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US CodeTitle 43
43

Public Lands

Title 43 of the United States Code

52 chapters
1,184 sections

Chapters

Chapter 1

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

10 sections

Chapter 11

DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND MARKING OF WATER HOLES, ETC., BY GOVERNMENT

3 sections

Chapter 11A

BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES

7 sections

Chapter 12

RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

339 sections

Chapter 12A

BOULDER CANYON PROJECT

40 sections

Chapter 12B

COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT

21 sections

Chapter 13

FEDERAL LANDS INCLUDED IN STATE IRRIGATION DISTRICTS

10 sections

Chapter 14

GRANTS OF DESERT LANDS TO STATES FOR RECLAMATION

10 sections

Chapter 15

APPROPRIATION OF WATERS; RESERVOIR SITES

6 sections

Chapter 16

SALE AND DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC LANDS

2 sections

Chapter 17

RESERVATION AND SALE OF TOWN SITES ON PUBLIC LANDS

1 section

Chapter 18

SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS

18 sections

Chapter 2

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

35 sections

Chapter 20

RESERVATIONS AND GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES

25 sections

Chapter 21

GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS

33 sections

Chapter 22

RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS

56 sections

Chapter 23

GRANTS OF SWAMP AND OVERFLOWED LANDS

13 sections

Chapter 25

UNLAWFUL INCLOSURES OR OCCUPANCY; OBSTRUCTING SETTLEMENT OR TRANSIT

6 sections

Chapter 25A

LANDS HELD UNDER COLOR OF TITLE

3 sections

Chapter 27

PUBLIC LANDS IN OKLAHOMA

2 sections

Chapter 29

SUBMERGED LANDS

36 sections

Chapter 3

SURVEYS

9 sections

Chapter 30

ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC LANDS

3 sections

Chapter 31

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

59 sections

Chapter 32

COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT

24 sections

Chapter 32A

COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL

20 sections

Chapter 32B

COLORADO RIVER FLOODWAY

13 sections

Chapter 33

ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT

39 sections

Chapter 33A

IMPLEMENTATION OF ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT AND ALASKA STATEHOOD

12 sections

Chapter 34

TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE

6 sections

Chapter 35

FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

66 sections

Chapter 36

OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

12 sections

Chapter 37

PUBLIC RANGELANDS IMPROVEMENT

8 sections

Chapter 38

CRUDE OIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

12 sections

Chapter 39

ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS

6 sections

Chapter 4

DISTRICT LAND OFFICES

19 sections

Chapter 40

RECLAMATION STATES EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF

19 sections

Chapter 41

FEDERAL LAND TRANSACTION FACILITATION

6 sections

Chapter 42

RURAL WATER SUPPLY

23 sections

Chapter 43

SUSPENDED ENTRIES AND CLAIMS; PATENTS

7 sections

Chapter 44

OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD AND COOS BAY WAGON ROAD GRANT LANDS

15 sections

Chapter 45

STATE CONTROL OF NOXIOUS PLANTS ON FEDERAL LANDS

3 sections

Chapter 46

GEOSPATIAL DATA

11 sections

Chapter 47

RECLAMATION TITLE TRANSFER

7 sections

Chapter 48

RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION ON FEDERAL LAND

8 sections

Chapter 49

NATIONAL LANDSLIDE PREPAREDNESS

4 sections

Chapter 5

LAND DISTRICTS

11 sections

Chapter 50

WESTERN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

8 sections

Chapter 6

WITHDRAWAL FROM SETTLEMENT, LOCATION, SALE, OR ENTRY

15 sections

Chapter 7

HOMESTEADS

7 sections

Chapter 8A

GRAZING LANDS

38 sections

Chapter 9

DESERT-LAND ENTRIES

18 sections