1. U.S. Code
  2. title 43
  3. chapter 30
  4. subchapter VIII
  5. § 1442

Collapse to view only § 1442. Terms of lease; public lands for public airports

§ 1441. Lease of contiguous public lands for public airports; authority of Secretary of the Interior

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and under such regulations as he may prescribe, to lease for use as a public airport any contiguous public lands, unreserved and unappropriated, not to exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres in area, subject to valid rights in such lands under the public-land laws.

(May 24, 1928, ch. 728, § 1, 45 Stat. 728; Aug. 16, 1941, ch. 354, 55 Stat. 621.)

CITE AS: 43 USC 1441

§ 1442. Terms of lease; public lands for public airports
Any lease under section 1441 of this title shall be for a period not to exceed twenty years, subject to renewal for like periods upon agreement of the Secretary of the Interior and the lessee. Any such lease shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a) That an annual rental of such sum as the Secretary of the Interior may fix for the use of the lands shall be paid to the United States.
(b) That the lessee shall maintain the lands in such condition, and provide for the furnishing of such facilities, service, fuel, and other supplies, as are necessary to make the lands available for public use as an airport of a rating which may be prescribed by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency.
(c) That the lessee shall make reasonable regulations to govern the use of the airport, but such regulations shall take effect only upon approval by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency.
(d) That all departments and agencies of the United States operating aircraft (1) shall have free and unrestricted use of the airport, and (2) with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the right to erect and install therein such structures and improvements as the heads of such departments and agencies deem advisable, including facilities for maintaining supplies of fuel, oil, and other materials for operating aircraft.
(e) That whenever the President may deem it necessary for military purposes, the Secretary of the Army may assume full control of the airport.
(May 24, 1928, ch. 728, § 2, 45 Stat. 728; June 23, 1938, ch. 601, § 1107(b), 52 Stat. 1027; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 85–726, title XIV, §§ 1401(b), 1402(a), Aug. 23, 1958, 72 Stat. 806.)

CITE AS: 43 USC 1442

§ 1443. Cancellation of leases of public lands used as airports made under law in force May 24, 1928

With the consent of the lessee, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cancel any lease of public lands for use as public aviation fields or airports, made under law in force May 24, 1928, and to lease such lands to the lessee upon the conditions prescribed by section 1442 of this title.

(May 24, 1928, ch. 728, § 3, 45 Stat. 729.)

CITE AS: 43 USC 1443