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title: "43 U.S.C. § 1655"
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title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
chapter_number: "34"
chapter_name: "TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE"
section: "1655"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 1655"
status: "current"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 43 U.S.C. § 1655 - Roads and airports

## Text

A right-of-way, permit, lease, or other authorization granted under section 1652(b) of this title for a road or airstrip as a related facility of the trans-Alaska pipeline may provide for the construction of a public road or airstrip.

(Pub. L. 93–153, title II, § 206, Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 588.)