{
  "id": "IND-29",
  "category": "Land acquisition",
  "capability": "Buy, accept, exchange or condemn land for authorized military purposes",
  "summary": "Acquire interests needed for authorized military projects; §2663 adds defined-purpose condemnation, limited low-cost/urgent acquisitions, surveys, and advance purchase options.",
  "legal_basis": [
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 2663",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2663&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 2802",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2802&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "citation": "10 U.S.C. § 2662",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2662&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    }
  ],
  "authority_holder": "Secretary of military department",
  "actor_chain": {
    "planner": [
      "Installation commander and Service facilities/real-estate staff",
      "Service installation secretariat / ASD(EI&E) policy"
    ],
    "resource_owner": [
      "Military Department installation budgets / project sponsor"
    ],
    "approver": [
      "Secretary concerned or properly delegated real-estate/construction official"
    ],
    "executor": [
      "USACE district real-estate/construction offices",
      "NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands",
      "AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates"
    ],
    "partners": [
      "Landowners / developers / local governments",
      "Environmental regulators and real-estate counsel"
    ]
  },
  "actor_sources": [
    {
      "title": "Energy, Installations, and Environment: mission and responsibilities",
      "url": "https://www.acq.osd.mil/eie/"
    },
    {
      "title": "USACE district real-estate execution: acquisition, management, disposal",
      "url": "https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/About/Divisions-Offices/Real-Estate/"
    },
    {
      "title": "NAVFAC real estate business line: Navy/Marine Corps execution",
      "url": "https://pacific.navfac.navy.mil/Facilities-Engineering-Commands/NAVFAC-Hawaii/About-Us/Our-Services/Real-Estate/"
    },
    {
      "title": "AFCEC organizational responsibilities",
      "url": "https://www.afcec.af.mil/About-Us/Organizational-Structure/"
    }
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Authorized military purpose or specific low-cost/urgent statutory route",
    "Appraisal, title, notice and acquisition findings",
    "Condemnation alternatives/negotiation and 21-day notice, unless vital-security exception"
  ],
  "limits": [
    "No general power to speculate in real estate",
    "Scope/price thresholds and anti-parcel-splitting rules apply",
    "Just compensation and court process for condemnation"
  ],
  "funding": [
    "Applicable MILCON/O&M only where section authorizes; options capped at 12% of appraised value."
  ],
  "coordination_path": "Requirement sponsor → named planning office → resource owner and counsel → statutory approving official → authorized executing/contracting office.",
  "availability": "Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.",
  "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.",
  "family": "Property, construction and housing",
  "mechanisms": [
    "Property & leases",
    "Cooperation & exchanges"
  ],
  "goal_ids": [
    "facilities-energy"
  ],
  "office_links": []
}