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42 U.S.C. § 4602 — Effect upon property acquisition
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**(a)** The provisions of [section 4651 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4651&num=0&edition=prelim) create no rights or liabilities and shall not affect the validity of any property acquisitions by purchase or condemnation.
**(b)** Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as creating in any condemnation proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain, any element of value or of damage not in existence immediately prior to January 2, 1971.
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**(a)** The provisions of [section 4651 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4651&num=0&edition=prelim) create no rights or liabilities and shall not affect the validity of any property acquisitions by purchase or condemnation.
**(b)** Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as creating in any condemnation proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain, any element of value or of damage not in existence immediately prior to January 2, 1971.
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In order to encourage and expedite the acquisition of real property by agreements with owners, to avoid litigation and relieve congestion in the courts, to assure consistent treatment for owners in the many Federal programs, and to promote public confidence in Federal land acquisition practices, heads of Federal agencies shall, to the greatest extent practicable, be guided by the following policies:
(1) The head of a Federal agency shall make every reasonable effort to acquire expeditiously real property by negotiation.
(2) Real property shall be appraised before the initiation of negotiations, and the owner or his designated representative shall be given an opportunity to accompany the appraiser during his inspection of the property, except that the head of the lead agency may prescribe a procedure to waive the appraisal in cases involving the acquisition by sale or donation of property with a low fair market value.
(3) Before the initiation of negotiations for real property, the head of the Federal agency concerned shall establish an amount which he believes to be just compensation therefor and shall make a prompt offer to acquire the property for the full amount so established. In no event shall such amount be less than the agency’s approved appraisal of the fair market value of such property. Any decrease or increase in the fair market value of real property prior to the date of valuation caused by the public improvement for which such property is acquired, or by the likelihood that the property would be acquired for such improvement, other than that due to physical deterioration within the reasonable control of the owner, will be disregarded in determining the compensation for the property. The head of the Federal agency concerned shall provide the owner of real
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As used in this chapter—
(1) The term “Federal agency” means any department, agency, or instrumentality in the executive branch of the Government, any wholly owned Government corporation, the Architect of the Capitol, the Federal Reserve banks and branches thereof, and any person who has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain under Federal law.
(2) The term “State” means any of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any political subdivision thereof.
(3) The term “State agency” means any department, agency, or instrumentality of a State or of a political subdivision of a State, any department, agency, or instrumentality of 2 or more States or of 2 or more political subdivisions of a State or States, and any person who has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain under State law.
(4) The term “Federal financial assistance” means a grant, loan, or contribution provided by the United States, except any Federal guarantee or insurance, any interest reduction payment to an individual in connection with the purchase and occupancy of a residence by that individual, and any annual payment or capital loan to the District of Columbia.
(5) The term “person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association.
(6)
(A) The term “displaced person” means, except as provided in subparagraph (B)—
(i) any person who moves from real property, or moves his personal property from real property—
(I) as a direct result of a written notice of intent to acquire or the acquisition of such real property in whole or in part for a program or project undertaken by a Federal agency or with
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 4602
ing provisions set out as notes under sections 501 and
510 of Title 23], and (12) of section 220(a) of this title and
section 306 of title III [repealing sections 3071 to 3073 of
this title, section 141 of Title 23, and section 596 of Title
33, Navigation and Navigable Waters] shall not apply to
any State so long as sections 210 and 305 [sections 4630
and 4655 of this title] are not applicable in such State.’’
SHORT TITLE OF 1987 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 100–17, title IV, § 401, Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 246,
provided that: ‘‘This title [enacting section 4604 of this
title, amending this section and sections 4621 to 4626,
4630, 4631, 4633, 4636, 4638, 4651, and 4655 of this title, re-
pealing sections 4634 and 4637 of this title, and enacting
provisions set out as a note under this section] may be
cited as the ‘Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of
1987’.’’
SHORT TITLE
Pub. L. 91–646, § 1, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1894, provided:
‘‘That this Act [enacting this chapter, amending sec-
tions 1415, 2473, and 3307 of this title and section 1606 of
former Title 49, Transportation, repealing sections 1465
and 3071 to 3074 of this title, section 2680 of Title 10,
Armed Forces, sections 141 and 501 to 512 of Title 23,
Highways, section 596 of Title 33, Navigation and Navi-
gable Waters, sections 1231 to 1234 of Title 43, Public
Lands, and enacting provisions set out as notes under
this section and sections 4621 and 4651 of this title, and
repealing provisions set out as notes under sections 501
and 510 of Title 23] may be cited as the ‘Uniform Relo-
cation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Poli-
cies Act of 1970’.’’
WILLING SELLERS CONSIDERED DISPLACED PERSONS
Pub. L. 111–8, div. E, title I, Mar. 11, 2009
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