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43 U.S.C. § 165 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 165. Transferred
heading: Codification
text: Section, act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 7, 26 Stat. 1098, which related to suspension of entries for correction of clerical errors, was transferred to section 1165 of this title, prior to editorial reclassification as section 2505 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 869–4 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 869–4. Disposition of moneys received from or on account of revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands or reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands
All moneys received from or on account of any revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands or reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands under sections 869 to 869–4 of this title shall be deposited respectively in the Oregon and California land-grant fund and the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund, and shall be applied in the manner prescribed respectively by title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 875), as amended (43 U.S.C. 1181f),1 and by subchapter II of chapter 44 of this title.
(June 14, 1926, ch. 578, § 6, as added Pub. L. 86–66, § 3, June 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 111.)
heading: References in Text
text: Act of August 28, 1937, referred to in text, is act Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, 50 Stat. 874. Title II of the Act enacted section 2605 of this title (formerly classified to section 1181f of this title), repealed section 1174 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 2601 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
43 U.S.C. § 1174 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1174. Repealed. Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, title II, 50 Stat. 876
text: Section, act May 25, 1920, ch. 200, 41 Stat. 622, related to sale of class 3 of revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands. See sections 2601 to 2605 of this title and Repeals note set out under section 2601 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 1181 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1181. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 1, 26 Stat. 1095; Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 208, 27 Stat. 593; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, which related to repeal of act June 14, 1878, ch. 190, 20 Stat. 113 (which is not classified to the Code), was omitted from the Code as obsolete.
43 U.S.C. § 1181f (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1181f. Transferred
heading: Codification
text: Section 1181f was editorially reclassified as section 2605 of this title.
heading: Sharing of Bureau of Land Management Timber Sale Receipts
text: Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13983, Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 682, as amended by Pub. L. 103–443, § 1(b), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4631, authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to make defined special payments in certain fiscal years to counties in Oregon and California in lieu of certain other payments under former sections 1181f and 1181f–1 et seq. of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106–393, title IV, § 404, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1623.
43 U.S.C. § 1198 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1198. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, act July 6, 1954, ch. 463, § 1, 68 Stat. 452, which directed Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, and the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate contracts with the Sioux Indians of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota, and the Sioux Indians of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota, containing the provisions outlined in former sections 1198 to 1200e of this title, was omitted from the Code as being of special and not general application.
43 U.S.C. § 1199 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1199. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, act July 6, 1954, ch. 463, § 2, 68 Stat. 452, which related to contract provisions for the condemnation of Sioux lands for the construction of the Fort Randall Dam, was omitted from the Code as being of special and not general application.
43 U.S.C. § 1200 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1200. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, act July 6, 1954, ch. 463, § 3, 68 Stat. 453, which related to determination of just compensation for property conveyed under former section 1199(a) of this title, was omitted from the Code as being of special and not general application.
43 U.S.C. § 1200a (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1200a. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, act July 6, 1954, ch. 463, § 4, 68 Stat. 453, which related to preparation of an appraisal schedule for negotiation of amount of just compensation payable for the property conveyed pursuant to former section 1199(a) of this title, was omitted from the Code as being of special and not general application.
43 U.S.C. § 1200b (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1200b. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, act July 6, 1954, ch. 463, § 5, 68 Stat. 453, which related to inclusion of other provisions in contracts under former sections 1198 to 1200e of this title, was omitted from the Code as being of special and not general application.
43 U.S.C. § 1200c (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1200c. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, act July 6, 1954, ch. 463, § 6, 68 Stat. 453, which related to ratification of contracts under former sections 1198 to 1200e of this title, was omitted from the Code as being of special and not general application.
43 U.S.C. § 1200d (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1200d. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, act July 6, 1954, ch. 463, § 7, 68 Stat. 453, which related to construction of former sections 1198 to 1200e of this title, was omitted from the Code as being of special and not general application.
43 U.S.C. § 1200e (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1200e. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, act July 6, 1954, ch. 463, § 8, 68 Stat. 453, which authorized appropriations for relocation of the members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, South Dakota, was omitted from the Code as being of special and not general application.
43 U.S.C. § 1222 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1222. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, act Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 900, § 2, 68 Stat. 790, which related to notice of opening of lands to purchase under former sections 1221 to 1223 of this title, was omitted from the Code as being of special and not general application.
43 U.S.C. § 1223 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1223. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section 1223, act Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 900, § 3, 68 Stat. 790, which provided that nothing in former sections 1221 to 1223 of this title would affect valid existing rights, was omitted from the Code as being of special and not general application.
43 U.S.C. § 1457c (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1457c. Power of Secretary or designated officer
The Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, is authorized to enforce and carry into execution, by appropriate regulations, every part of the provisions of title 32 of the Revised Statutes not otherwise specially provided for.
(R.S. § 2478; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
heading: References in Text
text: Title 32 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was in the original “this Title”, meaning title 32 of the Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. §§ 2207 to 2490. For complete classification of R.S. §§ 2207 to 2490 to the Code, see Tables.
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1201 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
R.S. § 2478 derived from acts Sept. 28, 1850, ch. 84, §§ 1, 4, 9 Stat. 520; Mar. 12, 1860, ch. 5, § 1, 12 Stat. 3; Feb. 19, 1874, ch. 30, 18 Stat. 16.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
“Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate” substituted for “Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the directions of the Secretary of the Interior” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 1476 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1476. Elimination of oaths for written statements; discretion of Secretary of the Interior
Written statement in public land matters within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, heretofore required by law to be made under oath, need no longer be made under oath unless the Secretary of the Interior shall, in his discretion, so require.
(June 3, 1948, ch. 392, § 1, 62 Stat. 301.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1211 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
43 U.S.C. § 1476a (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 1476a. Unsworn written statements subject to penalties of presenting false claims
Unsworn written statements made in public land matters within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior shall remain subject to section 1001 of title 18.
(June 3, 1948, ch. 392, § 2, 62 Stat. 301.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1212 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
“Section 1001 of title 18” substituted in text for “section 35(A) of the Criminal Code (35 Stat. 1095, 18 U.S.C. sec. 80), as amended” on authority of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 683, the first section of which enacted Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
heading: Exemption of Department of the Interior From Restrictions on Notary Public
text: Act June 3, 1948, ch. 392, § 3, 62 Stat. 301, provided that: “That part of section 558 of the Act of March 3, 1901, entitled ‘An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia’ (31 Stat. 1279), as amended December 15, 1944 (58 Stat. 810, D.C. Code, 1951 edition, sec. 1–501 [now sec. 1–1201(a)]), which reads as follows: ‘And provided further, That no notary public shall be authorized to take acknowledgments, administer oaths, certify papers, or perform any official acts in connection with matters in which he is employed as counsel, attorney or agent or in which he may be in any way interested before any of the Departments aforesaid’ shall not apply to matters before the Department of the Interior.”
43 U.S.C. § 2501 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 2501. “Suspended entries of public lands” and “suspended preemption land claims”
The Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, is authorized to decide upon principles of equity and justice, as recognized in courts of equity, and in accordance with regulations to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, consistently with such principles, all cases of suspended entries of public lands and of suspended preemption land claims, and to adjudge in what cases patents shall issue upon the same.
(R.S. § 2450; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 857; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1161 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
R.S. § 2450 derived from acts Aug. 3, 1846, ch. 78, § 1, 9 Stat. 51; Mar. 3, 1853, ch. 152, § 1, 10 Stat. 258; June 26, 1856, ch. 47, 11 Stat. 22; June 1, 1874, ch. 200, 18 Stat. 50; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
“Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate,” substituted for “Commissioner of the General Land Office” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 2502 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 2502. Adjudications as to suspended entries; approval
Every such adjudication shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior and shall operate only to divest the United States of the title to the land embraced thereby, without prejudice to the rights of conflicting claimants.
(R.S. § 2451; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 858.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1162 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
R.S. § 2451 derived from acts Aug. 3, 1846, ch. 78, § 1, 9 Stat. 51; Feb. 27, 1877. ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244.
43 U.S.C. § 2503 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 2503. Patents surrendered and new ones issued
Where patents have been already issued on entries which are approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, upon the canceling of the outstanding patent, is authorized to issue a new patent, on such approval, to the person who made the entry, his heirs or assigns.
(R.S. § 2456; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 858; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1163 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
R.S. § 2456 derived from act Mar. 3, 1853, ch. 152, § 2, 10 Stat. 258.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
“Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate,” substituted for “Commissioner of the General Land Office” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 2504 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 2504. Extent of foregoing provisions
Sections 2501 to 2503 of this title shall be applicable to all cases of suspended entries and locations, which have arisen in the Bureau of Land Management since the 26th day of June 1856 as well as to all cases of a similar kind which may hereafter occur, embracing as well locations under bounty-land warrants as ordinary entries or sales, including homestead entries and preemption locations or cases; where the law has been substantially complied with, and the error or informality arose from ignorance, accident, or mistake which is satisfactorily explained; and where the rights of no other claimant or preemptor are prejudiced, or where there is no adverse claim.
(R.S. § 2457; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1164 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
R.S. § 2457 derived from act June 26, 1856, ch. 47, 11 Stat. 22.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
“Bureau of Land Management” substituted for “General Land Office” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 2506 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 2506. Limitations of suits to annul patents
Suits by the United States to vacate and annul any patent shall only be brought within six years after the date of the issuance of such patents.
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 559, 26 Stat. 1093; Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8, 26 Stat. 1099.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1166 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
43 U.S.C. § 2507 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 2507. Entries and final proofs, made out of proper district, confirmed
Whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, that an error was made prior to March 9, 1904, by the officers of any local land office in receiving any application, declaratory statement, entry, or final proof under the homestead or other land laws, and that there was no fraud practiced by the entryman, and that there are no prior adverse claimants to the land described in the entry, and that no other reason why the title should not vest in the entryman exists, except that said application, declaratory statement, entry, or proof was not made within the land district in which the lands applied for were situated, as provided by the Act of March 11, 1902, such entry or proof shall be confirmed.
(Mar. 9, 1904, ch. 503, § 1, 33 Stat. 64; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
heading: References in Text
text: Act of March 11, 1902, referred to in text, probably means act Mar. 11, 1902, ch. 182, 32 Stat. 63, which was classified to section 254 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 702, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2787. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1167 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
“Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate,” substituted for “Commissioner of the General Land Office” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
heading: Effective Date
text: Act Mar. 9, 1904, ch. 503, § 2, 33 Stat. 64, provided: “That this Act [enacting this section] shall be in force from and after its passage and approval.”
43 U.S.C. § 2602 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 2602. Cooperative agreements with other agencies or private owners for coordinated administration
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to make cooperative agreements with other Federal or State forest administrative agencies or with private forest owners or operators for the coordinated administration, with respect to time, rate, method of cutting, and sustained yield, of forest units comprising parts of revested or reconveyed lands, together with lands in private ownership or under the administration of other public agencies, when by such agreements he may be aided in accomplishing the purposes mentioned in sections 2601 and 2602 of this title.
(Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, title I, § 2, 50 Stat. 874.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1181b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
43 U.S.C. § 2603 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 2603. Leasing of lands for grazing; disposition of moneys; rules and regulations covering grazing lands
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to lease for grazing any of said revested or reconveyed lands which may be so used without interfering with the production of timber or other purposes of this subchapter as stated in section 2601 of this title: Provided, That all the moneys received on account of grazing leases shall be covered either into the “Oregon and California land-grant fund” or the “Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund” in the Treasury as the location of the leased lands shall determine, and be subject to distribution as other moneys in such funds: Provided further, That the Secretary is also authorized to formulate rules and regulations for the use, protection, improvement, and rehabilitation of such grazing lands.
(Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, title I, § 4, 50 Stat. 875.)
heading: References in Text
text: This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876,50 Stat. 874, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1181d of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
43 U.S.C. § 2604 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 2604. Rules and regulations generally; consultation and agreements with other agencies regarding fire regulations
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this subchapter into full force and effect. The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized, in formulating forest-practice rules and regulations, to consult with the Oregon State Board of Forestry, representatives of timber owners and operators on or contiguous to said revested and reconveyed lands, and other persons or agencies interested in the use of such lands.
In formulating regulations for the protection of such timberlands against fire, the Secretary is authorized, in his discretion, to consult and advise with Federal, State, and county agencies engaged in forest-fire-protection work, and to make agreements with such agencies for the cooperative administration of fire regulations therein: Provided, That rules and regulations for the protection of the revested lands from fire shall conform with the requirements and practices of the State of Oregon insofar as the same are consistent with the interests of the United States.
(Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, title I, § 5, 50 Stat. 875.)
heading: References in Text
text: This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876,50 Stat. 874, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1181e of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.