Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§315a Protection, Administration, Regulation, and Improvement of Districts; Rules and Regulations; Study of Erosion and Flood Control; Offenses
Title 43 › CHAPTER 8A — GRAZING LANDS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERALLY › § 315a
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must manage and protect grazing districts set up under section 315. He must write rules, establish services, make agreements, control land use, prevent damage to land and resources, and improve the range. He may continue erosion and flood-control work using available funds. Willful violations after actual notice may be fined up to $500.
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Title 43, §315a
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The Secretary of the Interior shall make provision for the protection, administration, regulation, and improvement of such grazing districts as may be created under the authority of section 315 of this title, and he shall make such rules and regulations and establish such service, enter into such cooperative agreements, and do any and all things necessary to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter and to insure the objects of such grazing districts, namely, to regulate their occupancy and use, to preserve the land and its resources from destruction or unnecessary injury, to provide for the orderly use, improvement, and development of the range; and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to continue the study of erosion and flood control and to perform such work as may be necessary amply to protect and rehabilitate the areas subject to the provisions of this subchapter, through such funds as may be made available for that purpose, and any willful violation of the provisions of this subchapter or of such rules and regulations thereunder after actual notice thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 315a
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102