--- kind: "unit" title: "43" title_heading: "Public Lands" key: "ch22" level: "chapter" label: "Chapter 22" heading: "Rights-Of-Way and Other Easements in Public Lands" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/ch22" sections_count: 63 --- # Chapter 22 — Rights-Of-Way and Other Easements in Public Lands Title 43 — Public Lands ## Sections - [§931. Navigable rivers as public highways](/usc/43/931.md) - [§931a. Authority of Attorney General to grant easements and rights-of-way to States, etc.](/usc/43/931a.md) - [§931b. Repealed.](/usc/43/931b.md) - [§931c. Permits, leases, or easements; authorization to grant; payment; limitation](/usc/43/931c.md) - [§931d. Additional authority of department or agency head](/usc/43/931d.md) - [§932. Repealed.](/usc/43/932.md) - [§933. Repealed.](/usc/43/933.md) - [§934. Right of way through public lands granted to railroads](/usc/43/934.md) - [§935. Several roads through canyons](/usc/43/935.md) - [§936. Condemnation of private land](/usc/43/936.md) - [§937. Filing profile of road; forfeiture of rights](/usc/43/937.md) - [§938. Lands excepted](/usc/43/938.md) - [§939. Alteration, amendment, or repeal](/usc/43/939.md) - [§940. Forfeiture of rights where railroad not constructed in five years after location](/usc/43/940.md) - [§941. Railroad stations on rights of way granted](/usc/43/941.md) - [§942. Omitted](/usc/43/942.md) - [§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](/usc/43/942-1.md) - [§942–2. Rights of several roads through canyons](/usc/43/942-2.md) - [§942–3. Condemnation of land](/usc/43/942-3.md) - [§942–4. Filing preliminary survey, map and profile of road](/usc/43/942-4.md) - [§942–5. Filing map and profile of road section; forfeiture of rights; reversion of grant](/usc/43/942-5.md) - [§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](/usc/43/942-6.md) - [§942–7. Military park, Indian or other reservation](/usc/43/942-7.md) - [§942–8. Reservation of right of alteration, amendment, or repeal; assignment of right of way](/usc/43/942-8.md) - [§942–9. Map location of road](/usc/43/942-9.md) - [§943. Right of way for railroads; reserved lands in Minnesota](/usc/43/943.md) - [§944. Right of way in Oklahoma and Arizona](/usc/43/944.md) - [§945. Reservation in patents of right of way for ditches or canals](/usc/43/945.md) - [§945a. Compensation for rights-of-way for certain reclamation projects](/usc/43/945a.md) - [§945b. Jurisdiction; procedure](/usc/43/945b.md) - [§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](/usc/43/946.md) - [§947. Map; damages to settlers](/usc/43/947.md) - [§948. Application to existing and future canals](/usc/43/948.md) - [§949. Use for canal or ditch only](/usc/43/949.md) - [§950. Right of way to canal and ditch companies for irrigation purposes; additional grants](/usc/43/950.md) - [§951. Right of way for water transportation, domestic purposes, or development of power](/usc/43/951.md) - [§952. Reservoir sites for water for livestock](/usc/43/952.md) - [§953. Declaratory statement as to reservoirs](/usc/43/953.md) - [§954. Survey; map of reservoirs](/usc/43/954.md) - [§955. Amendment, alteration, or repeal](/usc/43/955.md) - [§956. Right of way for tramroads, canals, or reservoirs](/usc/43/956.md) - [§957. Right of way to electric power companies](/usc/43/957.md) - [§958. Rights of way for wagon roads or railroads](/usc/43/958.md) - [§959. Rights of way for electrical plants, etc.](/usc/43/959.md) - [§961. Rights-of-way for power and communications facilities](/usc/43/961.md) - [§962. Right of way in Colorado and Wyoming to pipeline companies](/usc/43/962.md) - [§963. Applications for Colorado and Wyoming pipeline right of way](/usc/43/963.md) - [§964. Limit of time for completion of Colorado and Wyoming pipelines; forfeiture](/usc/43/964.md) - [§965. Restriction on use of Colorado and Wyoming pipeline right of way](/usc/43/965.md) - [§966. Right of way in Arkansas to pipe-line companies](/usc/43/966.md) - [§967. Applications for Arkansas pipeline right of way](/usc/43/967.md) - [§968. Restriction on use of Arkansas pipeline right of way](/usc/43/968.md) - [§969. Forfeiture of Arkansas pipeline right of way for nonuser, etc.](/usc/43/969.md) - [§970. Forfeiture of Arkansas pipeline right of way for violation of antitrust law](/usc/43/970.md) - [§971. Bathhouses, hotels, etc., adjacent to mineral, medicinal, etc., springs on public lands](/usc/43/971.md) - [§971a. Alaskan lands within highway, telephone, and pipeline withdrawals; disposal; amendment of land description of claim or entry on adjoining lands](/usc/43/971a.md) - [§971b. Sale of restored Alaskan lands; preference rights; consent of Federal agency](/usc/43/971b.md) - [§971c. Utilization or occupancy of Alaskan easements; consent of agency](/usc/43/971c.md) - [§971d. Effect on valid existing Alaskan rights](/usc/43/971d.md) - [§971e. Definition of restored Alaskan lands](/usc/43/971e.md) - [§975a. Repealed.](/usc/43/975a.md) - [§975b. Repealed.](/usc/43/975b.md) - [§975c...975g. Repealed.](/usc/43/975c...975g.md)