Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§3675 Capital Lease or Lease-purchase Treated as an Acquisition
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART V — ACQUISITION › Subpart C — Contracting Methods and Contract Types › CHAPTER 257 — CONTRACTS FOR LONG-TERM LEASE OR CHARTER OF VESSELS, AIRCRAFT, AND COMBAT VEHICLES › § 3675
Summary
Capital leases and lease‑purchases must be treated like buying the equipment and must follow the rules for purchasing aircraft, naval vessels, or combat vehicles. Department of Defense operation and maintenance funds cannot be used for those leases. The terms are defined in Appendix B of OMB Circular A‑11 as of January 6, 2006.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §3675
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)In General.—
If a lease or charter covered by this chapter is a capital lease or a lease-purchase—
(1)the lease or charter shall be treated as an acquisition and shall be subject to all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements for the acquisition of aircraft, naval vessels, or combat vehicles; and
(2)funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may not be obligated or expended for the lease or charter.
(b)Definitions.—
In this section, the terms “capital lease” and “lease-purchase” have the meanings given those terms in Appendix B to Office of Management and Budget Circular A–11, as in effect on January 6, 2006.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification The text of subsec. (f) of section 2401 of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1825(g), was based on Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VIII, § 815(c)(2), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3382; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title X, § 1073(a)(24), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2473.
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1825(g)(1)(A), transferred subsec. (f) of section 2401 of this title to this section, struck out subsec. (f) designation at beginning, and redesignated pars. (1) and (2) of such former subsec. (f) as subsecs. (a) and (b), respectively. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1825(g)(2), after redesignation of section 2401(f)(1) of this title as subsec. (a) of this section, inserted heading, substituted “this chapter” for “this section” in introductory provisions, and redesignated subpars. (A) and (B) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1825(g)(3), after redesignation of section 2401(d)(2) of this title as subsec. (b) of this section, inserted heading and substituted “In this section” for “In this subsection”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section and amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 3675
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110