Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture
§ 2268a. Acquisition of land; options
Statutory text
The Department of Agriculture is authorized to acquire land, or interest therein, by purchase, exchange or otherwise, as may be necessary to carry out its authorized work: Provided, That no acquisition shall be made under this authority unless provision is made therefor in the applicable appropriation or other law.
Appropriations for the Department of Agriculture which are available for the purchase of land may be expended for options to purchase land: Provided, That not to exceed $1 may be expended for each option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land unless otherwise provided in appropriation or other law.
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. 84–950 § 11 · 70 Stat. 973
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2268a
(Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 950, § 11, 70 Stat. 1034.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 950, § 11, 70 Stat. 1034.)
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 428a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Credits
(Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 950, § 11, 70 Stat. 1034.)