10 USC 9776: Emergency construction: fortifications
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10 USC 9776: Emergency construction: fortifications Text contains those laws in effect on April 26, 2024
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle D-Air Force and Space ForcePART IV-SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENTCHAPTER 979-REAL PROPERTY

§9776. Emergency construction: fortifications

If in an emergency the President considers it urgent, a temporary installation or fortification may be built on private land if the owner consents in writing.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 591 ; Pub. L. 91–393, §5, Sept. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 835 ; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, §923(e)(18), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3819 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
9776 50:178. Apr. 11, 1898, J. Res. 21, 30 Stat. 737.

The word "important" is omitted as covered by the word "urgent". The words "upon which such work is to be placed" are omitted as surplusage.


Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021-Pub. L. 116–283 substituted "installation" for "air base".

1970-Pub. L. 91–393 struck out "In such a case, section 175 of title 50 does not apply."