Title 43Public LandsRelease 119-73

§315d Grazing stock for domestic purposes; use of natural resources

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 8A— - GRAZING LANDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERALLY › § 315d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must allow free grazing of domestic livestock in those districts, under rules he makes. Also, as allowed by laws now or later, miners, prospectors, and settlers or residents may use local materials—timber, stone, gravel, clay, coal, and other deposits—for firewood, fences, buildings, mining, prospecting, or household needs.

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Title 43, §315d

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The Secretary of the Interior shall permit, under regulations to be prescribed by him, the free grazing within such districts of livestock kept for domestic purposes; and provided that so far as authorized by existing law or laws hereinafter enacted, nothing contained in this subchapter shall prevent the use of timber, stone, gravel, clay, coal, and other deposits by miners, prospectors for mineral, bona fide settlers and residents, for firewood, fencing, buildings, mining, prospecting, and domestic purposes within areas subject to the provisions of this subchapter.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 315d

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73