10 USC § 7776 - Emergency construction: fortifications

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title: "10 USC § 7776 - Emergency construction: fortifications"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7776"
section_name: "Emergency construction: fortifications"
chapter_number: 779
chapter_name: "REAL PROPERTY"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 270, § 4776; Pub. L. 91–393, § 5, Sept. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 835; renumbered § 7776, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)"
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# § 7776. Emergency construction: fortifications

If in an emergency the President considers it urgent, a temporary fort or fortification may be built on private land if the owner consents in writing.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 270, § 4776; Pub. L. 91–393, § 5, Sept. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 835; renumbered § 7776, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 4776 | 50:178. | Apr. 11, 1898, J. Res. 21, 30 Stat. 737. |

The word “important” is omitted as covered by the word “urgent”. The words “upon which such work is to be placed” are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1970— struck out at end “In such a case,  does not apply.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .