Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§2701 Control of noxious plants on Federal lands; State programs; terms of entry
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 45— - STATE CONTROL OF NOXIOUS PLANTS ON FEDERAL LANDS › § 2701
Summary
Federal department and agency heads must let a State agriculture commissioner or other state official who runs a noxious-plant control program go onto federal land to remove harmful plants. They can do this only if three things happen: the federal department approved the state’s program and entry plan and it isn’t blocked for national security, the removal methods are okay with the federal head, and the state follows the same steps it uses on private land.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §2701
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The heads of Federal departments or agencies are authorized and directed to permit the commissioner of agriculture or other proper agency head of any State in which there is in effect a program for the control of noxious plants to enter upon any lands under their control or jurisdiction and destroy noxious plants growing on such land if—
(1)such entry is in accordance with a program submitted to and approved by such department or agency: Provided, That no entry shall occur when the head of such Federal department or agency, or his designee, shall have certified that entry is inconsistent with national security;
(2)the means by which noxious plants are destroyed are acceptable to the head of such department or agency; and
(3)the same procedure required by the State program with respect to privately owned land has been followed.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1241 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 2701
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73