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(b) CONDITIONS
FOR
OUT-YEAR
CONTRACT
PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall 
provide that any obligation of the United States to make 
a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal 
year 2026 is subject to the availability of appropriations 
or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
(c) ADVANCE PURCHASES.—A Secretary of a military 
department may enter into one or more contracts, begin-
ning in fiscal year 2026, for an advance purchase associ-
ated with military construction projects for which author-
ization to enter into a multiyear contracting contract is 
provided under subsection (a), which may include the pur-
chase of economic order quantities of materials or compo-
nents for such covered military unaccompanied housing or 
military child development centers when cost savings are 
achievable. 
(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) COST SAVINGS CERTIFICATION.—A Secretary 
desiring to award a multiyear contract under this 
section shall— 
(A) shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a certification that the multiyear 
contract will result in cost savings of at least 10 
percent compared to a similar one-year contract; 
and 
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(B) may not award such multiyear contract 
until the end of the 14-day period beginning on 
the date of submission of the certification de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Multiyear contracting au-
thority under this section may only be used for mili-
tary construction projects or covered military unac-
companied housing or military child development 
centers that— 
(A) are included in the future-years defense 
program submitted for fiscal year 2026 under 
section 221 of title 10, United States Code; and 
(B) use standardized and repeatable de-
signs. 
SEC. 
2808. 
GUIDANCE 
FOR 
MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS FOR INNOVATION, RESEARCH, DE-
VELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION. 
(a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall issue written guidance on the implementa-
tion of section 2810 of title 10, United States Code. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The guidance required by this section 
shall include, at minimum, the following: 
(1) Procedures and criteria for the development 
and submission of project proposals pursuant to sub-
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section (b) of section 2810 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(2) Definitions for roles and responsibilities for 
Department of Defense employees with respect to re-
view, approval, and execution of projects carried out 
under the authority of such section 2810. 
(3) Clarification on the use of the authority to 
carry out projects under such section 2810 may be co-
ordinated with the use of authorities for such projects 
under sections 2803, 2805, and 4123 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(4) A process for internal review and validation 
of projects proposed to be carried out using the au-
thority under section 2810 of title 10, United States 
Code, which shall include— 
(A) assessments of how such proposed 
projects could be integrated across military de-
partments; 
(B) comprehensive time-phased milestone 
plans for such proposed projects with clearly de-
fined dependencies; and 
(C) explicit documentation of budget pro-
gramming action decisions of the Secretary of 
the military department with jurisdiction over 
such project. 
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Subtitle B—Military Housing 
Reforms 
SEC. 2811. IMPROVEMENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
HOUSING 
REQUIREMENTS 
AND 
MARKET 
ANALYSIS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2837(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, Department of De-
fense civilian employee, and Department of Defense con-
tractor employee’’ before ‘‘population’’. 
(b) CONSIDERATION AUTHORIZED.—Section 2872 of 
such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In addition to’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) In addition to’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) In the case of family housing units, the Secretary 
concerned may consider the need for housing for Depart-
ment of Defense civilian employees and Department of De-
fense contractor employees when exercising any authority 
or combination of authorities under this chapter.’’. 
(c) INDEPENDENT MARKET ANALYSIS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, act-
ing through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition and Sustainment and in coordination with the 
Secretaries of the military departments, shall seek to 
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enter into an agreement with an independent entity 
to conduct an evaluation by not later than September 
30, 2026, of the suitability of land owned by the De-
partment of Defense in the State of Hawaii for resi-
dential housing development for members of the 
Armed Services and the families of such members. 
(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
30 days after the date on which the evaluation under 
paragraph (1) is completed, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a report 
that includes the results of such evaluation. 
SEC. 2812. USE OF IMITATIVE SUBSTITUTE BUILDING MATE-
RIALS 
FOR 
PRESERVATION 
OF 
CERTAIN 
UNITS OF MILITARY HOUSING UNDER JURIS-
DICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
Subchapter II of chapter 169 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 2840. Use of imitative substitute building materials 
for covered housing units 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any provision of 
division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code, 
that requires review from or consultation with the head of 
any other Federal agency, the Secretary concerned may— 
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