Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§277d–22 Prohibition Against Duplicate Payments; Eligibility for Payments Unaffected by Means Employed for Acquisition of Property; Rights and Powers Unaffected

Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER IV — INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION › § 277d–22

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Payments under sections 277d–17 through 277d–25 must be added to other payments allowed by law, but they cannot repeat a payment that is already made. How the property was taken, whether by condemnation or another method, does not change who can get reimbursement or compensation under those sections. Those sections do not give anyone a new right to sue the United States. They do not stop the government from using its powers, including the power to take property. An owner or tenant can still use any other rights they have under other laws or the U.S. Constitution.

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Title 22, §277d–22

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Payments to be made as herein provided shall be in addition to, but not in duplication of, any payments that may otherwise be authorized by law. The means employed to acquire the property, whether by condemnation or otherwise, shall not affect eligibility for reimbursement or compensation under sections 277d–17 to 277d–25 of this title. Nothing contained in such sections shall be construed as creating any legal right or cause of action against the United States or as precluding the exercise by the Government of the right of eminent domain or any other right or power that it may have under such sections or any other law; nor shall such sections be construed as precluding an owner or tenant from asserting any rights he may have under other laws or the Constitution of the United States.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 277d–22

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102