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[CITE: 10USC2556]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
        CHAPTER 152--ISSUE OF SUPPLIES, SERVICES, AND FACILITIES
 
Sec. 2556. Shelter for homeless; incidental services

    (a)(1) The Secretary of a military department may make military 
installations under his jurisdiction available for the furnishing of 
shelter to persons without adequate shelter. The Secretary may, 
incidental to the furnishing of such shelter, provide services as 
described in subsection (b). Shelter and incidental services provided 
under this section may be provided without reimbursement.
    (2) The Secretary concerned shall carry out this section in 
cooperation with appropriate State and local governmental entities and 
charitable organizations. The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, use the services and personnel of such entities and 
organizations in determining to whom and the circumstances under which 
shelter is furnished under this section.
    (b) Services that may be provided incident to the furnishing of 
shelter under this section are the following:
        (1) Utilities.
        (2) Bedding.
        (3) Security.
        (4) Transportation.
        (5) Renovation of facilities.
        (6) Minor repairs undertaken specifically to make suitable space 
    available for shelter to be provided under this section.
        (7) Property liability insurance.

    (c) Shelter and incidental services may only be provided under this 
section to the extent that the Secretary concerned determines will not 
interfere with military preparedness or ongoing military functions.
    (d) The Secretary concerned may provide bedding for support of 
shelters for the homeless that are operated by entities other than the 
Department of Defense. Bedding may be provided under this subsection 
without reimbursement, but may only be provided to the extent that the 
Secretary determines that the provision of such bedding will not 
interfere with military requirements.
    (e) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations for the 
administration of this section.

(Added Pub. L. 98-94, title III, Sec. 305(a)(1), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 
Stat. 628, Sec. 2546; amended Pub. L. 99-167, title VIII, Sec. 825, Dec. 
3, 1985, 99 Stat. 992; renumbered Sec. 2556, Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 
[[div. A], title X, Sec. 1033(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 
1654A-260.)


                               Amendments

    2000--Pub. L. 106-398 renumbered section 2546 of this title as this 
section.
    1985--Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 99-167 added subsec. (d) and 
redesignated former subsec. (d) as (e).


                             Effective Date

    Section 305(b) of Pub. L. 98-94 provided that: ``Section 2546 [now 
2556] of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall 
take effect on October 1, 1983.''
