Title 10, Chapter 169 — Military Construction and Military Family Housing

Scope of chapter; definitions

Military construction projects

Emergency construction

Contingency construction

Unspecified minor construction

Contributions for North Atlantic Treaty Organizations Security Investment

Architectural and engineering services and construction design

Construction authority in the event of a declaration of war or national emergency

Facility construction or repair: transactions other than contracts and grants

Long-term facilities contracts for certain activities and services

Military construction projects for innovation, research, development, test, and evaluation

Repair of facilities

Lease-purchase of facilities

Acquisition of existing facilities in lieu of authorized construction

Special authority for development of Ford Island, Hawaii

Military installation resilience projects

Stormwater management, shoreline erosion control, and water resilience projects for installations and defense access roads

Consideration of energy security and energy resilience in life-cycle cost for military construction

Authority for certain construction projects in friendly foreign countries

Contracts for design and construction of facilities of Department of Defense

Strategy and assessment with respect to non-operational, underutilized, and other Department of Defense facilities: assessments of historical significance

Development of infrastructure improvement plan for each military department

Requirement for authorization of appropriations for construction and acquisition of military family housing

Requirement for authorization of number of family housing units

Repealed. Pub. L. 109–364, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2803(a), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2467]

Authorization for acquisition of existing family housing in lieu of construction

Improvements to family housing units

Military family housing: local comparability of room patterns and floor areas

Relocation of military family housing units

Leasing of military family housing

Multi-year contracts for supplies and services

Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2812(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4326]

Military family housing management account

Homeowners assistance program

Family housing support

Participation in Department of State housing pools

Long-term leasing of military family housing to be constructed

Use of military family housing constructed under build and lease authority to house other members

Military housing rental guarantee program

Housing Requirements and Market Analysis

Leasing of military family housing to Secretary of Defense

Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2826(d), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1310]

Supervision of military construction projects

Supervision of military housing by Chief Housing Officer

Military construction projects: waiver of certain restrictions

Authorized cost and scope of work variations

Restoration or replacement of damaged or destroyed facilities

Conveyance of damaged or deteriorated military family housing; use of proceeds

Law applicable to contracts for architectural and engineering services and construction design

Military unaccompanied housing: standards

Covered military unaccompanied housing: waivers of covered privacy and configuration standards and covered health and safety standards

Covered military unaccompanied housing: standards for habitability

Window fall prevention devices in military family housing units

Limitation on the use of funds for expediting a construction project

Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2848(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1319]

Availability of appropriations

Military construction projects in connection with industrial facility investment program

Turn-key selection procedures

Payment of contractor claims

Master plans for major military installations

Work in Process Curve charts and outlay tables for military construction projects

Water conservation at military installations

Risk-based approach to water management and water security at military installations

Energy monitoring and utility control system specification for military construction and military family housing activities

Utility services: furnishing for certain buildings

Exchange of property at military installations

Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title VIII, § 818(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3751]

Definitions

General authority

Utilities and services

Treatment of breach of contract

Direct loans and loan guarantees

Leasing of housing

Investments

Rental guarantees

Differential lease payments

Conveyance or lease of existing property and facilities

Renumbered § 2857]

Unit size and type

Ancillary supporting facilities

Temporary authority for acquisition or construction of privatized military unaccompanied housing

Effect of assignment of members to housing units acquired or constructed under alternative authority

Department of Defense Housing Funds

Funds for housing allowances of members of the armed forces assigned to certain military family housing units

Reports

Oversight and accountability for privatization projects

Repealed. Pub. L. 116–92, div. B, title XXX, § 3014(d)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1926]

Rights and responsibilities of tenants of housing units

Renumbered § 2851a]

Requirements relating to contracts for provision of housing units

Requirements relating to management of housing units

Considerations of eligible entity housing history in contracts for privatized military housing

Transparency regarding finances and performance metrics

Maintenance work order system for housing units

Access by tenants to historical maintenance information

Prohibition on requirement to disclose personally identifiable information in requests for certain maintenance

Treatment of incentive fees for landlords of housing units for failure to remedy health or environmental hazards

Landlord-tenant dispute resolution process and treatment of certain payments during process

Complaint database