§502 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force can make surveys and get land or land rights, including temporary use, by donation, purchase, exchanging government land, or other ways, and may do this without following section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31. Before taking any land or rights under this power, the Secretary must reach an agreement with the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives about the acquisition.

Title 50, §502

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The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized in discharging the authority given in section 501 of this title to make surveys, to acquire lands and rights or other interests pertaining thereto, including the temporary use thereof, by donation, purchase, exchange of Government-owned lands, or otherwise, without regard to section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31. Prior to the acquisition under the authority of this section of any lands or rights or other interests pertaining thereto, the Secretary of the Air Force shall come into agreement with the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives with respect to the acquisition of such lands, rights, or other interests.

Editorial Notes

Codification “section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31” substituted in text for “section 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended [31 U.S.C. 529]” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.

§502 Acquisition of Land

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Title 50, §502

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