Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102

§3005 Savings Clause

Title 43 › CHAPTER 48 — RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION ON FEDERAL LAND › § 3005

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Interior and Agriculture Secretaries must manage public lands under federal planning laws (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. (1976); 16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq. (1974)) and consider mineral and other nonrenewable energy projects in planning, permits, environmental review.

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Title 43, §3005

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall continue to manage public lands under the principles of multiple use and sustained yield in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), respectively, including for due consideration of mineral and nonrenewable energy-related projects and other nonrenewable energy uses, for the purposes of land use planning, permit processing, and conducting environmental reviews.

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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle B (§§ 3101–3106) of title III of div. Z of Pub. L. 116–260, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2513, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of subtitle B to the Code, see Tables. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 94–579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (§ 1701 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1701 of this title and Tables. The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–378, Aug. 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 476, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 1600 et seq.) of chapter 36 of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1600 of Title 16 and Tables.

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43 U.S.C. § 3005

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102