Use tightly conditioned emergency or war construction authorities
- Objective
- Improve facilities and energy
- Family / instrument
- Property, construction and housing · Urgent construction
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary concerned for §2803; Secretary of Defense for §2808
- Executor · routing lead
- USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
§2803 vital national-security/health/safety/environment and urgency findings; five-day notification
§2808 armed-forces necessity and direct project support; required notificationsAll requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Existing unobligated MILCON only under each section’s rules; §2808 excludes family housing funds.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Not unlimited emergency transfer power
- §2803 $50M annual obligation cap
- §2808 emergency total ordinarily $500M, or $100M if only domestic; eligible unobligated cancellation/cost-savings funds only
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.
Actor sources
- Energy, Installations, and Environment: mission and responsibilities
- USACE district real-estate execution: acquisition, management, disposal
- NAVFAC real estate business line: Navy/Marine Corps execution
- AFCEC organizational responsibilities
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.