Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 169 — MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER I — MILITARY CONSTRUCTION › § 2812
A Secretary can make a deal with a private company to lease a facility that the company builds at its own cost on a Department of Defense base. Allowed facilities include administrative offices; troop housing; energy and utilities (like water and waste water treatment); hospitals and medical space; temporary lodging; depots or storage; child care centers; and classrooms and labs. Leases can run no more than 32 years. At the end of the lease, ownership must transfer to the United States. Before signing, the Secretary must send an electronic justification and an economic analysis using life‑cycle cost methods to the congressional committees and wait 14 days. Limits: no more than 3 leases in fiscal year 1990 and no more than 5 in each of fiscal years 1991 and 1992. Any yearly lease payment depends on Congress providing the money that year.
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10 U.S.C. § 2812
Title 10, Armed Forces
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102