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[CITE: 10USC7425]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                  CHAPTER 641--NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES
 
Sec. 7425. Acquisition by condemnation and purchase

    (a) Whenever the Secretary is unable to make arrangements he 
considers satisfactory for exchanges of land or agreements for 
conservation authorized by section 7424 of this title, the Secretary may 
acquire, with the approval of the President, such privately owned lands 
and leases--
        (1) by purchase, inside the naval petroleum reserves, or outside 
    those reserves on the same geologic structure; and
        (2) by condemnation, inside Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1, 
    or, if there is substantial drainage, outside that reserve on the 
    same geologic structure.

    (b) The Secretary shall report annually to Congress all proceedings 
for purchase and condemnation under this section.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 458; Pub. L. 94-258, title II, 
Sec. 201(6), Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, 
Sec. 513(32)(A), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2933; Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 
[div. C, title XXXIV, Sec. 3402(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 
1654A-484.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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7425..................................  34 U.S.C. 524 (5th par., 1st 123     Ju
ne 4, 1920, ch. 228 (5th par.,
                                         words, and 169th through 193d        1
st 123 words, and 169th through
                                         words).                              1
93d words, of amended 3d and 4th
                                                                              p
rovisos), 41 Stat. 813; June 30,
                                                                              1
938, ch. 851, Sec.  1, 52 Stat.
                                                                              1
252; June 17, 1944, ch. 262, 58
                                                                              S
tat. 282.
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    The words ``Whenever the Secretary of the Navy is unable'' are 
substituted for the words ``In the event of the inability of the 
Secretary of the Navy'' for brevity.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-398 substituted ``for exchanges of 
land or agreements for conservation authorized by section 7424 of this 
title, the Secretary may acquire'' for ``for--
        ``(1) exchanges of land or agreements for conservation 
    authorized by section 7424 of this title; or
        ``(2) contracts for joint, unit, or other cooperative plans with 
    respect to lands or leases authorized by section 7426 of this title;
he may acquire''.
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``Naval Petroleum 
Reserve Numbered 1'' for ``naval petroleum reserve numbered 1''.
    1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-258 struck out ``of the Navy'' after 
``Secretary''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 43 section 1601.
