23 U.S.C. § 316
Section 316 · Consent by United States to conveyance of property
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case State of Idaho v. Oregon Short Line R. Co. (1985)
Most recently applied in Avista Corp. v. Wolfe (December 2008)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
For the purposes of this title the consent of the United States is given to any railroad or canal company to convey to the State transportation department of any State, or its nominee, any part of its right-of-way or other property in that State acquired by grant from the United States.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1998—Pub. L. 105–178 substituted “State transportation department” for “State highway department”.