Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§17 Plats of Land Surveyed
Title 43 › CHAPTER 1 — BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT › § 17
Summary
If the President or either House asks, the Interior Secretary or a designee must map surveyed U.S. land and provide BLM information.
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Title 43, §17
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The Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate shall, when required by the President or either House of Congress, make a plat of any land surveyed under the authority of the United States, and give such information respecting the public lands and concerning the business of the Bureau of Land Management as shall be directed.
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Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 455 derived from act Apr. 25, 1812, ch. 68, § 6, 2 Stat. 717.
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Transfer of Functions
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Transfer of Functions
of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title. “Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate” substituted for “Commissioner of the General Land Office” and “Bureau of Land Management” for “his office” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 17
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102