---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 315n"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "315n"
heading: "State police power not abridged"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/315n"
units:
  - "Chapter 8A — Grazing Lands"
  - "Subchapter I — Generally"
---

# §315n. State police power not abridged


Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as restricting the respective [States](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) from enforcing any and all statutes enacted for police regulation, nor shall the police power of the respective [States](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) be, by this subchapter, impaired or restricted, and all laws heretofore enacted by the respective [States](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) or any thereof, or that may hereafter be enacted as regards public health or public welfare, shall at all times be in full force and effect: Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or restricting the power and authority of the United States.


## Source credit

(June 28, 1934, ch. 865, § 16, 48 Stat. 1275.)