644.132—Authority.
(a)
Authority to lease real property interests for the Department of the Army in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands is derived from annual appropriation acts.
(b)
Title 10 U.S.C. 2675 authorizes the acquisition by lease, in any foreign country, of structures and real property relating thereto that are needed for military purposes. Leases under section 2675 may not be for a period of more than five years, except that a lease under this section for military family housing facilities and real property relating thereto may be for a period of more than five years but may not be for a period of more than ten years.