Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part IV · Chapter 159 — Real Property; Related Personal Property; and Lease of Non-Excess Property
§ 2686. Utilities and services: sale; expansion and extension of systems and facilities
Statutory text
Under such regulations and for such periods and at such prices as he may prescribe, the Secretary concerned or his designee may sell or contract to sell to purchasers within or in the immediate vicinity of an activity of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard, as the case may be, any of the following utilities and related services, if it is determined that they are not available from another local source and that the sale is in the interest of national defense or in the public interest:
Electric power.
Steam.
Compressed air.
Water.
Sewage and garbage disposal.
Natural, manufactured, or mixed gas.
Ice.
Mechanical refrigeration.
Telephone service.
Proceeds of sales under subsection (a) shall be credited to the appropriation currently available for the supply of that utility or service.
To meet local needs the Secretary concerned may make minor expansions and extensions of any distributing system or facility within an activity through which a utility or service is furnished under subsection (a).
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.
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 141, § 2481 · 70A Stat. 141
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 2686
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 141, § 2481
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 141, § 2481Pub. L. 86–156 § 1(1) · 73 Stat. 338
Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 2686(a)
Pub. L. 86–156, § 1(1), substituted “concerned” for “of a military department”
Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 2686(a)
Pub. L. 86–156, § 1(1), inserted “or Coast Guard,” after “Marine Corps,”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86–156, § 1(1), substituted “concerned” for “of a military department” and inserted “or Coast Guard,” after “Marine Corps,”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Subsection (a) is amended as follows: (A) By striking out the words “of a military department” and inserting in place thereof the word “concerned”. (B) By striking out the word “or” immediately following the words “Air Force,” and inserting the words “or Coast Guard,” immediately following the words “Marine Corps,”.Pub. L. 86–156 § 1(2) · 73 Stat. 338
Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 2686(c)
Pub. L. 86–156, § 1(2), struck out “of the military department” after “Secretary”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86–156, § 1(2), struck out “of the military department” after “Secretary”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Subsection (a) is amended as follows: (A) By striking out the words “of a military department” and inserting in place thereof the word “concerned”. (B) By striking out the word “or” immediately following the words “Air Force,” and inserting the words “or Coast Guard,” immediately following the words “Marine Corps,”.National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998
Pub. L. 105–85 div. A title III § 371(b)(1) · 111 Stat. 1629
Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 2686
Pub. L. 105–85 renumbered section 2481 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 105–85 renumbered section 2481 of this title as this section.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Section 2481 of title 10, United States Code, is transferred to chapter 159 of such title, inserted after section 2685, and redesignated as section 2686.William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
Pub. L. 116–283 div. A title IX § 924(b)(2)(A)(viii) · 134 Stat. 3388
Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 2686(a)
Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Marine Corps, Space Force,” for “Marine Corps,” in introductory provisions
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Marine Corps, Space Force,” for “Marine Corps,” in introductory provisions.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(viii) Section 2686(a).
5 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 2481(a) | 5:626s.5:626s–1 (less words between semicolon and colon).10:1269. | July 30, 1947, ch. 394, 61 Stat. 675; Aug. 8, 1949, ch. 403, § 5, 63 Stat. 576. |
| 10:1269a (less words between semicolon and colon). | ||
| 34:553a. | ||
| 34:553b (less words between semicolon and colon). | ||
| 2481(b) | 5:626s–1 (words between semicolon and colon). | |
| 10:1269a (words between semicolon and colon). | ||
| 34:553b (words between semicolon and colon). | ||
| 2481(c) | 5:626s–2. | |
| 10:1269b. | ||
| 34:553c. | ||
In subsection (a), the words “within his establishment”, “of time”, and the opening clauses of 5:626s–1, 10:1269a, and 34:553b, are omitted as surplusage. The words “not available from another local source” are substituted for the words “not otherwise available from local private or public sources”.
In subsection (b), the words “of sales under subsection (a)” are substituted for the words “received for any such utilities and related services sold pursuant to the authority of said sections”. The words “or appropriations” are omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2686, added Pub. L. 95–82, title V, § 504(a)(1), , 91 Stat. 371; amended Pub. L. 95–356, title V, § 503(a), , 92 Stat. 579; Pub. L. 96–125, title V, § 502(a), , 93 Stat. 940; Pub. L. 96–418, title V, § 504(a), , 94 Stat. 1765, related to military family housing leases, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–214, §§ 7(1), 12(a), , 96 Stat. 173, 176, effective , and applicable to military construction projects, and to construction and acquisition of military family housing authorized before, on, or after such date. See section 2828(a), (b) of this title.
Amendments1959–2021 · 3 rounds
2021
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Marine Corps, Space Force,” for “Marine Corps,” in introductory provisions.
1997
Pub. L. 105–85 renumbered section 2481 of this title as this section.
1959
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86–156, § 1(1), substituted “concerned” for “of a military department” and inserted “or Coast Guard,” after “Marine Corps,”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86–156, § 1(2), struck out “of the military department” after “Secretary”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Credits
1956–2021 · 4 acts
- 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 141, § 2481
- 1959Pub. L. 86–156, , 73 Stat. 338
- 1997renumbered § 2686, Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title III, § 371(b)(1), , 111 Stat. 1705
- 2021Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(2)(A)(viii), , 134 Stat. 3821.
Show as published
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 141, § 2481; Pub. L. 86–156, , 73 Stat. 338; renumbered § 2686, Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title III, § 371(b)(1), , 111 Stat. 1705; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(2)(A)(viii), , 134 Stat. 3821.)