Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§7779 Use of Public Property
Title 10 › Subtitle B — Army › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › CHAPTER 779 — REAL PROPERTY › § 7779
Summary
If the Army needs to save money, the Secretary must put military headquarters in suitable buildings owned by the United States. Army support funds cannot pay for post gardens or Army exchanges, but an officer the Secretary names may let exchanges use public buildings or public transportation that are not needed for other purposes.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §7779
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(a)When the economy of the Army so requires, the Secretary of the Army shall establish military headquarters in places where suitable buildings are owned by the United States.
(b)No money appropriated for the support of the Army may be spent for post gardens or Army exchanges. However, this does not prevent Army exchanges from using public buildings or public transportation that, in the opinion of the office or officer designated by the Secretary, are not needed for other purposes.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4779(a)4779(b)10:1332.10:1345.
June 23, 1879, ch. 35, § 8, 21 Stat. 35. 4779(c)10:1335.Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 223 (2d par. under “Quartermaster Corps”), 38 Stat. 629.
July 16, 1892, ch. 195 (last proviso under “Quartermaster’s Department”), 27 Stat. 178;
June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 402(c), 64 Stat. 227. In subsection (a), the words “United States” are substituted for the word “Government”. In subsection (b), the words “suitable space” are substituted for the words “proper and suitable room or rooms”. The words “there is a” are substituted for the words “have been established”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4779 of this title as this section. 1986—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 99–661 redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which directed the Secretary to assign suitable space for postal purposes at each military post where there was a post office.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
10 U.S.C. § 7779
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102