Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§451g Preferences; Veterans; Timely Applicants
Title 43 › Chapter 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter VII— EXCHANGE AND AMENDMENT OF FARM UNITS › § 451g
Summary
Give priority to qualified veterans when people apply on time for the same farm unit in a project or division. If one or more applicants are veterans who qualify for a legal preference, those veterans must be chosen for the exchange. Someone who applied on time for an exchange also gets priority over other applicants for that farm unit.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §451g
Public Lands — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Where there are two or more timely applicants for a farm unit on a particular project or division thereof under the provisions of this subchapter, one or more of whom is an ex-serviceman who would be entitled under the applicable statutes to a preference in making entry of farm units on such project or division, the ex-serviceman, or one of them, shall have a preference in making such exchange. Any timely applicant for an exchange under the provisions of this subchapter shall be entitled to preference over any other applicant for a farm unit on the same project or division thereof.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 451g
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60