Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 35 — Federal Land Policy and Management
§ 1718. Documents of conveyance; terms, covenants, etc.
Statutory text
The Secretary shall issue all patents or other documents of conveyance after any disposal authorized by this Act. The Secretary shall insert in any such patent or other document of conveyance he issues, except in the case of land exchanges, for which the provisions of subsection 1716(b) of this title shall apply, such terms, covenants, conditions, and reservations as he deems necessary to insure proper land use and protection of the public interest: Provided, That a conveyance of lands by the Secretary, subject to such terms, covenants, conditions, and reservations, shall not exempt the grantee from compliance with applicable Federal or State law or State land use plans: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not make conveyances of public lands containing terms and conditions which would, at the time of the conveyance, constitute a violation of any law or regulation pursuant to State and local land use plans, or programs.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 94–579 title II § 208 · 90 Stat. 2743
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 1718
(Pub. L. 94–579, title II, § 208, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2757.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 94–579, title II, § 208, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2757.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 208. conveyances The Secretary shall issue all patents or other documents 43 USC 1718. of conveyance after any disposal authorized by this Act. The Secretary shall insert in any such patent or other document of conveyance he issues, except in the case of land exchanges, for which the provisions of subsection 206(b) of this Act shall apply, such terms, covenants, conditions, and reservations as he deems necessary to insure proper land use and protection of the public interest: Provided, That a conveyance of lands by the Secretary, subject to such terms, covenants, conditions, and reservations, shall not exempt the grantee from compliance with applicable Federal or State law or State land use plans: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not make conveyances of public lands containing terms and conditions which would, at the time of the conveyance, constitute a violation of any law or regulation pursuant to State and local land use plans, or programs.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 94–579, , 90 Stat. 2743, known as the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.