10 U.S.C. § 2465: Prohibition on contracts for performance of firefighting or security-guard functions

Except as provided in subsection (b), funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be obligated or expended for the purpose of entering into a contract for the performance of firefighting or security-guard functions at any military installation or facility. A contract to be carried out at a location outside the United States (including its commonwealths, territories, and possessions) at which members of the armed forces would have to be used for the performance of a function described in subsection (a) at the expense of unit readiness. A contract to be carried out on a Government-owned but privately operated installation. A contract (or the renewal of a contract) for the performance of a function under contract on September 24, 1983 . for a period of one year or less; and covers the performance of functions that, in the absence of the contract, would have to be performed by members of the armed forces who are not readily available to perform such functions. The Secretary of the Army may not convert to contractor performance the emergency response functions of any chemical weapons storage installation that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act [ Oct. 30, 2000 ], are performed for that installation by employees of the United States until the certification required by subsection (c) has been submitted in accordance with that subsection. For the purposes of this section, a chemical weapons storage installation is any installation of the Department of Defense on which lethal chemical agents or munitions are stored. is consistent with the recommendation contained in General Accounting Office [now Government Accountability Office] Report NSIAD–00–88, entitled ‘DoD Competitive Sourcing’, dated March 2000; provides for a transition to contractor performance of emergency response functions which ensures an adequate transfer of the relevant knowledge and expertise regarding chemical weapon emergency response to the contractor personnel; and complies with section 2465 of title 10 , United States Code.”