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title: "43 U.S.C. § 641b"
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title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
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chapter_name: "GRANTS OF DESERT LANDS TO STATES FOR RECLAMATION"
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# 43 U.S.C. § 641b - Filing of application for quitclaim deeds

## Text

The Secretary shall not issue such quitclaim deeds or patents to any State, however, unless that State files a proper application for the transfer of these lands within three years after August 13, 1954.

(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 727, § 2, 68 Stat. 703.)