§ 975 to 975g. — Repealed.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC975]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 22--RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
Secs. 975, 975a. Repealed. Pub. L. 97-468, title VI,
Sec. 615(a)(1), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2577
Section 975, acts Mar. 12, 1914, ch. 37, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 305; Apr.
10, 1926, ch. 114, 44 Stat. 239; Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 554, 69 Stat. 494;
Nov. 1, 1978, Pub. L. 95-565, Sec. 4(a), 92 Stat. 2399; Oct. 10, 1980,
Pub. L. 96-423, Sec. 15, 94 Stat. 1817, related to location,
construction, and operation of Alaska Railroad and powers and duties of
President in connection therewith, and security officers. Section was
comprised of first and second paragraphs of section 1 of act Mar. 12,
1914. The first paragraph was included in the Act as originally enacted
in 1914 and the second paragraph was added in 1980 by Pub. L. 96-423.
Amendment of section 1 of act Mar. 12, 1914, by act Mar. 29, 1940, ch.
74, 54 Stat. 80, relating to Mount McKinley National Park, and providing
for accommodations for visitors and residents, was set out as section
353a of Title 16, Conservation. Section was formerly classified to
section 301 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
Section 975a, act Mar. 12, 1914, ch. 37, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 307,
related to telegraph and telephone lines in Alaska. Section was
comprised of original second paragraph of section 1 of act Mar. 12,
1914. Section was formerly classified to section 302 of Title 48.
Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective on date of transfer of Alaska Railroad to State
[Jan. 5, 1985], pursuant to section 1203 of Title 45, Railroads, see
section 615(a) of Pub. L. 97-468.
Rental of Alaska Railroad Lands; Report to Congress
Pub. L. 95-611, Sec. 6, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3090, authorized the
Secretary of Transportation to conduct an investigation and study to
determine equitable rates to be charged for the rental of Alaska
Railroad lands, required submission by the Secretary of a report on the
results of such study to the Congress not later than one year after Nov.
8, 1978, and provided that, prior to 180 days after the receipt by
Congress of such report, rental charges on lands rented by the Alaska
Railroad were not to be increased by more than 100 per centum of the
amount charged for such land on Jan. 1, 1977.
Appropriations
Section 2 of act Mar. 12, 1914, which provided that the cost of the
work authorized by sections 975 to 975g should not exceed $35,000,000,
and that in executing the authority granted by those sections the
President should not expend nor obligate the United States to expend
more than that sum, and also appropriated the sum of $1,000,000 to be
used for carrying out the provisions of those sections, to continue
available until expended, was repealed by section 615(a)(1) of Pub. L.
97-468.
