43 U.S.C. § 2603: Leasing of lands for…

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The Secretary of the Interior may lease revested or reconveyed lands for grazing if grazing won’t interfere with timber production or other purposes listed in section 2601. All money from those leases must go into either the “Oregon and California land‑grant fund” or the “Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund” in the Treasury, based on the land’s location, and the Secretary may make rules for the use, protection, improvement, and rehabilitation of the grazing lands.

Title 43, §2603

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to lease for grazing any of said revested or reconveyed lands which may be so used without interfering with the production of timber or other purposes of this subchapter as stated in section 2601 of this title: Provided, That all the moneys received on account of grazing leases shall be covered either into the “Oregon and California land-grant fund” or the “Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund” in the Treasury as the location of the leased lands shall determine, and be subject to distribution as other moneys in such funds: Provided further, That the Secretary is also authorized to formulate rules and regulations for the use, protection, improvement, and rehabilitation of such grazing lands.

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This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, 50 Stat. 874, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1181d of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§2603 Leasing of Lands for Grazing; Disposition of Moneys; Rules and Regulations Covering Grazing Lands

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Title 43, §2603

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