43 USC § 420 - Use of earth, timber, etc., from other public lands

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title: "43 USC § 420 - Use of earth, timber, etc., from other public lands"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "420"
section_name: "Use of earth, timber, etc., from other public lands"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "INSTITUTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Feb. 8, 1905, ch. 552, 33 Stat. 706; Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269.)"
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# § 420. Use of earth, timber, etc., from other public lands

June 17, 1902

In carrying out the provisions of the national irrigation law approved , and in constructing works thereunder, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to use and to permit the use by those engaged in the construction of works under said law, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, such earth, stone, and timber from the public lands of the United States as may be required in the construction of such works, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to permit the use of earth, stone, and timber from the national forests of the United States for the same purpose, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 8, 1905, ch. 552, 33 Stat. 706; Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The national irrigation law approved , referred to in text, is , , popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Act  redesignated “forest reserves” as “national forests”.