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IND-31 / Property, construction and housing

Grant infrastructure easements across military property

Grant rights-of-way for transportation, utilities, communications and other advisable purposes on controlled or reserved lands.

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Authority / instrument · IND-31

Rights-of-way

Property, construction and housing

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of military department

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Not transfer of full ownership

Recorded executor

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

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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 recordedCash/in-kind consideration governed through §2667(c),(e); no free general revenue account. 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.
EngagementProcess sourcedEasements have a real-estate approval track separate from environmental or waterway permits; USACE guidance explicitly invokes § 2668 for power/communications crossings. 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-31 · Grants & cooperative agreements

Authority holder: Secretary of military department

Grants & cooperative agreementsProperty & 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 · process documented. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

Easements have a real-estate approval track separate from environmental or waterway permits; USACE guidance explicitly invokes § 2668 for power/communications crossings.

Power-line and communications easements

Who this route serves
Utilities or other parties needing a defined right across federal land
Administering office / routing lead
Holding military department or USACE real-estate district for the affected property
Direct implementation

The regulation explicitly cites 10 USC 2668, but does not supply a universal military-installation application package.

What this evidence label means
Published easement process

ER 1110-2-4401 § 7 identifies § 2668 easement authority.

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

USACE ER 1110-2-4401: Clearances for Electric Power Supply Lines and Communication Lines · Printed p.3, § 7, real-estate easements under 10 USC 2668official engineering regulation · published 2021-02-28 · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Steps and preparation

Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

Exclusions and limits

Authority relationship source

USACE ER 1110-2-4401: Clearances for Electric Power Supply Lines and Communication Lines · Printed p.3, § 7, real-estate easements under 10 USC 2668official engineering regulation · published 2021-02-28 · Evidence record

Read USACE easement engineering guidance →

government property process: This regulation’s reservoir/civil-works setting is limited; consult the installation real-estate office for military-base procedures.

Source access and verification notes
Research scope and sources checked

Compared § 2668 with USACE engineering and district outgrant guidance; excluded regulatory permits as substitutes for property rights.

What remains unverified

  • No project-specific easement form, appraisal or installation approval verified; local property custody determines the route.

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

  • Finding not against public interest
  • Only land necessary for easement
  • Interior receives copies for public-land grants

Limits & exclusions

  • Nonuse/abandonment/noncompliance termination conditions
  • Grant must protect installation mission; not transfer of full ownership

Funding conditions

  • Cash/in-kind consideration governed through §2667(c),(e); no free general revenue account.

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 recordedCash/in-kind consideration governed through §2667(c),(e); no free general revenue account. 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.
EngagementProcess sourcedEasements have a real-estate approval track separate from environmental or waterway permits; USACE guidance explicitly invokes § 2668 for power/communications crossings. 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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