[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 43, Volume 2] [Revised as of October 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 43CFR2547.1] [Page 135] TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PART 2540_COLOR-OF-TITLE AND OMITTED LANDS--Table of Contents Subpart 2547_Omitted Lands: General Sec. 2547.1 Qualifications of applicants. Authority: Secs. 211 and 310 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1721 and 1740). Source: 44 FR 41793, July 18, 1979, unless otherwise noted. (a) Any person authorized to hold title to land in the State may make application under section 211 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1721). For regulations on conveyances of omitted lands and unsurveyed islands to State and local governments see subpart 2742 of this title. (b) The applicant shall be a citizen of the United States, or in the case of corporation, shall be organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. (c) The applicant shall have occupied and developed the lands for a 5-year period prior to January 1, 1975. [44 FR 41793, July 18, 1979; 44 FR 55876, Sept. 28, 1979]