The Attorney General may, when authorized by law, acquire land adjacent to or in the vicinity of a Federal penal or correctional institution if he considers the additional land essential to the protection of the health or safety of the inmates of the institution.
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| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large |
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| 5 U.S.C. 341f. | July 28, 1950, ch. 503, §7, |
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| Sept. 16, 1959,
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The reference to an appropriation law is omitted as covered by the words "when authorized by law".