Federal

Title 43 — Public Lands

1,464 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1474c — North American Wetlands Conservation Fund; availability of fines or forfeitures
• § 1474d — Environmental Improvement and Restoration Fund
• § 1474e — Sums received by the Bureau of Land Management for the sale of seeds
• § 1474f — Sums received by the Bureau of Land Management from vendors under enterprise information technology-procurements
• § 1474g — Department of the Interior Nonrecurring Expenses Fund
• § 1475 — Bureau of Reclamation acceptance of services of volunteers
• § 1475a — Participation of non-Federal entities in contract negotiations and source selection proceedings
• § 1475b — Volunteer authority
• § 1476 — Elimination of oaths for written statements; discretion of Secretary of the Interior
• § 1476a — Unsworn written statements subject to penalties of presenting false claims
• § 1477 — Snow water supply forecasting
• § 1478 — Appraisal and valuation services for real property
• § 148 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a) , Oct. 21, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2792
• § 149 — Exchange of private lands included in Indian reservation for other lands
• § 15 — Issuance and signing of patents by Secretary of the Interior; delegation of authority; notice
• § 150 — Withdrawals of land for Indian reservations prohibited
• § 1501 — Congressional declaration of purpose and policy
• § 151 — Opening of lands restored to entry after withdrawals
• § 1511 — Reconnaissance investigations by Secretary of the Interior; reports; 10-year moratorium on water importation studies
• § 1511a — Cooperation and participation by Secretary of the Army with Federal, State, and local agencies
• § 1512 — Mexican Water Treaty
• § 1513 — Importation of water; protection of exporting areas
• § 1514 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 152 — Restoration of lands previously withdrawn
• § 1521 — Central Arizona Project
• § 1522 — Orme Dam and Reservoir
• § 1523 — Power requirements of Central Arizona Project and augmentation of Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund
• § 1524 — Water furnished from Central Arizona Project
• § 1525 — Cost of main stream water of Colorado River
• § 1526 — Water salvage programs
• § 1527 — Fish and wildlife conservation and development
• § 1528 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 153 — Reservation of lands in North Dakota
• § 154 — Vacation of withdrawals under reclamation law; lands valuable for minerals; reservation of rights, ways, and easements; rules and regulations
• § 1541 — Allocation of costs; repayment
• § 1542 — Repayment capability of Indian lands
• § 1543 — Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund
• § 1544 — Annual report to Congress
• § 155 — Withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of public lands for defense purposes; “public lands” defined; exception
• § 1551 — Construction of Colorado River Basin Act
• § 1552 — Criteria for long-range operation of reservoirs
• § 1553 — Upper Colorado River Basin; rights to consumptive uses not to be reduced or prejudiced; duties and powers of Commission not impaired
• § 1554 — Federal reclamation laws
• § 1555 — Federal Power Act inapplicable to Colorado River between Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam
• § 1556 — Definitions
• § 156 — Approval by Congress necessary for withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of over 5,000 acres for any Department of Defense project or facility
• § 157 — Application for withdrawal, reservation, or restriction; specifications
• § 1571 — Water quality improvement
• § 1572 — Canal or canal lining
• § 1573 — Construction and maintenance of well fields; land acquisition; land replacement; nonreimbursable costs
• § 1574 — Modification of projects
• § 1575 — Contract authority
• § 1575a — Administration and disposition of lands and constructed facilities; revenues credited to general fund of Treasury
• § 1576 — Interagency cooperation
• § 1577 — Existing Federal laws not modified
• § 1578 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1579 — Fish and wildlife habitat; mitigation of losses
• § 158 — Mineral resources on withdrawn lands; disposition and exploration
• § 1580 — Definitions
• § 1591 — Salinity control policy
• § 1592 — Authorization to construct, operate, and maintain salinity control units and salinity control programs
• § 1593 — Planning reports; research and demonstration projects
• § 1594 — Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Ad­visory Council
• § 1595 — Salinity control units; authority and functions of the Secretary of the Interior
• § 1596 — Biennial report to President, Congress, and Advisory Council
• § 1597 — Construction of provisions of subchapter
• § 1598 — Achieving project objectives
• § 1599 — Definitions
• § 16 — Engrossing and recording patents
• § 1600 — Findings and purposes
• § 1600a — Definitions
• § 1600b — Colorado River Floodway Task Force
• § 1600c — Colorado River Floodway
• § 1600d — Limitations on Federal expenditures affecting Floodway
• § 1600e — Exceptions
• § 1600f — Certification of compliance
• § 1600g — Priority of laws
• § 1600h — Separability
• § 1600i — Reports to Congress
• § 1600j — Federal leases
• § 1600k — Notices and existing laws
• § 1600l — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1601 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
• § 1602 — Definitions
• § 1603 — Declaration of settlement
• § 1604 — Enrollment
• § 1605 — Alaska Native Fund
• § 1606 — Regional Corporations
• § 1607 — Village Corporations
• § 1608 — Revenue sharing
• § 1609 — Limitation of actions
• § 161 to 164 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 702 , Oct. 21, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2787
• § 1610 — Withdrawal of public lands
• § 1611 — Native land selections
• § 1612 — Surveys
• § 1613 — Conveyance of lands
• § 1613a — ANCSA amendment
• § 1614 — Timber sale contracts; modification; timber from contingency area
• § 1615 — Withdrawal and selection of public lands; funds in lieu of acreage
• § 1616 — Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska
• § 1617 — Revocation of Indian allotment authority in Alaska
• § 1618 — Revocation of reserved rights; excepted reserve; acquisition of title to surface and subsurface estates in reserve; election of Village Corporations; restoration of land to Elim Native Corporation
• § 1619 — Attorney and consultant fees
• § 1620 — Taxation
• § 1621 — Miscellaneous provisions
• § 1622 — Annual reports to Congress until 1984; submission in 1985 of report of status of Natives, summary of actions taken, and recommendations
• § 1623 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1624 — Regulations; issuance; publication in Federal Register
• § 1625 — Securities laws exemption
• § 1626 — Relation to other programs
• § 1627 — Merger of Native corporations
• § 1628 — Assignments by Regional Corporations of rights to receive payments from Fund
• § 1629 — Cape Krusenstern National Monument land exchange between United States and NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.
• § 1629a — Relinquishment by NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., of lands compact and contiguous to public lands in Cape Krusenstern National Monument
• § 1629b — Procedures for considering amendments and resolutions
• § 1629c — Duration of alienability restrictions
• § 1629d — Dissenters rights
• § 1629e — Settlement Trust option
• § 1629f — Claims arising from contamination of transferred lands
• § 1629g — Open season for certain Alaska Native veterans for allotments
• § 1629g–1 — Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment
• § 1629h — Kake Tribal Corporation land transfer
• § 1631 — Ownership of submerged lands
• § 1632 — Statute of limitations on decisions of Secretary and reconveyance of land by Village Corporation
• § 1633 — Administrative provisions
• § 1634 — Alaska Native allotments
• § 1635 — State selections and conveyances
• § 1636 — Alaska land bank
• § 1637 — Use of protraction diagrams
• § 1638 — National Environmental Policy Act
• § 1639 — Construction with Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
• § 1640 — Relinquishment of selections partly within conservation units
• § 1641 — Conveyances to Village Corporations
• § 1642 — Land conveyances
• § 165 — Transferred
• § 1651 — Congressional findings and declaration
• § 1652 — Authorizations for construction
• § 1653 — Liability for damages
• § 1654 — Antitrust laws
• § 1655 — Roads and airports
• § 1656 — Civil penalties
• § 166 to 175 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 702 , Oct. 21, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2787
• § 17 — Plats of land surveyed
• § 1701 — Congressional declaration of policy
• § 1702 — Definitions
• § 1703 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 315(a) , Jan. 4, 2025 , 138 Stat. 2903
• § 1711 — Continuing inventory and identification of public lands; preparation and maintenance
• § 1712 — Land use plans
• § 1713 — Sales of public land tracts
• § 1714 — Withdrawals of lands
• § 1715 — Acquisitions of public lands and access over non-Federal lands to National Forest System units
• § 1716 — Exchanges of public lands or interests therein within the National Forest System
• § 1717 — Qualifications of conveyees
• § 1718 — Documents of conveyance; terms, covenants, etc.
• § 1719 — Mineral interests; reservation and conveyance requirements and procedures
• § 1720 — Coordination by Secretary of the Interior with State and local governments
• § 1721 — Conveyances of public lands to States, local governments, etc.
• § 1722 — Sale of public lands subject to unintentional trespass
• § 1723 — Temporary revocation authority
• § 1731 — Bureau of Land Management
• § 1732 — Management of use, occupancy, and development of public lands
• § 1733 — Enforcement authority
• § 1734 — Fees, charges, and commissions
• § 1734a — Availability of excess fees
• § 1735 — Forfeitures and deposits
• § 1736 — Working capital fund
• § 1736a — Revolving fund derived from disposal of salvage timber
• § 1737 — Implementation provisions
• § 1738 — Contracts for surveys and resource protection; renewals; funding requirements
• § 1739 — Advisory councils
• § 1740 — Rules and regulations
• § 1741 — Annual reports
• § 1742 — Search, rescue, and protection forces; emergency situations authorizing hiring
• § 1742a — Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act
• § 1743 — Disclosure of financial interests by officers or employees
• § 1744 — Recordation of mining claims
• § 1745 — Disclaimer of interest in lands
• § 1746 — Correction of conveyance documents
• § 1747 — Loans to States and political subdivisions; purposes; amounts; allocation; terms and conditions; interest rate; security; limitations; forebearance for benefit of borrowers; recordkeeping requirements; discrimination prohibited; deposit of receipts
• § 1748 — Funding requirements
• § 1748a — FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Funds
• § 1748a–1 — Request for additional wildfire suppression funds
• § 1748a–2 — Reporting requirements
• § 1748b — Cohesive wildfire management strategy
• § 1748b–1 — Wildfire technology modernization
• § 1748c — Bureau of Land Management Foundation
• § 1748d — Report on wildfire, insect infestation, and disease prevention on Federal land
• § 1751 — Grazing fees; feasibility study; contents; submission of report; annual distribution and use of range betterment funds; nature of distributions
• § 1752 — Grazing leases and permits
• § 1753 — Omitted
• § 176 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 705(a) , Oct. 21, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2792
• § 1761 — Grant, issue, or renewal of rights-of-way
• § 1761a — Streamlining the Forest Service process for consideration of communications facility location applications
• § 1762 — Roads
• § 1763 — Right-of-way corridors; criteria and procedures applicable for designation
• § 1764 — General requirements
• § 1765 — Terms and conditions
• § 1766 — Suspension or termination; grounds; procedures applicable
• § 1767 — Rights-of-way for Federal departments and agencies
• § 1768 — Conveyance of lands covered by right-of-way; terms and conditions