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Statutes For Which NRS Has Litigation Responsibility

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  • Abandoned Shipwrecks Act, 43 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq. (1987)
  • Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 501 et seq. (1946)
  • Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. § 3204 et seq. (1980)
  • Antiquities Act, 16 U.S.C. § 431 et seq. (1906)
  • Archeological and Historic Preservation Act, 16 U.S.C. § 469 et seq. (1974)
  • Archeological Resources Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. § 470aa et seq. (1979)
  • Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 1000-1006, 1006c-1006e, 1007, 1008-1012, 1013-1029 (1937)
  • Coastal Barrier Resources Act, 16 U.S.C. § 3501 et seq. (1982)
  • Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1451 et seq. (1972)
  • Common Varieties Act, 30 U.S.C. § 611 (1955)
  • Department of Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 303 et seq. (1966)
  • Federal-Aid Highways Act, 23 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. (1958)
  • Federal Aviation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 40107 et seq. (1958)
  • Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 6801-6814 (2004)
  • Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq. (1976)
  • Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act, 30 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq. (1982)
  • Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act, 30 U.S.C. § 226 (1987)
  • Flood Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 701b et seq. (1938)
  • Food Security Act ("Swampbuster"), 16 U.S.C. § 3821 et seq. (1985)
  • Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act, 16 U.S.C. § 471 et seq. (1974), repealed by P.L. 94-579, Title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792
  • Forest Service Organic Administration Act, 16 U.S.C. § 473 et seq. (1897)
  • Geothermal Steam Act, 30 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (1970)
  • Granger-Thye Act, 16 U.S.C. § 572 (1950)
  • Healthy Forest Restoration Act, 16 U.S.C. § 6501 et seq. (2003)
  • Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act, 16 U.S.C. § 461 et seq. (1935)
  • Housing and Community Development Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5301 et seq. (1974)
  • Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq. (1988)
  • Indian Claims Commission Act, 25 U.S.C. § 70 et seq. (1946)
  • McCarran Amendment, 43 U.S.C. § 666 (1952)
  • Mineral Lands Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq. (1920)
  • Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands, 30 U.S.C. § 351 et seq. (1949)
  • Mining and Minerals Policy Act, 30 U.S.C. § 21 et seq. (1970)
  • Mining Law (the "Hardrock" Minerals Act), 30 U.S.C. § 22 (1872)
  • Multiple Mineral Development Act, 30 U.S.C. § 521 et seq. (1970)
  • Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act, 16 U.S.C. § 528 (1960)
  • National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. (1970)
  • National Forest Management Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq. (1976)
  • National Historic Preservation Act, 16 U.S.C. § 470 (1966)
  • National Marine Sanctuaries Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1431 et seq. (1972)
  • National Park Service Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. (1916)
  • National Park System Mining Regulation Act (Mining in the Parks Act), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1901- 1912 (1976)
  • National Reclamation Act (aka Newlands Reclamation Act), 43 U.S.C. § 431 et seq. (1902)
  • National Trails System Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1241 et seq. (1968)
  • National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, 16 U.S.C. § 668 dd et seq. (1966)
  • Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq. (1990)
  • Natural Gas Policy Act, 15 U.S.C. § 3301 et seq. (1978)
  • Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1181a et seq. (1937)
  • Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1331 et seq. (1953)
  • Park System Resources Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. § 19jj (1990)
  • Public Rangelands Improvement Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq. (1978)
  • Quiet Title Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2409a (1966)
  • Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb (1993)
  • Rescissions Act, Pub.L. 104-19 (1995)
  • Revised Statute 2477 (RS 2477), 43 U.S.C. § 932 (1866 Mining Law), repealed by Pub.L. 94-579, Title VII, § 706(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793
  • RMS Titanic Maritime Memorial Act, 16 U.S.C. § 450rr et seq. (1986)
  • Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1962d-5 et seq. (1974)
  • Shoreline Erosion Protection Act, 33 U.S.C. § 426g (1965)
  • Shore Protection Act, 33 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. (1988)
  • Submerged Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1301 et seq. (1953)
  • Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, 30 U.S.C. § 1201 et seq. (1977)
  • Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. § 315 et seq. (1934)
  • Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1491 (1887)
  • Weeks Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq. (1911)
  • Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1271 et seq. (1968)
  • Wilderness Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1131 et seq. (1964)
  • Yucca Mountain Development Act, Pub.L. 107-200, July 23, 2002, 116 Stat 735

 

Updated September 14, 2023