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§8725 Acquisition by condemnation and purchase
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART IV— - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 869— - NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES › § 8725
Summary
If the Secretary cannot get acceptable land exchanges or conservation agreements, he may, with Presidential approval, acquire privately owned lands and leases by purchase inside naval petroleum reserves or take land by court action in Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (or outside when there is substantial drainage). The Secretary must report these purchases and takings to Congress every year.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8725
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(a)Whenever the Secretary is unable to make arrangements he considers satisfactory for exchanges of land or agreements for conservation authorized by section 8724 of this title, the Secretary may acquire, with the approval of the President, such privately owned lands and leases—
(1)by purchase, inside the naval petroleum reserves, or outside those reserves on the same geologic structure; and
(2)by condemnation, inside Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1, or, if there is substantial drainage, outside that reserve on the same geologic structure.
(b)The Secretary shall report annually to Congress all proceedings for purchase and condemnation under this section.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 742534 U.S.C. 524 (5th par., 1st 123 words, and 169th through 193d words).
June 4, 1920, ch. 228 (5th par., 1st 123 words, and 169th through 193d words, of amended 3d and 4th provisos), 41 Stat. 813;
June 30, 1938, ch. 851, § 1, 52 Stat. 1252;
June 17, 1944, ch. 262, 58 Stat. 282. The words “Whenever the Secretary of the Navy is unable” are substituted for the words “In the event of the inability of the Secretary of the Navy” for brevity.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(d)(5), renumbered section 7425 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 8724” for “section 7424” in introductory provisions. 2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–398 substituted “for exchanges of land or agreements for conservation authorized by section 7424 of this title, the Secretary may acquire” for “for— “(1) exchanges of land or agreements for conservation authorized by section 7424 of this title; or “(2) contracts for joint, unit, or other cooperative plans with respect to lands or leases authorized by section 7426 of this title; he may acquire”. 1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–513 substituted “Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1” for “naval petroleum reserve numbered 1”. 1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–258 struck out “of the Navy” after “Secretary”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Effective Date
of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8725
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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