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[CITE: 43USC316]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                        CHAPTER 8A--GRAZING LANDS
 
                          SUBCHAPTER II--ALASKA
 
Sec. 316. Declaration of policy

    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.

(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 1452.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 471 of Title 48, 
Territories and Insular Possessions.


                               Short Title

    Act Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, which is classified to this subchapter, 
is popularly known as the ``Alaska Livestock Grazing Act''.
