---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 1740"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "1740"
heading: "Rules and regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/1740"
units:
  - "Chapter 35 — Federal Land Policy and Management"
  - "Subchapter III — Administration"
---

# §1740. Rules and regulations


The [Secretary](/usc/43/1702.md?p=g), with respect to the [public lands](/usc/43/1702.md?p=e), shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act and of other laws applicable to the [public lands](/usc/43/1702.md?p=e), and the [Secretary](/usc/43/1702.md?p=g) of Agriculture, with respect to lands within the National Forest System, shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. The promulgation of such rules and regulations shall be governed by the provisions of [chapter 5](/usc/5/chptI/ch5.md) of title 5, without regard to section 553(a)(2). Prior to the promulgation of such rules and regulations, such lands shall be administered under existing rules and regulations concerning such lands to the extent practical.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–579, title III, § 310, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2767.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 94–579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, known as the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.