvement of such grazing districts as may be created under the authority of section 315 of this title , and he shall make such rules and regulations and establish such service, enter into such cooperative agreements, and do any and all things necessary to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter and to insure the objects of such grazing districts, namely, to regulate their occupancy and use, to preserve the land and its resources from destruction or unnecessary injury, to provide for the orderly use, improvement, and development of the range; and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to continue the study of erosion and flood control and to perform such work as may be necessary amply to protect and rehabilitate the areas subject to the provisions of this subchapter, through such funds as may be made available for that purpose, and any willful violation of the provisions of this subchapter or of such rules and regulations thereunder after actual notice thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.

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