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10 U.S.C. § 2808 — Construction authority in the event of a declaration of war or national emergency

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10 U.S.C. § 2808 — Construction authority in the event of a declaration of war or national emergency

**(a) Construction Authorized.—** In the event of a declaration of war or the declaration by the President of a national emergency in accordance with the National Emergencies Act ([50 U.S.C. 1601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) that requires use of the armed forces, the Secretary of Defense, without regard to any other provision of law, may undertake military construction projects, and may authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to undertake military construction projects, not otherwise authorized by law that are necessary to support such use of the armed forces. **(b) Conditions on Sources of Funds.—** A military construction project to be undertaken using the construction authority described in subsection (a) may be undertaken only within the total amount of funds that have been appropriated for military construction, excluding funds appropriated for family housing, that— (1) remain unobligated as of the date on which the first contract would be entered into in support of the national emergency declaration described in subsection (a); and (2) are available because the military construction project for which the funds were appropriated— (A) has been canceled; or (B) has reduced costs as a result of project modifications or other cost savings. **(c) Limitation on Amount of Funds Available for National Emergency.—** (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), in the event of a declaration by the President of a national emergency in which the construction authority described in subsection (a) is used, the total cost of all military construction projects undertaken using that authority during the national emergency may not exceed $500,000,000. (2) In the event of a natio

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**(a) Construction Authorized.—** In the event of a declaration of war or the declaration by the President of a national emergency in accordance with the National Emergencies Act ([50 U.S.C. 1601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) that requires use of the armed forces, the Secretary of Defense, without regard to any other provision of law, may undertake military construction projects, and may authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to undertake military construction projects, not otherwise authorized by law that are necessary to support such use of the armed forces. **(b) Conditions on Sources of Funds.—** A military construction project to be undertaken using the construction authority described in subsection (a) may be undertaken only within the total amount of funds that have been appropriated for military construction, excluding funds appropriated for family housing, that— (1) remain unobligated as of the date on which the first contract would be entered into in support of the national emergency declaration described in subsection (a); and (2) are available because the military construction project for which the funds were appropriated— (A) has been canceled; or (B) has reduced costs as a result of project modifications or other cost savings. **(c) Limitation on Amount of Funds Available for National Emergency.—** (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), in the event of a declaration by the President of a national emergency in which the construction authority described in subsection (a) is used, the total cost of all military construction projects undertaken using that authority during the national emergency may not exceed $500,000,000. (2) In the event of a national emergency declaration in which the construction authority described in subsection (a) will be used only within the United States, the total cost of all military construction projects undertaken using that authority during the national emergency may not exceed $100,000,000. **(d) Waiver of Other Provisions of Law in Event of National Emergency.—** In the event of a declaration by the President of a national emergency in which the construction authority described in subsection (a) is used, the authority provided by such subsection to waive or disregard another provision of law that would otherwise apply to a military construction project authorized by this section may be used only if— (1) such other provision of law does not provide a means by which compliance with the requirements of the law may be waived, modified, or expedited; and (2) the Secretary of Defense determines that the nature of the national emergency necessitates the noncompliance with the requirements of the law. **(e) Notification Requirement.—** (1) When a decision is made to undertake military construction projects authorized by this section, the Secretary of Defense shall notify, in an electronic medium pursuant to [section 480 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section480&num=0&edition=prelim), the appropriate committees of Congress of the following: (A) The reasons for the decision to use the construction authority described in subsection (a), including, in the event of a declaration by the President of a national emergency, the reasons why use of the armed forces is required in response to the declared national emergency. (B) The construction projects to be undertaken using the construction authority described in subsection (a), including, in the event of a declaration by the President of a national emergency, an explanation of how each construction project directly supports the immediate security, logistical, or short-term housing and ancillary supporting facility needs of the members of the armed forces used in the national emergency. (C) The estimated cost of the construction projects to be undertaken using the construction authority described in subsection (a), including the cost of any real estate action pertaining to the construction projects, and certification of compliance with the funding conditions imposed by subsections (b) and (c). (D) Any determination made pursuant to subsection (d)(2) to waive or disregard another provision of law to undertake any construction project using the construction authority described in subsection (a). (E) The military construction projects, including any ancillary supporting facility projects, whose cancellation, modification, or other cost savings result in funds being available to undertake construction projects using the construction authority described in subsection (a) and the possible impact of the cancellation or modification of such military construction projects on military readiness and the quality of life of members of the armed forces and their dependents. (2) In the event of a declaration by the President of a national emergency in which the construction authority described in subsection (a) is used, a construction project to be undertaken using such construction authority may be carried out only after the end of the five-day period beginning on the date the notification required by paragraph (1) is received by the congressional defense committees. **(f) Termination of Authority.—** The authority described in subsection (a) shall terminate with respect to any war or national emergency at the end of the war or national emergency.

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50 U.S.C. § 1701 — Unusual and extraordinary threat; declaration of national emergency; exercise of Presidential authorities

**(a)** Any authority granted to the President by [section 1702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1702&num=0&edition=prelim) may be exercised to deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States, if the President declares a national emergency with respect to such threat. **(b)** The authorities granted to the President by [section 1702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1702&num=0&edition=prelim) may only be exercised to deal with an unusual and extraordinary threat with respect to which a national emergency has been declared for purposes of this chapter and may not be exercised for any other purpose. Any exercise of such authorities to deal with any new threat shall be based on a new declaration of national emergency which must be with respect to such threat.

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50 U.S.C. § 1621 — Declaration of national emergency by President; publication in Federal Register; effect on other laws; superseding legislation

**(a)** With respect to Acts of Congress authorizing the exercise, during the period of a national emergency, of any special or extraordinary power, the President is authorized to declare such national emergency. Such proclamation shall immediately be transmitted to the Congress and published in the Federal Register. **(b)** Any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during a national emergency shall be effective and remain in effect (1) only when the President (in accordance with subsection (a) of this section), specifically declares a national emergency, and (2) only in accordance with this chapter. No law enacted after September 14, 1976, shall supersede this subchapter unless it does so in specific terms, referring to this subchapter, and declaring that the new law supersedes the provisions of this subchapter.

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50 U.S.C. § 1601 — Termination of existing declared emergencies

**(a)** All powers and authorities possessed by the President, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or any executive agency, as defined in [section 105 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section105&num=0&edition=prelim), as a result of the existence of any declaration of national emergency in effect on September 14, 1976, are terminated two years from September 14, 1976. Such termination shall not affect— (1) any action taken or proceeding pending not finally concluded or determined on such date; (2) any action or proceeding based on any act committed prior to such date; or (3) any rights or duties that matured or penalties that were incurred prior to such date. **(b)** For the purpose of this section, the words “any national emergency in effect” means a general declaration of emergency made by the President.

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10 U.S.C. § 2801 — Scope of chapter; definitions

**(a)** The term “military construction” as used in this chapter or any other provision of law includes any construction, development, conversion, or extension of any kind carried out with respect to a military installation, whether to satisfy temporary or permanent requirements, or any acquisition of land or construction of a defense access road (as described in [section 210 of title 23](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title23-section210&num=0&edition=prelim)). **(b)** A military construction project includes all military construction work, or any contribution authorized by this chapter, necessary to produce a complete and usable facility or a complete and usable improvement to an existing facility (or to produce such portion of a complete and usable facility or improvement as is specifically authorized by law). **(c)** In this chapter and chapter 173 of this title: (1) The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means the congressional defense committees and, with respect to any project to be carried out by, or for the use of, an intelligence component of the Department of Defense, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. (2) The term “facility” means a building, structure, or other improvement to real property. (3) The term “life-cycle cost-effective”, with respect to a project, product, or measure, means that the sum of the present values of investment costs, capital costs, installation costs, energy costs, operating costs, maintenance costs, and replacement costs, as estimated for the lifetime of the project, product, or measure, does not exceed the base case (current or standard) for the practice, product, or measure. (4) The term “mil

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10 U.S.C. § 480 — Reports to Congress: submission in electronic form

**(a) Requirement.—** Whenever the Secretary of Defense or any other official of the Department of Defense submits to Congress (or any committee of either House of Congress) a report that the Secretary (or other official) is required by law to submit, the Secretary (or other official) shall provide to Congress (or such committee) a copy of the report in an electronic medium. **(b) Exception.—** Subsection (a) does not apply to a report submitted in classified form. **(c) Definition.—** In this section, the term “report” includes any certification, notification, or other communication in writing.

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50 U.S.C. § 1631 — Declaration of national emergency by Executive order; authority; publication in Federal Register; transmittal to Congress

When the President declares a national emergency, no powers or authorities made available by statute for use in the event of an emergency shall be exercised unless and until the President specifies the provisions of law under which he proposes that he, or other officers will act. Such specification may be made either in the declaration of a national emergency, or by one or more contemporaneous or subsequent Executive orders published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.

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3 U.S.C. § 301 — General authorization to delegate functions; publication of delegations

The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President (1) any function which is vested in the President by law, or (2) any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part.

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10 U.S.C. § 127 — Emergency and extraordinary expenses

**(a)** Subject to the limitations of subsection (c), and within the limitation of appropriations made for the purpose, the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, and the Secretary of a military department within his department, may provide for any emergency or extraordinary expense which cannot be anticipated or classified. When it is so provided in such an appropriation, the funds may be spent on approval or authority of the Secretary concerned or the Inspector General for any purpose he determines to be proper, and such a determination is final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United States. The Secretary concerned or the Inspector General may certify the amount of any such expenditure authorized by him that he considers advisable not to specify, and his certificate is sufficient voucher for the expenditure of that amount. The authority to expend amounts made available for the Military Intelligence Program for intelligence and counterintelligence objects of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency nature is provided by [section 429a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section429a&num=0&edition=prelim) instead of this section. **(b)** The authority conferred by this section may be delegated by the Secretary of Defense to any person in the Department of Defense, by the Inspector General to any person in the Office of the Inspector General, or by the Secretary of a military department to any person within his department, with or without the authority to make successive re­delegations. **(c)** (1) Funds may not be obligated or expended in an amount in excess of $500,000 under the authority of subsection (a) or (b) until the Secretary of Defense has notified the cong

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10 U.S.C. § 2808 — Construction authority in the event of a

Page 2235 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 2808 retary shall, not later than 30 days after the Secretary makes such determination and at the end of each nine- ty-day period thereafter until such military construc- tion project reaches 35 percent design, submit to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] a notification that in- cludes— ‘‘(1) a statement of whether the construction agent has exceeded the duration to— ‘‘(A) enter into a contract under subsection (a); or ‘‘(B) complete 35 percent project design under subsection (b); ‘‘(2) the reason for the delay in the satisfaction of such requirements; and ‘‘(3) the projected dates such requirements will be satisfied.’’ ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES AND CON- STRUCTION DESIGN CONTRACTS FOR MILITARY CON- STRUCTION PROJECTS Pub. L. 98–212, title VII, § 796, Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1455, provided that: ‘‘No funds appropriated for the De- partments of Defense, Army, Navy, or the Air Force shall be obligated by their respective Secretaries for architectural and engineering services and construc- tion design contracts for Military Construction projects in the amount of $85,000 and over, unless com- petition for such contracts is open to all firms regard- less of size in accordance with 40 U.S.C. § 541, et seq. [now chapter 11 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.]’’ SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGN Pub. L. 98–115, title VIII, § 806, Oct. 11, 1983, 97 Stat. 786, provided that: ‘‘(a) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a com- prehensive review of current policies and practices of the Department of Defense with regard to the award of cont

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50 U.S.C. § 1601 — Termination of existing declared emer-

Page 143 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 1601 nent involvement in hostilities is clearly indi- cated by the circumstances, against any coun- try, organization, or person pursuant to statu- tory or constitutional authorities other than Authorization for Use of Military Force, the President shall comply with the reporting re- quirements under— (1) this section to the same extent and in the same manner as if such actions had been taken under Authorization for Use of Military Force; (2) the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.); and (3) any other applicable provision of law. (e) Briefings At least once during each 180-day period de- scribed in subsection (a), the President shall provide to the congressional defense commit- tees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a briefing on the matters covered by the report required under this section for such period. (Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XII, § 1285, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1709.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Authorization for Use of Military Force, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 107–40, Sept. 18, 2001, 115 Stat. 224, which is set out as a note under section 1541 of this title. The War Powers Resolution, referred to in subsec. (d)(2), is Pub. L. 93–148, Nov. 7, 1973, 87 Stat. 555, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Resolution to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1541 of this title and Tables. CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, and not as part of the War Powers Resolution which comprises this chapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ‘‘CONGRESSI

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