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33 U.S.C. § 592 — Condemnation of land in aid of person, com­pany, corporation, municipal or private

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If a person or private or municipal entity cannot buy land or an easement needed for a federally authorized river or harbor project, the Secretary of the Army may have the United States acquire it by condemnation. The entity that sought the land must pay all proceeding costs and any award and may have to post a bond.

When a person, company, or municipal or private corporation tries to obtain land or an easement needed for a river or harbor improvement authorized by Congress, so it can give the land to the United States without charge or build and give the United States locks, dry docks, other works, or related dams, but cannot obtain valid title by purchase, the Secretary of the Army may have the United States begin condemnation proceedings in its name. At the Secretary’s request, the Attorney General must begin and conduct the proceedings. The person, company, or corporation must pay all proceeding expenses and any award. Before proceedings begin, the Secretary may require a proper bond in an amount the Secretary considers necessary.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whenever any person, company, or corporation, municipal or private, shall undertake to secure any land or easement therein needed in connection with a work of river and harbor improvement duly authorized by Congress, for the purpose of conveying the same to the United States free of cost, or for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating locks, dry docks, or other works to be conveyed to the United States free of cost, and of constructing, maintaining and operating dams for use in connection therewith, and shall be unable for any reason to obtain the same by purchase and acquire a valid title thereto, the Secretary of the Army may, in his discretion, cause proceedings to be instituted in the name of the United States for the acquirement by condemnation of said land or easement, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the United States to institute and conduct such proceedings upon the request of the Secretary of the Army: Provided, That all expenses of said proceedings and any award that may be made thereunder shall be paid by the said person, company, or corporation, to secure which payment the Secretary of the Army may require the said person, company, or corporation to execute a proper bond in such amount as he may deem necessary before said proceedings are commenced.

Source credit: (May 16, 1906, ch. 2465, 34 Stat. 196; June 29, 1906, ch. 3628, 34 Stat. 632; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1906Enacted · Act of May 16, 1906, ch. 2465 · 34 Stat. 196
  • 1906Amended · Act of June 29, 1906, ch. 3628 · 34 Stat. 632
  • 1947Amended · Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343 · 61 Stat. 501

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 2465 on 1906-05-16.

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