Title 10Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§2695 Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses relating to certain real property transactions

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 159— - REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY › § 2695

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of a military department may take money from a non‑Federal person or group to cover administrative costs when the Department does certain real property deals. Those deals cover five types: property exchanges; easements; leases or licenses; disposals when the Secretary is the disposal agent; and transfers under section 2694a. The Secretary can choose to put the money back into the account that paid the costs or into another appropriate account already available for the same purpose. Money put back is merged with that account and can be used the same way and under the same rules as the other funds.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2695

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(a)In connection with a real property transaction referred to in subsection (b) with a non-Federal person or entity, the Secretary of a military department may accept amounts provided by the person or entity to cover administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary in entering into the transaction.
(b)Subsection (a) applies to the following transactions involving real property under the control of the Secretary of a military department:
(1)The exchange of real property.
(2)The grant of an easement over, in, or upon real property of the United States.
(3)The lease or license of real property of the United States.
(4)The disposal of real property of the United States for which the Secretary will be the disposal agent.
(5)The conveyance of real property under section 2694a of this title.
(c)(1)Amounts collected by the Secretary of a military department under subsection (a) for administrative expenses shall be credited, at the option of the Secretary—
(A)to the appropriation, fund, or account from which the expenses were paid; or
(B)to an appropriate appropriation, fund, or account currently available to the Secretary for the purposes for which the expenses were paid.
(2)Amounts credited under paragraph (1) shall be merged with funds in such appropriation, fund, or account and shall be available for the same purposes and subject to the same limitations as the funds with which merged.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 113–291, § 2812(a)(1), substituted “(1) Amounts collected by the Secretary of a military department under subsection (a) for administrative expenses shall be credited, at the option of the Secretary—” and subpars. (A) and (B) for “Amounts collected under subsection (a) for administrative expenses shall be credited to the appropriation, fund, or account from which the expenses were paid.” Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 113–291, § 2812(a)(2), substituted “(2) Amounts credited under paragraph (1)” for “Amounts so credited”. 2002—Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 107–314 added par. (5). 1999—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–65 inserted “involving real property under the control of the Secretary of a military department” after “transactions” in introductory provisions and added par. (4).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2014 Amendment Pub. L. 113–291, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2812(b), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3700, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall not apply to administrative expenses related to a real property transaction referred to in section 2695(b) of title 10, United States Code, that were covered by the Secretary of a military department using amounts appropriated to the Secretary before the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 19, 2014].” Administrative Costs of Land Conveyances Pub. L. 106–541, title II, § 226, Dec. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 2598, provided that: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the administrative costs associated with the conveyance of property by the Secretary to a non-Federal governmental or nonprofit entity shall be limited to the extent that the Secretary determines that such limitation is necessary to complete the conveyance based on the entity’s ability to pay.”

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 2695

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73