16 USC § 1339 - Limitation of authority

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s1339"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 1339 - Limitation of authority"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "1339"
section_name: "Limitation of authority"
chapter_number: 30
chapter_name: "WILD HORSES AND BURROS: PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 92–195, § 10, formerly § 9, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 651, renumbered Pub. L. 94–579, title IV, § 404, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2775.)"
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# § 1339. Limitation of authority

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the Secretary to relocate wild free-roaming horses or burros to areas of the public lands where they do not presently exist.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–195, § 10, formerly § 9, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 651, renumbered Pub. L. 94–579, title IV, § 404, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2775.)