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IND-38 / Property, construction and housing

Repair or convert existing facilities with O&M funds

Restore existing facilities or convert their use without enlarging external dimensions.

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Authority / instrument · IND-38

Facility repair

Property, construction and housing

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary concerned

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Cannot build new facilities or additions under repair authority

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 recordedO&M appropriations; no evasion of construction rules by relabeling new construction as repair. 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 sourcedArmy Reserve publishes a real § 2811 delegation for O&M-funded repairs, including named command-level approval responsibilities. 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-38 · Other statutory tools

Authority holder: Secretary concerned

Other statutory tools

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.

Army Reserve publishes a real § 2811 delegation for O&M-funded repairs, including named command-level approval responsibilities.

Army Reserve OMAR repair projects

Who this route serves
Army Reserve government facilities sponsors
Administering office / routing lead
Commanders of the 63rd, 81st, 88th and 99th Readiness Divisions and 9th Mission Support Command, within the published delegation; major repairs require higher approval
Direct implementation

The memorandum explicitly identifies 10 USC 2811 and OMAR; it is direct delegation evidence.

What this evidence label means
Delegation published

The Army Reserve current register lists DOA 25-20 for § 2811 repair projects.

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

Army Reserve publications and current delegation index · CAR DOA25-20,25-22,25-24 and25-25 listingofficial document register · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Steps and preparation

Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

Exclusions and limits

Authority relationship source

Army Reserve Delegation of Authority25-20: § 2811 OMAR repairs · Paragraphs3–4: repair limits and named command-level delegatesofficial delegation memorandum · Evidence record

Army Reserve repair delegation →

government approval instrument: Applies to the Reserve command scope, not all Services or an external funding competition.

Source access and verification notes
Research scope and sources checked

Read indexed delegation paragraphs and current official document register; direct PDF retrieval failed, so no unseen signature date was inferred.

What remains unverified

  • The exact signature date and full scanned estimate-escalation provisions were not recovered; project-specific allocation and any later supersession must be confirmed.

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

  • Major repair approval and report over $7.5M
  • All phases count toward total project cost
  • Force-structure consistency and repair/replacement cost assessment

Limits & exclusions

  • Cannot build new facilities or additions under repair authority
  • If repair exceeds 75% replacement cost, explain why replacement is not preferred

Funding conditions

  • O&M appropriations; no evasion of construction rules by relabeling new construction as repair.

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 recordedO&M appropriations; no evasion of construction rules by relabeling new construction as repair. 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 sourcedArmy Reserve publishes a real § 2811 delegation for O&M-funded repairs, including named command-level approval responsibilities. 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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