- Congress has the power to acquire, manage, and dispose of various federal areas.
- That power relates to the District of Columbia and to the several federal territories, including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
-It also covers hundreds of military and naval installations, arsenals, dockyards, post offices, prison facilities, park and forest preserves, and many other federal holdings throughout the country.
-The Federal Government may acquire property by purchase or gift. It may do so through the exercise of eminent domain: the inherent power to take private property for public use.
-Territory may also be acquired from a foreign state based on the power to admit new states, the war powers, and the president's treaty-making power. Under international law, any sovereign state may acquire unclaimed territory by discovery.
- That power relates to the District of Columbia and to the several federal territories, including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
-It also covers hundreds of military and naval installations, arsenals, dockyards, post offices, prison facilities, park and forest preserves, and many other federal holdings throughout the country.
-The Federal Government may acquire property by purchase or gift. It may do so through the exercise of eminent domain: the inherent power to take private property for public use.
-Territory may also be acquired from a foreign state based on the power to admit new states, the war powers, and the president's treaty-making power. Under international law, any sovereign state may acquire unclaimed territory by discovery.