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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 7425. Acquisition by condemnation and purchase
(a) Whenever the Secretary is unable to make arrangements he
considers satisfactory for exchanges of land or agreements for
conservation authorized by section 7424 of this title, the
Secretary may acquire, with the approval of the President, such
privately owned lands and leases -
(1) by purchase, inside the naval petroleum reserves, or
outside those reserves on the same geologic structure; and
(2) by condemnation, inside Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1,
or, if there is substantial drainage, outside that reserve on the
same geologic structure.
(b) The Secretary shall report annually to Congress all
proceedings for purchase and condemnation under this section.
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