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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 146— CONTRACTING FOR PERFORMANCE OF CIVILIAN COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL TYPE FUNCTIONS · § 2465

§ 2465. Prohibition on contracts for performance of firefighting or security-guard functions

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be obligated or expended for the purpose of entering into a contract for the performance of firefighting or security-guard functions at any military installation or facility.
(b)The prohibition in subsection
(a)does not apply to the following contracts:
(1)A contract to be carried out at a location outside the United States (including its commonwealths, territories, and possessions) at which members of the armed forces would have to be used for the performance of a function described in subsection
(a)at the expense of unit readiness.
(2)A contract to be carried out on a Government-owned but privately operated installation.
(3)A contract (or the renewal of a contract) for the performance of a function under contract on September 24, 1983.
(4)A contract that is—
(A)for a period of one year or less; and
(B)covers the performance of functions that, in the absence of the contract, would have to be performed by members of the armed forces who are not readily available to perform such functions.
(Added Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XII, § 1222(a)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3976, § 2693; amended Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a)–(b)(2), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1147; renumbered § 2465, Pub. L. 100–370, § 2(b)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 854; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1503(a)(25), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 512; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title III, § 331, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1442; Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title III, § 335, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 818.)
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  • Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XII, § 1222(a)(1)
  • 100 Stat. 3976
  • Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a)
  • 101 Stat. 1147
  • Pub. L. 100–370, § 2(b)(1)
  • 102 Stat. 854
  • Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1503(a)(25)
  • 110 Stat. 512
  • Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title III, § 331
  • 117 Stat. 1442
  • Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title III, § 335
  • 139 Stat. 818
  • Pub. L. 119–60, § 335(1)
  • Pub. L. 119–60, § 335(2)
  • Pub. L. 108–136
  • Pub. L. 104–106
  • Pub. L. 100–370
  • Pub. L. 100–180
  • Pub. L. 107–56, title X, § 1010
  • 115 Stat. 395
  • 132 Stat. 1850
  • Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A]
  • 114 Stat. 1654
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