10 U.S.C. § 2465 — Prohibition on contracts for performance of firefighting or security-guard functions
submitted 40 years ago by Pub. L. 99-661 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 187 words · no verdicts yet
This section generally prohibits the Department of Defense from using appropriated funds to contract out firefighting or security-guard functions at military installations or facilities. It lists exceptions to that prohibition.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), funds appropriated to the Department of Defense can not be obligated or spent for the purpose of entering into a contract for the performance of firefighting or security-guard functions at any military installation or facility.
(b) The prohibition in subsection
(a) does not apply to the following contracts:
(1) A contract to be carried out at a location outside the United States (including its commonwealths, territories, and possessions*) at which members of the armed forces* would have to be used for the performance of a function described in subsection
(a) at the expense of unit readiness.
(2) A contract to be carried out on a Government-owned but privately operated installation.
(3) A contract (or the renewal of a contract) for the performance of a function under contract on September 24, 1983 .
(4) A contract that is—
(A) for a period of one year or less; and
(B) covers the performance of functions that, in the absence of the contract, would have to be performed by members of the armed forces who are not readily available to perform such functions.
Except as provided in subsection (b), funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be obligated or expended for the purpose of entering into a contract for the performance of firefighting or security-guard functions at any military installation or facility.
The prohibition in subsection (a) does not apply to the following contracts:
A contract to be carried out at a location outside the United States (including its commonwealths, territories, and possessions*) at which members of the armed forces* would have to be used for the performance of a function described in subsection (a) at the expense of unit readiness.
A contract to be carried out on a Government-owned but privately operated installation.
A contract (or the renewal of a contract) for the performance of a function under contract on September 24, 1983.
A contract that is—
for a period of one year or less; and
covers the performance of functions that, in the absence of the contract, would have to be performed by members of the armed forces who are not readily available to perform such functions.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XII, § 1222(a)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3976, § 2693; amended Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a)–(b)(2), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1147; renumbered § 2465, Pub. L. 100–370, § 2(b)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 854; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1503(a)(25), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 512; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title III, § 331, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1442; Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title III, § 335, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 818.)
- 1986Enacted · Pub. L. 99-661 · 100 Stat. 3976
- 1987Amended · Pub. L. 100-180 · 101 Stat. 1147
- 1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-370 · 102 Stat. 854
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-106 · 110 Stat. 512
- 2003Amended · Pub. L. 108-136 · 117 Stat. 1442
- 2025Amended · Pub. L. 119-60 · 139 Stat. 818
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 99-661 on 1986-11-14.
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