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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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Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary concerned may carry out a military construction project not otherwise authorized by law if the Secretary determines (1) that the project is vital to the national security or to the protection of health, safety, or the quality of the environment, and (2) that the requirement for the project is so urgent that deferral of the project for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with national security or the protection of health, safety, or environmental quality, as the case may be.

(Added Pub. L. 97–214, § 2(a) , July 12, 1982 , 96 Stat. 154 ; amended Pub. L. 102–190, div. B, title XXVIII , §§ 2803, 2870(2), Dec. 5, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1537 , 1562; Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, § 1053(9) , Oct. 23, 1992 , 106 Stat. 2502 ; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, § 1031(a)(34) , div. B, title XXVIII, § 2802, Nov. 24, 2003 , 117 Stat. 1600 , 1719; Pub. L. 109–364, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2801 , Oct. 17, 2006 , 120 Stat. 2466 ; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, § 1064(9) , Dec. 31, 2011 , 125 Stat. 1587 ; Pub. L. 115–91, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2801(a)(1) , Dec. 12, 2017 , 131 Stat. 1840 .)

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