Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§18231 Purpose
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— - Reserve Components › Part PART V— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 1803— - FACILITIES FOR RESERVE COMPONENTS › § 18231
Summary
Provide facilities for the reserve components, including housing and dining. Require shared use by units from two or more reserve components to the greatest practicable extent for efficiency and economy, and allow use in time of war or national emergency by reserve or other military units or the U.S.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §18231
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The purpose of this chapter is to provide for— (1)
(2)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;
(3)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
(4)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
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 223150:881.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
Amendments
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.
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Citations & Metadata
Citation
10 U.S.C. § 18231
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73