---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2008"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2008"
heading: "Authority to use funds for certain educational purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2008"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part III — Training and Education"
  - "Chapter 101 — Training Generally"
---

# §2008. Authority to use funds for certain educational purposes


Funds appropriated to the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense may be used to carry out construction, as defined in [section 7013(3)](/usc/10/7013.md) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, or to carry out section 7008 of such Act, relating to the provision of assistance to certain school [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) under the impact aid [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1401(g)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2618; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2891, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 590; Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(uuu)(3), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2190.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 7008 and 7013(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, referred to in text, are classified to sections 7708 and 7713(3), respectively, of Title 20, Education.

### Amendments

2015—Pub. L. 114–95 substituted “section 7013(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, or to carry out section 7008 of such Act” for “section 8013(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(3)), or to carry out section 8008 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7708)”.

1996—Pub. L. 104–106 substituted “construction, as defined in section 8013(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(3)), or to carry out section 8008 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7708), relating to the provision of assistance to certain school facilities under the impact aid program.” for “section 10 of the Act of September 23, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 640), relating to impact aid authorization.”

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2015 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1404 of Pub. L. 98–525, set out as a note under section 520b of this title.