·(5) A report of excess real property owned by the United States to a disposal agency, if the estimated value is more than $50,000.

If a transaction covered by clause (1) or (2) is part of a project, the report must include a summarization of the general plan for that project, including 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 $50,000.

(c) This section applies only to real property in the United States and Puerto Rico. It 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 pur

poses.

(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. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 1, 70A Stat. 147); as amended, June 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86-500, 74 Stat. 166; as amended, July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86-624, § 4(c), 74 Stat. 411.

(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).

(b) In 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). Aug. 10, 1956, c. 1041, § 1, 70A Stat. 147, amended Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85-861, § 33 (a) (14), 72 Stat. 1565.

Section 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), including temporary use, 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 or the Federal Maritime Board by 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 21, effective May 24, 1950 (64 Stat. 1273), as the case may be.

(b) The kinds of property that may be acquired by condemnation under subsection (a) are

(1) standing or fallen timber;

(2) sawmills;

(3) camps;

(4) machinery;

(5) logging roads;
(6) rights-of-way;

(7) supplies; and

(8) works, property, or appliances suitable for the production of lumber and timber products.

(c) Jurisdiction over condemnation proceedings under this section is vested in the United States District Court for the district in which the property, or any part of it, sought to be condemned is located, regardless of its value.

(d) In 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 property to the extent of the interest sought to be acquired.

(e) A person named in subsection (a) may contract for or buy any interest in property named in subsection (b), including temporary use, needed for any purpose named in subsection (a), as

soon as the owner fixes a price for it and that person considers that price to be reasonable.

(f) A person named in subsection (a) may accept for the United States a gift of any property named in subsection (b), including temporary use, for any purpose named in subsection (a). Aug. 10, 1956, c. 1041, § 1, 70A Stat. 148, amended Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85-861, § 33 (a) (15), 72 Stat. 1565.

Section 2665. Sale of certain interests in land; logs.

(a) The President, through an executive department or the Federal Maritime Board, may sell to any person or foreign government any interest in land that is acquired under section 2664 of this title for the production of lumber or timber products, except land under the control of the Department of the Army or the Department of the Air Force.

(b) The President, through an executive department or the Federal Maritime Board, may sell to any person or foreign government any logs wholly or partly manufactured by, or otherwise procured for, the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Federal Maritime Board.

(c) Sales under subsection (a) or (b) shall be at prices determined by the President acting through the selling agency.

(d) Proceeds of sales under subsection (a) or (b) shall be credited to the appropriations under which the property was procured. (Aug. 10, 1956, c. 1041, § 1, 70A Stat. 149.)

Section 2666. Acquisition: land purchase contracts; limitation on commission.

The maximum amount payable as commission on a contract for the purchase of land from funds appropriated for the Department of Defense is 2 percent of the purchase price. (Aug. 10, 1956, c. 1041, § 1, 70A Stat. 149.)

Section 2667. Leases: non-excess property.

(a) Whenever the Secretary of a military department considers it advantageous to the United States, he may lease to such lessee and upon such terms as he considers will promote the national defense or be in the public interest, real or personal property that is

(1) under the control of that department;

(2) not for the time needed for public use; and

(3) not excess property, as defined by section 472 of title 40. (b) A lease under subsection (a)

(1) may not be for more than five years, unless the Secretary concerned determines that a lease for a longer period will promote the national defense or be in the public interest;

(2) may give the lessee the first right to buy the property if the lease is revoked to allow the United States to sell the property under any other provision of law;

(3) must permit the Secretary to revoke the lease at any time unless he determines that the omission of such a provision will promote the national defense or be in the public interest;

(4) must be revocable by the Secretary during a national emergency declared by the President; and

(5) may provide, notwithstanding section 303b of title 40 or any other provision of law, for the maintenance, protection, repair, or restoration, by the lessee, of the property leased, or of the entire unit or installation where a substantial part of it is leased, as part or all of the consideration for the lease.

(c) This section does not apply to oil, mineral, or phosphate lands.

(d) Money rentals received by the United States directly from a lease under this section shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Payments for utilities or services furnished to the lessee under such a lease by the department concerned may be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation from which the cost of furnishing them was paid.

(e) The interest of a lessee of property leased under this section may be taxed by State or local governments. A lease under this section shall provide that, if and to the extent that the leased property is later made taxable by State or local governments under an act of Congress, the lease shall be renegotiated. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1014, § 1, 70A Stat. 150.)

Section 2668. Easements for rights-of-way.

(a) If the Secretary of a military department finds that it will not be against the public interest, he may grant, upon such terms as he considers advisable, easements for right-of-way over, in, and upon public lands permanently withdrawn or reserved for the use of that department, and other lands under his control, to a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession, or political subdivision thereof, or to a citizen, association, partnership, or corporation of a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession, for

(1) railroad tracks;

(2) oil pipe lines;

(3) substations for electric power transmission lines, telephone lines, and telegraph lines, and pumping stations for gas, water, sewer, and oil pipe lines;

(4) canals;

(5) ditches;

(6) flumes;

(7) tunnels;

(8) dams and reservoirs in connection with fish and wildlife programs, fish hatcheries, and other improvements relating to fish-culture;

(9) roads and streets; and

(10) any other purpose that he considers advisable, except a purpose covered by section 2669 of this.title or by section 961 of title 43.

(b) No easement granted under this section may include more land than is necessary for the easement.

(c) The Secretary of the military department concerned may terminate all or part of any easement granted under this section for

(1) failure to comply with the terms of the grant;

(2) nonuse for a two-year period; or

(3) abandonment.

(d) Copies of instruments granting easements over public lands under this section shall be furnished to the Secretary of the Interior. (Aug. 10, 1956, c. 1041, § 1, 70A Stat. 150.)

Section 2669.

Easements for rights-of-way: gas, water, sewer pipe lines.

(a) If the Secretary of a military department finds that it will be in the public interest and will not substantially injure the interest of the United States in the property affected, he may grant, upon such terms as he considers advisable, easements for rightsof-way over, in, and upon public lands permanently withdrawn or reserved for the use of that department, and other lands under his control, for gas, water, and sewer pipe lines, to a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession, or political subdivision thereof, or to a citizen, association, partnership, or corporation of a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession.

(b) No easement granted under this section may include more land than is necessary for the easement.

(c) The Secretary of the military department concerned may terminate all or part of any easement granted under this section for

(1) failure to comply with the terms of the grant;
(2) nonuse; or

(3) abandonment.

(d) The Secretary concerned shall include in his annual report to the President a complete statement of each easement granted under this section, including the name and address of the grantee, the purpose of the grant, and the benefits accruing to the United States or to the public. (Aug. 10, 1956, c. 1041, § 1, 70A Stat. 151.)