usc:us:10:2852

text: U.S.C. Title 10 - ARMED FORCES 10 U.S.C. United States Code, 2024 Edition Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY CHAPTER 169 - MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING SUBCHAPTER III - ADMINISTRATION OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING Sec. 2852 - Military construction projects: waiver of certain restrictions From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §2852. Military construction projects: waiver of certain restrictions (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments may carry out authorized military construction projects and authorized military family housing projects without regard to subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324 of title 31. (b) Authority to carry out a military construction project or a military family housing project may be exercised on land not owned by the United States— (1) before title to the land on which the project is to be carried out is approved under section 3111 of title 40; and (2) even though the land will be held in other than a fee simple interest in a case in which the Secretary of the military department concerned determines that the interest to be acquired in the land is sufficient for the purposes of the project. (c) In the case of a military construction project or a military family housing project, the contract amount thresholds specified in subchapter III of chapter 31 of title 40 (commonly referred to as the Miller Act) shall be applied by substituting "$150,000" for "$100,000" for purposes of determining when a performance bond and payment bond are required under section 3131 of such title and when alternatives to payment bonds as payment protections for suppliers of labor and materials are required under section 3132 of such title. (Added Pub. L. 97–214, §2(a), July 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 164; amended Pub. L. 97–295, §1(35), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1296; Pub. L. 97–321, title VIII, §805(a)(1), Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1573; Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, §1303(a)(19), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 739; Pub. L. 107–217, §3(b)(20), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1297; Pub. L. 112–81, div. B, title XXVIII, §2803, Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1685.) Historical and Revision Notes In 10:2852(a), the title 31 citation is substituted on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, §4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted title 31. Editorial Notes Amendments 2011 —Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–81 added subsec. (c). 2002 —Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 107–217 substituted "section 3111 of title 40" for "section 355 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 255)". 1985 —Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–145 substituted "subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324" for "section 3324(a) and (b)". 1982 —Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–295 substituted "section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31" for "section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529)". Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–321 substituted "may be exercised on land not owned by the United States" for "on land not owned by the United States may be exercised" in introductory text, redesignated former cl. (1) as par. (1), added par. (2), and struck out former cl. (2) which read as follows: "even though the land is held temporarily". Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date For effective date and applicability of section, see section 12(a) of Pub. L. 97–214, set out as a note under section 2801 of this title.