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TITLE 43-PUBLIC LANDS

Chap.Sec.
1.Bureau of Land Management1
2.United States Geological Survey31
3.Surveys51
4.District Land Offices70
5Land Districts121
6.Withdrawal From Settlement, Location, Sale, or Entry141
7.Homesteads161
8.Timber and Stone Lands [Repealed]311
8A.Grazing Lands315
9.Desert-Land Entries321
10.Underground-Water Reclamation Grants [Repealed]351
11.Discovery, Development, and Marking of Water Holes, etc., by Government361
11A.Board on Geographic Names364
12.Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government371
12A.Boulder Canyon Project617
12B.Colorado River Storage Project620
13.Federal Lands Included in State Irrigation Districts621
14.Grants of Desert Lands to States for Reclamation641
15.Appropriation of Waters; Reservoir Sites661
16.Sale and Disposal of Public Lands671
17.Reservation and Sale of Town Sites on Public Lands711
18.Survey of Public Lands751
19.Bounty Lands [Repealed]781
20.Reservations and Grants to States for Public Purposes851
21.Grants in Aid of Railroads and Wagon Roads881
21A.Forfeiture of Northern Pacific Railroad Indemnity Land Grants [Omitted]921
22.Rights-of-way and Other Easements in Public Lands931
23.Grants of Swamp and Overflowed Lands981
24.Drainage Under State Laws [Repealed]1021
25.Unlawful Inclosures or Occupancy; Obstructing Settlement or Transit1061
25A.Lands Held Under Color of Title1068
26.Abandoned Military Reservations [Repealed]1071
27.Public Lands in Oklahoma1091
28.Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Public Lands [Repealed, Transferred, or Omitted]1151
29.Submerged Lands1301
30.Administration of Public Lands1361
31.Department of the Interior1451
32.Colorado River Basin Project1501
32A.Colorado River Basin Salinity Control1571
32B.Colorado River Floodway1600
33.Alaska Native Claims Settlement1601
33A.Implementation of Alaska Native Claims Settlement and Alaska Statehood1631
34.Trans-Alaska Pipeline1651
35.Federal Land Policy and Management1701
36.Outer Continental Shelf Resource Management1801
37.Public Rangelands Improvement1901
38.Crude Oil Transportation Systems2001
39.Abandoned Shipwrecks2101
40.Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief2201
41.Federal Land Transaction Facilitation2301
42.Rural Water Supply2401
43.Suspended Entries and Claims; Patents2501
44.Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands2601
45.State Control of Noxious Plants on Federal Lands2701
46.Geospatial Data2801
47.Reclamation Title Transfer2901
48.Renewable Energy Production on Federal Land3001
49.National Landslide Preparedness3101
50.Western Water Infrastructure3201
Disposition Table
(Showing disposition of former sections of Title 43)
Former ClassificationNew Classification
43:116143:2501
43:116243:2502
43:116343:2503
43:116443:2504
43:116543:2505
43:116643:2506
43:116743:2507
43:1167 note ( Mar. 9, 1904, ch. 503, § 2 , 33 Stat. 64 )43:2507 note
43:1181Omitted
43:1181a43:2601
43:1181a note ( Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876 , title II, 50 Stat. 876 )43:2601 note
43:1181b43:2602
43:1181d43:2603
43:1181e43:2604
43:1181f43:2605
43:1181f–143:2621
43:1181f–1 note ( May 24, 1939, ch. 144, § 5 , 53 Stat. 754 )43:2621 note
43:1181f–243:2622
43:1181f–343:2623
43:1181f–443:2624
43:1181g43:2631
43:1181h43:2632
43:1181i43:2633
43:1181j43:2634
43:119525:424
43:119625:425
43:119725:426
43:1198Omitted
43:1199Omitted
43:1200Omitted
43:1200aOmitted
43:1200bOmitted
43:1200cOmitted
43:1200dOmitted
43:1200eOmitted
43:120143:1457c
43:121143:1476
43:121243:1476a
43:1212 note ( June 3, 1948, ch. 392, § 3 , 62 Stat. 301 )43:1476a note
43:1221Omitted
43:1222Omitted
43:1223Omitted
43:124143:2701
43:124243:2702
43:124343:2703