10 USC § 2253 - Motor vehicles

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s2253"
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title: "10 USC § 2253 - Motor vehicles"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2253"
section_name: "Motor vehicles"
chapter_number: 134
chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–370, § 1(e)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 845; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VIII, § 805, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VIII, § 814(a), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1491.)"
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# § 2253. Motor vehicles

**(a)** **General Authorities.—** The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of each military department may—

**(1)** provide for insurance of official motor vehicles in a foreign country when the laws of such country require such insurance; and

**(2)** purchase right-hand drive passenger sedans at a cost of not more than $30,000 each.

**(b)** **Hire of Passenger Vehicles.—** Amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance of the active forces may be used for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–370, § 1(e)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 845; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VIII, § 805, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VIII, § 814(a), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1491.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Subsection (a)(1) of this section and sections 2241(b) and 2242(1), (4) of this title are based on , , .

Subsection (a)(2) is based on , , , 1202.

Subsection (b) of this section and sections 2241(a) and 2661(a) of this title are based on , , , as amended by , §§ 1403(a)(2), 1404, , .

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2011—Subsec. (a)(2).  substituted “passenger sedans” for “vehicles”.

1997—Subsec. (a)(2).  substituted “$30,000” for “$12,000”.