Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§316c Alteration of grazing districts
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 8A— - GRAZING LANDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ALASKA › § 316c
Summary
After a grazing district is set up, the Secretary can change its boundaries. The Secretary can add public land that should be part of the district. The Secretary can remove land, as long as any current lease rights are kept, if the land isn’t useful for grazing or is better used for something else. The Secretary can also make cooperative agreements with people to manage their private land next to or touching the district as if it were part of the district.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §316c
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After any district is established the area embraced therein may be altered in any of the following ways:
(1)The Secretary may add to such districts any public lands which, in his opinion, should be made a part of the district.
(2)The Secretary, subject to existing rights of any lessee, may exclude from such district any lands which he determines are no longer valuable for grazing purposes or are more valuable for other purposes.
(3)The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreement with any person, in respect of the administration, as a part of a district, of lands owned by such person which are contiguous or adjacent to such district or any part thereof.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 471c of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 316c
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73