Sec. 9771. [9772. 9773. CHAPTER 949-REAL PROPERTY Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, or aviation field. Repealed.] Acquisition and construction: air bases and depots. [9774, 9775. Repealed.] 9776. 9777. 9778. 9779. 9780. 9781. Emergency construction: fortifications. Permits: military reservations; landing ferries, erecting bridges, driving Licenses: military reservations; erection and use of buildings; Young Men's Use of public property. Acquisition of buildings in District of Columbia. Disposition of real property at missile sites. § 9771. Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, or aviation field The Secretary of the Air Force may accept for the United States a gift of (1) land that he considers suitable and desirable for a permanent mobilization, training, or supply base; and (2) land that he considers suitable and desirable for an aviation field, if the gift is from a citizen of the United States and its terms authorize the use of the property by the United States for any purpose. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 588.) [§ 9772. Repealed. P.L. 94-579, § 704(a), Oct 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792] § 9773. Acquisition and construction: air bases and depots (a) The Secretary of the Air Force shall determine the sites of such additional permanent air bases and depots in all strategic areas of the United States and the Territories, Commonwealths, possessions, and holdings as he considers necessary. He shall determine when the enlargement of existing air bases and depots is necessary for the effective peacetime training of the Air Force. (b) In determining the sites of new air bases and depots, the Secretary shall consider the following regions for the purposes indicated (1) the Atlantic northeast, for training in cold weather and in fog; (2) the Atlantic southeast and Caribbean areas, for training in long-range operations, especially those incident to reinforcing the defenses of the Panama Canal; (3) the southeastern United States, to provide a depot necessary to maintain the Air Force; (4) the Pacific northwest, to establish and maintain air communication with Alaska; (5) Alaska, for training under conditions of extreme cold; (6) the Rocky Mountain area, to provide a depot necessary to maintain the Air Force, and for training in operations from fields in high altitudes; and (7) other regions, for the establishment of intermediate air bases to provide for transcontinental movements of the Air Force for maneuvers. (c) In selecting sites for air bases and depots covered by this section and in determining the alteration or enlargement of existing air bases or depots, the Secretary shall consider the need (1) to form the nucleus for concentration of Air Force units in time of war; (2) to permit, in time of peace, training and effective planning in each strategic area for the use and expansion of commercial, municipal, and private flying installations in time of war; (3) to locate, in each strategic area in which it is considered necessary, adequate storage facilities for munitions and other articles necessary to facilitate the movement, concentration, maintenance, and operation of the Air Force; and (4) to afford the maximum warning against surprise attack by enemy aircraft upon aviation of the United States and its necessary installations consistent with maintaining, in connection with existing or contemplated landing fields, the full power of the Air Force for operations necessary in the defense of the United States, and in the defense and reinforcement of the Territories, Commonwealths, possessions, and holdings. (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary, on behalf of the United States, may acquire title, in fee simple and free of encumbrance, to any land that he considers necessary (1) by accepting title without cost to the United States; (2) by exchanging military reservations or parts thereof for that land, upon the written approval of the President; or (3) by purchase or condemnation, if acquisition by gift or exchange is impracticable. (e) The Secretary may, by purchase, gift, lease, or otherwise, acquire at desired locations bombing and machine gun ranges necessary for practice by, and the training of, tactical units. (f) At each air base or depot established under this section, the Secretary shall remove or remodel existing structures as necessary; do necessary grading; and provide buildings, utilities, communication systems, landing fields and mats, roads, walks, aprons, docks, runways, facilities for the storage and distribution of ammunition, fuel, oil, necessary protection against bombs, and all appurtenances to the foregoing. (g) The Secretary may direct the transportation of personnel, and the purchase, renovation, and transportation of material, that he considers necessary to carry out this section. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 588.) (1) a dwelling house occupied as such; (2) a building occupied by any other agency of the United States; or (3) space in such a dwelling house or building. The Secretary shall determine, and pay out of funds appropriated for the payment of rent by the Department of the Air Force, just compensation for that use. If the amount of the compensation is not satisfactory to the person entitled to it, the Secretary shall pay 75 percent of it to that person, and the claimant is entitled to recover by action against the United States an additional amount that, when added to the amount paid by the Secretary, is determined by the court to be just compensation for that use. (Added P.L. 85–861, § 1(203)(A), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1542.) § 9781. Disposition of real property at missile sites (a)(1) The Administrator of General Services shall dispose of the interest of the United States in any tract of real property described in paragraph (2) or in any easement held in connection with any such tract of real property only as provided in this section. (2) The real property referred to in paragraph (1) is any tract of land (including improvements thereon) owned by the Air Force that— (A) is not required for the needs of the Air Force and the discharge of the responsibilities of the Air Force, as determined by the Secretary of the Air Force; (B) does not exceed 25 acres; (C) was used by the Air Force as a site for one or more missile launch facilities, missile launch control buildings, or other facilities to support missile launch operations; and (D) is surrounded by lands that are adjacent to such tract and that (i) are owned in fee simple by one owner, either individually or by more than one person jointly, in common, or by the entirety; or (ii) are owned separately by two or more owners. (b)(1)(A) Whenever the interest of the United States in a tract of real property or easement referred to in subsection (a) is available for disposition under this section, the Administrator shall transmit a notice of the availability of the real property or easement to each person described in subsection (a)(2)(D)(i) who owns lands adjacent to that real property or easement. (B) The Administrator shall convey, for fair market value, the interest of the United States in a tract of land referred to in subsection (a), or in any easement in connection with such a tract of land, to any person or persons described in subsection (a)(2)(D)(i) who, with respect to such land, are ready, willing, and able to purchase such interest for the fair market value of such interest. (2)(A) In the case of a tract of real property referred to in subsection (a) that is surrounded by adjacent lands that are owned separately by two or more owners, the Administrator shall dispose of that tract of real property in accordance with this paragraph. In disposing of the real property, the Administrator shall satisfy the |