43 USC § 451g - Preferences; veterans; timely applicants

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s451g"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 451g - Preferences; veterans; timely applicants"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "451g"
section_name: "Preferences; veterans; timely applicants"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "EXCHANGE AND AMENDMENT OF FARM UNITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, § 8, 67 Stat. 568.)"
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# § 451g. Preferences; veterans; timely applicants

Where there are two or more timely applicants for a farm unit on a particular project or division thereof under the provisions of this subchapter, one or more of whom is an ex-serviceman who would be entitled under the applicable statutes to a preference in making entry of farm units on such project or division, the ex-serviceman, or one of them, shall have a preference in making such exchange. Any timely applicant for an exchange under the provisions of this subchapter shall be entitled to preference over any other applicant for a farm unit on the same project or division thereof.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, § 8, 67 Stat. 568.)