Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§79q Pledge of Full Faith and Credit of United States for Payment of Compensation for Lands, Etc., Taken
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER VII — REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK › § 79q
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Congress says the U.S. guarantees prompt payment under the Fifth Amendment for land and property taken.
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Title 16, §79q
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The Congress further acknowledges and directs that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged to the prompt payment of just compensation as provided for by the fifth amendment to the Constitution of the United States for those lands and properties taken by this Act.
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This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 95–250, Mar. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 163, which, insofar as classified to the Code, enacted section 79c–1 and 79k to 79q of this title, amended former section 1a–1 and section 79b and 79c of this title, and enacted provisions set out and formerly set out as notes under section 79k of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 90–545, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 931, which comprises this subchapter.
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16 U.S.C. § 79q
Title 16, Conservation
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102