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Title 45, RailroadsRelease 119-110

§1210 Other Disposition

Title 45 › CHAPTER 21 — ALASKA RAILROAD TRANSFER › § 1210

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the Secretary does not certify within one year after the report called for in section 1204(a) that the State met the conditions in section 1203, the Secretary may sell or otherwise transfer the Alaska Railroad’s rail properties. Any sale or transfer should favor a buyer who will keep running rail service. That preference must not reduce the rights of Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated under section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94–204; 89 Stat. 1150), as amended by section 606(d) of this title, and must not change the Secretary’s or the State’s consent powers under section 12(b)(8) of that Act, as amended by section 606(d)(5) of this title. Any sale or transfer is subject to valid existing rights.

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Title 45, §1210

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If the Secretary has not certified that the State has satisfied the conditions under section 1203 of this title within one year after the date of delivery of the report referred to in section 1204(a) of this title, the Secretary may dispose of the rail properties of the Alaska Railroad. Any disposal under this section shall give preference to a buyer or transferee who will continue to operate rail service, except that—
(1)such preference shall not diminish or modify the rights of the Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated (as that term is used in section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94–204; 89 Stat. 1150)), pursuant to such section, as amended by section 606(d) of this title; and
(2)this section shall not be construed to diminish or modify the powers of consent of the Secretary or the State under section 12(b)(8) of such Act, as amended by section 606(d)(5) of this title.1
Any disposal under this section shall be subject to valid existing rights.

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section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976, referred to in pars. (1) and (2), is section 12 of Pub. L. 94–204, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1150, which is set out as a note under section 1611 of Title 43, Public Lands. section 606(d) of this title, referred to in pars. (1) and (2), means section 606(d) of title VI of Pub. L. 97–468, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2566.

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45 U.S.C. § 1210

Title 45, Railroads

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110