scope:

This Directive:

Reissues and renames reference (a); consolidates the information previously contained in reference (b); establishes policies and responsibilities for the military construction program and the use of DoD construction agents in the design or construction of military construction program facilities (reference (c)); and cancels reference (d).

Delegates statutory authorities and responsibilities relating to military construction.

APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE. This Directive applies to:

The Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments (including the Reserve components), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

Military construction projects that are authorized and funded in military construction authorization and appropriation acts to support the DoD Components.

DoD emergency, contingency, and other unprogrammed construction projects not specifically authorized by military construction authorization or appropriation acts, but authorized pursuant to other laws, including those cited in reference (c).

This Directive does not apply to privatized housing or to projects acquired through a real property exchange agreement.