18 USC § 4010
Acquisition of additional land
October 30, 2020
USC

The Attorney General may, when authorized by law, acquire land adjacent to or in the vicinity of a Federal penal or correctional institution if he considers the additional land essential to the protection of the health or safety of the inmates of the institution.

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Statutes at Large

5 U.S.C. 341f. July 28, 1950, ch. 503, §7, 64 Stat. 381.
Sept. 16, 1959, Pub. L. 86–286, 73 Stat. 567.

The reference to an appropriation law is omitted as covered by the words "when authorized by law".


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