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.
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. 2770Enacted 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.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
- 1976Pub. L. 94–579, title III, § 316, , 90 Stat. 2770
- 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.)