---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2819"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2819"
heading: "Strategy and assessment with respect to non-operational, underutilized, and other Department of Defense facilities: assessments of historical significance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2819"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 169 — Military Construction and Military Family Housing"
  - "Subchapter I — Military Construction"
---

# §2819. Strategy and assessment with respect to non-operational, underutilized, and other Department of Defense facilities: assessments of historical significance

- (a) **Strategy for Demolition.—** Each [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) shall develop a strategy to demolish [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) under the respective jurisdiction of each such [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) that—
  - (1) are in poor or failing condition under the uniform index developed under section 2838 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31);
  - (2) are not in operational use; or
  - (3) such [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) determines are underutilized.
- (b) **Assessment of Certain Maintenance Costs.—** Each [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) shall conduct an assessment to determine the total cost to the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) to maintain [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) that—
  - (1) are not in operational use; and
  - (2) such [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) determines are underutilized.
- (c) **Required Consideration.—** In determining whether a [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) is underutilized pursuant to subsections [(a)](#a) or [(b)](#b), each [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) shall compare the occupancy of such [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) to the total square footage of such [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2).
- (d) **Assessments of Historic Significance.—**
  - (1) Not later than December 1, 2025, and on an annual basis thereafter, each [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) shall conduct an assessment of each [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) under the jurisdiction of the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) that was constructed at least 25 years prior to the year covered by the assessment to determine whether the [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2)—
    - (A) is historically significant; or
    - (B) will be historically significant at the end of the 25-year period beginning on the date of the completion of such assessment.
  - (2) For each [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) described in [paragraph (1)](#d-1) that a [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) determines is not, or will not be, historically significant pursuant to an assessment under such paragraph, the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) shall—
    - (A) conduct an assessment of the condition of such [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2);
    - (B) make an initial determination of whether such [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) will be modernized or demolished during such 25-year period; and
    - (C) submit to the digital [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) management system of the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) under the jurisdiction of such [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3)—
      - (i) the results of the assessment under [subparagraph (A)](#d-2-A); and
      - (ii) the initial determination required by [subparagraph (B)](#d-2-B).
  - (3) If, during the course of any assessment of a [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) described in [paragraph (1)](#d-1), the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) changes a determination with respect to the historic significance of the [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) or plans of such [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) to modernize or demolish the [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2), such [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall revise the information submitted to the applicable digital [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) management system pursuant to [subparagraph (C)](#d-2-C) of paragraph (2).
- (e) **Annual Briefing.—**
  - (1) Along with the budget for fiscal year 2027 submitted by the President pursuant to [section 1105(a) of title 31](/usc/31/1105.md?p=a), United States Code, and on an annual basis thereafter, each [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) shall provide to the [congressional defense committees](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-16) a briefing on—
    - (A) the strategy required by [subsection (a)](#a); and
    - (B) the results of the assessments required by subsections [(b)](#b) and [(d)](#d).
  - (2) Each such briefing shall include—
    - (A) a summary of the existing authorities of each [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) to demolish the [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) covered by such strategy;
    - (B) a plan to implement such strategy; and
    - (C) recommendations of each such [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) with respect to reducing—
      - (i) the inventory of [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) in poor or failing condition under the uniform index developed under section 2838 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31); and
      - (ii) the total cost to the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) to maintain the [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) covered by the assessment required by [subsection (b)](#b) of such section.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2822(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2254; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(a)(19), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1209.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 2838 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (e)(2)(C)(i), is section 2838 of Pub. L. 118–31, which is set out as a note preceding section 2851 of this title.

### Amendments

2025—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 119–60 inserted “the” before “congressional defense committees”.