§ 18231. Purpose

Statutory text

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for—

the acquisition, by purchase, lease, transfer, construction, expansion, rehabilitation, or conversion of facilities necessary for the proper development, training, operation, and maintenance of the reserve components of the armed forces, including troop housing and messing facilities;

the joint use of those facilities by units of two or more of those reserve components, to the greatest practicable extent for efficiency and economy;

the use of those facilities, in time of war or national emergency, by those units and other units of the armed forces, to the greatest practicable extent for efficiency and economy; and

any other use of those facilities by the United States, in time of war or national emergency, to the greatest practicable extent for efficiency and economy.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1956
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 120, § 2231 · 70A Stat. 120
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 18231
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 120, § 2231
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 120, § 2231
1957
Pub. L. 85–215 § 1 · 71 Stat. 489
Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 18231(1)
Pub. L. 85–215 included troop housing and messing facilities
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (1). Pub. L. 85–215 included troop housing and messing facilities.
1994
Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act
Pub. L. 103–337 div. A title XVI § 1664(b)(2) · 108 Stat. 2663
Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 18231
Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 2231 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 2231 of this title as this section.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) The sections of that chapter are redesignated as follows: Section Redesignated section 2231 18231 2232 18232 2233 18233 2233a 18233a 2234 18234 2235 18235 2236 18236 2237 18237 2238 18238 2239 18239

1 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
2231	50:881.	Sept. 11, 1950, ch. 945, § 2, 64 Stat. 829.

In clause (1), the words “units of” are omitted as surplusage.

In clause (4), the words “United States” are substituted for the words “Federal Government”.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1957–1994 · 2 rounds

1994

Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 2231 of this title as this section.

1957

Par. (1). Pub. L. 85–215 included troop housing and messing facilities.

Credits

1956–1994 · 3 acts

1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 120, § 2231
1957Pub. L. 85–215, § 1, Aug. 29, 1957, 71 Stat. 489
1994renumbered § 18231, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1664(b)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 3010.

Show as published

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 120, § 2231; Pub. L. 85–215, § 1, Aug. 29, 1957, 71 Stat. 489; renumbered § 18231, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1664(b)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 3010.)