43 USC § 939 - Alteration, amendment, or repeal

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s939"
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title: "43 USC § 939 - Alteration, amendment, or repeal"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "939"
section_name: "Alteration, amendment, or repeal"
chapter_number: 22
chapter_name: "RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 152, § 6, 18 Stat. 483.)"
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# § 939. Alteration, amendment, or repeal

Congress reserves the right at any time to alter, amend, or repeal sections 934 to 939 of this title, or any part thereof.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 152, § 6, 18 Stat. 483.)

## 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Section repealed by , , , effective on and after , insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the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 .