# § 18233b. Authority to carry out small projects with operation and maintenance funds
section 18233(a) of this titlesection 2805(c) of this title
Under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, the Secretary may expend, from appropriations available for operation and maintenance, amounts necessary to carry out any project authorized under that costs not more than the amount specified in .
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2808(b), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2125; amended Pub. L. 112–81, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2802(c)(4), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1685.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2011— substituted “not more than the amount specified in .” for “not more than—
“(1) the amount specified in , in the case of a project intended solely to correct a deficiency that is life-threatening, health-threatening, or safety-threatening; or
“(2) the amount specified in , in the case of any other project.”