§ 9776 - Emergency construction: fortifications

CHAPTER 979— REAL PROPERTY

If in an emergency the President considers it urgent, a temporary installation or fortification may be built on private land if the owner consents in writing.

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 977650:178.Apr. 11, 1898, J. Res. 21, 30 Stat. 737.

The word “important” is omitted as covered by the word “urgent”. The words “upon which such work is to be placed” are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “installation” for “air base”.

1970—Pub. L. 91–393 struck out “In such a case, section 175 of title 50 does not apply.”