Land use plans

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Title 43—PUBLIC LANDS > CHAPTER 35—FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER II—LAND USE PLANNING AND LAND ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION

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The Secretary shall, with public involvement and consistent with the terms and conditions of this Act, develop, maintain, and, when appropriate, revise land use plans which provide by tracts or areas for the use of the public lands. Land use plans shall be developed for the public lands regardless of whether such lands previously have been classified, withdrawn, set aside, or otherwise designated for one or more uses.

( Pub. L. 94–579, title II, § 202 , Oct. 21, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2747 ; Pub. L. 113–287, § 5 ( l )(6), Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3271 .)

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