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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2450 

To establish a demonstration program at a military installation in the United 

States to evaluate the feasibility and benefits of using innovative technologies and systems to assist in the management of military installations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2019 

Mr. CARTER of Texas (for himself and Mr. VELA) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To establish a demonstration program at a military installation in the United States to evaluate the feasibility and 

benefits of using innovative technologies and systems to 

assist in the management of military installations, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Base Oper5 ations and Infrastructure Innovative Management Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TO EVALUATE POTEN2 TIAL OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND COST 

3 SAVINGS OF USING INNOVATIVE TECH4 NOLOGIES ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 

5 (a) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The 

6 Secretary of Defense shall establish a demonstration pro7 gram at a military installation in the United States, se8 lected as provided in subsection (c), to evaluate the feasi9 bility and benefits of employing innovative technologies, 

10 systems, and sensors to assist in the management of mili11 tary installations to enhance operations services, commu12 nications, safety, energy use, traffic management, air 

13 quality, and related operational and community services. 

14 (b) ELEMENTS OF DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 

15 Under the demonstration program, the Secretary shall 

16 evaluate innovative technologies, systems, and sensors— 

17 (1) to identify systems and service operations of 

18 a military installation that can be monitored and 

19 managed remotely using sensors or software; 

20 (2) to promote the quality and performance of 

21 operations at a military installation by improved sys22 tems and services performance to manage installa23 tion safety and security vehicles, improve installation 

24 traffic flows, and establish maintenance schedules 

25 that maximize the expected life of an item and elimi26 nate costly break-fix responses; 


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1 (3) to assist installation commanders and other 

2 installation managers in using technologies that are 

3 readily available to improve, enhance, and modernize 

4 methods and technologies to manage installations; 

5 and 

6 (4) to develop a framework and model plan to 

7 expand the use of innovative technologies to other 

8 military installations that results in readiness oper9 ational improvements and identifiable cost savings to 

10 the Department of Defense. 

11 (c) MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF MILI12 TARY INSTALLATION.—In an effort to determine the ca13 pacity and capability of using innovative technologies, sys14 tems, and sensors at military installations, the Secretary 

15 of Defense shall select as the site of the demonstration 

16 program a military installation that— 

17 (1) has a combined day-time, on-site population 

18 (including dependents and civilian personnel) of at 

19 least 65,000 persons; 

20 (2) provides both ground training and expedi21 tionary aviation training activities; and 

22 (3) is located within 75 miles of a military com23 mand headquarters focused on the use of advanced 

24 technology. 


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1 (d) COVERED SYSTEMS.—The military installation 

2 operations to be evaluated under the demonstration pro3 gram shall include— 

4 (1) emergency response; 

5 (2) building energy use; 

6 (3) traffic control; 

7 (4) waste management; 

8 (5) street lighting and other security lighting; 

9 (6) air quality monitoring; 

10 (7) perimeter security integrity and access con11 trol; 

12 (8) maintenance of family recreational facilities; 

13 (9) aviation operations, including the scheduling 

14 of training operations consistent with weather mini15 mums; and 

16 (10) managing scheduled maintenance of instal17 lation infrastructure and mechanical systems. 

18 (e) EVALUATION CRITERIA.—The use of innovative 

19 technologies, systems, and sensors to manage military in20 stallation operations described in subsection (d) shall be 

21 evaluated on the basis of their— 

22 (1) operational benefits and efficiencies over 

23 current methods of management; 

24 (2) cost savings; 

25 (3) enhancement of safety; 


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1 (4) enhancement of service life; 

2 (5) energy savings; and 

3 (6) enhancements to training, readiness, and 

4 morale. 

5 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense 

7 to carry out the demonstration program— 

8 (1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 

9 (2) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. 

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