Title 43Public LandsRelease 119-73

§424 Disposal of lands classified as temporarily or permanently unproductive; persons who may take

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING PROJECTS › § 424

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Secretary may give vacant public lands on Federal irrigation projects, called unproductive under sections 423–423g, 610, to resident farm owners and entrymen under sections 424–424e.

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Title 43, §424

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The Secretary of the Interior, hereinafter styled the Secretary, is authorized in connection with Federal irrigation projects to dispose of vacant public lands designated under sections 423 to 423g and 610 of this title, as temporarily unproductive or permanently unproductive to resident farm owners, and resident entrymen on Federal irrigation projects, in accordance with the provisions of sections 424 to 424e of this title.

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Sections 423 to 423g and 610 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “the Act of
May 25, 1926”, meaning act of
May 25, 1926, ch. 383, 44 Stat. 636, which enacted sections 423 to 423g and 610 of this title. section 610 of this title has been omitted from the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Hereinafter, referred to in text, means in sections 424a to 424d of this title.

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43 U.S.C. § 424

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73