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Title 10—ARMED FORCES > Subtitle A—General Military Law > PART IV—SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY > CHAPTER 141—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROPERTY
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Whenever the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned publicly announces that a military installation is a candidate for closure or that a final decision has been made to close a military installation and the Secretary of Defense determines, because of the location, facilities, or other particular characteristics of the installation, that the installation may be suitable for some specific Federal, State, or local use potentially beneficial to the Nation, the Secretary of Defense may conduct such studies, including the preparation of an environmental impact statement in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), in connection with such installation and such potential use as may be necessary to provide information sufficient to make sound conclusions and recommendations regarding the possible use of the installation.
(Added Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, § 912(a)(1) , Dec. 1, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1122 ; amended Pub. L. 98–115, title VIII, § 808 , Oct. 11, 1983 , 97 Stat. 789 ; Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(k)(3) , Apr. 21, 1987 , 101 Stat. 284 ; Pub. L. 100–456, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2805 , Sept. 29, 1988 , 102 Stat. 2116 ; Pub. L. 101–510, div. D, title XLI, § 4102(b) , Nov. 5, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1851 ; Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, § 701(j)(3) , Apr. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 116 ; Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, § 1052(28) , div. D, title XLIII, § 4301(a)–(c), Oct. 23, 1992 , 106 Stat. 2500 , 2696, 2697; Pub. L. 103–35, title II, § 202(a)(15) , May 31, 1993 , 107 Stat. 101 ; Pub. L. 103–160, div. B, title XXIX, § 2913 , Nov. 30, 1993 , 107 Stat. 1925 ; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XI , §§ 1122(a), 1123(a), (b), Oct. 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 2870 , 2871; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1502(a)(1) , Feb. 10, 1996 , 110 Stat. 502 ; Pub. L. 104–201, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2814 , Sept. 23, 1996 , 110 Stat. 2790 ; Pub. L. 105–85, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2822 , Nov. 18, 1997 , 111 Stat. 1997 ; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1067(1) , Oct. 5, 1999 , 113 Stat. 774 ; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1041(a)(13) , Dec. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 2645 ; Pub. L. 109–163, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2832 , Jan. 6, 2006 , 119 Stat. 3520 ; Pub. L. 109–364, div. B, title XXVIII , §§ 2861, 2862, Oct. 17, 2006 , 120 Stat. 2498 ; Pub. L. 110–417, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2823(b) , Oct. 14, 2008 , 122 Stat. 4730 ; Pub. L. 112–239, div. B, title XXVII, § 2712(c)(1) , Jan. 2, 2013 , 126 Stat. 2145 ; Pub. L. 115–232, div. B, title XXVIII , §§ 2805(f), 2861, Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 2263 , 2282; Pub. L. 116–92, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2862 , Dec. 20, 2019 , 133 Stat. 1899 ; Pub. L. 116–283, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2882 , Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4369 ; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title III, § 313 , Dec. 27, 2021 , 135 Stat. 1629 ; Pub. L. 117–263, div. B, title XXVIII , §§ 2862–2864, Dec. 23, 2022 , 136 Stat. 3010 , 3011; Pub. L. 118–31, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2801 , Dec. 22, 2023 , 137 Stat. 743 ; Pub. L. 118–159, div. B, title XXVIII , §§ 2802, 2842, Dec. 23, 2024 , 138 Stat. 2247 , 2263; Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title III, § 371(a) , div. B, title XXVIII, §§ 2805, 2806(a), 2807, Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 836 , 1298.)
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