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[CITE: 38USC8124]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
            PART VI--ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
 
   CHAPTER 81--ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY 
FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY; ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY
 
                  SUBCHAPTER II--PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY
 
Sec. 8124. Grant of easements in Government-owned lands

    The Secretary, whenever the Secretary deems it advantageous to the 
Government and upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems 
advisable, may grant on behalf of the United States to any State, or any 
agency or political subdivision thereof, or to any public-service 
company, easements in and rights-of-way over lands belonging to the 
United States which are under the Secretary's supervision and control. 
Such grant may include the use of such easements or rights-of-way by 
public utilities to the extent authorized and under the conditions 
imposed by the laws of such State relating to use of public highways. 
Such partial, concurrent, or exclusive jurisdiction over the areas 
covered by such easements or rights-of-way, as the Secretary deems 
necessary or desirable, is hereby ceded to the State in which the land 
is located. The Secretary may accept or secure on behalf of the United 
States from the State in which is situated any land conveyed in exchange 
for any such easement or right-of-way, such jurisdiction as the 
Secretary may deem necessary or desirable over the land so acquired. Any 
such easement or right-of-way shall be terminated upon abandonment or 
nonuse of the same and all right, title, and interest in the land 
covered thereby shall thereupon revert to the United States or its 
assignee.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1254, Sec. 5014; amended Pub. 
L. 94-581, title II, Sec. 210(e)(9), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2865; 
renumbered Sec. 5024, Pub. L. 96-22, title III, Sec. 301(b)(1), June 13, 
1979, 93 Stat. 61; renumbered Sec. 8124, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, 
Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 5024 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator'' 
wherever appearing and ``Secretary's'' for ``Administrator's''.
    1976--Pub. L. 94-581 substituted ``the Administrator'' for ``he'' 
wherever appearing and ``under the Administrator's supervision'' for 
``under his supervision''.


                    Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 94-581 effective Oct. 21, 1976, see section 211 
of Pub. L. 94-581, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 43 section 421c.
