Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§225 Laws applicable; easements and rights-of-way
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXIV— - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK › § 225
Summary
If not conflicting with the park’s main purposes, the Act of February 15, 1901 and later similar laws still apply to Grand Canyon National Park lands. The Secretary of the Interior can grant railroad rights-of-way across the park and set conditions for them.
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Title 16, §225
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Whenever consistent with the primary purposes of Grand Canyon National Park, the Act of February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one,11 See References in Text note below. applicable to the locations of rights of way in certain national parks and the national forests for irrigation and other purposes, and subsequent Acts shall be and remain applicable to the lands included within the park. The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion and upon such conditions as he may deem proper, grant easements or rights of way for railroads upon or across the park.
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References in Text
The Act of February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, referred to in text, is act Feb. 15, 1901, ch. 372, 31 Stat. 790, which is classified to section 959 of Title 43, Public Lands. The Act, insofar as it related to National Park System units, was repealed and restated as section 100902(a) of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3272.
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16 U.S.C. § 225
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73