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[CITE: 10USC4780]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                       CHAPTER 449--REAL PROPERTY
 
Sec. 4780. Acquisition of buildings in District of Columbia

    (a) In time of war or when war is imminent, the Secretary of the 
Army may acquire by lease any building, or part of a building, in the 
District of Columbia that may be needed for military purposes.
    (b) At any time, the Secretary may, for the purposes of the 
Department of the Army, requisition the use and take possession of any 
building or space in any building, and its appurtenances, in the 
District of Columbia, other than--
        (1) a dwelling house occupied as such;
        (2) a building occupied by any other agency of the United 
    States; or
        (3) space in such a dwelling house or building.

The Secretary shall determine, and pay out of funds appropriated for the 
payment of rent by the Department of the Army, just compensation for 
that use. If the amount of the compensation is not satisfactory to the 
person entitled to it, the Secretary shall pay 75 percent of it to that 
person, and the claimant is entitled to recover by action against the 
United States an additional amount that, when added to the amount paid 
by the Secretary, is determined by the court to be just compensation for 
that use.

(Added Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(105)(A), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1489.)

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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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4780(a)...............................  40:37.                               Ju
ly 9, 1918, ch. 143 (3d proviso
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nder ``Barracks and Quarters''),
                                                                              4
0 Stat. 861.
4780(b)...............................  40:41.                               Ju
ly 8, 1918, ch. 139 (2d par.
                                                                              u
nder ``War Department''), 40
                                                                              S
tat. 826.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``may acquire by lease'' are 
substituted for the words ``is authorized, in his discretion, to rent or 
lease''. The word ``needed'' is substituted for the word ``required''.
    In subsection (b), the words ``At any time'' are inserted for 
clarity. The word ``may'' is substituted for the words ``is 
authorized''. The word ``agency'' is substituted for the word 
``branch''. Clause (3) is inserted for clarity. The word ``determine'' 
is substituted for the word ``ascertain''. The words ``out of funds 
appropriated for the payment of rent by'' are substituted for the words 
``within the limits of the appropriations for rent made by any act 
making appropriations for''. The word ``is'' is substituted for the word 
``be''. The words ``so ascertained'' and ``in the manner provided by 
sections 41(20) and 250 of Title 28'' are omitted as surplusage, since 
those sections were repealed in 1948 and replaced by sections 1346, 
1491, 1496, 1501, 1503, 2401, 2402, and 2501 of that title.
