10 U.S.C. § 2812
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- (a)
- (1)The Secretary concerned may enter into an agreement with a private contractor for the lease of a facility of the kind specified in paragraph (2) if the facility is provided at the expense of the contractor on a military installation under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense.
- (2)The facilities that may be leased pursuant to paragraph (1) are as follows:
- (A)Administrative office facilities.
- (B)Troop housing facilities.
- (C)Energy production facilities.
- (D)Utilities, including potable and waste water treatment facilities.
- (E)Hospital and medical facilities.
- (F)Transient quarters.
- (G)Depot or storage facilities.
- (H)Child care centers.
- (I)Classroom and laboratories.
- (b)Leases entered into under subsection (a)—
- (1)may not exceed a term of 32 years;
- (2)shall provide that, at the end of the term of the lease, title to the leased facility shall vest in the United States; and
- (3)shall include such other terms and conditions as the Secretary concerned determines are necessary or desirable to protect the interests of the United States.
- (c)
- (1)The Secretary concerned may enter into a lease under this section only after the end of the 14-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary submits, in an electronic medium pursuant to section 480 of this title, to the appropriate committees of Congress a justification of the need for the facility covered by the proposed lease, including an economic analysis (based upon accepted life-cycle costing procedures) that demonstrates the cost effectiveness of the proposed lease compared with a military construction project for the same facility.
- (2)Each Secretary concerned may, under this section, enter into—
- (d)Each lease entered into under this section shall include a provision that the obligation of the United States to make payments under the lease in any fiscal year is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose.