Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§2604 Rules and regulations generally; consultation and agreements with other agencies regarding fire regulations
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 44— - OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD AND COOS BAY WAGON ROAD GRANT LANDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ADMINISTRATION › § 2604
Summary
Secretary of the Interior may create rules to enforce this law. The Secretary can consult the Oregon State Board of Forestry, nearby timber owners, and others when making forest-practice rules. For fire protection, the Secretary can work with federal, state, and county fire agencies and make agreements. Fire rules must match Oregon practices if they fit U.S. interests.
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Title 43, §2604
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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.
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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 1181e of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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43 U.S.C. § 2604
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73