An Act to provide for the withdrawal from the public domain of certain lands in the Ladd-Eielson area, Alaska, for use by the Department of the Army as the Yukon Command training site, Alaska, and for other purposes
PL 87-326 (H.R.2282), enacted 09/26/1961

PUBLIC LAW 87-325-SEPT. 26, 1961 
[75 S T A T . 
September 26, 1961 
[H. R. 9080] 
Public Law 87-325 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington Railroad Company 
to construct, maintain, and operate branch sidings over First Street South-
west in the District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, and Washin^on Railroad Company is hereby 
authorized to construct, maintam, and operate at grade two branch 
sidings from its present tracks in square 607 over First Street to 
square 663 between S and T Streets Southwest, Washington, District 
of Columbia. 
Such sidings shall be constructed in accordance with 
plans approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 2. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this 
Act. 
Approved September 26, 1961. 
Public Law 87-326 
September 26,1961 
[H. R. 2282] 
Alaska. 
Reservation of 
lands. 
AN ACT 
Use for hunt i n g 
and fishing. 
Disposition. 
To provide for the withdrawal from the public domain of certain lands in the 
Ladd-Eielson area, Alaska, for use by the Department of the Ariiiy as the 
Yukon Command training site, Alaska, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) subject 
to valid existing rights the public lands aggregating approximately 
two hundred and fifty-six thousand acres in the Ladd-Eielson area, 
fourth judicial division, Alaska, as more fully described in applica-
tion (serial number Fairbanks 020174) from the Department of the 
Army to the Department of the Interior and set forth in the Federal 
Register of July 31, 1958, page 5804 (Federal Register Document 
58-5837; filed, July 31, 1958; 8:47 antemeridian), are hereby with-
drawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws 
including the mining and mineral leasing laws and disposals of mate-
rials under the Act of July 31, 1947, as amended (61 Stat. 681; 30 
U.S.C. 601-604), and reserved for the use of the Department of the 
Army as the Yukon Command training site for a period of ten years 
or, if extended by the Secretary of the Interior for a period of fifteen 
years, or for any shorter period as may be determined by the Secre-
tary of the Army upon notice to the Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) The Secretary of the Interior may, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of the Army, authorize use or disposition of any of the lands 
or resources withdrawn and reserved by subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) To the extent that the Secretary of the Army determines it to be 
consistent with military requirements and the public safety: (1) the 
lands withdrawn and reserved by this Act, or selected portions thereof, 
shall be open during legally established seasons for hunting, fishing 
and trapping, and military operations affecting the same shall be sus-
pended during such periods and (2) access across the lands, or selected 
portions thereof, shall be permitted to public hunting, fishing, and 
trapping areas. 
(d) Upon request of the Secretary of the Interior at the time of 
final termination of the reservation effected by this Act, the Depart-
ment of the Army shall make safe for nonmilitary uses the land with-
drawn and reserved, or such portions thereof as may be specified by 
the Secretary of the Interior, by neutralizing unexploded ammunition, 
bombs, artillery projectiles, or other explosive objects and chemical