Title 43 — Public Lands

Every section of Title 43 of the United States Code, public lands — 1,364 sections, full text, with the cases that cite each one.

• 43 U.S.C. § 1471b — Availability of appropriations for suppression and emergency prevention of forest and range fires
• 43 U.S.C. § 1471c — Availability of appropriations for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities
• 43 U.S.C. § 1471c-1 — Availability of appropriations for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities
• 43 U.S.C. § 1471d — Availability of appropriations for transportation, reprint, telephone, and library membership expenses
• 43 U.S.C. § 1471e — Reimbursement of employee license costs and certification fees
• 43 U.S.C. § 1471f — Availability of appropriations for incremental funding of research work orders for cooperative agreements
• 43 U.S.C. § 1471g — Availability of appropriations to support Memorial Day and Fourth of July ceremonies and activities in National Capital Region
• 43 U.S.C. § 1471h — Availability of appropriations for uniforms or allowances
• 43 U.S.C. § 1471i — Availability of appropriations for services or rentals
• 43 U.S.C. § 1472 — Bureau of Reclamation working capital fund
• 43 U.S.C. § 1473 — Acceptance of contributions from private and public sources by Mineral Management Service
• 43 U.S.C. § 1473a — Acceptance of contributions by Secretary; cooperation with prosecution of projects
• 43 U.S.C. § 1473b — Awards for contributions to Department of the Interior programs
• 43 U.S.C. § 1473c — Payment of costs incidental to services contributed by volunteers
• 43 U.S.C. § 1473d — Insurance costs covering vehicles, aircraft, and boats operated by Department of the Interior in Canada and Mexico
• 43 U.S.C. § 1473e — Acceptance of donations and bequests for Natural Resources Library
• 43 U.S.C. § 1474 — Availability of receipts from administrative fees for program operations in Mining Law Administration
• 43 U.S.C. § 1474a — Emergency Department of the Interior Firefighting Fund; amounts considered "emergency requirements"
• 43 U.S.C. § 1474b — Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund; availability of assessments
• 43 U.S.C. § 1474b-1 — Transfer of funds from Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund
• 43 U.S.C. § 1474c — North American Wetlands Conservation Fund; availability of fines or forfeitures
• 43 U.S.C. § 1474d — Environmental Improvement and Restoration Fund
• 43 U.S.C. § 1474e — Sums received by the Bureau of Land Management for the sale of seeds
• 43 U.S.C. § 1474f — Sums received by the Bureau of Land Management from vendors under enterprise information technology-procurements
• 43 U.S.C. § 1474g — Department of the Interior Nonrecurring Expenses Fund
• 43 U.S.C. § 1475 — Bureau of Reclamation acceptance of services of volunteers
• 43 U.S.C. § 1475a — Participation of non-Federal entities in contract negotiations and source selection proceedings
• 43 U.S.C. § 1475b — Volunteer authority
• 43 U.S.C. § 1476 — Elimination of oaths for written statements; discretion of Secretary of the Interior
• 43 U.S.C. § 1476a — Unsworn written statements subject to penalties of presenting false claims
• 43 U.S.C. § 1477 — Snow water supply forecasting
• 43 U.S.C. § 1478 — Appraisal and valuation services for real property
• 43 U.S.C. § 1501 — Congressional declaration of purpose and policy
• 43 U.S.C. § 1511 — Reconnaissance investigations by Secretary of the Interior; reports; 10-year moratorium on water importation studies
• 43 U.S.C. § 1511a — Cooperation and participation by Secretary of the Army with Federal, State, and local agencies
• 43 U.S.C. § 1512 — Mexican Water Treaty
• 43 U.S.C. § 1513 — Importation of water; protection of exporting areas
• 43 U.S.C. § 1514 — Authorization of appropriations
• 43 U.S.C. § 1521 — Central Arizona Project
• 43 U.S.C. § 1522 — Orme Dam and Reservoir
• 43 U.S.C. § 1523 — Power requirements of Central Arizona Project and augmentation of Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund
• 43 U.S.C. § 1524 — Water furnished from Central Arizona Project
• 43 U.S.C. § 1525 — Cost of main stream water of Colorado River
• 43 U.S.C. § 1526 — Water salvage programs
• 43 U.S.C. § 1527 — Fish and wildlife conservation and development
• 43 U.S.C. § 1528 — Authorization of appropriations
• 43 U.S.C. § 1541 — Allocation of costs; repayment
• 43 U.S.C. § 1542 — Repayment capability of Indian lands
• 43 U.S.C. § 1543 — Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund
• 43 U.S.C. § 1544 — Annual report to Congress
• 43 U.S.C. § 1551 — Construction of Colorado River Basin Act
• 43 U.S.C. § 1552 — Criteria for long-range operation of reservoirs
• 43 U.S.C. § 1553 — Upper Colorado River Basin; rights to consumptive uses not to be reduced or prejudiced; duties and powers of Commission not impaired
• 43 U.S.C. § 1554 — Federal reclamation laws
• 43 U.S.C. § 1555 — Federal Power Act inapplicable to Colorado River between Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam
• 43 U.S.C. § 1556 — Definitions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1571 — Water quality improvement
• 43 U.S.C. § 1572 — Canal or canal lining
• 43 U.S.C. § 1573 — Construction and maintenance of well fields; land acquisition; land replacement; nonreimbursable costs
• 43 U.S.C. § 1574 — Modification of projects
• 43 U.S.C. § 1575 — Contract authority
• 43 U.S.C. § 1575a — Administration and disposition of lands and constructed facilities; revenues credited to general fund of Treasury
• 43 U.S.C. § 1576 — Interagency cooperation
• 43 U.S.C. § 1577 — Existing Federal laws not modified
• 43 U.S.C. § 1578 — Authorization of appropriations
• 43 U.S.C. § 1579 — Fish and wildlife habitat; mitigation of losses
• 43 U.S.C. § 1580 — Definitions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1591 — Salinity control policy
• 43 U.S.C. § 1592 — Authorization to construct, operate, and maintain salinity control units and salinity control programs
• 43 U.S.C. § 1593 — Planning reports; research and demonstration projects
• 43 U.S.C. § 1594 — Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council
• 43 U.S.C. § 1595 — Salinity control units; authority and functions of the Secretary of the Interior
• 43 U.S.C. § 1596 — Biennial report to President, Congress, and Advisory Council
• 43 U.S.C. § 1597 — Construction of provisions of subchapter
• 43 U.S.C. § 1598 — Achieving project objectives
• 43 U.S.C. § 1599 — Definitions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1600 — Findings and purposes
• 43 U.S.C. § 1600a — Definitions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1600b — Colorado River Floodway Task Force
• 43 U.S.C. § 1600c — Colorado River Floodway
• 43 U.S.C. § 1600d — Limitations on Federal expenditures affecting Floodway
• 43 U.S.C. § 1600e — Exceptions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1600f — Certification of compliance
• 43 U.S.C. § 1600g — Priority of laws
• 43 U.S.C. § 1600h — Separability
• 43 U.S.C. § 1600i — Reports to Congress
• 43 U.S.C. § 1600j — Federal leases
• 43 U.S.C. § 1600k — Notices and existing laws
• 43 U.S.C. § 1600l — Authorization of appropriations
• 43 U.S.C. § 1601 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
• 43 U.S.C. § 1602 — Definitions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1603 — Declaration of settlement
• 43 U.S.C. § 1604 — Enrollment
• 43 U.S.C. § 1605 — Alaska Native Fund
• 43 U.S.C. § 1606 — Regional Corporations
• 43 U.S.C. § 1607 — Village Corporations
• 43 U.S.C. § 1608 — Revenue sharing
• 43 U.S.C. § 1609 — Limitation of actions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1610 — Withdrawal of public lands
• 43 U.S.C. § 1611 — Native land selections
• 43 U.S.C. § 1612 — Surveys
• 43 U.S.C. § 1613 — Conveyance of lands
• 43 U.S.C. § 1613a — ANCSA amendment
• 43 U.S.C. § 1614 — Timber sale contracts; modification; timber from contingency area
• 43 U.S.C. § 1615 — Withdrawal and selection of public lands; funds in lieu of acreage
• 43 U.S.C. § 1616 — Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska
• 43 U.S.C. § 1617 — Revocation of Indian allotment authority in Alaska
• 43 U.S.C. § 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
• 43 U.S.C. § 1619 — Attorney and consultant fees
• 43 U.S.C. § 1620 — Taxation
• 43 U.S.C. § 1621 — Miscellaneous provisions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1622 — Annual reports to Congress until 1984; submission in 1985 of report of status of Natives, summary of actions taken, and recommendations
• 43 U.S.C. § 1623 — Authorization of appropriations
• 43 U.S.C. § 1624 — Regulations; issuance; publication in Federal Register
• 43 U.S.C. § 1625 — Securities laws exemption
• 43 U.S.C. § 1626 — Relation to other programs
• 43 U.S.C. § 1627 — Merger of Native corporations
• 43 U.S.C. § 1628 — Assignments by Regional Corporations of rights to receive payments from Fund
• 43 U.S.C. § 1629 — Cape Krusenstern National Monument land exchange between United States and NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.
• 43 U.S.C. § 1629a — Relinquishment by NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., of lands compact and contiguous to public lands in Cape Krusenstern National Monument
• 43 U.S.C. § 1629b — Procedures for considering amendments and resolutions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1629c — Duration of alienability restrictions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1629d — Dissenters rights
• 43 U.S.C. § 1629e — Settlement Trust option
• 43 U.S.C. § 1629f — Claims arising from contamination of transferred lands
• 43 U.S.C. § 1629g — Open season for certain Alaska Native veterans for allotments
• 43 U.S.C. § 1629g-1 — Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment
• 43 U.S.C. § 1629h — Kake Tribal Corporation land transfer
• 43 U.S.C. § 1631 — Ownership of submerged lands
• 43 U.S.C. § 1632 — Statute of limitations on decisions of Secretary and reconveyance of land by Village Corporation
• 43 U.S.C. § 1633 — Administrative provisions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1634 — Alaska Native allotments
• 43 U.S.C. § 1635 — State selections and conveyances
• 43 U.S.C. § 1636 — Alaska land bank
• 43 U.S.C. § 1637 — Use of protraction diagrams
• 43 U.S.C. § 1638 — National Environmental Policy Act
• 43 U.S.C. § 1639 — Construction with Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
• 43 U.S.C. § 1640 — Relinquishment of selections partly within conservation units
• 43 U.S.C. § 1641 — Conveyances to Village Corporations
• 43 U.S.C. § 1642 — Land conveyances
• 43 U.S.C. § 1651 — Congressional findings and declaration
• 43 U.S.C. § 1652 — Authorizations for construction
• 43 U.S.C. § 1653 — Liability for damages
• 43 U.S.C. § 1654 — Antitrust laws
• 43 U.S.C. § 1655 — Roads and airports
• 43 U.S.C. § 1656 — Civil penalties
• 43 U.S.C. § 1701 — Congressional declaration of policy
• 43 U.S.C. § 1702 — Definitions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1703 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–234, title III, §315(a), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2903
• 43 U.S.C. § 1711 — Continuing inventory and identification of public lands; preparation and maintenance
• 43 U.S.C. § 1712 — Land use plans
• 43 U.S.C. § 1713 — Sales of public land tracts
• 43 U.S.C. § 1714 — Withdrawals of lands
• 43 U.S.C. § 1715 — Acquisitions of public lands and access over non-Federal lands to National Forest System units
• 43 U.S.C. § 1716 — Exchanges of public lands or interests therein within the National Forest System
• 43 U.S.C. § 1717 — Qualifications of conveyees
• 43 U.S.C. § 1718 — Documents of conveyance; terms, covenants, etc.
• 43 U.S.C. § 1719 — Mineral interests; reservation and conveyance requirements and procedures
• 43 U.S.C. § 1720 — Coordination by Secretary of the Interior with State and local governments
• 43 U.S.C. § 1721 — Conveyances of public lands to States, local governments, etc.
• 43 U.S.C. § 1722 — Sale of public lands subject to unintentional trespass
• 43 U.S.C. § 1723 — Temporary revocation authority
• 43 U.S.C. § 1731 — Bureau of Land Management
• 43 U.S.C. § 1732 — Management of use, occupancy, and development of public lands
• 43 U.S.C. § 1733 — Enforcement authority
• 43 U.S.C. § 1734 — Fees, charges, and commissions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1734a — Availability of excess fees
• 43 U.S.C. § 1735 — Forfeitures and deposits
• 43 U.S.C. § 1736 — Working capital fund
• 43 U.S.C. § 1736a — Revolving fund derived from disposal of salvage timber
• 43 U.S.C. § 1737 — Implementation provisions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1738 — Contracts for surveys and resource protection; renewals; funding requirements
• 43 U.S.C. § 1739 — Advisory councils
• 43 U.S.C. § 1740 — Rules and regulations
• 43 U.S.C. § 1741 — Annual reports
• 43 U.S.C. § 1742 — Search, rescue, and protection forces; emergency situations authorizing hiring
• 43 U.S.C. § 1742a — Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act
• 43 U.S.C. § 1743 — Disclosure of financial interests by officers or employees
• 43 U.S.C. § 1744 — Recordation of mining claims
• 43 U.S.C. § 1745 — Disclaimer of interest in lands
• 43 U.S.C. § 1746 — Correction of conveyance documents
• 43 U.S.C. § 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
• 43 U.S.C. § 1748 — Funding requirements
• 43 U.S.C. § 1748a — FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Funds
• 43 U.S.C. § 1748a-1 — Request for additional wildfire suppression funds
• 43 U.S.C. § 1748a-2 — Reporting requirements
• 43 U.S.C. § 1748b — Cohesive wildfire management strategy
• 43 U.S.C. § 1748b-1 — Wildfire technology modernization
• 43 U.S.C. § 1748c — Bureau of Land Management Foundation
• 43 U.S.C. § 1748d — Report on wildfire, insect infestation, and disease prevention on Federal land
• 43 U.S.C. § 1751 — Grazing fees; feasibility study; contents; submission of report; annual distribution and use of range betterment funds; nature of distributions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1752 — Grazing leases and permits
• 43 U.S.C. § 1761 — Grant, issue, or renewal of rights-of-way
• 43 U.S.C. § 1761a — Streamlining the Forest Service process for consideration of communications facility location applications
• 43 U.S.C. § 1762 — Roads
• 43 U.S.C. § 1763 — Right-of-way corridors; criteria and procedures applicable for designation
• 43 U.S.C. § 1764 — General requirements
• 43 U.S.C. § 1765 — Terms and conditions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1766 — Suspension or termination; grounds; procedures applicable
• 43 U.S.C. § 1767 — Rights-of-way for Federal departments and agencies