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[CITE: 10USC2675]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
CHAPTER 159--REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-
                             EXCESS PROPERTY
 
Sec. 2675. Leases: foreign countries

    The Secretary of a military department may acquire by lease in 
foreign countries structures and real property relating to structures 
that are needed for military purposes other than for military family 
housing. A lease under this section may be for a period of up to five 
years, and the rental for each yearly period may be paid from funds 
appropriated to that military department for that year.

(Added Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(51), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1460; amended 
Pub. L. 91-511, title VI, Sec. 608, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1224; Pub. 
L. 94-107, title VI, Sec. 607(10), (11), Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 567; 
Pub. L. 95-82, title V, Sec. 505(a), Aug. 1, 1977, 91 Stat. 371; Pub. L. 
95-356, title V, Sec. 503(b), Sept. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 579; Pub. L. 96-
125, title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 940; Pub. L. 96-418, 
title V, Sec. 504(b), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1765; Pub. L. 97-99, title 
VI, Sec. 604, Dec. 23, 1981, 95 Stat. 1374; Pub. L. 97-214, Sec. 8, July 
12, 1982, 96 Stat. 174; Pub. L. 98-525, title XIV, Sec. 1405(40), Oct. 
19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2624; Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XIII, 
Sec. 1322(a)(11), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1671.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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2675..................................  5:171z-3.                            Au
g. 3, 1956, ch. 939, Sec.  417,
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0 Stat. 1018.
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    The words ``that are not located on a military base'' are 
substituted for the words ``off-base''.


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-510 struck out ``(a)'' before ``The Secretary'' 
and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: ``A lease may not be 
entered into under this section for structures or related real property 
in any foreign country if the average estimated annual rental during the 
term of the lease if more than $250,000 until after the expiration of 30 
days from the date upon which a report of the facts concerning the 
proposed lease is submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and House of Representatives.''
    1984--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-525 substituted ``30'' for ``thirty''.
    1982--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-214, Sec. 8(a), substituted provisions 
that the Secretary of a military department may acquire by lease in 
foreign countries, structures and real property needed for military 
purposes other than for military family housing for up to a period of 
five years with the rental to be paid from funds appropriated to that 
military department for that year, for former provisions that had 
allowed such leases including leases for military family housing and in 
the latter case for a period of up to 10 years.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-214, Sec. 8(b), struck out ``or any other 
provision of law'' after ``into under this section'', and ``, family 
housing facilities,'' after ``for structures''.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 97-214, Sec. 8(c), struck out subsec. (c) 
which provided that a statement in a lease that the requirements of this 
section have been met, or that the lease is not subject to this section 
is conclusive, and subsec. (d) which related to limitations on 
expenditures for the rental of family housing in foreign countries and 
limitations on the number of family housing units which may be leased in 
a foreign country at any one time.
    1981--Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 97-99, Sec. 604(1), substituted 
``250'' for ``150''.
    Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 97-99, Sec. 604(2), substituted ``22,000'' 
for ``17,000''.
    1980--Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 96-418 substituted ``Expenditures for 
the rental of family housing in foreign countries (including the cost of 
utilities and maintenance and operation) may not exceed $1,115 per month 
for any unit'' for ``The average unit rental for Department of Defense 
family housing acquired by lease in foreign countries may not exceed 
$550 per month for the Department, and in no event shall the rental for 
any one unit exceed $970 per month, including the costs of operation, 
maintenance, and utilities''.
    1979--Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 96-125, Sec. 502(b)(1), substituted 
``$550'' for ``$485'' and ``$970'' for ``$850''.
    Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 96-125, Sec. 502(b)(2), substituted 
``17,000'' for ``18,000''.
    1978--Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 95-356, Sec. 503(b)(1), substituted 
``$485'' for ``$435'' and ``$850'' for ``$760''.
    Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 95-356, Sec. 503(b)(2), substituted 
``18,000'' for ``15,000''.
    1977--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-82, Sec. 505(a)(1), inserted 
provisions relating to military family housing facilities and real 
property related thereto.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-82, Sec. 505(a)(2), inserted ``or any other 
provision of law for structures, family housing facilities, or related 
real property in any foreign country,'' after ``section''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95-82, Sec. 505(a)(3), added subsec. (d).
    1975--Pub. L. 94-107 struck out reference to structures not on a 
military base in section catchline, and struck out ``that are not 
located on a military base and'' after ``structures and real property 
relating thereto'' in subsec. (a).
    1970--Pub. L. 91-511 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsecs. (b) and (c).


                    Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-214 effective Oct. 1, 1982, and applicable 
to military construction projects, and to construction and acquisition 
of military family housing authorized before, on, or after such date, 
see section 12(a) of Pub. L. 97-214, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 2801 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Section 608 of Pub. L. 96-418 provided that: ``Titles I, II, III, 
IV, and V [enacting section 2775 of this title and section 1594h-3 of 
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, amending this section, section 
2686 of this title, and sections 1594a-1 and 1594h-2 of Title 42, and 
repealing provisions set out as a note under section 4593 of this title] 
shall take effect on October 1, 1980.''


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Section 505(c) of Pub. L. 95-82 provided that: ``The amendments made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section] and the repeal made by 
subsection (b) [repealing section 507(b) of Pub. L. 93-166, which was 
not classified to the Code] shall take effect October 1, 1977.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2673 of this title.
