Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73not60
§4010 Acquisition of Additional Land
Title 18 › Part III— PRISONS AND PRISONERS › Chapter 301— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 4010
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Title 18, §4010
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The Attorney General may, when authorized by law, acquire land adjacent to or in the vicinity of a Federal penal or correctional institution if he considers the additional land essential to the protection of the health or safety of the inmates of the institution.
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DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 341f.July 28, 1950, ch. 503, § 7, 64 Stat. 381. Sept. 16, 1959, Pub. L. 86–286, 73 Stat. 567. The reference to an appropriation law is omitted as covered by the words “when authorized by law”.
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18 U.S.C. § 4010
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
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Apr 5, 2026
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