16 USC § 225 - Laws applicable; easements and rights-of-way

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s225"
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title: "16 USC § 225 - Laws applicable; easements and rights-of-way"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "225"
section_name: "Laws applicable; easements and rights-of-way"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XXIV"
subchapter_name: "GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 44, § 5, 40 Stat. 1178.)"
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# 1 Laws applicable; easements and rights-of-way

See References in Text note below.

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Whenever consistent with the primary purposes of Grand Canyon National Park, the Act of February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, 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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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 44, § 5, 40 Stat. 1178.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Act of February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, referred to in text, is , , which is classified to , Public Lands. The Act, insofar as it related to National Park System units, was repealed and restated as , National Park Service and Related Programs, by , §§ 3, 7, , , 3272.