RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS

United States Code

U.S. Code most recently checked for updates: Jun 09, 2025

§ 931. Navigable rivers as public highways

§ 931a. Authority of Attorney General to grant easements and rights-of-way to States, etc.

§ 931b. Repealed.

§ 931c. Permits, leases, or easements; authorization to grant; payment; limitation

§ 931d. Additional authority of department or agency head

§ 932. Repealed.

§ 933. Repealed.

§ 934. Right of way through public lands granted to railroads

§ 935. Several roads through canyons

§ 936. Condemnation of private land

§ 937. Filing profile of road; forfeiture of rights

§ 938. Lands excepted

§ 939. Alteration, amendment, or repeal

§ 940. Forfeiture of rights where railroad not constructed in five years after location

§ 941. Railroad stations on rights of way granted

§ 942. Omitted

§ 942-1. Rights of way in Alaska; railroad rights of way; reservations; water transportation connections; State title to submerged lands; Federal repossession as trustee; “navigable waters” defined; posting schedules of rates; changes in rates

§ 942-2. Rights of several roads through canyons

§ 942-3. Condemnation of land

§ 942-4. Filing preliminary survey, map and profile of road

§ 942-5. Filing map and profile of road section; forfeiture of rights; reversion of grant

§ 942-6. Rights of way for Alaskan wagon roads, wire rope, aerial, or other tramways; reservations; filing preliminary survey and map of location; alteration, amendment, repeal, or grant of equal rights; forfeiture of rights; reversion of grant; liens

§ 942-7. Military park, Indian or other reservation

§ 942-8. Reservation of right of alteration, amendment, or repeal; assignment of right of way

§ 942-9. Map location of road

§ 943. Right of way for railroads; reserved lands in Minnesota

§ 944. Right of way in Oklahoma and Arizona

§ 945. Reservation in patents of right of way for ditches or canals

§ 945a. Compensation for rights-of-way for certain reclamation projects

§ 945b. Jurisdiction; procedure

§ 946. Right of way to canal ditch companies and irrigation or drainage districts for irrigation or drainage purposes and operation and maintenance of reservoirs, canals, and laterals

§ 947. Map; damages to settlers

§ 948. Application to existing and future canals

§ 949. Use for canal or ditch only

§ 950. Right of way to canal and ditch companies for irrigation purposes; additional grants

§ 951. Right of way for water transportation, domestic purposes, or development of power

§ 952. Reservoir sites for water for livestock

§ 953. Declaratory statement as to reservoirs

§ 954. Survey; map of reservoirs

§ 955. Amendment, alteration, or repeal

§ 956. Right of way for tramroads, canals, or reservoirs

§ 957. Right of way to electric power companies

§ 958. Rights of way for wagon roads or railroads

§ 959. Rights of way for electrical plants, etc.

§ 961. Rights-of-way for power and communications facilities

§ 962. Right of way in Colorado and Wyoming to pipeline companies

§ 963. Applications for Colorado and Wyoming pipeline right of way

§ 964. Limit of time for completion of Colorado and Wyoming pipelines; forfeiture

§ 965. Restriction on use of Colorado and Wyoming pipeline right of way

§ 966. Right of way in Arkansas to pipe-line companies

§ 967. Applications for Arkansas pipeline right of way

§ 968. Restriction on use of Arkansas pipeline right of way

§ 969. Forfeiture of Arkansas pipeline right of way for nonuser, etc.

§ 970. Forfeiture of Arkansas pipeline right of way for violation of antitrust law

§ 971. Bathhouses, hotels, etc., adjacent to mineral, medicinal, etc., springs on public lands

§ 971a. Alaskan lands within highway, telephone, and pipeline withdrawals; disposal; amendment of land description of claim or entry on adjoining lands

§ 971b. Sale of restored Alaskan lands; preference rights; consent of Federal agency

§ 971c. Utilization or occupancy of Alaskan easements; consent of agency

§ 971d. Effect on valid existing Alaskan rights

§ 971e. Definition of restored Alaskan lands

§§ 975, 975a. Repealed.

§ 975b. Repealed.

§§ 975c to 975g. Repealed.