32 C.F.R. § 552.32 Authority to Acquire Real Estate and Interests Therein

• Library: Code of Federal Regulations
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through December 31, 2023
• Citation: 32 C.F.R. § 552.32
• Year: 2023

While the Federal Government has the inherent power to acquire land for its constitutional purposes, this power can be exercised only at the discretion of Congress (Van Brocklin v. Tennessee, 117 U.S. 151; 29 L. Ed. 845; 6 S. Ct. 670). No land shall be purchased on account of the United States, except under a law authorizing such purchase (R. S. 3736; 41 U.S.C. 41undefined14 ). No real estate not in Federal ownership shall be acquired by a military department, except as such acquisition is...