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[CITE: 10USC2695]

 
                         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. 2695. Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses 
        relating to certain real property transactions
        
    (a) Authority To Accept.--In connection with a real property 
transaction referred to in subsection (b) with a non-Federal person or 
entity, the Secretary of a military department may accept amounts 
provided by the person or entity to cover administrative expenses 
incurred by the Secretary in entering into the transaction.
    (b) Covered Transactions.--Subsection (a) applies to the following 
transactions involving real property under the control of the Secretary 
of a military department:
        (1) The exchange of real property.
        (2) The grant of an easement over, in, or upon real property of 
    the United States.
        (3) The lease or license of real property of the United States.
        (4) The disposal of real property of the United States for which 
    the Secretary will be the disposal agent.

    (c) Use of Amounts Collected.--Amounts collected under subsection 
(a) for administrative expenses shall be credited to the appropriation, 
fund, or account from which the expenses were paid. Amounts so credited 
shall be merged with funds in such appropriation, fund, or account and 
shall be available for the same purposes and subject to the same 
limitations as the funds with which merged.

(Added Pub. L. 105-85, div. B, title XXVIII, Sec. 2813(a), Nov. 18, 
1997, 111 Stat. 1993; amended Pub. L. 106-65, div. B, title XXVIII, 
Sec. 2813, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 851.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-65 inserted ``involving real property 
under the control of the Secretary of a military department'' after 
``transactions'' in introductory provisions and added par. (4).


                Administrative Costs of Land Conveyances

    Pub. L. 106-541, title II, Sec. 226, Dec. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 2598, 
provided that: ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
administrative costs associated with the conveyance of property by the 
Secretary to a non-Federal governmental or nonprofit entity shall be 
limited to the extent that the Secretary determines that such limitation 
is necessary to complete the conveyance based on the entity's ability to 
pay.''
