10 USC § 2491b - Use of appropriated funds for operation of Armed Forces Recreation Center, Europe: limitation
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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s2491b"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 2491b - Use of appropriated funds for operation of Armed Forces Recreation Center, Europe: limitation"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2491b"
section_name: "Use of appropriated funds for operation of Armed Forces Recreation Center, Europe: limitation"
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"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title III, § 372(a), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2735, § 2247; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title III, § 375, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1708; renumbered § 2491b, Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VI, § 651(d), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1972.)"
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# § 2491b. Use of appropriated funds for operation of Armed Forces Recreation Center, Europe: limitation
**(a)** **Limitation.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be used to operate the Armed Forces Recreation Center, Europe.
**(b)** **Exception.—** Subsection (a) does not apply to the use of funds for the payment of utilities, the maintenance, repair, or renovation of real property, and the transportation of products made in the United States.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title III, § 372(a), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2735, § 2247; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title III, § 375, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1708; renumbered § 2491b, Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VI, § 651(d), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1972.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2004— renumbered as this section.
1997—Subsec. (b). substituted “the maintenance, repair, or renovation of real property, and the transportation” for “real property maintenance, and transportation”.