Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§1742 Search, Rescue, and Protection Forces; Emergency Situations Authorizing Hiring
Title 43 › CHAPTER 35 — FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — ADMINISTRATION › § 1742
Summary
When rescue forces are insufficient, the Secretary may spend emergency funds to search for lost people on public lands, rescue people or animals in disasters, and move the dead or seriously ill or injured to nearby interested parties or authorities.
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Title 43, §1742
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Where in his judgment sufficient search, rescue, and protection forces are not otherwise available, the Secretary is authorized in cases of emergency to incur such expenses as may be necessary (a) in searching for and rescuing, or in cooperating in the search for and rescue of, persons lost on the public lands, (b) in protecting or rescuing, or in cooperating in the protection and rescue of, persons or animals endangered by an act of God, and (c) in transporting deceased persons or persons seriously ill or injured to the nearest place where interested parties or local authorities are located.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 1742
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102