Acquisition by condemnation and purchase

§ 7425. Acquisition by condemnation and purchase (a) Whenever the Secretary of the Navy is unable to make arrangements he considers satisfactory for— (1) exchanges of land or agreements for conservation authorized by section 7424 of this title; or 459 (2) contracts for joint, unit, or other cooperative plans with respect to lands or leases authorized by section 7426 of this title; he may acquire, with the approval of the President, such privately owned lands and leases— (1) by purchase, inside the naval petroleum reserves, or outside those reserves on the same geologic structure; and (2) by condemnation, inside naval petroleum reserve numbered 1, or, if there is substantial drainage, outside that reserve on the same geologic structure. (b) The Secretary shall report annually to Congress all proceedings for purchase and condemnation under this section.