1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov September 13, 2019Department of Defense Outleasing and Enhanced Use LeasesPursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2667, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the Military Departments are authorized to lease-out (otherwise outlease) department-owned non-excess real or personal
2、 property (commonly called outlease authority). According to 40 U.S.C. 102(3), excess property is defined as “property under the control of a federal agency that the head of the agency determines is not required to meet the agencys needs or responsibilities.” DODs outlease authority applies only to
3、non-excess property, meaning that to some degree it meets a DOD need, and is not in a disposal process where it would be removed from DODs inventory. Other requirements are that the property must not for the time be needed for public use, and that it must be under the control of the Secretary concer
4、ned. DOD exercises its outlease authority for real property generally through two types of contracts: short-term cash consideration leases (five years or less) for activities such as farming or grazing, or more complex ground leases called Enhanced Use Leases (EULs), which typically have longer leas