38 U.S.C. § 115

Acquisition of real property

For the purposes of sections 314, 315, 316, and 2406 of this title and subchapter I of chapter 81 of this title, the Secretary may acquire and use real property—

(1)

before title to the property is approved under section 3111 of title 40 ; and

(2)

even though the property will be held in other than a fee simple interest in a case in which the Secretary determines that the interest to be acquired is sufficient for the purposes of the intended use.

(Added Pub. L. 102–86, title IV, § 402(a) , Aug. 14, 1991 , 105 Stat. 422 ; amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1) , Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(d)(1) , Nov. 2, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4684 ; Pub. L. 107–217, § 3(j)(1) , Aug. 21, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1300 .)