10 U.S.C. § 18236 — Contributions to States; other use permitted by States

(a) Federal contributions under section 18233 come with conditions set by the Secretary of Defense, after consulting the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. Unless the parties agreed otherwise when the money was given, a facility built with a contribution under section 18233(a)(3) or (4) can be shared by two or more reserve components. But that joint use only happens as much as the State believes is practical. (b) A contribution for an armory or readiness center under section 18233(a)(4) or (5) has a cap. It cannot be more than the sum of two amounts. First, 100 percent of the cost of architectural, engineering, and design work, including early design work approved under section 18233(e). Second, enough of the construction cost (not counting design costs) that, once construction is done, the total federal contribution equals 75 percent of the whole project's cost, design included. When figuring the construction cost for this math, the State cannot count the cost or market value of any land it gave to the project. (c) If a State uses section 18233 money to acquire, build, expand, fix up, or convert a facility, it gets two powers. First, it may let people or groups outside the armed forces use the facility, under leases or agreements it thinks are fair. Second, it may use the money from those leases to help pay for maintaining the facility. (d) Unless the contribution agreement said otherwise, or was later changed, a State cannot let any outside use or disposal of the facility interfere with two things. First, training and running the reserve components of the armed forces. Second, in a war or national emergency, use by other armed forces units or by the United States for any other purpose.