---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 363"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "363"
heading: "Rules and regulations by Secretary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/363"
units:
  - "Chapter 11 — Discovery, Development, and Marking of Water Holes, Etc., by Government"
---

# §363. Rules and regulations by Secretary


The [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts and make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this chapter into full force and effect.


## Source credit

(Aug. 21, 1916, ch. 360, § 4, 39 Stat. 518.)