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IND-29 / Property, construction and housing

Buy, accept, exchange or condemn land for authorized military purposes

Acquire interests needed for authorized military projects; §2663 adds defined-purpose condemnation, limited low-cost/urgent acquisitions, surveys, and advance purchase options.

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Authority / instrument · IND-29

Land acquisition

Property, construction and housing

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of military department

What this does not authorize / hard limit

No general power to speculate in real estate

Recorded executor

USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

Continue to actor →

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedApplicable MILCON/O&M only where section authorizes; options capped at 12% of appraised value. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRelated evidenceMilitary real-property acquisition has published government real-estate channels; landowners are counterparties to a mission-driven acquisition, not applicants for general capital. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolIND-29 · Property & leases

Authority holder: Secretary of military department

Property & leasesCooperation & exchanges

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.

Program process and intake

Checked 2026-10-04 · process documented. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

Military real-property acquisition has published government real-estate channels; landowners are counterparties to a mission-driven acquisition, not applicants for general capital.

Military land acquisition

Who this route serves
Government project sponsors and owners of property sought for an authorized requirement
Administering office / routing lead
Military department real-estate authority; USACE district for supported Army/Air Force requirements
Related process

USACE describes the acquisition process but the office page does not assign every transaction to § 2663; the exact legal instrument must be confirmed.

What this evidence label means
Office process documented

DoDI 4165.71 assigns real-property acquisition responsibilities; USACE publishes military acquisition functions.

Status reference date: 2026-10-04 · research checked 2026-10-04

DoDI 4165.71 Real Property Acquisition, Change 1 · §§ 1–2: purpose, delegated responsibilities and scopeofficial implementing instruction · published 2018-08-31 · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Steps and preparation

Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

Exclusions and limits

Authority relationship source

USACE Mobile District Acquisitions Branch · Military acquisition and real-estate outgrant functions; branch contactofficial office/process page · Evidence record

USACE real-estate mission and contact →

government office routing: Identify the responsible district and customer agency; headquarters is not approval of an acquisition.

Source access and verification notes
Research scope and sources checked

Searched DoDI4165.71 and USACE military real-estate acquisition pages, including district title/negotiation functions.

What remains unverified

  • No property-specific acquisition directive, delegation or funded requirement was obtained. Direct retrieval of the detailed DoDI was blocked; indexed purpose/scope was available.

A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Authorized military purpose or specific low-cost/urgent statutory route
  • Appraisal, title, notice and acquisition findings
  • Condemnation alternatives/negotiation and 21-day notice, unless vital-security exception

Limits & exclusions

  • No general power to speculate in real estate
  • Scope/price thresholds and anti-parcel-splitting rules apply
  • Just compensation and court process for condemnation

Funding conditions

  • Applicable MILCON/O&M only where section authorizes; options capped at 12% of appraised value.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Installation commander and Service facilities/real-estate staff
  • Service installation secretariat / ASD(EI&E) policy

Resources

  • Military Department installation budgets / project sponsor

Approval

  • Secretary concerned or properly delegated real-estate/construction official

Execution

  • USACE district real-estate/construction offices
  • NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands
  • AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

Partners & review

  • Landowners / developers / local governments
  • Environmental regulators and real-estate counsel

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Requirement sponsor → named planning office → resource owner and counsel → statutory approving official → authorized executing/contracting office.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedApplicable MILCON/O&M only where section authorizes; options capped at 12% of appraised value. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRelated evidenceMilitary real-property acquisition has published government real-estate channels; landowners are counterparties to a mission-driven acquisition, not applicants for general capital. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Confidence: High on statutory permission; execution roles are organizational routing, not verified individual delegations.

Currentness: 2024 official U.S. Code operative text read; relevant amendments in Pub. L. 119-60 (Dec. 18, 2025), 119-21 and 119-103 examined. Rolling OLRC source consulted where retrievable; transaction-specific later-law and delegation confirmation remains necessary.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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