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[CITE: 10USC2802]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
     CHAPTER 169--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
 
                   SUBCHAPTER I--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
 
Sec. 2802. Military construction projects

    (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military 
departments may carry out such military construction projects as are 
authorized by law.
    (b) Authority provided by law to carry out a military construction 
project includes authority for--
        (1) surveys and site preparation;
        (2) acquisition, conversion, rehabilitation, and installation of 
    facilities;
        (3) acquisition and installation of equipment and appurtenances 
    integral to the project;
        (4) acquisition and installation of supporting facilities 
    (including utilities) and appurtenances incident to the project; and
        (5) planning, supervision, administration, and overhead incident 
    to the project.

(Added Pub. L. 97-214, Sec. 2(a), July 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 154.)


                             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.


    Damage to Aviation Facilities Caused by Alkali Silica Reactivity

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title III, Sec. 389], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-89, provided that:
    ``(a) Assessment of Damage and Prevention and Mitigation 
Technology.--The Secretary of Defense shall require the Secretaries of 
the military departments to assess--
        ``(1) the damage caused to aviation facilities of the Armed 
    Forces by alkali silica reactivity; and
        ``(2) the availability of technologies capable of preventing, 
    treating, or mitigating alkali silica reactivity in hardened 
    concrete structures and pavements.
    ``(b) Evaluation of Technologies.--(1) Taking into consideration the 
assessment under subsection (a), the Secretary of each military 
department may conduct a demonstration project at a location selected by 
the Secretary concerned to test and evaluate the effectiveness of 
technologies intended to prevent, treat, or mitigate alkali silica 
reactivity in hardened concrete structures and pavements.
    ``(2) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the locations 
selected for the demonstration projects represent the diverse operating 
environments of the Armed Forces.
    ``(c) New Construction.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop 
specific guidelines for appropriate testing and use of lithium salts to 
prevent alkali silica reactivity in new construction of the Department 
of Defense.
    ``(d) Completion of Assessment and Demonstration.--The assessment 
conducted under subsection (a) and the demonstration projects, if any, 
conducted under subsection (b) shall be completed not later than 
September 30, 2006.
    ``(e) Delegation of Authority.--The authority to conduct the 
assessment under subsection (a) may be delegated only to the Chief of 
Engineers of the Army, the Commander of the Naval Facilities Engineering 
Command, and the Civil Engineer of the Air Force.
    ``(f) Limitation on Expenditures.--The Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretaries of the military departments may not expend more than a total 
of $5,000,000 to conduct both the assessment under subsection (a) and 
all of the demonstration projects under subsection (b).''


Reports Relating to Military Construction for Facilities Supporting New 
                             Weapon Systems

    Pub. L. 102-190, div. B, title XXVIII, Sec. 2868, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 
Stat. 1562, provided that:
    ``(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress with the budget submitted under section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, for the fiscal year in which the first construction 
of a facility for the permanent basing of a new weapon system is to be 
authorized a report describing--
        ``(1) the site or sites selected or planned for permanent basing 
    of the planned force of that weapon system;
        ``(2) the rationale for selecting such site or sites; and
        ``(3) the military construction activities proposed for each 
    such site.
    ``(b) New Weapon System Defined.--For purposes of this section, the 
term `new weapon system' means any military aircraft or major naval 
combatant vessel for which a complete permanent basing plan has not been 
publicly announced before the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 5, 
1991].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2667 of this title.
