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§18234 Location and use

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— - Reserve Components › Part PART V— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 1803— - FACILITIES FOR RESERVE COMPONENTS › § 18234

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

No money can be spent or contributed for that kind of facility unless the Secretary of Defense finds two things. First, the number of reserve units now or planned for the area cannot be more than the local people who are qualified can reasonably support to keep those units at their authorized strength. Second, the plan must let units from two or more reserve components share the facility as much as is reasonably possible.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §18234

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No expenditures or contribution may be made for a facility under section 18233 of this title, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that—
(1)the number of units of the reserve components of the armed forces located or to be located in the area within which the facility is to be provided is not and will not be larger than the number that can reasonably be expected to be maintained at authorized strength, considering the number of persons living in the area who are qualified for membership in those reserve units; and
(2)the plan under which the facility is to be provided makes provision for the greatest practicable use of the facility jointly by units of two or more of those components.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 223450:883(a).Sept. 11, 1950, ch. 945, § 4(a), 64 Stat. 830. The word “community” is omitted as covered by the word “area”. The word “program” is omitted as covered by the word “plan”. The words “use * * * jointly by units of two or more of those components” are substituted for the words “joint utilization” to reflect 50:886(d). The words “is not and will not be larger than” are substituted for the words “does not exceed”. The word “considering” is substituted for the words “taking into account”.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 2234 of this title as this section and substituted “18233” for “2233” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 10001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 18234

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73