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43 USC § 664 - Rights of way over reservoir sites generally 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s664"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 664 - Rights of way over reservoir sites generally"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "664"
section_name: "Rights of way over reservoir sites generally"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "APPROPRIATION OF WATERS; RESERVOIR SITES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 26, 1897, ch. 335, 29 Stat. 599.)"
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# 1 Rights of way over reservoir sites generally

See References in Text note below.

[^1]*Provided*

All reservoir sites reserved or to be reserved shall be open to use and occupation under sections 946 to 949  of this title, and any State is authorized to improve and occupy such reservoir sites to the same extent as an individual or private corporation, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: , That the charges for water coming in whole or part from reservoir sites used or occupied under the provisions of this section shall always be subject to the control and regulation of the respective States and Territories in which such reservoirs are in whole or part situate.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 26, 1897, ch. 335, 29 Stat. 599.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 946 to 949 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by , , , effective on and after , insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest System.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Repeal; Savings Provision

Section repealed by , , , effective on and after , insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest System. Such repeal not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on , see , set out as a note under .