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43 U.S.C. § 945a — Compensation for rights-of-way for certain reclamation projects
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Notwithstanding the existence of any reservation of right-of-way to the United States for canals under [section 945 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section945&num=0&edition=prelim), or any State statute, the Secretary of the Interior shall pay just compensation, including severance damages, to the owners of private land utilized for ditches or canals in connection with any reclamation project, or any unit or any division of a reclamation project, provided the construction of said ditches or canals commenced after January 1, 1961, and such compensation shall be paid notwithstanding the execution of any agreements or any judgments entered in any condemnation proceeding, prior to September 2, 1964.
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Notwithstanding the existence of any reservation of right-of-way to the United States for canals under [section 945 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section945&num=0&edition=prelim), or any State statute, the Secretary of the Interior shall pay just compensation, including severance damages, to the owners of private land utilized for ditches or canals in connection with any reclamation project, or any unit or any division of a reclamation project, provided the construction of said ditches or canals commenced after January 1, 1961, and such compensation shall be paid notwithstanding the execution of any agreements or any judgments entered in any condemnation proceeding, prior to September 2, 1964.
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In all patents for lands taken up after August 30, 1890, under any of the land laws of the United States or on entries or claims validated by this Act, west of the one hundredth meridian, it shall be expressed that there is reserved from the lands in said patent described a right of way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the authority of the United States.
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Jurisdiction of an action brought by the United States or the landowner for the determination of just compensation pursuant to [section 945a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section945a&num=0&edition=prelim) is hereby conferred on the United States district court in the district in which any such land is situated, without limitation to the amount of compensation sought by such suit. The procedure for such an action shall be governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the condemnation of real and personal property.
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 945b
present or prospective reservoir system: Pro-
vided further, That the plan for the location and
construction of any such railway, or any part
thereof, shall be first submitted to the Sec-
retary of the Army and approved by him and by
the Chief of Engineers of the United States
Army.
(Feb. 27, 1901, ch. 614, 31 Stat. 815; July 26, 1947,
ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the
Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Sec-
retary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947,
ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July
26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, en-
acted ‘‘Title 10, Armed Forces’’ which in sections 3010
to 3013 continued Department of the Army under ad-
ministrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
REPEAL; SAVINGS PROVISION
Section repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 706(a),
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21,
1976, insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-
way over, upon, under, and through the public lands
and lands in the National Forest System. Such repeal
not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, per-
mit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section
701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701
of this title.
§ 944. Right of way in Oklahoma and Arizona
Where, under sections 934 to 939 of this title,
or under special Acts of Congress, or under the
laws of the former Territories of Oklahoma and
Arizona, railroads have been constructed and
were on June 26, 1906, in operation in Oklahoma
or Arizona which passe
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