33 U.S.C. § 595a : US Code - Section 595A: Compensation for taking or condemnation of property for public improvements; fair market value; partial taking; effective date

Search 33 U.S.C. § 595a : US Code - Section 595A: Compensation for taking or condemnation of property for public improvements; fair market value; partial taking; effective date

In all cases where real property shall be taken by the United
States for the public use in connection with any improvement of
rivers, harbors, canals, or waterways of the United States, and in
all condemnation proceedings by the United States to acquire lands
or easements for such improvements, the compensation to be paid for
real property taken by the United States above the normal high
water mark of navigable waters of the United States shall be the
fair market value of such real property based upon all uses to
which such real property may reasonably be put, including its
highest and best use, any of which uses may be dependent upon
access to or utilization of such navigable waters. In cases of
partial takings of real property, no depreciation in the value of
any remaining real property shall be recognized and no compensation
shall be paid for any damages to such remaining real property which
result from loss of or reduction of access from such remaining real
property to such navigable waters because of the taking of real
property or the purposes for which such real property is taken. The
compensation defined herein shall apply to all acquisitions of real
property after December 31, 1970, and to the determination of just
compensation in any condemnation suit pending on December 31, 1970.