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title: "43 U.S.C. § 931d"
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title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
chapter_number: "22"
chapter_name: "RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS"
section: "931d"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 931d"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
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# 43 U.S.C. § 931d - Additional authority of department or agency head

## Text

The authority conferred by section 931c of this title shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of any authority heretofore conferred upon the head of any department or agency of the Government of the United States to grant permits, leases, easements, or rights-of-way.

(Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1255, § 2, 68 Stat. 1146.)