Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 79g. Contract authorization within prescribed cost limits; installments: duration, interest; provisions for payment of judgments and compromise settlements applicable to judgments against United States
Statutory text
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall have the same authority with respect to contracts for the acquisition of land and interests in land for the purposes of this subchapter as was given the Secretary of the Treasury for other land acquisitions by section 3171 of title 40, and the Secretary and the owner of land to be acquired under this subchapter may agree that the purchase price will be paid in periodic installments over a period that does not exceed ten years, with interest on the unpaid balance thereof at a rate which is not in excess of the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States with remaining periods to maturity comparable to the average maturities on the installments.
Judgments against the United States, including final partial judgments and compromise settlements of claims referred to the Attorney General for defense of suits against the United States, for amounts in excess of the deposit in court in actions under section 79c of this title shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of section 1304 of title 31, and section 2414 of title 28. Final partial judgments and compromise settlements are payable only after certification by the Attorney General to the Comptroller General that it is in the interest of the United States to do so.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 90–545 § 7 · 82 Stat. 931
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 79g
Pub. L. 90–545, § 7, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 934
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 90–545, § 7, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 934Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall have the same authority with respect to contracts for the acquisition of land and interests in land for the purposes of this Act as was given the Secretary of the Treasury for other land acquisitions by section 34 of the Act of May 30, 1968 (35 Stat. 545; 40 U.S.C. 261), and the Secretary and the owner of land to be acquired under this Act may agree that the purchase price will be paid in periodic installments over a period that does not exceed ten years, with interest on the unpaid balance thereof at a rate which is not in excess of the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States with remaining periods to maturity comparable to the average maturities on the installments. (b) Judgments against the United States for amounts in excess of the deposit in court made in condemnation actions shall be subject to the provisions of section 1302 of the Act of July 27, 1956 (70 Stat. 694), us amended (31 U.S.C. 724a), and the Act of June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 75 Stat. 415. 979), as amended (28 U.S.C. 2414, 2517).Pub. L. 99–151 title II § 203 · 99 Stat. 792
Changed · 16 U.S.C. § 79g(b)
Pub. L. 99–151, in amending subsec. (b) generally
Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 79g(b)
Pub. L. 99–151, in inserted provisions relating to final partial judgments and compromise settlements
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 79g(b)
Pub. L. 99–151, in substituted reference to actions under section 79c of this title for reference to condemnation actions, and deleted reference to section 2517 of title 28
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–151, in amending subsec. (b) generally, inserted provisions relating to final partial judgments and compromise settlements, substituted reference to actions under section 79c of this title for reference to condemnation actions, and deleted reference to section 2517 of title 28.
1 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 3 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
“Section 3171 of title 40” substituted in subsec. (a) for “section 34 of the Act of May 30, 1908 (35 Stat. 545; 40 U.S.C. 261)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), , 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
Amendments
1985—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–151, in amending subsec. (b) generally, inserted provisions relating to final partial judgments and compromise settlements, substituted reference to actions under section 79c of this title for reference to condemnation actions, and deleted reference to section 2517 of title 28.
Credits
1968–1985 · 2 acts
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(Pub. L. 90–545, § 7, , 82 Stat. 934; Pub. L. 99–151, title II, § 203, , 99 Stat. 807.)