Download or read book Highway Rights of Way on Public Lands written by Pamela Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rights of Way Across Public Land and Reservations of the United States and Alaska written by William Trenary Evans and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Highway Rights of Way on Public Lands written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A succinct provision in an 1866 statute known as "R.S. 2477" granted rights of way across unreserved federal lands for "the construction of highways." The provision was repealed in 1976 by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), an act that also protected valid rights of way already established by that time. What definitions, criteria, and law should be applied to confirm or validate these R.S. 2477 rights of way has been controversial. The issues are important to states and communities whose highway systems are affected, and also because the rights of way may run either through undeveloped federal lands that might otherwise qualify for wilderness designation, or across lands that are now private or within federal reserves (such as parks or national forests) created after the highways might have been established. Section 315 of FLPMA authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue a "disclaimer of interest" if an interest or interests of the United States in lands has "terminated by operation of law or is otherwise invalid." A disclaimer is a recordable document that can help remove a cloud from land title because it has the same effect as if the United States had conveyed the interest in question. The Department of the Interior has finalized amendments to existing regulations on disclaimers of interest that allow states, state political subdivisions, and others to apply for disclaimers that previously were time-barred. A recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Utah and the Department of the Interior establishes an "acknowledgment process" whereby R.S. 2477 rights of way on certain federal lands can be validated and a disclaimer to them issued by the United States. Several other states have requested negotiations to develop MOUs regarding R.S. 2477 rights of way. The disclaimer regulation changes are controversial for many reasons; one of which is that Congress in § 108 of P.L. 104-208 prohibited regulations "pertaining to" R.S. 2477 from becoming effective without Congressional approval. The use of disclaimers to acknowledge R.S. 2477 rights of way is also controversial because the criteria that will be used to determine the validity of asserted R.S. 2477 claims are not set out, and without clearly stated criteria and standards, it is not clear whether the terms of § 315 have been met whether a disclaimable interest of the United States has terminated or not. Most agree that a resolution of R.S. 2477 validity issues is desirable, but there is disagreement on standards and on whether and how the Congress and the courts should be involved. H.R. 1639 in the 108th Congress would authorize a process for determining the validity of R.S. 2477 claims and define crucial terms for those determinations. A House-passed amendment to FY 2004 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2691) would have prohibited implementation of the disclaimer regulation amendments in certain federal conservation areas, but was removed in conference. This report reviews the disclaimer provision of § 315 of FLPMA, the Utah MOU, the R.S. 2477 grant to construct highways and interpretation of it, the relationship of the new disclaimer regulations to that statute and to the statutory prohibition against rules that "pertain to" R.S. 2477, and H.R. 1639. It will be updated as events warrant; see CRS Report RS21402 for information on recent events.

Download or read book Laws Relating to Federal Aid in Construction of Roads written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Access to Public Lands written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Access to Public Lands written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Miscellaneous Highway Legislation 1964 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 88-27. Considers legislation to authorize Forest Service to construct and maintain national forest roads and trails; and to make miscellaneous technical revisions to the Federal Aid Highway Program.

Download or read book Public Control of Highway Access and Roadside Development written by United States. Federal Works Agency and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Use and Disposition of Railroad Right of way Grants written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 9. Considers. H.R. 3346 and two identical bills, to authorize Interior Dept to dispose of lands within abandoned and forfeited railroad rights-of-way. H.R. 6630 and H.R. 6945, to authorize the Interior Dept to grant to railroads right-of-way through public lands. H.R. 6161, H.R. 7436, and H.R. 7550, to validate right-of-way conveyance to railroad companies.

Download or read book Advance Acquisition of Highway Rights of way Study written by United States. Department of Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Public Land Policy and Management Act of 1975 written by United States. Congress. House. Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Title 23 U S Code Entitled Highways written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 85-20. Considers legislation to consolidate Federal-aid highway laws.

Download or read book State Jurisdiction Over Certain Lands written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 83-14. Considers legislation to retrocede to states jurisdiction over roads crossing Federal lands.

Download or read book Matters Relating to the Public Lands written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Federal Laws Regulations and Other Material Relating to Highways Through August 1960 written by United States. Bureau of Public Roads and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Federal Laws and Material Relating to the Federal Highway Administration written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document contains the texts of those portions of Federal law pertaining to the Federal Highway Administration. These include relevant portions of the Department of Transportation Act; 23 of the United States Code, "Highways"; the Federal-Aid Highway Acts; Title 33 of the United States Code, Navigation and Navigable Waters' (i.e. those sections pertaining to bridges); Title S, "Government Organization and Employees"; and Title 18, "Crimes and Criminal Procedure".