---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2669"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2669"
heading: "Transfer of land and facilities to support contracts with federally funded research and development centers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2669"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 159 — Real Property; Related Personal Property; and Lease of Non-Excess Property"
---

# §2669. Transfer of land and facilities to support contracts with federally funded research and development centers

- (a) **Lease of Land, Facilities, and Improvements.—**
  - (1) The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) may lease, for no consideration, land, [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2), infrastructure, and improvements to a covered FFRDC if the lease is to further the purposes of a contract between the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense and the covered FFRDC.
  - (2) A lease entered into under [paragraph (1)](#a-1) shall terminate on the earlier of the following dates:
    - (A) The date that is 50 years after the date on which the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) enters into the lease.
    - (B) The date of the termination or non-renewal of the contract between the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense and the covered FFRDC related to the lease.
- (b) **Conveyance of Facilities and Improvements.—**
  - (1) The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) may convey, for no consideration, ownership of [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) and improvements located on land leased to a covered FFRDC to further the purposes of a contract between the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense and the covered FFRDC.
  - (2) The ownership of any [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) and improvements conveyed by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) or any improvements made to the leased land by the covered FFRDC under this subsection shall, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6), revert or transfer to the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) upon the termination or non-renewal of the underlying land lease.
  - (3) Any [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) and improvements conveyed by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) shall be demolished by the covered FFDRC as determined by such [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3).
- (c) **Construction Standards.—** A lease entered into under this section may provide that any [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) constructed on the leased land may be constructed using commercial [standards](/usc/10/3011.md?p=3) in a manner that provides force protection safeguards appropriate to the activities conducted in, and the location of, such [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2).
- (d) **Inapplicability of Certain Property Management Laws.—**
  - (1) The conveyance or lease of property or [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2), improvements, and infrastructure under this section shall not be subject to the following provisions of law:
    - (A) [Section 2667 of this title](/usc/10/2667.md).
    - (B) [Section 1302 of title 40](/usc/40/1302.md).
    - (C) [Section 501](/usc/10/501.md) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ([42 U.S.C. 11411](/usc/42/11411.md)).
  - (2) Sections [2662](/usc/10/2662.md) and [2802](/usc/10/2802.md) of this title shall not apply to any improvements or [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) constructed by the covered FFRDC on land leased or conveyed to a covered FFRDC described in subsection [(a)](#a) or [(b)](#b).
- (e) **Competitive Procedures for Selection of Certain Lessees; Exception.—** If a proposed lease under this section is with respect to a covered FFRDC, the use of competitive procedures for the selection of the lessee is not required and the provisions of [chapter 33](/usc/41/chstI/dC/ch33.md) of title 41, United States Code, or [chapter 221](/usc/10/chstA/ptV/sptB/ch221.md) of title 10, United States Code, and the related provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall not apply.
- (f) **Covered FFRDC Defined.—** In this section, the term “covered FFRDC” means a federally funded research and development center that is sponsored by, and has entered into a contract with, the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 117–263, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2831(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3002.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2269, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 151; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. B, title XXVIII, § 2812(f)(2)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–418; Pub. L. 108–136, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2813(b), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1725; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(3), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440, related to easements for gas, water, and sewer pipe lines, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 109–364, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2822(c), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2475.