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[CITE: 10USC2669]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
CHAPTER 159--REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-
                             EXCESS PROPERTY
 
Sec. 2669. Easements for rights-of-way: gas, water, sewer pipe 
        lines
        
    (a) If the Secretary of a military department finds that it will be 
in the public interest and will not substantially injure the interest of 
the United States in the property affected, he may grant, upon such 
terms as he considers advisable, easements for rights-of-way over, in, 
and upon public lands permanently withdrawn or reserved for the use of 
that department, and other lands under his control, for gas, water, and 
sewer pipe lines, to a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession, or 
political subdivision thereof, or to a citizen, association, 
partnership, or corporation of a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or 
possession.
    (b) No easement granted under this section may include more land 
than is necessary for the easement.
    (c) The Secretary of the military department concerned may terminate 
all or part of any easement granted under this section for--
        (1) failure to comply with the terms of the grant;
        (2) nonuse; or
        (3) abandonment.

    (d) The Secretary concerned shall include in his annual report to 
the President a complete statement of each easement granted under this 
section, including the name and address of the grantee, the purpose of 
the grant, and the benefits accruing to the United States or to the 
public.
    (e) Subsection (d) of section 2667 of this title shall apply with 
respect to proceeds received by the Secretary of a military department 
in connection with an easement granted under this section in the same 
manner as such subsection applies to money rentals received pursuant to 
leases entered into by that Secretary under such section.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 151; Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [div. 
B, title XXVIII, Sec. 2812(f)(2)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-
418.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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2669(a)...............................  10:1351 (less 2d and last            Ma
y 17, 1926, ch. 313, Sec.  1, 44
                                         provisos).                           S
tat. 562; Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 563,
2669(b)...............................  [No source].                          S
ec.  101 (22d through 30th
2669(c)...............................  10:1351 (2d proviso).                 w
ords), 65 Stat. 641.
2669(d)...............................  10:1351 (last proviso).
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    Section 101 of the Act of October 25, 1951, cited above, makes the 
Act of May 17, 1926, cited above, applicable to the Navy.
    In subsection (a), the word ``conditions'' is omitted as covered by 
the word ``terms''. The descriptions of the lands and persons covered 
are restated to reflect an opinion of the Judge Advocate General of the 
Army (JAGR 1952/3179, 27 Mar. 52). The words ``and empowered'', ``of the 
United States'', ``across'', and ``military reservations and other'' are 
omitted as surplusage. The word ``Commonwealth'' is inserted to reflect 
the present status of Puerto Rico.
    Subsection (b) is inserted for clarity and is based on the above 
cited opinion.
    In subsection (c), the words ``any easement'' are substituted for 
the words ``such rights-of-way''. The word ``terminate'' is substituted 
for the words ``annulled and forfeited''. The words ``and conditions'' 
are omitted as covered by the word ``terms''. The words ``of rights 
granted under the authority hereof'' are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (d), the words ``a complete statement of each 
easement'' are substituted for the words ``a full and complete statement 
of each and all easements''.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106-398 added subsec. (e).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2667, 2668 of this title.
