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10 U.S.C. § 2696 — Real property: transfer between armed forces and screening requirements for other Federal use

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10 U.S.C. § 2696 — Real property: transfer between armed forces and screening requirements for other Federal use

**(a) Transfers Between Armed Forces.—** If either of the Secretaries concerned requests it and the other approves, real property may be transferred, without compensation, from one armed force to another. [Section 2571(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2571/d&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply to the transfer of real property under this subsection. **(b) Screening Requirements for Additional Federal Use.—** The Secretary concerned may not convey real property that is authorized or required to be conveyed, whether for or without consideration, by any provision of law enacted after December 31, 1997, unless the Administrator of General Services has screened the property for further Federal use in accordance with subtitle I of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41. **(c) Time for Screening.—** (1) Before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of a provision of law authorizing or requiring the conveyance of a parcel of real property by the Secretary concerned, the Administrator of General Services shall complete the screening referred to in subsection (b) with regard to the real property and notify the Secretary concerned and Congress of the results of the screening. The notice shall include— (A) the name of the Federal agency requesting transfer of the property; (B) the proposed use to be made of the property by the Federal agency; and (C) the fair market value of the property, including any improvements thereon, as estimated by the Administrator. (2) If the Administrator fails to complete the screening and notify the Secretary concerned and Congress within such period, the Secretary concerned shall pro

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**(a) Transfers Between Armed Forces.—** If either of the Secretaries concerned requests it and the other approves, real property may be transferred, without compensation, from one armed force to another. [Section 2571(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2571/d&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply to the transfer of real property under this subsection. **(b) Screening Requirements for Additional Federal Use.—** The Secretary concerned may not convey real property that is authorized or required to be conveyed, whether for or without consideration, by any provision of law enacted after December 31, 1997, unless the Administrator of General Services has screened the property for further Federal use in accordance with subtitle I of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41. **(c) Time for Screening.—** (1) Before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of a provision of law authorizing or requiring the conveyance of a parcel of real property by the Secretary concerned, the Administrator of General Services shall complete the screening referred to in subsection (b) with regard to the real property and notify the Secretary concerned and Congress of the results of the screening. The notice shall include— (A) the name of the Federal agency requesting transfer of the property; (B) the proposed use to be made of the property by the Federal agency; and (C) the fair market value of the property, including any improvements thereon, as estimated by the Administrator. (2) If the Administrator fails to complete the screening and notify the Secretary concerned and Congress within such period, the Secretary concerned shall proceed with the conveyance of the real property as provided in the provision of law authorizing or requiring the conveyance. **(d) Effect of Submission of Notice.—** If the Administrator of General Services submits notice under subsection (c)(1) that further Federal use of a parcel of real property is requested by a Federal agency, the Secretary concerned may not proceed with the conveyance of the real property as provided in the provision of law authorizing or requiring the conveyance until the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the notice is submitted to Congress. **(e) Excepted Conveyance Authorities.—** The screening requirements of subsection (b) shall not apply to real property authorized or required to be conveyed under any of the following provisions of law: (1) A base closure law. (2) Chapter 5 of title 40. (3) Any specific provision of law authorizing or requiring the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over a parcel of real property between Federal agencies. **(f) Screening and Conveyance of Property for Correctional Facilities Purposes.—** (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), before any real property or facility of the United States that is under the jurisdiction of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the Department of Defense is determined to be excess to the needs of such department, agency, or instrumentality, the Secretary of Defense shall— (A) provide adequate notification of the availability of such real property or facility within the Department of Defense; (B) if the real property or facility remains available after such notification, notify the Attorney General of its availability; and (C) if the Attorney General certifies to the Secretary of Defense that a determination has been made by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance within the Department of Justice to utilize the real property or facility under the correctional options program carried out under section 515 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ([42 U.S.C. 3762a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3762a&num=0&edition=prelim)),11 See References in Text note below. convey the real property or facility, without reimbursement, to a public agency referred to in paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (a) of such section for such utilization. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply— (A) to real property and facilities to which title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100–526) is applicable; and (B) during any portion of a fiscal year after four conveyances have been made under paragraph (1) in such fiscal year.

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10 U.S.C. § 2687 — Base closures and realignments

**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no action may be taken to effect or implement— (1) the closure, including a mothball action, divestiture, deactivation, or any other action to render inoperable, of any military installation at which at least 300 civilian personnel are authorized to be employed; (2) any realignment with respect to any military installation referred to in paragraph (1) involving a reduction by more than 1,000, or by more than 50 percent, in the number of civilian personnel authorized to be employed at such military installation at the time the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned notifies the Congress under subsection (b) of the Secretary’s plan to close or realign such installation; or (3) any construction, conversion, or rehabilitation at any military facility other than a military installation referred to in clause (1) or (2) which will or may be required as a result of the relocation of civilian personnel to such facility by reason of any closure or realignment to which clause (1) or (2) applies, unless and until the provisions of subsection (b) are complied with. **(b)** No action described in subsection (a) with respect to the closure of, or a realignment with respect to, any military installation referred to in such subsection may be taken unless and until— (1) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned notifies the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, as part of an annual request for authorization of appropriations to such Committees, of the proposed closing or realignment and submits with the notification— (A) an evaluation of the fiscal, local economic, budgetary, environme

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42 U.S.C. § 3762a — Omitted

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section, Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 509, formerly § 508, as added Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1111(a)(2)(C), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3101; amended Pub. L. 110–294, § 1, July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2971; renumbered § 509, Pub. L. 117–325, § 2(c)(1), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4444, which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 2006 through 2012, was omitted as obsolete. #### Prior Provisions For prior sections 3758 and 3759 of this title, see notes set out preceding [section 3750 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3750&num=0&edition=prelim).

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10 U.S.C. § 2693 — Sentinel Landscapes Partnership

**(a) Establishment.—** The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies that elect to become full partners in the program, may establish and carry out a program to preserve and restore sentinel landscapes. The program shall be known as the “Sentinel Landscapes Partnership”. **(b) Designation of Sentinel Landscapes.—** The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies that elect to become full partners in the Sentinel Landscapes Partnership may, as such Secretaries and other heads determine appropriate, collectively designate one or more sentinel landscapes. **(c) Coordination of Activities.—** In carrying out this section, the Secretaries and the other heads of Federal departments and agencies may coordinate actions between their departments and agencies and with other Federal, State, interstate, and local agencies, Indian Tribes, and private entities to more efficiently work together for the mutual benefit of conservation, resilience, working lands, and national defense, and to encourage owners and managers of land to engage in voluntary land management, resilience, and conservation activities that contribute to the sustainment of military installations, State-owned National Guard installations, and associated airspace. **(d) Priority Consideration.—** In carrying out this section, the Secretaries and the other heads of Federal departments and agencies may give to any eligible owner or manager of land within a designated sentinel landscape priority consideration for participation in any easement, grant, or assistance program administered by that Secretary or he

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34 U.S.C. § 10141 — Establishment of Bureau of Justice Assistance

**(a)** There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, a Bureau of Justice Assistance (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Bureau”). **(b)** The Bureau shall be headed by a Director (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Director”) who shall be appointed by the President. The Director shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General. The Director shall have final authority for all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau. The Director shall not engage in any employment other than that of serving as the Director, nor shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Bureau makes any contract or other arrangement under this chapter.

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34 U.S.C. § 10171 — Correctional options grants

**(a) Authority to make grants** The Director, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Corrections, may make— (1) 4 grants in each fiscal year, in various geographical areas throughout the United States, to public agencies for correctional options (including the cost of construction) that provide alternatives to traditional modes of incarceration and offender release programs— (A) to provide more appropriate intervention for youthful offenders who are not career criminals, but who, without such intervention, are likely to become career criminals or more serious offenders; (B) to provide a degree of security and discipline appropriate for the offender involved; (C) to provide diagnosis, and treatment and services (including counseling, substance abuse treatment, education, job training and placement assistance while under correctional supervision, and linkage to similar outside services), to increase the success rate of offenders who decide to pursue a course of lawful and productive conduct after release from legal restraint; (D) to reduce criminal recidivism by offenders who receive punishment through such alternatives; (E) to reduce the cost of correctional services and facilities by reducing criminal recidivism; and (F) to provide work that promotes development of industrial and service skills in connection with a correctional option; (2) grants to private nonprofit organizations— (A) for any of the purposes specified in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1); (B) to undertake educational and training programs for criminal justice personnel; (C) to provide technical assistance to States and local units of government; and (D) to carry out demonstration projects which, in view of previous research or experi

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40 U.S.C. § 521 — Policies and methods

Subject to [section 523 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section523&num=0&edition=prelim), in order to minimize expenditures for property, the Administrator of General Services shall— (1) prescribe policies and methods to promote the maximum use of excess property by executive agencies; and (2) provide for the transfer of excess property— (A) among federal agencies; and (B) to the organizations specified in [section 321(c)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section321/c/2&num=0&edition=prelim).

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10 U.S.C. § 2696 — Real property: transfer between armed

Page 2145 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 2696 (b) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Payments made under subsection (a) to a pollutant bank- ing program or water quality trading program may be treated as eligible project costs for mili- tary construction. (c) DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘discharge of pollutants’’ has the meaning given that term in section 502(12) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362(12)) (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Clean Water Act’’). (Added Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title III, § 312(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2502.) § 2695. Acceptance of funds to cover administra- tive expenses relating to certain real prop- erty transactions (a) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT.—In connection with a real property transaction referred to in sub- section (b) with a non-Federal person or entity, the Secretary of a military department may ac- cept amounts provided by the person or entity to cover administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary in entering into the transaction. (b) COVERED TRANSACTIONS.—Subsection (a) applies to the following transactions involving real property under the control of the Secretary of a military department: (1) The exchange of real property. (2) The grant of an easement over, in, or upon real property of the United States. (3) The lease or license of real property of the United States. (4) The disposal of real property of the United States for which the Secretary will be the disposal agent. (5) The conveyance of real property under section 2694a of this title. (c) USE OF AMOUNTS COLLECTED.—(1) Amounts collected by the Secretary of a military depart- ment under subsection (a) for administrative ex- penses shall be credited, at the option of the Secretary— (A) to the appropriation, f

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42 U.S.C. § 3762a — Transferred

Page 5979 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE §§ 3769 to 3769d PART B—DISCRETIONARY GRANTS SUBPART 1—GRANTS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES §§ 3760 to 3762. Repealed. Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1111(b)(1), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3101 Section 3760, Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 510, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6091(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4335; amended Pub. L. 101–647, title XVIII, § 1801(a)(2), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4847; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320702(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2121; Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(b) [title I, § 120(a)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–50, 2681–70; Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title II, § 203(a)(3), (4), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1775, related to pur- poses of grants to public and private entities. Section 3761, Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 511, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6091(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4336; amended Pub. L. 101–647, title XVIII, § 1801(a)(3), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4847; Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title II, § 203(a)(5), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1775, related to allo- cation of funds for grants. Section 3762, Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 512, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6091(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4336, related to limitation on use of discretionary grant funds. For prior sections 510 to 512 of Pub. L. 90–351 and prior sections 3760 to 3762 of this title, see notes set out preceding section 3750 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal applicable with respect to the first fiscal year beginning after Jan. 5, 2006, and each fiscal year there- after, see section 1111(d) of Pub. L. 109–162, set out as an Effective Date of 2006 Amendment note set out under section 10151 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law

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