Section 2423 - Laundry and dry cleaning services: procurement from facilities operated by the Navy Resale and Services Support Office(a) AUTHORITY.-The Secretary of Defense may authorize an element of the Department of Defense to enter into a contract (through the use of procedures other than competitive procedures) with a laundry and dry cleaning facility operated by the Navy Resale and Services Support Office to procure laundry and dry cleaning services for the armed forces outside the United States.(b) APPLICATION.-Subsection (a) shall apply only with respect to a laundry and dry cleaning facility of the Navy Resale and Services Support Office that began operating before October 1, 1989.Added Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title III, §323(a), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1414. - armed forces
- The term "armed forces" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.