Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§2491a Department of Defense Golf Courses: Limitation on Use of Appropriated Funds
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 147 — COMMISSARIES AND EXCHANGES AND OTHER MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES › SUBCHAPTER III — MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION PROGRAMS AND NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES › § 2491a
Summary
DoD may not spend approved funds to buy, run, or maintain golf courses at its facilities. An exception covers courses outside the United States or at U.S. sites the Secretary calls remote and isolated. The Secretary must make rules.
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Title 10, §2491a
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(a)Limitation.—
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)Exceptions.—
(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.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 2491a
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110