16 USC § 79q - Pledge of full faith and credit of United States for payment of compensation for lands, etc., taken

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title: "16 USC § 79q - Pledge of full faith and credit of United States for payment of compensation for lands, etc., taken"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "79q"
section_name: "Pledge of full faith and credit of United States for payment of compensation for lands, etc., taken"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–250, title I, § 108, Mar. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 172.)"
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# § 79q. Pledge of full faith and credit of United States for payment of compensation for lands, etc., taken

The Congress further acknowledges and directs that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged to the prompt payment of just compensation as provided for by the fifth amendment to the Constitution of the United States for those lands and properties taken by this Act.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–250, title I, § 108, Mar. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 172.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, means , , , which, insofar as classified to the Code, enacted sections 79c–1 and 79k to 79q of this title, amended former section 1a–1 and sections 79b and 79c of this title, and enacted provisions set out and formerly set out as notes under . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of , , , which comprises this subchapter.