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§271b Grazing Privileges; Right of Occupancy or Use for Fixed Term of Years; Renewal
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XXIX — CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK › § 271b
Summary
Interior Secretary must let people with grazing leases, permits, or licenses in Canyonlands Park on the Act’s approval date continue grazing for their current term and one renewal.
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Title 16, §271b
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Where any Federal lands included within the Canyonlands National Park are legally occupied or utilized on the date of approval of this Act or any amendment thereto for grazing purposes, pursuant to a lease, permit, or license for a fixed term of years issued or authorized by any department, establishment, or agency of the United States, the Secretary of the Interior shall permit the persons holding such grazing privileges to continue in the exercise thereof during the term of the lease, permit, or license, and one period of renewal thereafter.
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References in Text
Date of approval of this Act or any amendment thereto, referred to in text, means Sept. 12, 1964, date of enactment of Pub. L. 88–590, originally classified to sections 271 to 271d of this title, and Nov. 12, 1971, date of approval of Pub. L. 92–154, amendatory of Pub. L. 88–590 and classified to sections 271 to 271b, 271e to 271g of this title.
Amendments
1971—Pub. L. 92–154 inserted “or any amendment thereto” after “date of approval of this Act”.
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16 U.S.C. § 271b
Title 16, Conservation
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102