EconDefense
IND-30 / Property, construction and housing

Lease non-excess defense property for cash or in-kind consideration

Outlease temporarily unneeded, non-excess property; accept improvements, new facilities, utilities and industrial-equipment contributions as consideration.

Authority / instrument · IND-30

Property outleasing

Property, construction and housing

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Service Secretary; Secretary of Defense for Defense Agency property

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Not a general sale authority

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 recordedReceipts used only through statutory accounts/appropriation rules; at least half ordinarily reserved for originating installation; in-kind consideration has express exemptions from §§2662/2802. 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.
EngagementUse documentedAir Force enhanced-use leasing has a concrete 2026 § 2667 solicitation example, but its August deadline has passed. 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-30 · Property & leases

Authority holder: Service Secretary; Secretary of Defense for Defense Agency property

Property & leases

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 · program documented. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

Air Force enhanced-use leasing has a concrete 2026 § 2667 solicitation example, but its August deadline has passed.

Air Force Enhanced Use Lease: Eielson RFLP example

Who this route serves
Qualified private or public developers responding to the particular lease competition
Administering office / routing lead
AFCEC real-estate/EUL office with the 354th Fighter Wing
Documented use

The Air Force announcement explicitly cites 10 USC 2667.

What this evidence label means
Announced deadline passed

Published deadline was August 10, 2026 at 5 p.m. CST; no later extension or award was verified.

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

Air Force to host virtual industry day for Eielson Air Force Base · RFLP AFCEC-26-R-0009; four sites; 10 USC 2667; August 10 deadlineofficial solicitation announcement · published 2026-07-20 · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Steps and preparation

Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

  • lease consideration/private project finance · Published process; checked 2026-10-04

    § 2667 leasing obtains fair-market-value cash or in-kind consideration; developer financing is not a government loan.

    Air Force to host virtual industry day for Eielson Air Force Base · RFLP AFCEC-26-R-0009; four sites; 10 USC 2667; August 10 deadlineofficial solicitation announcement · published 2026-07-20 · Evidence record

Exclusions and limits

Authority relationship source

Air Force to host virtual industry day for Eielson Air Force Base · RFLP AFCEC-26-R-0009; four sites; 10 USC 2667; August 10 deadlineofficial solicitation announcement · published 2026-07-20 · Evidence record

AFCEC real-estate development and EUL contact →

program information and office contact: Current office discovery and program inquiry. The Eielson August 10, 2026 deadline has passed; this page is not itself an open solicitation.

Source access and verification notes
  • 10 U.S.C. § 2667 · 2024 edition (GovInfo) · 10 U.S.C. § 2667statute · Evidence record

    Legal record read from current corpus; historical fallback and currentness qualifications retained.

  • Air Force to host virtual industry day for Eielson Air Force Base · RFLP AFCEC-26-R-0009; four sites; 10 USC 2667; August 10 deadlineofficial solicitation announcement · published 2026-07-20 · Evidence record

    Official indexed text inspected; direct PDF/page retrieval returned HTTP 403 on 2026-10-04.

  • AFCEC Guide for submission of an unsolicited Enhanced Use Lease proposal · Unsolicited proposal submission to AFCEC/CIUB; EUL definition and fair-market-value considerationofficial process guide · published 2015-02-24 · Evidence record

    Historical guide, revision 24 February 2015. Official indexed text inspected. Main audit fetch returned HTTP 404; independent recheck returned HTTP 403 on 2026-10-04. Do not rely on the old mailbox as current; current discovery: https://www.afcec.af.mil/Home/EUL/. Automated direct retrieval returned HTTP 404 on October 4, 2026. This access check does not establish current legal effect or invalidate independently reviewed indexed evidence; see the cited location and this dossier’s access qualifications.

  • AFCEC Real Estate Development · Enhanced Use Leasing: lifecycle responsibilities and current CIUE workflow contactofficial program guidance · Evidence record

    Official indexed page inspected; direct retrieval returned HTTP 403 on 2026-10-04.

Research scope and sources checked

Read the Eielson AFCEC announcement, older unsolicited-proposal guide and statutory exclusions; separated a dated competition from general EUL authority.

What remains unverified

  • No final Eielson lease award or amended closing date verified. The historical unsolicited-proposal guide is inaccessible in current direct checks; use current AFCEC office discovery, not its old mailbox.

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

  • Defense/public-interest finding
  • Fair-market-value consideration subject to specific exceptions
  • Competition for covered leases unless statutory exception applies

Limits & exclusions

  • Five-year normal term; longer term requires finding
  • Not a general sale authority
  • Leaseback/annual-payment limit $500,000
  • Oil, mineral and phosphate lands excluded

Funding conditions

  • Receipts used only through statutory accounts/appropriation rules; at least half ordinarily reserved for originating installation; in-kind consideration has express exemptions from §§2662/2802.

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

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 recordedReceipts used only through statutory accounts/appropriation rules; at least half ordinarily reserved for originating installation; in-kind consideration has express exemptions from §§2662/2802. 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.
EngagementUse documentedAir Force enhanced-use leasing has a concrete 2026 § 2667 solicitation example, but its August deadline has passed. 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.