Code of Federal Regulations · Section
§ 3503.10 — Are All Federal Lands Available For Leasing Under This Part?
43 C.F.R. § 3503.10
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No. The Secretary of the Interior may not lease lands on any of the following Federal areas:
(a) Land recommended for wilderness allocation by the surface managing agency;
(b) Lands within BLM wilderness study areas;
(c) Lands designated by Congress as wilderness areas; and
(d) Lands within areas allocated for wilderness or further planning in Executive Communication 1504, Ninety-Sixth Congress (House Document Number 96-119), unless such lands are allocated to uses other than wilderness by a land and resource management plan or have been released to uses other than wilderness by an act of Congress.
Authorizing Statute
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Congressional declaration of policy43 U.S.C. § 1701