---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 3118"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "3118"
heading: "Right of taking as addition to existing rights"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/3118"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part A — General"
  - "Chapter 31 — General"
  - "Subchapter II — Acquiring Land"
---

# §3118. Right of taking as addition to existing rights


The right to take possession and title in advance of final judgment in condemnation proceedings as provided by [section 3114 of this title](/usc/40/3114.md) is in addition to any right, power, or authority conferred by the laws of the [United States](/usc/40/3301.md?p=a-6) or of a [State](/usc/40/3501.md?p=3), territory, or possession of the [United States](/usc/40/3301.md?p=a-6) under which the proceeding may be conducted, and does not abrogate, limit, or modify that right, power, or authority.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1147.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 3118 | 40:258d. | Feb. 26, 1931, ch. 307, § 4, 46 Stat. 1422. |

The words “State, territory, or possession of the United States” are substituted for “State or Territory” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.