§ 1441. — Lease of contiguous public lands for public airports; authority of Secretary of the Interior.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1441]
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
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.
(May 24, 1928, ch. 728, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 728; Aug. 16, 1941, ch. 354, 55
Stat. 621.)
References in Text
The public-land laws, referred to in text, are classified generally
to this title.
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1442 of this title.
