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[CITE: 40USC345c]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
CHAPTER 6--ACQUISITION OF SITES FOR AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
 
Sec. 345c. Conveyance or transfer of Federal property to States 
        or political subdivisions
        

(a) Widening of public highways, streets, or alleys; determination by 
        executive agency head

    Whenever a State or political subdivision of a State makes 
application therefor in connection with an authorized widening of a 
public highway, street, or alley, the head of the executive agency 
having control over the affected real property of the United States may 
convey or otherwise transfer, with or without consideration, to such 
State or political subdivision for such highway, street, or alley 
widening purposes, such interest in such real property as he determines 
will not be adverse to the interests of the United States, subject to 
such terms and conditions as he deems necessary to protect the interests 
of the United States.

(b) ``Executive agency'' defined

    As used in this section the term ``executive agency'' means any 
executive department or independent establishment in the executive 
branch of the Government of the United States, including any wholly 
owned Government corporation.

(c) Highway purposes

    Nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorize the conveyance 
or other transference of any interest in real property which can be 
transferred to a State or political subdivision of a State for highway 
purposes under title 23.

(Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 684, Sec. 2, as added Pub. L. 86-608, July 7, 1960, 
74 Stat. 363.)

                                 Repeals

        Section repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 706(a), Oct. 
    21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, 
    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.


                            Savings Provision

    Repeal by Pub. L. 94-579 insofar as applicable to the issuance of 
rights-of-way not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, 
permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. 
L. 94-579, set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 43, Public 
Lands.
