10 USC § 2265 - Access to broadband internet access service for certain members of the armed forces

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title: "10 USC § 2265 - Access to broadband internet access service for certain members of the armed forces"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2265"
section_name: "Access to broadband internet access service for certain members of the armed forces"
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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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VI, § 651(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1938.)"
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# § 2265. Access to broadband internet access service for certain members of the armed forces

section 2871 of this title

The Secretary of a military department may provide, to a member of the armed forces who resides in military unaccompanied housing (as defined in ) within the United States, broadband internet access service, at no cost to such member.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VI, § 651(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1938.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Guidance

> **“(1)** meets or exceeds any speed benchmark established for broadband internet access service by the Federal Communications Commission under section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302);
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> **“(2)** maximizes access to such service in individual rooms and spaces; and
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> **“(3)** allows reasonable internet access, subject to appropriate restrictions applicable to other internet access provided by the Secretary to members of the Armed Forces.”

, , , provided that: