(a) Under such regulations and for such periods and at such prices as he may prescribe, the Secretary concerned or his designee may sell or contract to sell to purchasers within or in the immediate vicinity of an activity of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard, as the case may be, any of the following utilities and related services, if it is determined that they are not available from another local source and that the sale is in the interest of national defense or in the public interest:(1) Electric power.
(2) Steam.
(3) Compressed air.
(4) Water.
(5) Sewage and garbage disposal.
(6) Natural, manufactured, or mixed gas.
(7) Ice.
(8) Mechanical refrigeration.
(9) Telephone service.
(b) Proceeds of sales under subsection (a) shall be credited to the appropriation currently available for the supply of that utility or service.
(c) To meet local needs the Secretary concerned may make minor expansions and extensions of any distributing system or facility within an activity through which a utility or service is furnished under subsection (a).
Structure US Code
Subtitle A— General Military Law
PART IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY
CHAPTER 159— REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY
§ 2661. Miscellaneous administrative provisions relating to real property
§ 2662. Real property transactions: reports to congressional committees
§ 2663. Land acquisition authorities
§ 2664. Limitations on real property acquisition
§ 2665. Sale of certain interests in land; logs
§ 2667. Leases: non-excess property of military departments and Defense Agencies
§ 2668. Easements for rights-of-way
§ 2668a. Easements: granting restrictive easements in connection with land conveyances
§ 2670. Use of facilities by private organizations; use as polling places
§ 2671. Military reservations and facilities: hunting, fishing, and trapping
§ 2672. Protection of buildings, grounds, property, and persons
§ 2675. Leases: foreign countries
§ 2678. Feral horses and burros: removal from military installations
§ 2679. Installation-support services: intergovernmental support agreements
§ 2682. Facilities for defense agencies
§ 2683. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction; minimum drinking age on military installations
§ 2684. Cooperative agreements for management of cultural resources
§ 2686. Utilities and services: sale; expansion and extension of systems and facilities
§ 2687. Base closures and realignments
§ 2688. Utility systems: conveyance authority
§ 2692. Storage, treatment, and disposal of nondefense toxic and hazardous materials
§ 2694. Conservation and cultural activities
§ 2694a. Conveyance of surplus real property for natural resource conservation
§ 2694b. Participation in wetland mitigation banks
§ 2694c. Participation in conservation banking programs
§ 2694d. Participation in pollutant banks and water quality trading