---
kind: "unit"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
key: "ch6"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 6"
heading: "Withdrawal from Settlement, Location, Sale, or Entry"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/ch6"
sections_count: 18
---

# Chapter 6 — Withdrawal from Settlement, Location, Sale, or Entry

Title 43 — Public Lands

## Sections

- [§141. Repealed.](/usc/43/141.md)
- [§142. Rights of occupants or claimants of oil- or gas-bearing lands; exceptions to withdrawals](/usc/43/142.md)
- [§143. Repealed.](/usc/43/143.md)
- [§144. Entries on land withdrawn as valuable for oil or gas validated](/usc/43/144.md)
- [§145. Sale of lands withdrawn](/usc/43/145.md)
- [§146. Patents to purchasers of lands withdrawn](/usc/43/146.md)
- [§147. Disposition of proceeds of sale of withdrawn lands](/usc/43/147.md)
- [§148. Repealed.](/usc/43/148.md)
- [§149. Exchange of private lands included in Indian reservation for other lands](/usc/43/149.md)
- [§150. Withdrawals of land for Indian reservations prohibited](/usc/43/150.md)
- [§151. Opening of lands restored to entry after withdrawals](/usc/43/151.md)
- [§152. Restoration of lands previously withdrawn](/usc/43/152.md)
- [§153. Reservation of lands in North Dakota](/usc/43/153.md)
- [§154. Vacation of withdrawals under reclamation law; lands valuable for minerals; reservation of rights, ways, and easements; rules and regulations](/usc/43/154.md)
- [§155. Withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of public lands for defense purposes; “public lands” defined; exception](/usc/43/155.md)
- [§156. Approval by Congress necessary for withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of over 5,000 acres for any Department of Defense project or facility](/usc/43/156.md)
- [§157. Application for withdrawal, reservation, or restriction; specifications](/usc/43/157.md)
- [§158. Mineral resources on withdrawn lands; disposition and exploration](/usc/43/158.md)