---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 671"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "671"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/671"
units:
  - "Chapter 16 — Sale and Disposal of Public Lands"
---

# [§671. Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 9, 26 Stat. 1099, prohibited sale of public lands except under certain conditions.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789, provided that the repeal made by section 703(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.

### Savings Provision

Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.