Us Code § 2491b - Use of appropriated funds for operation of Armed Forces Recreation Center, Europe: limitation

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§ 2491b. Use of appropriated funds for operation of Armed Forces Recreation Center, Europe: limitation

(a) Limitation.—Except as provided in subsection (b), funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be used to operate the Armed Forces Recreation Center, Europe.

(b) Exception.—Subsection (a) does not apply to the use of funds for the payment of utilities, the maintenance, repair, or renovation of real property, and the transportation of products made in the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title III, §372(a), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2735, §2247; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title III, §375, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1708; renumbered §2491b, Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VI, §651(d), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1972.)


Editorial Notes

Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–375 renumbered section 2247 of this title as this section.

1997—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–85 substituted "the maintenance, repair, or renovation of real property, and the transportation" for "real property maintenance, and transportation".

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