43 U.S.C. § 17 — Plats of land surveyed

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The Secretary of the Interior, or an officer chosen by the Secretary, must make a map of surveyed public land whenever the President or either House of Congress asks. The Secretary must also give information about public lands and the Bureau of Land Management's work when directed to.

This section is a single, undivided provision. When the President or either House of Congress requires it, the Secretary of the Interior — or whichever officer the Secretary designates — must create a plat (map) of any land that has been surveyed under U.S. authority. That same official must also give whatever information is directed about the public lands and about the Bureau of Land Management's business.

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The Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate shall, when required by the President or either House of Congress, make a plat of any land surveyed under the authority of the United States, and give such information respecting the public lands and concerning the business of the Bureau of Land Management as shall be directed.

Source credit: (R.S. § 455; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

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