Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§1285a Lease of Federal lands
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 28— - WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS › § 1285a
Summary
The Secretary may lease federal land that lies inside the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and that the United States bought under this law, when the Secretary decides it is appropriate. Any lease must include limits needed to protect the law’s purposes, and the land must be offered first to the person who owned it right before the government bought it.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §1285a
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(a)Where appropriate in the discretion of the Secretary, he may lease federally owned land (or any interest therein) which is within the boundaries of any component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and which has been acquired by the Secretary under this chapter. Such lease shall be subject to such restrictive covenants as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b)Any land to be leased by the Secretary under this section shall be offered first for such lease to the person who owned such land immediately before its acquisition by the United States.
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16 U.S.C. § 1285a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73