10 U.S.C. § 2421 — Plantations and farms: operation, mainte-

Page 1926 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 2421 Sec. 2422. Bakery and dairy products: procurement out- side the United States. 2423. Laundry and dry cleaning services: procure- ment from facilities operated by the Navy Resale and Services Support Office. 2424. Procurement of supplies and services from ex- change stores outside the United States. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1989—Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title III, §§ 323(b), 324(b), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1414, 1415, added items 2423 and 2424. 1986—Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title III, § 312(b), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3852, added item 2422. § 2421. Plantations and farms: operation, mainte- nance, and improvement (a) Appropriations for the subsistence of mem- bers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force are available for expendi- tures necessary in the operation, maintenance, and improvement of any plantation or farm, outside the United States and under the juris- diction of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, as the case may be, for furnishing fresh fruits and vegetables to the armed forces. However, no land may be acquired under this subsection. (b) Fruits and vegetables produced under sub- section (a) that are over the amount furnished or sold to the armed forces or to civilians serv- ing with the armed forces may be sold only out- side the United States. (c) Of the persons employed by the United States under subsection (a), only nationals of the United States are entitled to the benefits provided by laws relating to the employment, work, compensation, or other benefits of civilian employees of the United States. (d) A plantation or farm covered by subsection (a) shall be operated, maintained, and improved by a private contractor or lessee, so far as prac- ticable. Before using members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, as the case may be, the Secretary concerned must make a reasonable effort to make a con- tract or lease with a person in civil life for his services for that operation, maintenance, or im- provement, on terms advantageous to the United States. A determination by the Sec- retary as to the reasonableness of effort to make a contract or lease, and as to the advantageous nature of its terms, is final. (e) SUNSET.—The authority under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2018. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 138; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 833(a)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2283; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(3)(FF), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3822.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 2421(a) ..... 2421(b) ..... 10:1213 (less 1st and 2d provisos). 34:555a (less 1st and 2d provisos). 10:1213 (2d proviso). 34:555a (2d proviso). June 28, 1944, ch. 306; re- stated July 1, 1947, ch. 188, 61 Stat. 234; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 3(2), 65 Stat. 708. 2421(c) ..... 10:1213 (1st proviso). 34:555a (1st proviso). HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES—CONTINUED Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 2421(d) ..... 10:1214. 34:555b. In subsection (a), the word ‘‘management’’, in 10:1213 and 34:555a, is omitted as covered by the word ‘‘oper- ation’’. The word ‘‘members’’ is substituted for the word ‘‘personnel’’. The word ‘‘may’’ is substituted for the word ‘‘shall’’. The words ‘‘any and all’’ and ‘‘the purpose of’’ are omitted as surplusage. In subsections (a) and (b), the word ‘‘continental’’ is omitted, since section 101(1) of this title defines the United States to include the States and the District of Columbia. In subsection (b), the words ‘‘of the United States’’ are omitted as surplusage. The words ‘‘Fruits and vege- tables produced under subsection (a)’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘That surplus production’’. In subsection (c), the words ‘‘nationals of the United States’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘American na- tionals’’. The words ‘‘civil-service laws and other * * * of the United States’’ and ‘‘rights * * * or obligations’’ are omitted as surplusage. In subsection (d), the words ‘‘after the termination of the present war’’ are omitted as executed. The word ‘‘by’’ is substituted for the words ‘‘through the instru- mentality of’’. The words ‘‘partnership, association’’ are omitted as covered by the definition of ‘‘person’’ in section 1 of title 1. The words ‘‘United States’’ are sub- stituted for the word ‘‘Government’’. The words ‘‘man- agement’’, ‘‘for that purpose’’, and ‘‘or agreement’’ are omitted as surplusage. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force’’ for ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ wherever appear- ing. 2016—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 114–328 added subsec. (e). § 2422. Bakery and dairy products: procurement outside the United States (a) The Secretary of Defense may authorize any element of the Department of Defense that procures bakery and dairy products for use by the armed forces outside the United States to procure any products described in subsection (b) through the use of procedures other than com- petitive procedures. (b) The products referred to in subsection (a) are bakery or dairy products produced by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service in a facil- ity outside the United States that began oper- ating before July 1, 1986. (Added Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title III, § 312(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3851.) § 2423. Laundry and dry cleaning services: pro- curement from facilities operated by the Navy Resale and Services Support Office (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may authorize an element of the Department of De- fense to enter into a contract (through the use of procedures other than competitive proce- dures) with a laundry and dry cleaning facility operated by the Navy Resale and Services Sup- port Office to procure laundry and dry cleaning services for the armed forces outside the United States. (b) APPLICATION.—Subsection (a) shall apply only with respect to a laundry and dry cleaning