43 U.S.C. § 316 — Declaration of policy

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Congress wants to protect and develop grazing plants in Alaska for livestock use. But grazing there always ranks below other priorities. Minerals, forests, water, farming, and other more beneficial resources all come first.

It is Congress's declared policy, while conserving Alaska's natural resources, to protect and develop forage plants and put them to good use for livestock grazing, under whatever regulations are needed and consistent with this subchapter. But in carrying out that policy, grazing use always comes second. It is subordinated (a) to developing Alaska's mineral resources; (b) to protecting, developing, and using its forests; (c) to protecting, developing, and using its water resources; (d) to using the land for agriculture; and (e) to protecting, developing, and using any other resources that would benefit the public more.

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It is declared to be the policy of Congress in promoting the conservation of the natural resources of Alaska to provide for the protection and development of forage plants and for the beneficial utilization thereof for grazing by livestock under such regulations as may be considered necessary and consistent with the purposes and provisions of this subchapter. In effectuating this policy the use of these lands for grazing shall be subordinated (a) to the development of their mineral resources, (b) to the protection, development, and utilization of their forests, (c) to the protection, development, and utilization of their water resources, (d) to their use for agriculture, and (e) to the protection, development, and utilization of such other resources as may be of greater benefit to the public.

Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, § 1, 44 Stat. 1452.)

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1927Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513 · 44 Stat. 1452

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 513 on 1927-03-04.

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