10 U.S.C. § 2872a: Utilities and services

§2872a Utilities and Services

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 169 — MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER IV — ALTERNATIVE AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MILITARY HOUSING › § 2872a

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary in charge may provide utilities and services for military housing that the Department bought or built under this law, as long as the housing is on a military installation. It covers 14 types of services, including electricity, steam, compressed air, water, sewage and garbage disposal, natural gas, pest control, snow and ice removal, refrigeration, telecommunications, firefighting and fire protection, police protection, street sweeping, and tree trimming or removal. The Secretary must be paid back for any utilities or services provided. Cash payments go back into the account that covered the cost. If the cost was paid with funds available before Oct 1, 2014, the reimbursement goes to the account that paid it. If the cost was paid with funds available on or after Oct 1, 2014, the reimbursement goes to the account now used for providing these utilities and services. Money put back this way is merged with that account and can be used under the same rules as the rest of the funds.

Title 10, §2872a

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(a)Authority To Furnish.—

The Secretary concerned may furnish utilities and services referred to in subsection (b) in connection with any military housing acquired or constructed pursuant to the exercise of any authority or combination of authorities under this subchapter if the military housing is located on a military installation.

(b)Covered Utilities and Services.—

The utilities and services that may be furnished under subsection (a) are the following:

(1)Electric power.

(2)Steam.

(3)Compressed air.

(4)Water.

(5)Sewage and garbage disposal.

(6)Natural gas.

(7)Pest control.

(8)Snow and ice removal.

(9)Mechanical refrigeration.

(10)Telecommunications service.

(11)Firefighting and fire protection services.

(12)Police protection services.

(13)Street sweeping.

(14)Tree trimming and removal.

(c)Reimbursement.—

(1)The Secretary concerned shall be reimbursed for any utilities or services furnished under subsection (a).

(2)The amount of any cash payment received under paragraph (1) as reimbursement for the cost of furnishing utilities or services shall—

(A)in the case of a cost paid using funds appropriated or otherwise made available before October 1, 2014, be credited to the appropriation or working capital account from which the cost of furnishing utilities or services concerned was paid; or

(B)in the case of a cost paid using funds appropriated or otherwise made available on or after October 1, 2014, be credited to the appropriation or working capital account currently available for the purpose of furnishing utilities or services under subsection (a).

(3)Amounts credited under paragraph (2) to an appropriation or account shall be merged with funds in such appropriation or account, and shall be available to the same extent, and subject to the same terms and conditions, as such funds.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2019—Subsec. (b)(13), (14). Pub. L. 116–92 added pars. (13) and (14). 2013—Subsec. (c)(2), (3). Pub. L. 113–66 substituted “under paragraph (1) as reimbursement for the cost of furnishing utilities or services shall—” for “under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the appropriation or working capital account from which the cost of furnishing the utilities or services concerned was paid.”, added subpars. (A) and (B), designated second sentence of par. (2) as par. (3), and substituted “Amounts credited under paragraph (2)” for “Amounts so credited”. 2002—Subsec. (b)(11), (12). Pub. L. 107–314 added pars. (11) and (12).