### Question
How is the term nonappropriated fund instrumentality defined?


### Answer
The term **nonappropriated fund instrumentality** is defined in *10 U.S.C. § 2687a* as the following:

> an instrumentality of the United States under the jurisdiction of the armed forces (including the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the Navy Resale and Services Support Office, and the Marine Corps exchanges) which is conducted for the comfort, pleasure, contentment, or physical or mental improvement of members of the armed forces

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 2687a*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART IV-SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY > CHAPTER 159-REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY**

