2018 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle E - Reserve Components
Part V - Service, Supply, and Procurement
Chapter 1803 - Facilities for Reserve Components
Sec. 18231 - Purpose

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 18231 (2018)
Section Name §18231. Purpose
Section Text

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for—

(1) the acquisition, by purchase, lease, transfer, construction, expansion, rehabilitation, or conversion of facilities necessary for the proper development, training, operation, and maintenance of the reserve components of the armed forces, including troop housing and messing facilities;

(2) the joint use of those facilities by units of two or more of those reserve components, to the greatest practicable extent for efficiency and economy;

(3) the use of those facilities, in time of war or national emergency, by those units and other units of the armed forces, to the greatest practicable extent for efficiency and economy; and

(4) any other use of those facilities by the United States, in time of war or national emergency, to the greatest practicable extent for efficiency and economy.

Source Credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 120, §2231; Pub. L. 85–215, §1, Aug. 29, 1957, 71 Stat. 489; renumbered §18231, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §1664(b)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 3010.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
2231 50:881. Sept. 11, 1950, ch. 945, §2, 64 Stat. 829.

In clause (1), the words "units of" are omitted as surplusage.

In clause (4), the words "United States" are substituted for the words "Federal Government".

AMENDMENTS

1994—Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 2231 of this title as this section.

1957—Par. (1). Pub. L. 85–215 included troop housing and messing facilities.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle E - Reserve Components
PART V - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 1803 - FACILITIES FOR RESERVE COMPONENTS
Sec. 18231 - Purpose
Contains section 18231
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 64 Stat. 829
71 Stat. 489
108 Stat. 3010
Public Law References Public Law 85-215, Public Law 103-337
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