Title 43 — Public Lands

Every section of Title 43 of the United States Code, public lands — 1,514 sections, full text, with the cases that cite each one.

• 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. § 1753 — Omitted
• 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
• 43 U.S.C. § 1768 — Conveyance of lands covered by right-of-way; terms and conditions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1769 — Existing right-of-way or right-of-use unaffected; exceptions; rights-of-way for railroad and appurtenant communication facilities; applicability of existing terms and conditions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1770 — Applicability of provisions to other Federal laws
• 43 U.S.C. § 1771 — Coordination of applications
• 43 U.S.C. § 1772 — Vegetation managment,1 facility inspection, and operation and maintenance relating to electric transmission and distribution facility rights of way
• 43 U.S.C. § 1781 — California Desert Conservation Area
• 43 U.S.C. § 1781a — Acceptance of donation of certain existing permits or leases
• 43 U.S.C. § 1782 — Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Study
• 43 U.S.C. § 1783 — Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area
• 43 U.S.C. § 1784 — Lands in Alaska; designation as wilderness; management by Bureau of Land Management pending Congressional action
• 43 U.S.C. § 1785 — Fossil Forest Research Natural Area
• 43 U.S.C. § 1786 — Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station
• 43 U.S.C. § 1787 — Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area
• 43 U.S.C. § 1801 — Congressional findings
• 43 U.S.C. § 1802 — Congressional declaration of purposes
• 43 U.S.C. § 1811...1824 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–380, title II, § 2004, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 507
• 43 U.S.C. § 1811_to_1824 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–380, title II, §2004, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 507
• 43 U.S.C. § 1841 — Definitions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1842 — Fishermen’s Contingency Fund
• 43 U.S.C. § 1843 — Duties and powers of Secretary
• 43 U.S.C. § 1844 — Burden of proof
• 43 U.S.C. § 1845 — Claims procedure
• 43 U.S.C. § 1846 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1021(f), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 713
• 43 U.S.C. § 1847 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–212, § 6(a), June 30, 1982, 96 Stat. 147
• 43 U.S.C. § 1861 — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–367, § 2(b), July 31, 1986, 100 Stat. 774
• 43 U.S.C. § 1862 — Natural gas distribution
• 43 U.S.C. § 1863 — Unlawful employment practices; regulations
• 43 U.S.C. § 1864 — Disclosure of financial interests by officers and employees of Department of the Interior
• 43 U.S.C. § 1865 — Investigation of reserves of oil and gas in Outer Continental Shelf
• 43 U.S.C. § 1866 — Relationship to existing law
• 43 U.S.C. § 1901 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
• 43 U.S.C. § 1902 — Definitions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1903 — Rangelands inventory and management; public availability
• 43 U.S.C. § 1904 — Range improvement funding
• 43 U.S.C. § 1905 — Grazing fees; economic value of use of land; fair market value components; annual percentage change limitation
• 43 U.S.C. § 1906 — Authority for cooperative agreements and payments effective as provided in appropriations
• 43 U.S.C. § 1907 — National Grasslands; exemptions
• 43 U.S.C. § 1908 — Experimental stewardship program
• 43 U.S.C. § 2001 — Findings
• 43 U.S.C. § 2002 — Statement of purposes
• 43 U.S.C. § 2003 — Definitions
• 43 U.S.C. § 2004 — Applications for approval of proposed crude oil transportation systems
• 43 U.S.C. § 2005 — Review schedule
• 43 U.S.C. § 2006 — Environmental impact statements
• 43 U.S.C. § 2007 — Decision of President
• 43 U.S.C. § 2008 — Procedures for waiver of Federal law
• 43 U.S.C. § 2009 — Expedited procedures for issuance of permits: enforcement of rights-of-way
• 43 U.S.C. § 2010 — Negotiations with Government of Canada
• 43 U.S.C. § 2011 — Judicial review
• 43 U.S.C. § 2012 — Authorization for appropriation
• 43 U.S.C. § 2101 — Findings
• 43 U.S.C. § 2102 — Definitions
• 43 U.S.C. § 2103 — Rights of access