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Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§417 Reservation of Easements in Public Lands for Reclamation Projects

Title 43 › Chapter 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter III— INSTITUTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS › § 417

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the Secretary decides a right-of-way or easement across public land is needed for a project, the Secretary can reserve it for the United States by filing copies of a document that describes the easement and says it is reserved for Federal irrigation purposes under sections 371, 376, 377, 412, 417, 433, 438, 462, 463, 466, 473, 474, 478, 493, 494, 500, 501, and 526. Any entry or patent for that land must respect the reserved easement, and the reservation must be noted in the local tract books and shown on the patent.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §417

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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 section 371, 376, 377, 412, 417, 433, 438,11 See References in Text note below. 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.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 438 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, § 10, 67 Stat. 568. section 463, 473, and 474 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by act May 25, 1926, ch. 383, § 47, 44 Stat. 650.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions The definitions in section 371 of this title apply to this section.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

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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, §§ 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.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 417

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60