Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§2265 Access to Broadband Internet Access Service for Certain Members of the Armed Forces
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 134 — MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY › § 2265
Summary
Military department heads can give free broadband internet to service members who live in unaccompanied military housing in the United States. Military unaccompanied housing means housing for members who live without their family.
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Title 10, §2265
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of a military department may provide, to a member of the armed forces who resides in military unaccompanied housing (as defined in section 2871 of this title) within the United States, broadband internet access service, at no cost to such member.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Guidance Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VI, § 651(b), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1938, provided that: “Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2024], the Secretary of Defense shall issue policy and guidance for implementation of section 2265 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this section, that— “(1) meets or exceeds any speed benchmark established for broadband internet access service by the Federal Communications Commission under section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302); “(2) maximizes access to such service in individual rooms and spaces; and “(3) allows reasonable internet access, subject to appropriate restrictions applicable to other internet access provided by the Secretary to members of the Armed Forces.”
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10 U.S.C. § 2265
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102