Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§1742 Search, Rescue, and Protection Forces; Emergency Situations Authorizing Hiring
Title 43 › Chapter 35— FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT › Subchapter III— ADMINISTRATION › § 1742
Summary
Allows the Secretary to spend money in an emergency when there aren’t enough search, rescue, or protection teams available. Covers searching for people lost on public lands; protecting or rescuing people or animals in natural disasters; and moving dead or seriously ill or injured persons to the nearest place with interested parties or local authorities.
Full Legal Text
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
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60