10 USC § 2491a - Department of Defense golf courses: limitation on use of appropriated funds

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title: "10 USC § 2491a - Department of Defense golf courses: limitation on use of appropriated funds"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2491a"
section_name: "Department of Defense golf courses: limitation on use of appropriated funds"
chapter_number: 147
chapter_name: "COMMISSARIES AND EXCHANGES AND OTHER MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION PROGRAMS AND NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES"
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. 103–160, div. A, title III, § 312(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1618, § 2246; renumbered § 2491a, Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VI, § 651(d), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1972.)"
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# § 2491a. Department of Defense golf courses: limitation on use of appropriated funds

**(a)** **Limitation.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be used to equip, operate, or maintain a golf course at a facility or installation of the Department of Defense.

**(b)** **Exceptions.—**

**(1)** Subsection (a) does not apply to a golf course at a facility or installation outside the United States or at a facility or installation inside the United States at a location designated by the Secretary of Defense as a remote and isolated location.

**(2)** The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing the use of appropriated funds under this subsection.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title III, § 312(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1618, § 2246; renumbered § 2491a, Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VI, § 651(d), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1972.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004— renumbered  as this section.