43 CFR § 2613.0-3 - Authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s2613.0-3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 2613.0-3 - Authority."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "2613.0-3"
section_name: "Authority."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "2610"
---


# 2613.0-3 Authority.

The Act approved February 14, 1920 (41 Stat. 407; 43 U.S.C. 644), provides that upon restoration of Carey Act lands from segregation, the Secretary is authorized, in his discretion, to allow a preference right of entry under other applicable land laws to any Carey Act entryman on any such lands which such person had entered under and pursuant to the State laws providing for the administration of the grant and upon which such person had established actual, *bona fide* residence or had made substantial and permanent improvements.