2018 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 30 - Administration of Public Lands
Subchapter VIII - Public Airports
Sec. 1441 - Lease of contiguous public lands for public airports; authority of Secretary of the Interior

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 1441 (2018)
Section Name §1441. Lease of contiguous public lands for public airports; authority of Secretary of the Interior
Section Text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and under such regulations as he may prescribe, to lease for use as a public airport any contiguous public lands, unreserved and unappropriated, not to exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres in area, subject to valid rights in such lands under the public-land laws.

Source Credit

(May 24, 1928, ch. 728, §1, 45 Stat. 728; Aug. 16, 1941, ch. 354, 55 Stat. 621.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was previously classified to section 211 of former Title 49, Transportation.

AMENDMENTS

1941—Act Aug. 16, 1941, increased area of land authorized for lease as airport from six hundred and forty acres to two thousand five hundred and sixty acres.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 30 - ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC LANDS
SUBCHAPTER VIII - PUBLIC AIRPORTS
Sec. 1441 - Lease of contiguous public lands for public airports; authority of Secretary of the Interior
Contains section 1441
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 45 Stat. 728
55 Stat. 621
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