Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§451f Exchanges Subject to Mortgage Contracts
Title 43 › CHAPTER 12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › SUBCHAPTER VII — EXCHANGE AND AMENDMENT OF FARM UNITS › § 451f
Summary
When land or property being exchanged is under a mortgage with the Secretary of Agriculture (sections 1006a and 1006b, title 7), the exchange must follow the Secretary’s powers under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act and those sections.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §451f
Public Lands, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Any exchange pursuant to this subchapter of land that is subject to a mortgage contract with the Secretary of Agriculture under section 1006a and 1006b of title 7, and any disposition pursuant to this subchapter of property that is subject to such a mortgage contract, shall be effected only in such form and manner and upon such terms and conditions as are consistent with the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture over such mortgage contract and such property under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended [7 U.S.C. 1000 et seq.], as supplemented by section 1006a and 1006b of title 7.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, referred to in text, is act July 22, 1937, ch. 517, 50 Stat. 522, which is classified generally to chapter 33 (§ 1000 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1000 of Title 7 and Tables.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
43 U.S.C. § 451f
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102