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[CITE: 22USC1392]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
               CHAPTER 15--THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER VI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1392. Acquisition of military and naval bases by United 
        States
        
    After negotiation with the President of the Commonwealth of the 
Philippines, or the President of the Filipino Republic, the President of 
the United States is authorized by such means as he finds appropriate to 
withhold or to acquire and to retain such bases, necessary appurtenances 
to such bases, and the rights incident thereto, in addition to any 
provided for by the Act of March 24, 1934, as he may deem necessary for 
the mutual protection of the Philippine Islands and of the United 
States.

(June 29, 1944, ch. 322, Sec. 2, 58 Stat. 626.)

                       References in Text

    Act of March 24, 1934, as amended, referred to in text, is act Mar. 
24, 1934, ch. 84, 48 Stat. 456, as amended, which enacted sections 
1281a, 1391, 1393 to 1395 of this title, and section 1248 of Title 48, 
Territories and Insular Possessions, amended sections 1231 to 1234, 
1237, 1238, 1239, 1241 to 1243, 1245, and 1247 of Title 48, and enacted 
a provision set out as a note under section 1391 of this title. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.


                         Philippine Independence

    Philippine Islands granted independence by Proc. No. 2695, which is 
set out as a note under section 1394 of this title, and they now 
constitute a republic.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1385 of this title.
