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IND-50 / Property, construction and housing

Exchange military land for other property or qualifying acquisition

Trade real property for other land/interests or encroachment-mitigation acquisition; an expanded services/facility exchange pilot depends on its guidance-triggered window.

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Authority / instrument · IND-50

Real-property exchange

Property, construction and housing

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary concerned

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Services/new-facility exchange is eight-year pilot from guidance issuance; current window not established here

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 recordedProperty-value exchange; equalization receipts to specified foreign-currency-fluctuation construction appropriation, subject to appropriation rules. 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 sourcedA published Utah Data Center exchange proposal expressly invoked § 2869 and documents the appraisal/environmental-review pathway, but no completed deed was verified. 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-50 · Property & leases

Authority holder: Secretary concerned

Property & leasesCooperation & exchanges

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

Availability and verification

Core land-exchange route conditional and extant; expanded services/facility pilot currentness unresolved pending guidance date.

Program process and intake

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

A published Utah Data Center exchange proposal expressly invoked § 2869 and documents the appraisal/environmental-review pathway, but no completed deed was verified.

Military land exchange: Mountain View Corridor example

Who this route serves
Government project sponsors and eligible exchange counterparties
Administering office / routing lead
Holding military department and USACE real-estate officials; NSA mission sponsor and Utah Department of Transportation in this example
Direct implementation

Draft FONSI § 1 expressly names 10 USC 2869.

What this evidence label means
Proposal documented; completion not verified

The draft describes a proposed value-for-value exchange to protect and support the Utah Data Center.

Status reference date: 2022-06 · research checked 2026-10-04

Mountain View Corridor exchange: draft FONSI · § 1 Proposed Action; value-for-value93-acre/90-acre exchange;10 USC2869official environmental planning document · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Steps and preparation

Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

  • land-for-land exchange · Published process; checked 2026-10-04

    Consideration is exchanged real-property value, not a cash grant or unsecured project finance.

    Mountain View Corridor exchange: draft FONSI · § 1 Proposed Action; value-for-value93-acre/90-acre exchange;10 USC2869official environmental planning document · Evidence record

Exclusions and limits

Authority relationship source

Mountain View Corridor exchange: draft FONSI · § 1 Proposed Action; value-for-value93-acre/90-acre exchange;10 USC2869official environmental planning document · Evidence record

Read Mountain View Corridor exchange planning documents →

historical public-review record: The July 2022 comment period is closed; this is process evidence, not available land or a current offer.

Source access and verification notes
Research scope and sources checked

Searched exact2869 Army/Navy exchange examples; inspected Utah official draft package, separating older consultation acreage and proposed final planning acreage from executed deeds.

What remains unverified

  • Signed conveyance, final acreage/appraisal, congressional notices and current status were not obtained; no authority-specific proof of the services/facilities pilot implementation window found.

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

  • Advantage-to-U.S. or applicable BRAC property
  • Equivalent fair-market value or cash equalization, subject to narrow zoning exception
  • Public and congressional notice;14or45day statutory wait

Limits & exclusions

  • BRAC exchanges consistent with redevelopment plan
  • Services/new-facility exchange is eight-year pilot from guidance issuance; current window not established here

Funding conditions

  • Property-value exchange; equalization receipts to specified foreign-currency-fluctuation construction appropriation, subject to appropriation rules.

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 recordedProperty-value exchange; equalization receipts to specified foreign-currency-fluctuation construction appropriation, subject to appropriation rules. 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 sourcedA published Utah Data Center exchange proposal expressly invoked § 2869 and documents the appraisal/environmental-review pathway, but no completed deed was verified. 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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