§ 315a. — Protection, administration, regulation, and improvement of districts; rules and regulations; study of erosion and flood control; offenses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC315a]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 8A--GRAZING LANDS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
Sec. 315a. Protection, administration, regulation, and
improvement of districts; rules and regulations; study of
erosion and flood control; offenses
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.
(June 28, 1934, ch. 865, Sec. 2, 48 Stat. 1270.)
