§2491a — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§2491a Department of Defense golf courses: limitation on use of appropriated funds

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 147— - COMMISSARIES AND EXCHANGES AND OTHER MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION PROGRAMS AND NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES › § 2491a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

DoD funds cannot pay for equipping, running, or maintaining golf courses at Department of Defense facilities, except for courses located outside the United States or at U.S. sites the Secretary of Defense calls remote and isolated. The Secretary must make rules about how funds can be used for those exceptions.

Title 10, §2491a

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be used to equip, operate, or maintain a golf course at a facility or installation of the Department of Defense.

(b)(1)Subsection (a) does not apply to a golf course at a facility or installation outside the United States or at a facility or installation inside the United States at a location designated by the Secretary of Defense as a remote and isolated location.

(2)The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing the use of appropriated funds under this subsection.

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Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–375 renumbered section 2246 of this title as this section.

§2491a Department of Defense golf courses: limitation on use of appropriated funds

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Title 10, §2491a

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