10 U.S.C. § 18233 — Acquisition

(a) Subject to sections 18233a, 18234, 18235, 18236, and 18238 and to subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense may: (1) acquire by purchase, lease, or transfer, and construct, expand, rehabilitate, convert, and equip facilities authorized by law for this chapter's purposes; (2) give a State^* money the Secretary decides is needed to expand, rehabilitate, or convert facilities it or the United States owns for joint use by units of two or more reserve components, or to acquire or build facilities for that joint use; (3) give a State money needed to expand, rehabilitate, or convert its facilities (or acquire, construct, expand, rehabilitate, or convert additional ones) because of a conversion, redesignation, or reorganization of Army National Guard^* or Air National Guard^* units that the relevant military department Secretary authorized; (4) give a State money for acquiring, constructing, expanding, rehabilitating, or converting additional facilities the Secretary decides are required by an increase in Army^* National Guard^* or Air National Guard strength; (5) give a State money for additional facilities the Secretary decides are required because existing facilities fail to meet this chapter's purposes; and (6) give a State money to construct, alter, or rehabilitate critical parts of facilities the Secretary decides are needed to meet a change in Department of Defense construction criteria or standards tied to the unit's federal military mission.
(b) Title to property the United States acquires under subsection (a)(1) vests in the United States. That property may be transferred to a State as part of expanding, rehabilitating, or converting it under subsection (a)(2), as long as the transfer doesn't create a State-owned enclave inside a federal installation.
(c) The Secretary of Defense may delegate any authority or function under this chapter to any Department of Defense department, agency, or officer^*.
(d) Expenses of leasing property under subsection (a)(1) may be paid from appropriations available for paying rent.
(e) The Secretary of Defense may procure, or give a State money to procure, architectural and engineering services and construction design connected to facilities under this chapter that aren't otherwise authorized by law.
(f) (1) Authority to construct, expand, rehabilitate, convert, or equip a facility^* under this section includes authority to spend funds on surveys, administration, overhead, planning, design, and supervision for that activity. (2) Authority to acquire real property under this section includes authority to conduct surveys and to acquire interests in land, including temporary interests, by purchase or gift.