Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§420 Use of Earth, Timber, Etc., From Other Public Lands
Title 43 › Chapter 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter III— INSTITUTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS › § 420
Summary
Under the National Irrigation Law (June 17, 1902), the Interior Secretary may let builders use earth, stone, and timber from U.S. public lands for irrigation projects. The Agriculture Secretary may allow the same from national forests, and each must set rules for that use.
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Title 43, §420
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In carrying out the provisions of the national irrigation law approved June 17, 1902, and in constructing works thereunder, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to use and to permit the use by those engaged in the construction of works under said law, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, such earth, stone, and timber from the public lands of the United States as may be required in the construction of such works, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to permit the use of earth, stone, and timber from the national forests of the United States for the same purpose, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him.
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The national irrigation law approved
June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is act
June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables. Codification Act Mar. 4, 1907 redesignated “forest reserves” as “national forests”.
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43 U.S.C. § 420
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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