Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§2603 Leasing of lands for grazing; disposition of moneys; rules and regulations covering grazing lands
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 44— - OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD AND COOS BAY WAGON ROAD GRANT LANDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ADMINISTRATION › § 2603
Summary
Interior Secretary may lease certain returned lands for grazing if it does not interfere with timber or other uses in section 2601. Lease money must go into the Oregon and California land‑grant fund or the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund; Secretary may make rules to manage and protect them.
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Title 43, §2603
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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.
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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. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1181d of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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43 U.S.C. § 2603
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73