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43 U.S.C. § 912 — Disposition of abandoned or forfeited railroad grants
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Whenever public lands of the United States have been or may be granted to any railroad company for use as a right of way for its railroad or as sites for railroad structures of any kind, and use and occupancy of said lands for such purposes has ceased or shall hereafter cease, whether by forfeiture or by abandonment by said railroad company declared or decreed by a court of competent jurisdiction or by Act of Congress, then and thereupon all right, title, interest, and estate of the United States in said lands shall, except such part thereof as may be embraced in a public highway legally established within one year after the date of said decree or forfeiture or abandonment be transferred to and vested in any person, firm, or corporation, assigns, or successors in title and interest to whom or to which title of the United States may have been or may be granted, conveying or purporting to convey the whole of the legal subdivision or subdivisions traversed or occupied by such railroad or railroad structures of any kind as aforesaid, except lands within a municipality the title to which, upon forfeiture or abandonment, as herein provided, shall vest in such municipality, and this by virtue of the patent thereto and without the necessity of any other or further conveyance or assurance of any kind or nature whatsoever: Provided, That this section shall not affect conveyances made by any railroad company of portions of its right of way if such conveyance be among those which have been or may after March 8, 1922, and before such forfeiture or abandonment be validated and confirmed by any Act of Congress; nor shall this section affect any public highway on said right of way on March 8, 1922: Provided further, That the transfer of such lands shall be subject to and contain reserv
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Whenever public lands of the United States have been or may be granted to any railroad company for use as a right of way for its railroad or as sites for railroad structures of any kind, and use and occupancy of said lands for such purposes has ceased or shall hereafter cease, whether by forfeiture or by abandonment by said railroad company declared or decreed by a court of competent jurisdiction or by Act of Congress, then and thereupon all right, title, interest, and estate of the United States in said lands shall, except such part thereof as may be embraced in a public highway legally established within one year after the date of said decree or forfeiture or abandonment be transferred to and vested in any person, firm, or corporation, assigns, or successors in title and interest to whom or to which title of the United States may have been or may be granted, conveying or purporting to convey the whole of the legal subdivision or subdivisions traversed or occupied by such railroad or railroad structures of any kind as aforesaid, except lands within a municipality the title to which, upon forfeiture or abandonment, as herein provided, shall vest in such municipality, and this by virtue of the patent thereto and without the necessity of any other or further conveyance or assurance of any kind or nature whatsoever: Provided, That this section shall not affect conveyances made by any railroad company of portions of its right of way if such conveyance be among those which have been or may after March 8, 1922, and before such forfeiture or abandonment be validated and confirmed by any Act of Congress; nor shall this section affect any public highway on said right of way on March 8, 1922: Provided further, That the transfer of such lands shall be subject to and contain reservations in favor of the United States of all oil, gas, and other minerals in the land so transferred and conveyed, with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove same.
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**(a) Authorization; conditions** The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture as the case may be, may grant easements and rights-of-way upon, over, under, across, or along any component of the national trails system in accordance with the laws applicable to the national park system and the national forest system, respectively: Provided, That any conditions contained in such easements and rights-of-way shall be related to the policy and purposes of this chapter.
**(b) Cooperation of Federal agencies with Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture** The Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, the Surface Transportation Board, the Federal Communications Commission, the Secretary of Energy, and other Federal agencies having jurisdiction or control over or information concerning the use, abandonment, or disposition of roadways, utility rights-of-way, or other properties which may be suitable for the purpose of improving or expanding the national trails system shall cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in order to assure, to the extent practicable, that any such properties having values suitable for trail purposes may be made available for such use.
**(c) Abandoned railroad grants; retention of rights** Commencing October 4, 1988, any and all right, title, interest, and estate of the United States in all rights-of-way of the type described in [section 912 of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section912&num=0&edition=prelim), shall remain in the United States upon the abandonment or forfeiture of such rights-of-way, or portions thereof, except to the extent that any such right-of-way, or portion thereof, is embraced within a public highway no l
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§§ 921 to 929
§ 910. Right to extend public surveys over lands
granted, and other rights of United States,
not affected
Sections 908 to 911 of this title shall not affect
the right of the Secretary of the Interior to
cause the public surveys to be extended over any
lands granted to any railroad or corporation by
any Act of Congress in the manner on June 25,
1910, otherwise provided by law, nor shall any
claim, right, interest, or demand of the Govern-
ment of the United States be waived or annulled
by the provisions thereof: Provided, That all
granted lands surveyed under the provisions of
said sections shall be subject to taxation by
States, Territories, and municipal authorities,
and the right of the Government to reimburse
itself for the survey, selection, and conveyance
of such lands otherwise provided by law shall re-
main in full force and effect.
(June 25, 1910, ch. 406, § 3, 36 Stat. 834.)
§ 911. Regulations
The Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe
such rules and regulations as will be necessary
to the carrying out of the provisions of sections
908 to 910 of this title.
(June 25, 1910, ch. 406, § 4, 36 Stat. 835.)
§ 912. Disposition of abandoned or forfeited rail-
road grants
Whenever public lands of the United States
have been or may be granted to any railroad
company for use as a right of way for its rail-
road or as sites for railroad structures of any
kind, and use and occupancy of said lands for
such purposes has ceased or shall hereafter
cease, whether by forfeiture or by abandonment
by said railroad company declared or decreed by
a court of competent jurisdiction or by Act of
Congress, then and thereupon all right, title, in-
terest, and estate of the United States in said
lands shall,
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