Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§1734a Availability of Excess Fees
Title 43 › Chapter 35— FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT › Subchapter III— ADMINISTRATION › § 1734a
Summary
From FY1997 on, fees (except mining claim fees) that are higher than the FY1996 amounts set by the Interior Secretary under section 1734 for processing or services on public lands, and that are not in BLM accounts or legally set aside, must be available for program use and remain until spent.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §1734a
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In fiscal year 1997 and thereafter, all fees, excluding mining claim fees, in excess of the fiscal year 1996 collections established by the Secretary of the Interior under the authority of section 1734 of this title for processing, recording, or documenting authorizations to use public lands or public land natural resources (including cultural, historical, and mineral) and for providing specific services to public land users, and which are not presently being covered into any Bureau of Land Management appropriation accounts, and not otherwise dedicated by law for a specific distribution, shall be made immediately available for program operations in this account and remain available until expended.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, and not as part of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 which comprises this chapter.
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43 U.S.C. § 1734a
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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