Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

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Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

Long title	An Act to provide for the management, protection, and development of the national resource lands, and for other purposes; An Act to establish public land policy; to establish guidelines for its administration; to provide for the management, protection, development, and enhancement of the public lands; and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	FLPMA
Enacted by	the 94th United States Congress
Effective	October 21, 1976
Citations
Public law	94-579
Statutes at Large	90 Stat. 2743
Codification
Acts repealed	Stock-Raising Homestead Act
Titles amended	43 U.S.C.: Public Lands
U.S.C. sections created	43 U.S.C. ch. 35 § 1701 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 507 by Floyd K. Haskell (D–CO) on January 30, 1975 Committee consideration by House Natural Resources, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Passed the Senate on February 25, 1976 (78-11) Passed the House on July 22, 1976 (169-155, in lieu of H.R. 13777) Signed into law by President Gerald Ford on October 21, 1976

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) is a United States federal law that governs the way in which the public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management are managed. The law was enacted in 1976 by the 94th Congress and is found in the United States Code under Title 43. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act phased out homesteading in the United States by repealing the pre-existing Homestead Acts.