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[CITE: 7USC4208]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                 CHAPTER 73--FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY
 
Sec. 4208. Limitations

    (a) This chapter does not authorize the Federal Government in any 
way to regulate the use of private or non-Federal land, or in any way 
affect the property rights of owners of such land.
    (b) None of the provisions or other requirements of this chapter 
shall apply to the acquisition or use of farmland for national defense 
purposes during a national emergency.

(Pub. L. 97-98, title XV, Sec. 1547, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1344; Pub. 
L. 101-624, title XXV, Sec. 2502, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4066.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-624 inserted before period at end 
``during a national emergency''.
