§ 316b. — Grazing districts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC316b]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 8A--GRAZING LANDS
SUBCHAPTER II--ALASKA
Sec. 316b. Grazing districts
(a) The Secretary may establish grazing districts upon any public
lands outside of the Aleutian Islands Reservation, national forests, and
other reservations administered by the Secretary of Agriculture and
outside of national parks and monuments which, in his opinion, are
valuable for the grazing of livestock. Such districts may include such
areas of surveyed and unsurveyed lands as he determines may be
conveniently administered as a unit, even if such areas are neither
contiguous nor adjacent.
(b) The Secretary, after the establishment of a district, is
authorized to lease the grazing privileges therein in accordance with
the provisions of this subchapter.\1\
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, Sec. 3, 44 Stat. 1452.)
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original
``this title'' and has been translated as if the reference was to ``this
Act'' to reflect the probable intent of Congress inasmuch as the act of
Mar. 4, 1927, was not divided into titles.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 471b of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 316a of this title.
