22 U.S.C. § 1392 — Acquisition of military and naval bases by United States

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This section authorizes the President of the United States, after negotiating with the President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines or the President of the Filipino Republic, to withhold or acquire and retain bases and related rights that he considers necessary for the mutual protection of the Philippine Islands and the United States.

After negotiating with the President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines or the President of the Filipino Republic, the President of the United States may use any means he considers appropriate to withhold, acquire, and retain bases, necessary appurtenances to those bases, and the rights connected with them. This authority is in addition to any authority provided by the Act of March 24, 1934. The President may do this for the bases and rights he considers necessary for the mutual protection of the Philippine Islands and the United States.

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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.

Source credit: (June 29, 1944, ch. 322, § 2, 58 Stat. 626.)

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1944Enacted · Act of June 29, 1944, ch. 322 · 58 Stat. 626

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