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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 35 — Federal Land Policy and Management

§ 1746. Correction of conveyance documents

Statutory text

The Secretary may correct patents or documents of conveyance issued pursuant to section 1718 of this title or to other Acts relating to the disposal of public lands where necessary in order to eliminate errors. In addition, the Secretary may make corrections of errors in any documents of conveyance which have heretofore been issued by the Federal Government to dispose of public lands. Any corrections authorized by this section which affect the boundaries of, or jurisdiction over, land administered by another Federal agency shall be made only after consultation with, and the approval of, the head of such other agency.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 94–579 title III § 316 · 90 Stat. 2743

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 1746

    Pub. L. 94–579, title III, § 316, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2770

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 94–579, title III, § 316, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2770

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 316. correction of conveyance documents The Secretary may correct patents or documents of conveyance issued pursuant to section 208 of this Act or to other Acts relating to the disposal of public lands where necessary in order to eliminate errors. In addition, the Secretary may make corrections of errors in any documents of conveyance which have heretofore been issued by the Federal Government to dispose of public lands.

  2. T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act

    Pub. L. 108–7 div. F title IV § 411(e) · 117 Stat. 11

    Inserted · 43 U.S.C. § 1746

    Pub. L. 108–7 inserted at end “Any corrections authorized by this section which affect the boundaries of, or jurisdiction over, land administered by another Federal agency shall be made only after consultation with, and the approval of, the head of such other agency.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 108–7 inserted at end “Any corrections authorized by this section which affect the boundaries of, or jurisdiction over, land administered by another Federal agency shall be made only after consultation with, and the approval of, the head of such other agency.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (e) Federal Land Policy and Management Act.— Section 316 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1746) is amended by adding at the end the following: “Any corrections authorized by this section which affect the boundaries of, or jurisdiction over, land administered by another Federal agency shall be made only after consultation with, and the approval of, the head of such other agency.”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2003—Pub. L. 108–7 inserted at end “Any corrections authorized by this section which affect the boundaries of, or jurisdiction over, land administered by another Federal agency shall be made only after consultation with, and the approval of, the head of such other agency.”

Credits

1976–2003 · 2 acts
  1. 1976Pub. L. 94–579, title III, § 316, , 90 Stat. 2770
  2. 2003Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title IV, § 411(e), , 117 Stat. 291.
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(Pub. L. 94–579, title III, § 316, , 90 Stat. 2770; Pub. L. 108–7, div. F, title IV, § 411(e), , 117 Stat. 291.)

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