---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 1311"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "1311"
heading: "Authority of President to obtain release"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/1311"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services"
  - "Chapter 13 — Public Property"
---

# §1311. Authority of President to obtain release


For the use or benefit of the Federal Government, the President may obtain from an individual or officer to whom land has been or will be conveyed a release of the individual’s or officer’s interest to the Government.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1138.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1311 | 40:305. | R.S. § 3752. |