§ 277d-1. — Authorizations for Mexican treaty projects; acquisition of lands for relocation purposes; contracts and conveyances.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC277d-1]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER IV--INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
Sec. 277d-1. Authorizations for Mexican treaty projects;
acquisition of lands for relocation purposes; contracts and
conveyances
The Secretary of State, acting through the United States
Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States
and Mexico (herein referred to as the ``Commission''), in connection
with any project under the jurisdiction of the United States Section,
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico,
is authorized: (a) to purchase, or condemn, lands, or interests in
lands, for relocation of highways, roadways, railroads, telegraph,
telephone, or electric transmission lines, or any other properties
whatsoever, the relocation of which, in the judgment of the said
Commissioner, is necessitated by the construction or operation and
maintenance of any such project, and to perform any or all work involved
in said relocations on said lands, or interests in lands, other lands,
or interests in lands, owned and held by the United States in connection
with the construction or operation and maintenance of any such project,
or properties not owned by the United States; (b) to enter into
contracts with the owners of the said properties whereby they undertake
to acquire any, or all, property needed for said relocation, or to
perform any, or all, work involved in said relocations; and (c) for the
purpose of effecting completely said relocations, to convey, or exchange
Government properties acquired or improved under clause (a) of this
section, with or without improvements, or other properties owned and
held by the United States in connection with the construction or
operation and maintenance of said project, or to grant term or perpetual
easements therein or thereover. Grants or conveyances hereunder shall be
by instruments executed by the Secretary of State without regard to
provisions of law governing the patenting of public lands.
(Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948, title I, Sec. 101, 64 Stat. 846.)
Short Title
Section 1 of act Sept. 13, 1950, provided that: ``This Act [enacting
this section and sections 277d-2 to 277d-9 of this title] may be cited
as the `American-Mexican Treaty Act of 1950'.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 277d-5 of this title.
