10 USC § 2868 - Utility services: furnishing for certain buildings

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title: "10 USC § 2868 - Utility services: furnishing for certain buildings"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2868"
section_name: "Utility services: furnishing for certain buildings"
chapter_number: 169
chapter_name: "MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–370, § 1(j)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 848, § 2490; renumbered § 2868, Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title III, § 371(b)(2), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1705; amended Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VI, § 651(e)(2), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1972.)"
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# § 2868. Utility services: furnishing for certain buildings

Appropriations for the Department of Defense may be used for utility services for buildings constructed at private cost, as authorized by law.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–370, § 1(j)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 848, § 2490; renumbered § 2868, Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title III, § 371(b)(2), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1705; amended Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VI, § 651(e)(2), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1972.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Section is based on , , .

In two instances, the source section for provisions to be codified provides that defense appropriations may be used for “welfare and recreation” or “welfare and recreational” purposes. ( and , to be codified as  and 2490(2), respectively). The committee added the term “morale” in both of these two instances to conform to the usual “MWR” usage for morale, welfare, and recreation activities.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004— substituted “for buildings constructed at private cost, as authorized by law.” for “for—

“(1) buildings constructed at private cost, as authorized by law; and

“(2) buildings on military reservations authorized by regulation to be used for morale, welfare, and recreational purposes.”

1997— renumbered  as this section.