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# 10 U.S.C. § 2491a - Department of Defense golf courses: limitation on use of appropriated funds

## Text

(a) Limitation.— Except as provided in subsection (b), funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be used to equip, operate, or maintain a golf course at a facility or installation of the Department of Defense.

(b) Exceptions.— (1) Subsection (a) does not apply to a golf course at a facility or installation outside the United States or at a facility or installation inside the United States at a location designated by the Secretary of Defense as a remote and isolated location.

(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing the use of appropriated funds under this subsection.

(Added Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title III, § 312(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1618, § 2246; renumbered § 2491a, Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VI, § 651(d), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1972.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2004—Pub. L. 108–375 renumbered section 2246 of this title as this section.