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16 U.S.C. § 1339

Limitation of authority

United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective

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16 U.S.C. § 1339, Limitation of authority, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/446990
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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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The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 94-579(S. 507)1976-10-21
    Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally