Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

43 U.S.C. § 79c

Payment of fees, commissions, etc.; deposit in Treasury

No provision of this Act shall relieve any public land applicant or claimant from the necessity of making payment of fees, commissions, or other moneys required by law or regulation. Commencing sixty days after , the officials of district land offices shall not receive any compensation based on fees, commissions, or other receipts and all amounts collected by them shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.

Apr. 24, 1944, ch. 177, § 358 Stat. 21560 Stat. 1100(, ; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. , 11 F.R. 7876, .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

act Apr. 24, 1944, ch. 17758 Stat. 215This Act, referred to in text, is , , which enacted sections 79a to 79c of this title, repealed sections 80 and 80a of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under this section. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Repeals

Act Apr. 24, 1944, ch. 177, § 458 Stat. 215

45 Stat. 684“Sections 2237 and 2240 of the Revised Statutes and the act of (; 43 U.S.C., sec. 80), as amended [sections 80 and 80a of this title], are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of law inconsistent with this Act [See References in Text note above] are repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.”
, , provided that:

Extension to Alaska

Act Apr. 24, 1944, ch. 177, § 558 Stat. 215, , provided that the provisions of such Act [see References in Text note above] would not extend to the territory of Alaska.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

64 Stat. 1262section 1451 of this titleFor transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out under .

section 1 of this titleWords “officials of district land offices” substituted for “registers” on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under .