Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102

§424b Application of Certain Statutes to Lands Sold

Title 43 › CHAPTER 12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › SUBCHAPTER V — ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING PROJECTS › § 424b

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

If land is called "permanently unproductive" or "temporarily unproductive" under sections 423–423g or 610, then when it is sold it must still follow the rules in sections 423 and 423b. The land bought under sections 424–424e cannot be exchanged using the rules in section 423c.

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Title 43, §424b

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All “permanently unproductive” and “temporarily unproductive” land now or hereafter designated under sections 423 to 423g and 610 of this title, shall, when sold, remain subject to section 423 and 423b of this title. The exchange provisions of section 423c of this title, shall not be applicable to the land purchased under sections 424 to 424e of this title.

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Sections 423 to 423g and 610 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “the Act of

May 25, 1926”, meaning act of

May 25, 1926, ch. 383, 44 Stat. 636, which enacted sections 423 to 423g and 610 of this title. section 610 of this title was omitted from the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 424b

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102