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18 U.S.C. 4010: Acquisition of additional landText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 18-CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURECHAPTER 301-GENERAL PROVISIONS
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§4010. Acquisition of additional land

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.

(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 3(f) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 610 .)

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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”.