---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2820"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2820"
heading: "Development of infrastructure improvement plan for each military department"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2820"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 169 — Military Construction and Military Family Housing"
  - "Subchapter I — Military Construction"
---

# §2820. Development of infrastructure improvement plan for each military department

- (a) **In General.—** Not later than the date on which the budget of the President for fiscal year 2027 is submitted to Congress pursuant to [section 1105 of title 31](/usc/31/1105.md), and once every five years thereafter, each [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) shall submit to the [congressional defense committees](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-16) each of the following:
  - (1) A detailed plan with respect to the improvement of infrastructure and [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) under the jurisdiction of the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) during the 20-year period beginning after the date on which the plan is submitted that [includes](/usc/10/101.md?p=g-4)—
    - (A) a summary of major efforts of the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) to be carried out pursuant to the plan;
    - (B) milestones and specific goals for such major efforts;
    - (C) a description of objectives of the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) to manage and improve such infrastructure and [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) during such period, including—
      - (i) utility systems (electric, water and wastewater systems, energy distribution systems, transportation, and communication networks); and
      - (ii) all physical structures located on a [military installation](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-4) under the jurisdiction of the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5).
  - (2) A certification that the budget of the President for the applicable fiscal year and the future-years defense [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) submitted to Congress in relation to such budget under [section 221 of this title](/usc/10/221.md) provide for funding of planning, design, and construction at a level that is sufficient to meet the requirements specified in the plan under [paragraph (1)](#a-1) on the schedule provided in such plan.
- (b) **Elements.—** Each plan submitted by a [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) under [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1) shall include the following:
  - (1) The estimated costs of necessary infrastructure and [facility](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) improvements and a description of how such costs would be addressed by the budget request of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense and the future-years defense [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) submitted for the applicable fiscal year.
  - (2) An assessment of how the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) is accurately accounting for the costs of sustaining [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) and addressing the identified necessary improvements of infrastructure and [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) as outlined in the plan.
- (c) **Incorporation of Results-oriented Management Practices.—** Each plan under [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1) shall incorporate the leading results-oriented management practices, including—
  - (1) analytically based goals;
  - (2) results-oriented metrics;
  - (3) an identification of required resources, risks, and stakeholders; and
  - (4) [regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) reporting on progress to decision makers.
- (d) **Service Chief Assessment.—** Each [service chief](/usc/10/3101.md?p=5) (as defined in [section 3101 of this title](/usc/10/3101.md)) shall—
  - (1) assess each plan and certification developed by the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) under [subsection (a)](#a); and
  - (2) submit to the [congressional defense committees](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-16), not later than the date on which the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) submits the plan and certification to such committees, an unaltered copy of the results of such assessment.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2803, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1293.)