43 CFR § 2610.0-7 - Background.

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title: "43 CFR § 2610.0-7 - Background."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "2610.0-7"
section_name: "Background."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2000)"
part_number: "2610"
part_name: "CAREY ACT GRANTS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Sec. 4 of the Act of August 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 422), as amended (43 U.S.C. 641), known as the Carey Act."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 34232, May 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2610.0-7 Background.

The Carey Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the President, to contract and agree to grant and patent to States, in which there are desert lands, not exceeding 1 million acres of such lands to each State, as the State may cause to be reclaimed. The State shall also cause not less than 20 acres of each 160 acre tract to be cultivated by actual settlers. A number of amendments allowed additional acreages for certain States. Colorado, Nevada and Wyoming were allowed up to 2 million acres. Idaho was allowed up to 3 million acres.