43 U.S.C. § 931c : US Code - Section 931C: Permits, leases, or easements; authorization to grant; payment; limitation

Search 43 U.S.C. § 931c : US Code - Section 931C: Permits, leases, or easements; authorization to grant; payment; limitation

The head of any department or agency of the Government of the
United States having jurisdiction over public lands and national
forests, except national parks and monuments, of the United States
is authorized to grant permits, leases, or easements, in return for
the payment of a price representing the fair market value of such
permit, lease, or easement, to be fixed by such head of such
department or agency through appraisal, for a period not to exceed
thirty years from the date of any such permit, lease, or easement
to States, counties, cities, towns, townships, municipal
corporations, or other public agencies for the purpose of
constructing and maintaining on such lands public buildings or
other public works. In the event such lands cease to be used for
the purpose for which such permit, lease, or easement was granted,
the same shall thereupon terminate.