43 USC § 965 - Restriction on use of Colorado and Wyoming pipeline right of way

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s965"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 965 - Restriction on use of Colorado and Wyoming pipeline right of way"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "965"
section_name: "Restriction on use of Colorado and Wyoming pipeline right of way"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 21, 1896, ch. 212, § 4, 29 Stat. 127.)"
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# § 965. Restriction on use of Colorado and Wyoming pipeline right of way

Nothing in sections 962 to 965 of this title shall authorize the use of such right of way except for the pipe line, and then only so far as may be necessary for its construction, maintenance, and care.

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**Source Credit**: (May 21, 1896, ch. 212, § 4, 29 Stat. 127.)

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Section repealed by , , , effective on and after , insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the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