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Property, construction and housing

Choose the relevant route to acquire, lease, build, repair, dispose of or finance defense property and military housing.

Groups can overlap. Counts are records, not distinct statutory powers. Executing roles below are routing leads, not verified delegations.

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Contracts & purchases

What this group is not: A contract or purchase tag is not general lending or equity authority; priorities, purchase commitments and financing-cost treatment remain distinct routes.

Basis: ACQ-35, ACQ-41, IND-01, IND-55

Example limit · IND-37: Annual future-funding commitment is not itself an obligation

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

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IND-37 · Facilities-as-services

Use long-term facility construction/operation service contracts

Contract for construction, management and operation of child care, utilities, supply, troop housing, transient quarters, medical and other permitted support facilities.

What this is not / limit: Annual future-funding commitment is not itself an obligation

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

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Loans & guarantees

What this group is not: A loan or guarantee is not equity, and a loan tag may describe lending materials or equipment rather than cash.

Basis: IND-03, IND-09, IND-21, INT-22

Example limit · IND-39: Guarantee cannot exceed lesser of 80% project value or outstanding principal

Recorded executing roles: Service housing privatization and real-estate teams; USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC as assigned

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IND-39 · Housing credit

Lend to or guarantee loans for military housing developers

Finance eligible military family or unaccompanied housing acquisitions/construction through direct loans and guarantees.

What this is not / limit: Guarantee cannot exceed lesser of 80% project value or outstanding principal

Executing role: Service housing privatization and real-estate teams; USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC as assigned

Loans & guarantees
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IND-41 · Housing revenue support

Guarantee housing occupancy or rental revenue and make differential payments

Give eligible military housing providers contractual occupancy/revenue assurance or payments supplementing service members’ rent.

What this is not / limit: Housing-specific assurance; not a generalized demand guarantee for any business

Executing role: Service housing privatization and real-estate teams; USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC as assigned

Loans & guarantees
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Investment & capital

What this group is not: This group includes coordination and third-party awards; the tag does not confer a general direct government stock-purchase power.

Basis: IND-11, IND-13, IND-18, INT-10

Example limit · IND-40: This is sector-specific equity authority, not a general venture fund

Recorded executing roles: Service housing privatization and real-estate teams; USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC as assigned

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IND-40 · Direct equity and debt investment

Buy equity, partnership interests or debt in eligible military housing projects

Express direct investment authority includes stock, other equity instruments, limited-partnership interests and bonds/debt instruments.

What this is not / limit: This is sector-specific equity authority, not a general venture fund

Executing role: Service housing privatization and real-estate teams; USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC as assigned

Investment & capitalCooperation & exchanges
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Grants & cooperative agreements

What this group is not: These are purpose-limited awards, not general economic-development funding or interchangeable grant and contract labels.

Basis: ACQ-02, IND-12

Example limit · IND-31: Not transfer of full ownership

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

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IND-31 · Rights-of-way

Grant infrastructure easements across military property

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

What this is not / limit: Not transfer of full ownership

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

Grants & cooperative agreementsProperty & leases
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Other transactions

What this group is not: An OT is not unrestricted production or exemption from applicable law; research, prototype and follow-on conditions differ.

Basis: ACQ-03, ACQ-04, ACQ-05, IND-36

Example limit · IND-36: Separate from emergency §2808; no emergency declaration prerequisite

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

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IND-36 · Alternative construction transactions

Use construction other transactions and successful follow-on awards

New §2808a permits non-contract/grant/cooperative-agreement transactions for facility construction or repair, including design, prototyping, piloting and execution.

What this is not / limit: Separate from emergency §2808; no emergency declaration prerequisite

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

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Other statutory tools

What this group is not: These pathways do not supply interchangeable powers or funds; each retains its own purpose, procedures and exclusions.

Basis: ACQ-43, FIN-01, FIN-11

Example limit · IND-29: No general power to speculate in real estate

Recorded executing roles: USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates; Service housing privatization and real-estate teams; USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC as assigned

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IND-29 · Land acquisition

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.

What this is not / limit: No general power to speculate in real estate

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

Property & leasesCooperation & exchanges
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IND-30 · Property outleasing

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.

What this is not / limit: Not a general sale authority

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

Property & leases
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IND-31 · Rights-of-way

Grant infrastructure easements across military property

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

What this is not / limit: Not transfer of full ownership

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

Grants & cooperative agreementsProperty & leases
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IND-32 · Overseas property

Lease overseas non-family-housing structures and associated land

Acquire foreign real estate by lease for military purposes without turning every overseas presence need into land ownership.

What this is not / limit: Does not override host-nation sovereignty

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

Property & leases
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IND-33 · Military construction

Acquire and construct authorized military facilities

Undertake congressionally authorized construction, site preparation, land acquisition, utilities and integral equipment, with planning/design authority.

What this is not / limit: MILCON authority is not permission for any unrelated commercial structure

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

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IND-34 · Minor construction

Execute limited unspecified minor military construction

Carry out minor projects without individual project authorization within statutory aggregate authorization, project thresholds and funding rules.

What this is not / limit: No new family-housing units

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

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IND-35 · Urgent construction

Use tightly conditioned emergency or war construction authorities

§2803 addresses urgent projects that cannot await next authorization; §2808 covers war or a declared emergency requiring armed forces.

What this is not / limit: Not unlimited emergency transfer power

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

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IND-38 · Facility repair

Repair or convert existing facilities with O&M funds

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

What this is not / limit: Cannot build new facilities or additions under repair authority

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

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

IND-40 · Direct equity and debt investment

Buy equity, partnership interests or debt in eligible military housing projects

Express direct investment authority includes stock, other equity instruments, limited-partnership interests and bonds/debt instruments.

What this is not / limit: This is sector-specific equity authority, not a general venture fund

Executing role: Service housing privatization and real-estate teams; USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC as assigned

Investment & capitalCooperation & exchanges
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RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
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Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

IND-42 · Housing property partnerships

Convey or lease land and facilities for military housing privatization

Transfer or lease existing property to eligible entities and use proceeds for statutory housing-improvement activities.

What this is not / limit: Cannot use for installations approved for closure

Executing role: Service housing privatization and real-estate teams; USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC as assigned

Property & leases
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IND-50 · Real-property exchange

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.

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

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

Property & leasesCooperation & exchanges
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IND-51 · Surplus disposal

Sell, transfer or donate excess/surplus defense property through disposal pathways

Dispose of property through GSA-administered or delegated processes and specific defense conservation/BRAC authorities, using competitive sales or statutory public-benefit transfers.

What this is not / limit: DoD does not freely sell any needed asset or retain any proceeds

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

Property & leases
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RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
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Actor sources & routing basis

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

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