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148 eluding an estimate of the total cost of the lands to be acquired or leases to be made. (b) The Secretary of each military department shall report quarterly to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on transactions described in subsection (a) that involve an estimated value of more than $5,000 but not more than $25,000. (c) This section applies only to real property in the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. I t does not apply to real property for river and harbor projects or flood-control projects, or to leases of Government-owned real property for agricultural or grazing purposes. (d) A statement in an instrument of conveyance, including a lease, that the requirements of this section have been met, or that the conveyance is not subject to this section, is conclusive. § 2663. Acquisition (a) The Secretary of a military department may have proceedings brought in the name of the United States, in a court of proper jurisdiction, to acquire by condemnation any interest in land, including temporary use, needed for— (1) the site, construction, or operation of fortifications, coast defenses, or military training camps; (2) the construction and operation of plants for the production of nitrate and other compounds, and the manufacture of explosives or other munitions of war; or (3) the development and transmission of power for the operation of plants under clause (2). Proceedings under this subsection shall be in accordance with the law of the State in which the suit is brought. (b) I n time of war or when war is imminent, the United States may, immediately upon the filing of a petition for condemnation under subsection (a), take and use the land to the extent of the interest sought to be acquired. (c) The Secretary of the military department concerned may contract for or buy any interest in land, including temporary use, needed for any purpose named in subsection (a), as soon as the owner fixes a price for it and the Secretary considers that price to be reasonable. (d) The Secretary of the military department concerned may accept for the United States a gift of any interest in land, including temporary use, for any purpose named in subsection (a). § 2664. Acquisition of property for lumber production (a) The Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Board, or any one or more of them, may have proceedings brought in the name of the United States to acquire by condemnation any interest in property named in subsection (b) and needed for— (1) the production of aircraft, vessels, dry docks, or equipment for them: (2) the procurement of supplies for aircraft, vessels, and dry docks; or (3) housing for persons employed by the United States in connection with functions of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, or the functions transferred to the Secretary of Commerce
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