(a) Sections 644.340 through 644.347 describe the responsibilities of the Chief of Engineers in, and prescribes procedures for, clearing proposals for certain leasing and for disposals of Army real property with the Department of Defense and the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives. (The Air Force obtains its own clearance.) It is applicable to Division and District Engineers having military real estate responsibility. Clearance is not required for civil works properties.
(b) Title 10 U.S.C. 2662 as amended by Pub. L. 96-418, dated 10 Oct. 1980, provides, in part that:
(a) The Secretary of a military department, or his designee, may not enter into any of the following listed transactions by or for the use of that department until after the expiration of 30 days from the date upon which a report of the facts concerning the proposed transaction is submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
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(3) A lease or license of real property owned by the United States, if the estimated annual fair market rental value of the property is more than $100,000.
(4) A transfer of real property owned by the United States to another Federal agency or another military department or to a State, if the estimated value is more than $100,000.
(5) A report of excess real property owned by the United States to a disposal agency, if the estimated value is more than $100,000.
(6) Any termination of modification by either the grantor or grantee of an existing license or permit of real property owned by the United States to a military department, under which substantial investments have been or are proposed to be made in connection with the property by the military department.
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(c) This section applies only to real property in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the American Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. It does not apply to real property for river and harbor projects or flood control projects, or to leases of Government-owned real property for agricultural or grazing purposes or to any real property acquisition specifically authorized in a Military Construction Authorization Act.
(d) A statement in an instrument of conveyance, including a lease, that the requirements of this section have been met, or that the conveyance is not subject to this section, is conclusive.
(c) While not specifically required by 10 U.S.C. 2662, DOD has directed that all proposed relinquishments of public domain land will be reported to the Armed Services Committees where (1) the area exceeds 500 acres or (2) the estimated fair market value of the property exceeds $100,000.