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[CITE: 10USC2672]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
CHAPTER 159--REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-
                             EXCESS PROPERTY
 
Sec. 2672. Acquisition: interests in land when cost is not more 
        than $500,000
        
    (a)(1) The Secretary of a military department may acquire any 
interest in land that--
        (A) the Secretary determines is needed in the interest of 
    national defense; and
        (B) does not cost more than $500,000, exclusive of 
    administrative costs and the amounts of any deficiency judgments.

    (2) This section does not apply to the acquisition, as a part of the 
same project, of more than one parcel of land unless the parcels are 
noncontiguous, or, if contiguous, unless the total cost is not more than 
$500,000.
    (b) The authority to acquire an interest in land under this section 
includes authority to make surveys and acquire interests in land 
(including temporary use), by gift, purchase, exchange of land owned by 
the United States, or otherwise.

(Added Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(51), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1459; amended 
Pub. L. 87-651, title I, Sec. 112(a), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 511; Pub. 
L. 92-145, title VII, Sec. 707(2), (3), Oct. 27, 1971, 85 Stat. 411; 
Pub. L. 96-418, title VIII, Sec. 806(a), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1777; 
Pub. L. 99-167, title VIII, Sec. 810(a), (b)(1), Dec. 3, 1985, 99 Stat. 
989, 990; Pub. L. 99-661, div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1343(a)(16), Nov. 14, 
1986, 100 Stat. 3993; Pub. L. 100-456, div. B, title XXVIII, Sec. 2804, 
Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2115; Pub. L. 105-85, div. B, title XXVIII, 
Sec. 2811(a), (b)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1991.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                    1958 Act
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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2672..................................  50:171b.                             Au
g. 3, 1956, ch. 939, Sec.  406,
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0 Stat. 1015.
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    The word ``land'' is omitted as covered by the words ``any interest 
in land''. The words ``This section does not apply to the acquisition'' 
are substituted for the words ``The authority under this section may 
not, however, be used to acquire''. The words ``as a part of the same 
project'' are inserted for clarity.

                                                    1962 Act
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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2672..................................  50:171b.                             Au
g. 20, 1958, Pub. L. 85-685, Sec.
                                                                               
510, 72 Stat. 662.
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    This section effectuates the amendment to be source law by Pub. L. 
85-685.


                               Amendments

    1997--Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 2811(b)(1), substituted ``$500,000'' for 
``$200,000'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a)(1)(B), (2). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 2811(a), substituted 
``$500,000'' for ``$200,000''.
    1988--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100-456, Sec. 2804(1), substituted 
``The'' for ``Subject to subsection (b), the''.
    Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 100-456, Sec. 2804(2), (3), redesignated 
subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as 
follows: ``The Secretary of a military department may not enter into a 
contract under this section for the acquisition of any interest in land 
the cost of which exceeds $100,000 unless--
        ``(1) the Secretary has notified the appropriate committees of 
    Congress of his intent to acquire such interest, the cost of the 
    interest, and the reasons for acquiring the interest; and
        ``(2) a period of 21 days has elapsed from the date the 
    notification is received by the committees.''
    1986--Pub. L. 99-661 substituted ``interests'' for ``interest'' in 
section catchline, designated first sentence of subsec. (a) as par. (1) 
and, in subpar. (A) of par. (1) as so designated, substituted ``the 
Secretary'' for ``he or his designate'', designated second sentence of 
subsec. (a) as par. (2), and designated third sentence of subsec. (a) as 
subsec. (c).
    1985--Pub. L. 99-167 substituted ``interest in land when cost is not 
more than $200,000'' for ``interests in land when cost is not more than 
$100,000'' in section catchline and, in text, designated existing 
provisions as subsec. (a), and in subsec. (a) as so designated, 
substituted ``Subject to subsection (b), the'' for ``The'', redesignated 
cls. (1) and (2) as (A) and (B), substituted ``$200,000'' for 
``$100,000'' in two places, and added subsec. (b).
    1980--Pub. L. 96-418 substituted ``$100,000'' for ``$50,000'' in 
section catchline and in text.
    1971--Pub. L. 92-145 substituted ``$50,000'' for ``$25,000'' in 
section catchline and in two places in text, and included in the 
acquisition authority, the authority to make surveys and acquire 
interests in land (including temporary use) by gift, purchase, exchange 
of land owned by the United States, or otherwise, respectively.
    1962--Pub. L. 87-651 substituted ``$25,000'' for ``$5,000'' in 
section catchline and in two places in text, and ``he or his designee 
determines is needed'' for ``he determines is urgently needed'' in cl. 
(1).


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-456 effective Oct. 1, 1988, see section 
2702 of Pub. L. 100-456, set out as a note under section 2391 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2673 of this title.
