---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9776"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9776"
heading: "Emergency construction: fortifications"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9776"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Procurement"
  - "Chapter 979 — Real Property"
---

# §9776. Emergency construction: fortifications


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


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 591; Pub. L. 91–393, § 5, Sept. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 835; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(e)(18), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3819.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 9776 | 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

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “installation” for “air base”.

1970—Pub. L. 91–393 struck out “In such a case, section 175 of title 50 does not apply.”