2021 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle B - Army
Part IV - Service, Supply, and Procurement
Chapter 779 - Real Property
Sec. 7776 - Emergency construction: fortifications

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 7776 (2021)
Section Name §7776. Emergency construction: fortifications
Section Text

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

Source Credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 270, §4776; Pub. L. 91–393, §5, Sept. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 835; renumbered §7776, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
4776 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

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4776 of this title as this section.

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


STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle B - Army
PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 779 - REAL PROPERTY
Sec. 7776 - Emergency construction: fortifications
Contains section 7776
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 30 Stat. 737
84 Stat. 835
132 Stat. 1839
Public Law References Public Law 91-393, Public Law 115-232
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