10 USC § 2880 - Unit size and type

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s2880"
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title: "10 USC § 2880 - Unit size and type"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2880"
section_name: "Unit size and type"
chapter_number: 169
chapter_name: "MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "ALTERNATIVE AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MILITARY HOUSING"
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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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2801(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 548; amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2806, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1722; Pub. L. 109–364, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2807(b), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2469.)"
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# § 2880. Unit size and type

**(a)** **Conformity With Similar Housing Units in Locale.—** The Secretary concerned shall ensure that the room patterns and floor areas of military family housing units and military unaccompanied housing units acquired or constructed under this subchapter are generally comparable to the room patterns and floor areas of similar housing units in the locality concerned.

**(b)** **Inapplicability of Limitations on Space by Pay Grade.—** Sections 2826 and 2856 of this title shall not apply to military family housing or military unaccompanied housing units acquired or constructed under this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2801(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 548; amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2806, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1722; Pub. L. 109–364, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2807(b), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2469.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2006—Subsec. (b).  substituted “Sections 2826 and 2856” for “(1) Section 2826”, inserted “or military unaccompanied housing” after “military family housing”, and struck out par. (2) which read as follows: “The regulations prescribed under  shall not apply to any military unaccompanied housing unit acquired or constructed under this subchapter.”

2003—Subsec. (b)(2).  struck out “unless the unit is located on a military installation” before period at end.