---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 316l"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "316l"
heading: "Stock driveways and free grazing"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/316l"
units:
  - "Chapter 8A — Grazing Lands"
  - "Subchapter II — Alaska"
---

# §316l. Stock driveways and free grazing

- (a) **Establishment, maintenance and regulation—** The [Secretary](/usc/43/316a.md?p=3) may establish and maintain, and regulate the use of, stock driveways in [districts](/usc/43/316a.md?p=2) and may charge a fee for or permit the free use of such driveways.
- (b) **Grazing of livestock free of charge—** The [Secretary](/usc/43/316a.md?p=3) may permit any [person](/usc/43/316a.md?p=1), including prospectors and miners, to graze free of charge a small number of livestock upon any land included within any grazing [district](/usc/43/316a.md?p=2).
- (c) **Grazing allotments to Eskimos or other native or half-breed—** The [Secretary](/usc/43/316a.md?p=3) may in his discretion grant a permit or lease for a grazing allotment without charge on unallotted public lands to any Eskimo or other native or half-breed. Whenever such native or half-breed grazes his livestock through cooperative agreement on allotment held by other [lessee](/usc/43/316a.md?p=4) or permittee, any grazing fees charged for said allotment shall be reduced in proportion to the relative number of such native owned livestock to the total number on said allotment.

## Source credit

(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, § 13, 44 Stat. 1454.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 471l of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.