Acquisition of property for lumber production

§ 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 149or the Federal Maritime Board by 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 21, effective May 24, 1950 (64 Stat. 1273), as the case may be. Proceedings under this subsection shall be in accordance with the laws of the State in which the suit is brought. (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 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) for any purpose named in subsection (a).