Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§1381 Retention by United States of Title to Real and Personal Property
Title 22 › CHAPTER 15 — THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES › SUBCHAPTER V — PROPERTY RETAINED BY THE UNITED STATES › § 1381
Summary
The United States keeps ownership of land and property it now has or later gets in the Philippine Islands.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §1381
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There shall remain vested in the Government of the United States or its agencies or instrumentalities all the right, title, and interest of the said Government or its agencies or instrumentalities to all real and personal property within the Philippine Islands as may now be vested in, or later be acquired by the Government of the United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Act July 3, 1946, ch. 536, § 1, 60 Stat. 418, provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Philippine Property Act of 1946’.”
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 1381
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102