---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2858"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2858"
heading: "Limitation on the use of funds for expediting a construction project"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2858"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 169 — Military Construction and Military Family Housing"
  - "Subchapter III — Administration of Military Construction and Military Family Housing"
---

# §2858. Limitation on the use of funds for expediting a construction project


Funds appropriated for [military construction](/usc/10/2801.md?p=a) (including [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) family housing) may not be expended for additional costs involved in expediting a construction project unless the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) (1) certifies that expenditures for such costs are necessary to protect the national interest, and (2) establishes a reasonable completion date for the project. In establishing such a completion date, the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall take into consideration the urgency of the requirement for completion of the project, the type and location of the project, the climatic and seasonal conditions affecting the construction involved, and the application of economical construction practices.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 97–214, § 2(a), July 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 167.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

For effective date and applicability of section, see section 12(a) of Pub. L. 97–214, set out as a note under section 2801 of this title.