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Title 10—ARMED FORCES > Subtitle A—General Military Law > PART IV—SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY > CHAPTER 169—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING > SUBCHAPTER I—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

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The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments may carry out such military construction projects, land acquisitions, and defense access road projects (as described under section 210 of title 23 ) as are authorized by law.

(Added Pub. L. 97–214, § 2(a) , July 12, 1982 , 96 Stat. 154 ; amended Pub. L. 110–181, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2802(a) , Jan. 28, 2008 , 122 Stat. 539 ; Pub. L. 110–417, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2801(b) , Oct. 14, 2008 , 122 Stat. 4719 ; Pub. L. 113–66, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2807(c) , Dec. 26, 2013 , 127 Stat. 1012 ; Pub. L. 113–291, div. B, title XXVIII , §§ 2801, 2803(b), Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3695 , 3697; Pub. L. 114–328, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2811(b) , (c), Dec. 23, 2016 , 130 Stat. 2716 ; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1081(d)(15) , Dec. 12, 2017 , 131 Stat. 1600 ; Pub. L. 115–232, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2803 , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 2261 ; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1731(a)(53) , div. B, title XXVIII, § 2802, Dec. 20, 2019 , 133 Stat. 1815 , 1881; Pub. L. 119–60, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2808(b) , Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 1298 .)

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