§ 417. — Reservation of easements in public lands for reclamation projects.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC417]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER III--INSTITUTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS
Sec. 417. Reservation of easements in public lands for
reclamation projects
Where, in the opinion of the Secretary, a right of way or easement
of any kind over public land is required in connection with a project
the Secretary may reserve the same to the United States by filing in the
Bureau of Land Management and in the appropriate local land office
copies of an instrument giving a description of the right of way or
easement and notice that the same is reserved to the United States for
Federal irrigation purposes under sections 371, 376, 377, 412, 417, 433,
438,\1\ 462, 463,\1\ 466, 473,\1\ 474,\1\ 478, 493, 494, 500, 501, and
526 of this title, in which event entry for such land and the patent
issued therefor shall be subject to the right of way or easement so
described in such instrument; and reference to each such instrument
shall be made in the appropriate tract books and also in the patent.
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(Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, Sec. 4, subsec. P, 43 Stat. 704; 1946 Reorg. Plan
No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
References in Text
Section 438 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act
Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, Sec. 10, 67 Stat. 568.
Sections 463, 473, and 474 of this title, referred to in text, were
repealed by act May 25, 1926, ch. 383, Sec. 47, 44 Stat. 650.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out
under section 1451 of this title.
``Bureau of Land Management'' substituted for ``General Land
Office'' on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set
out as a note under section 1 of this title.
Definitions
The definitions in section 371 of this title apply to this section.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 371, 493, 500 of this title.
