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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 831dd. Liberal construction of chapter; sale of surplus lands
This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out the
purposes of Congress to provide for the disposition of and make
needful rules and regulations respecting Government properties
entrusted to the Authority, provide for the national defense,
improve navigation, control destructive floods, and promote
interstate commerce and the general welfare, but no real estate
shall be held except what is necessary in the opinion of the Board
to carry out plans and projects actually decided upon requiring the
use of such land: Provided, That any land purchased by the
Authority and not necessary to carry out plans and projects
actually decided upon shall be sold by the Authority as agent of
the United States, after due advertisement, at public auction to
the highest bidder.
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