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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 159— REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY · § 2686

§ 2686. Utilities and services: sale; expansion and extension of systems and facilities

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(a)Under such regulations and for such periods and at such prices as he may prescribe, the Secretary concerned or his designee may sell or contract to sell to purchasers within or in the immediate vicinity of an activity of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard, as the case may be, any of the following utilities and related services, if it is determined that they are not available from another local source and that the sale is in the interest of national defense or in the public interest:
(1)Electric power.
(2)Steam.
(3)Compressed air.
(4)Water.
(5)Sewage and garbage disposal.
(6)Natural, manufactured, or mixed gas.
(7)Ice.
(8)Mechanical refrigeration.
(9)Telephone service.
(b)Proceeds of sales under subsection
(a)shall be credited to the appropriation currently available for the supply of that utility or service.
(c)To meet local needs the Secretary concerned may make minor expansions and extensions of any distributing system or facility within an activity through which a utility or service is furnished under subsection (a).
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 141, § 2481; Pub. L. 86–156, Aug. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 338; renumbered § 2686, Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title III, § 371(b)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1705; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(2)(A)(viii), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3821.)
In subsection (a), the words “within his establishment”, “of time”, and the opening clauses of 5:626s–1, 10:1269a, and 34:553b, are omitted as surplusage. The words “not available from another local source” are substituted for the words “not otherwise available from local private or public sources”.
In subsection (b), the words “of sales under subsection (a)” are substituted for the words “received for any such utilities and related services sold pursuant to the authority of said sections”. The words “or appropriations” are omitted as surplusage.
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  • Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 141
  • Pub. L. 86–156
  • 73 Stat. 338
  • Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title III, § 371(b)(1)
  • 111 Stat. 1705
  • 134 Stat. 3821
  • Pub. L. 95–82, title V, § 504(a)(1)
  • 91 Stat. 371
  • Pub. L. 95–356, title V, § 503(a)
  • 92 Stat. 579
  • Pub. L. 96–125, title V, § 502(a)
  • 93 Stat. 940
  • Pub. L. 96–418, title V, § 504(a)
  • 94 Stat. 1765
  • Pub. L. 97–214
  • 96 Stat. 173
  • Pub. L. 105–85
  • Pub. L. 86–156, § 1(1)
  • Pub. L. 86–156, § 1(2)
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§ 2686
Utilities and services: sale; expansion and extension of systems and facilities
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ActAug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
Stat.70A Stat. 141
Pub. L.Pub. L. 86–156
Stat.73 Stat. 338
Pub. L.Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title III, § 371(b)(1)
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