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North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a result of construc-
tion previously financed by the United States. 
SEC. 2502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NATO. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2018, for contribu-
tions by the Secretary of Defense under section 2806 of title 
10, United States Code, for the share of the United States 
of the cost of projects for the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation Security Investment Program authorized by section 
2501 as specified in the funding table in section 4601. 
Subtitle B—Host Country In-Kind 
Contributions 
SEC. 2511. REPUBLIC OF KOREA FUNDED CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS. 
Pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Korea for 
required in-kind contributions, the Secretary of Defense 
may accept military construction projects for the installa-
tions or locations, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol-
lowing table: 
Republic of Korea Funded Construction Projects 
Country 
Compo-
nent 
Installation 
or Location 
Project 
Amount 
Korea ......
Army .......
Camp Carroll 
Upgrade Electrical Distribu-
tion, Phase 2 ......................
$52,000,000 
Army .......
Camp Hum-
phreys ........
Site Development ...................
$7,800,000 
Army .......
Camp Hum-
phreys ........
Air Support Operations 
Squadron ............................
$25,000,000 
Army .......
Camp Hum-
phreys ........
Unaccompanied Enlisted 
Personnel Housing, P2 .....
$76,000,000 
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Republic of Korea Funded Construction Projects—Continued 
Country 
Compo-
nent 
Installation 
or Location 
Project 
Amount 
Army .......
Camp Hum-
phreys ........
Echelon Above Brigade Engi-
neer Battalion, VMF .........
$123,000,000 
Army .......
Camp Walker 
Repair/Replace Sewer Piping 
System ................................
$8,000,000 
Navy .......
Chinhae ..........
Indoor Training Pool ............
$7,400,000 
Navy .......
Pohang Air 
Base ...........
Replace Ordnance Storage 
Magazines ...........................
$87,000,000 
Air Force 
Gimhae Air 
Base ...........
Airfield Damage Repair 
Warehouse ..........................
$7,600,000 
Air Force 
Gwangju Air 
Base ...........
Airfield Damage Repair 
Warehouse ..........................
$7,600,000 
Air Force 
Kunsan Air 
Base ...........
Explosive Ordnance Disposal 
Facility ...............................
$8,000,000 
Air Force 
Kunsan Air 
Base ...........
Upgrade Flow-Through Fuel 
System ................................
$23,000,000 
Air Force 
Osan Air Base 
5th Reconnaissance Squad-
ron Aircraft Shelter ...........
$12,000,000 
Air Force 
Osan Air Base 
Airfield Damage Repair Fa-
cility ...................................
$22,000,000 
Air Force 
Osan Air Base 
Communications HQ Build-
ing .......................................
$45,000,000 
Air Force 
Suwon Air 
Base ...........
Airfield Damage Repair 
Warehouse ..........................
$7,200,000 
TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND 
RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
Subtitle A—Project Authorizations 
and Authorization of Appropria-
tions 
SEC. 2601. AUTHORIZED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CON-
STRUCTION 
AND 
LAND 
ACQUISITION 
PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 
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table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may ac-
quire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the Army National Guard locations inside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Army National Guard 
State 
Location 
Amount 
Alaska ..............................
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson .............................
$27,000,000 
Illinois .............................
Marseilles Training Center .........................................
$5,000,000 
Montana ..........................
Malta ............................................................................
$15,000,000 
Nevada .............................
North Las Vegas ..........................................................
$32,000,000 
New Hampshire ..............
Pembroke ......................................................................
$12,000,000 
North Dakota ..................
Fargo ............................................................................
$32,000,000 
Ohio .................................
Camp Ravenna ............................................................
$7,400,000 
Oklahoma ........................
Lexington .....................................................................
$11,000,000 
South Dakota ..................
Rapid City ...................................................................
$15,000,000 
SEC. 2602. AUTHORIZED ARMY RESERVE CONSTRUCTION 
AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may ac-
quire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the Army Reserve locations inside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Army Reserve: Inside the United States 
State 
Location 
Amount 
California ........................
Fort Irwin ....................................................................
$34,000,000 
Washington .....................
Yakima Training Center ............................................
$23,000,000 
Wisconsin ........................
Fort McCoy ..................................................................
$23,000,000 
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SEC. 2603. AUTHORIZED NAVY RESERVE AND MARINE 
CORPS RESERVE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may ac-
quire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 
locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set 
forth in the following table: 
Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 
State 
Location 
Amount 
California ........................
Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach ..........................
$21,740,000 
Georgia ............................
Fort Benning ...............................................................
$13,630,000 
SEC. 2604. AUTHORIZED AIR NATIONAL GUARD CONSTRUC-
TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the Air National Guard locations inside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Air National Guard 
State 
Location 
Amount 
California ........................
Channel Islands Air National Guard Station ..........
$8,000,000 
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Air National Guard—Continued 
State 
Location 
Amount 
Hawaii ............................
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam .............................
$17,000,000 
Illinois .............................
Greater Peoria Regional Airport ...............................
$9,000,000 
Louisiana ........................
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans 
$39,000,000 
Minnesota ........................
Duluth International Airport ....................................
$8,000,000 
Montana ..........................
Great Falls International Airport .............................
$9,000,000 
New York .........................
Francis S. Gabreski Airport ......................................
$20,000,000 
Ohio .................................
Mansfield Lahm Airport .............................................
$13,000,000 
Rickenbacker International Airport ..........................
$8,000,000 
Pennsylvania ..................
Fort Indiantown Gap .................................................
$8,000,000 
Virginia ...........................
Joint Base Langley-Eustis .........................................
$10,000,000 
SEC. 2605. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE RESERVE CONSTRUC-
TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the Air Force Reserve locations inside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Air Force Reserve 
State 
Location 
Amount 
Florida ............................
Patrick Air Force Base ...............................................
$24,000,000 
Indiana ...........................
Grissom Air Reserve Base ..........................................
$21,500,000 
Massachusetts ..................
Westover Air Reserve Base .........................................
$42,600,000 
Minnesota ........................
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport ............
$9,000,000 
Mississippi ......................
Keesler Air Force Base ...............................................
$4,550,000 
New York .........................
Niagara Falls International Airport .........................
$14,000,000 
Ohio .................................
Youngstown Air Reserve Station ...............................
$8,800,000 
Texas ...............................
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth ..
$3,100,000 
SEC. 2606. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NA-
TIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2018, for the costs 
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of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and 
construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces, 
and for contributions therefor, under chapter 1803 of title 
10, United States Code (including the cost of acquisition 
of land for those facilities), as specified in the funding table 
in section 4601. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
SEC. 2611. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2016 PROJECT. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table 
in section 2603 of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (division B of Public Law 114– 
92; 129 Stat. 1164) for construction of a Reserve Training 
Center Complex at Dam Neck, Virginia, the Secretary of 
the Navy may construct the Reserve Training Center Com-
plex at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Story, Vir-
ginia. 
SEC. 2612. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2018 PROJECT. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table 
in section 2601 of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115- 
91; 131 Stat. 1834) for Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for additions 
and alterations to the National Guard Readiness Center, 
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the Secretary of the Army may construct a new readiness 
center. 
SEC. 2613. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2019 PROJECT. 
(a) PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) PROJECT.—The Secretary of the Navy may 
carry out a military construction project to construct 
a 50,000 square foot reserve training center, 6,600 
square foot combat vehicle maintenance and storage 
facility, 2,400 square foot vehicle wash rack, 1,600 
square foot covered training area, road improvements, 
and associated supporting facilities. 
(2) ACQUISITION
OF
LAND.—As part of the 
project under this subsection, the Secretary may ac-
quire approximately 8.5 acres of adjacent land and 
obtain necessary interest in land at Pittsburgh, Penn-
sylvania, for the construction and operation of the re-
serve training center. 
(3) AMOUNT
OF
AUTHORIZATION.—The total 
amount of funds the Secretary may obligate and ex-
pend on activities under this subsection during fiscal 
year 2019 may not exceed $17,650,000. 
(b) USE OF UNOBLIGATED PRIOR-YEAR NAVY MILI-
TARY CONSTRUCTION RESERVE FUNDS.—The Secretary 
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may use available, unobligated Navy military construction 
reserve funds for the project described in subsection (a). 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of 
the Navy shall provide information in accordance with sec-
tion 2851(c) of title 10, United States Code, regarding the 
project described in subsection (a). If it becomes necessary 
to exceed the estimated project cost, the Secretary shall uti-
lize the authority provided by section 2853 of such title re-
garding authorized cost and scope of work variations. 
TITLE 
XXVII—BASE 
REALIGN-
MENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVI-
TIES 
SEC. 2701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR BASE 
REALIGNMENT 
AND 
CLOSURE 
ACTIVITIES 
FUNDED THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2018, for base re-
alignment and closure activities, including real property 
acquisition and military construction projects, as author-
ized by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 
1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 
U.S.C. 2687 note) and funded through the Department of 
Defense Base Closure Account established by section 2906 
of such Act (as amended by section 2711 of the Military 
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Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (divi-
sion B of Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 2140)), as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4601. 
SEC. 2702. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO REALIGN OR CLOSE 
CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding sections 993 
or 2687 of title 10, United States Code, and subject to sub-
section (d), the Secretary of Defense may take such actions 
as may be necessary to carry out the realignment or closure 
of a military installation in a State during a fiscal year 
if— 
(1) the military installation is the subject of a 
notice which is described in subsection (b); and 
(2) the Secretary includes the military installa-
tion in the report submitted under paragraph (2) of 
subsection (c) with respect to the fiscal year. 
(b) NOTICE FROM GOVERNOR OF STATE.—A notice de-
scribed in this subsection is a notice received by the Sec-
retary of Defense from the Governor of a State (or, in the 
case of the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia) in which the Governor recommends that the 
Secretary carry out the realignment or closure of a military 
installation located in the State, and which includes each 
of the following elements: 
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(1) A specific description of the military instal-
lation, or a specific description of the relevant real 
and personal property. 
(2) Statements of support for the realignment or 
closure from units of local government in which the 
installation is located. 
(3) A detailed plan for the reuse or redevelop-
ment of the real and personal property of the installa-
tion, together with a description of the local redevel-
opment authority which will be responsible for the 
implementation of the plan. 
(c) RESPONSE TO NOTICE.— 
(1) MANDATORY RESPONSE TO GOVERNOR AND 
CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year after receiving a 
notice from the Governor of a State (or, in the case 
of the District of Columbia, from the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia), the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit a response to the notice to the Governor and 
the 
congressional 
defense 
committees 
indicating 
whether or not the Secretary accepts the recommenda-
tion for the realignment or closure of a military in-
stallation which is the subject of the notice. 
(2) ACCEPTANCE OF RECOMMENDATION.—If the 
Secretary of Defense determines that it is in the inter-
ests of the United States to accept the recommenda-
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tion for the realignment or closure of a military in-
stallation which is the subject of a notice received 
under subsection (b) and intends to carry out the re-
alignment or closure of the installation pursuant to 
the authority of this section during a fiscal year, at 
the time the budget is submitted under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for the fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall submit a report to the con-
gressional defense committees which includes the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The identification of each military in-
stallation for which the Secretary intends to 
carry out a realignment or closure pursuant to 
the authority of this section during the fiscal 
year, together with the reasons the Secretary of 
Defense believes that it is in the interest of the 
United States to accept the recommendation of 
the Governor of the State involved for the re-
alignment or closure of the installation. 
(B) For each military installation identi-
fied under subparagraph (A), a master plan de-
scribing the required scope of work, cost, and 
timing for all facility actions needed to carry 
out the realignment or closure, including the 
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construction of new facilities and the repair or 
renovation of existing facilities. 
(C) For each military installation identi-
fied under subparagraph (A), a certification 
that, not later than the end of the fifth fiscal 
year after the completion of the realignment or 
closure, the savings resulting from the realign-
ment or closure will exceed the costs of carrying 
out the realignment or closure, together with an 
estimate of the annual recurring savings that 
would be achieved by the realignment or closure 
of the installation and the timeframe required 
for the financial savings to exceed the costs of 
carrying out the realignment or closure. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) TIMING.—The Secretary may not initiate the 
realignment or closure of a military installation pur-
suant to the authority of this section until the expira-
tion of the 90-day period beginning on the date the 
Secretary submits the report under paragraph (2) of 
subsection (c). 
(2) TOTAL
COSTS.—Subject to appropriations, 
the aggregate cost to the government in carrying out 
the realignment or closure of military installations 
pursuant to the authority of this section for all fiscal 
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years may not exceed $2,000,000,000. In determining 
the cost to the government for purposes of this section, 
there shall be included the costs of planning and de-
sign, military construction, operations and mainte-
nance, environmental restoration, information tech-
nology, termination of public-private contracts, guar-
antees, and other factors contributing to the cost of 
carrying out the realignment or closure, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(e) PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The implemen-
tation of the realignment or closure of a military installa-
tion pursuant to the authority of this section shall be car-
ried out in accordance with section 2905 of the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (title XXIX of Public 
Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) in the same manner 
as the implementation of a realignment or closure of a mili-
tary installation pursuant to the authority of such Act. 
(f) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 
means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, 
Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(g) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of 
the Secretary to carry out a realignment or closure pursu-
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ant to this section shall terminate at the end of fiscal year 
2029. 
SEC. 2703. PROHIBITION ON CONDUCTING ADDITIONAL 
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE (BRAC) 
ROUND. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize an 
additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. 
TITLE 
XXVIII—MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION GENERAL PROVI-
SIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Construction 
Program and Military Family 
Housing 
SEC. 2801. COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR 
FACILITIES ON LEASED PROPERTY. 
(a) USE
OF
COMMERCIAL
STANDARDS.—Section 
2667(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(6); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(8) shall provide that any facilities constructed 
on the property may be constructed using commercial 
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standards in a manner that provides force protection 
safeguards appropriate to the activities conducted in, 
and the location of, such facilities.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to leases entered into 
during fiscal year 2019 or any succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 2802. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY, LIMITED AUTHOR-
ITY TO USE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OUT-
SIDE THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (h) of sec-
tion 2808 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2004 (division B of Public Law 108–136; 
117 Stat. 1723), as most recently amended by section 2804 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 
1846), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2019’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2019’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection 
(c)(1) of such section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘October 1, 2018’’; 
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(2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2018’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2019’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2020’’. 
SEC. 2803. SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE FOR CONTRACTS 
FOR 
ARCHITECTURAL 
AND 
ENGINEERING 
SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGN. 
(a) MANDATORY
AWARD
OF
CONTRACTS
UNDER 
THRESHOLD AMOUNT.—Section 2855(b)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘subsection 
(a)—’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘subsection (a), if the Secretary concerned estimates that 
the initial award of the contract will be in an amount less 
than the threshold amount determined under paragraph (2), 
the contract shall be awarded in accordance with the set 
aside provisions of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 
et seq.).’’. 
(b) INCREASE
IN
THRESHOLD
AMOUNT.—Section 
2855(b)(2) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘initial’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘$300,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,000,000’’; and 
(3) by striking the second sentence. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and each 
succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 2804. AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN ARCHITECTURAL AND 
ENGINEERING 
SERVICES 
AND 
CONSTRUC-
TION DESIGN FOR DEFENSE LABORATORY 
MODERNIZATION PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Section 2803 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 
114–92; 129 Stat. 1169; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 
(g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO USE FUNDS FOR RE-
LATED ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES AND 
CONTRACT DESIGN.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—In addition to the authority 
provided to the Secretary of Defense under subsection 
(a) to use amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available for research, development, test, and evalua-
tion for a military construction project referred to in 
such subsection, the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned may use amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available for research, development, 
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test, and evaluation to obtain architectural and engi-
neering services and to carry out construction design 
in connection with such a project. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In the case of ar-
chitectural and engineering services and construction 
design to be undertaken under this subsection for 
which the estimated cost exceeds $1,000,000, the Sec-
retary concerned shall notify the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress of the scope of the proposed project 
and the estimated cost of such services before the ini-
tial obligation of funds for such services. The Sec-
retary may then obligate funds for such services only 
after the end of the 14-day period beginning on the 
date on which the notification is received by the com-
mittees in an electronic medium pursuant to section 
480 of this title.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO WAIVE CONDITIONS 
APPLICABLE TO EXISTING AUTHORITY.— 
(1) CONDITION ON AND SCOPE OF PROJECT AU-
THORITY.—Section 2803(b) of such Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘project under this section’’ and inserting 
‘‘project under subsection (a)’’. 
(2) 
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Section 
2803(c) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘carried 
out under this section’’ each place it appears in para-
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graphs (1) and (2) and inserting ‘‘carried out under 
subsection (a)’’. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF AUTHORIZED PROJECTS.— 
Section 2803(d) of such Act is amended by striking 
‘‘provided by this section’’ and inserting ‘‘provided by 
subsection (a)’’. 
(4) FUNDING
LIMITATION.—Section 2803(e) of 
such Act is amended by striking ‘‘projects under this 
section’’ and inserting ‘‘projects under subsection 
(a)’’. 
(c) EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF AUTHORITY.—Section 
2803(g) of such Act, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), 
is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘October 1, 2023’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of 
section 2803 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1169; 10 
U.S.C. 2358 note). 
SEC. 2805. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON CERTAIN GUAM 
PROJECT. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMITATION.—Section 2879 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub-
lic Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1874) is amended by striking 
subsection (b). 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2018. 
SEC. 2806. ENHANCING FORCE PROTECTION AND SAFETY 
ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.—In 
addition to any other military construction projects author-
ized under this Act, the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned may carry out military construction 
projects to enhance force protection and safety on military 
installations, as specified in the funding table in section 
4601. 
(b) NOTICE
AND WAIT REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary concerned may obligate or expend funds to carry out 
a project under this section only after the end of the 14- 
day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary 
submits, in an electronic medium pursuant to section 480 
of title 10, United States Code, to the congressional defense 
committees a justification of the need for the project. 
(c) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATION.—Section 2002 
shall apply with respect to the authorization of a military 
construction project under this section in the same manner 
as such section applies to the authorization of a project con-
tained in titles XXI through XXVII. 
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SEC. 2807. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ACQUISI-
TION OF FURNISHED ENERGY FOR NEW MED-
ICAL CENTER IN GERMANY. 
(a) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized to be appro-
priated or made available to the Secretary of Defense or 
the Secretary of any military department may be used to 
enter into a contract for the acquisition of furnished energy 
for the new Rhine Ordnance Barracks Army Medical Center 
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Medical Cen-
ter’’) until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congres-
sional defense committees a written certification that— 
(1) the source of furnished energy for the Medical 
Center will minimize the use of fuels sourced from in-
side the Russian Federation; 
(2) the design of the Medical Center will utilize 
a diversified energy supply from a mixed-fuel system 
as the source of furnished energy to sustain mission 
critical operations during any sustained energy sup-
ply disruption caused by the Russian Federation; and 
(3) to the extent available, domestically-sourced 
fuels shall be the preferred source for furnished energy 
for the Medical Center. 
(b) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS.— 
Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of Defense 
certifies to the congressional defense committees that a 
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waiver of such subsection is necessary to protect the na-
tional security interests of the United States. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘furnished 
energy’’ means energy furnished to the Medical Center in 
any form and for any purpose, including heating, cooling, 
and electricity. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 2808. TREATMENT OF LEASES OF NON-EXCESS PROP-
ERTY ENTERED INTO WITH INSURED DEPOSI-
TORY INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed — 
(1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘amount 
that’’ and inserting ‘‘amount that, except as provided 
in subsection (c)(4),’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) With respect to a lease under this section en-
tered into with an insured depository institution (as de-
fined under section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1813)) after the date of the enactment of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, 
the Secretary concerned shall accept the financial services 
provided by the insured depository institution to members 
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of the armed forces, civilian employees of the Department 
of Defense, and dependents of such members or employees 
as sufficient in-kind consideration to cover all lease, serv-
ices, and utilities costs assessed with regard to the leased 
property. 
‘‘(B) With respect to a lease under this section which 
was entered into with an insured depository institution be-
fore the date of the enactment of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, the Secretary con-
cerned may renegotiate the terms of such lease to apply sub-
paragraph (A) to such lease as if such subparagraph were 
in effect at the time the Secretary entered into the lease.’’. 
Subtitle B—Real Property and 
Facilities Administration 
SEC. 2811. OPTIONAL PARTICIPATION IN COLLECTION OF 
INFORMATION ON UNUTILIZED AND UNDER-
UTILIZED MILITARY INSTALLATION PROP-
ERTIES AVAILABLE FOR HOMELESS ASSIST-
ANCE. 
(a) MAKING PARTICIPATION BY AGENCIES OF DEPART-
MENT
OF DEFENSE OPTIONAL.—Section 501(a) of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11411(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Housing’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Housing’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(2) The transmittal of information by the head of a 
landholding agency of the Department of Defense under this 
subsection shall be optional in the case of an excess or sur-
plus building, facility, or property if the Secretary of De-
fense determines that the building, facility, or property— 
‘‘(A) would be for off-site use only; or 
‘‘(B) is located on an active military installation 
and is not subject to subsection (h). 
‘‘(3) If the Secretary of Defense makes a determination 
under paragraph (2) during a fiscal year, not later than 
90 days after the end of that fiscal year, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit a report to the Committees on Armed 
Services, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committees on Armed Services, Financial Services, and 
Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives listing all of the buildings, facilities, and prop-
erties for which the Secretary of Defense made a determina-
tion under paragraph (2) during that fiscal year. The Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit the report in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex as necessary.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 2812. FORCE STRUCTURE PLANS AND INFRASTRUC-
TURE CAPABILITIES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT 
THE FORCE STRUCTURE. 
(a) FORCE STRUCTURE PLANS AND INFRASTRUCTURE 
CAPABILITIES.—Not later than the date on which the budg-
et of the President for fiscal year 2021 is submitted to Con-
gress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code, the Secretary of Defense shall develop and submit to 
the congressional defense committees the following: 
(1) A force structure plan for each of the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps and the reserve 
components of each military department that is in-
formed by— 
(A) an assessment by the Secretary of De-
fense of the probable threats to the national secu-
rity of the United States; and 
(B) end-strength levels and major military 
force units (including land force divisions, car-
rier and other major combatant vessels, air 
wings, and other comparable units) authorized 
in the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91). 
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(2) A categorical model of installation capabili-
ties required to carry out the force structures plans 
described in paragraph (1) based on— 
(A) the infrastructure, real property, and 
facilities capabilities required to carry out such 
plans; and 
(B) the current military requirements of the 
major military units referred to in subpara-
graph (B) of such paragraph. 
(b) CONSISTENCY.—In developing force structure plans 
and categorical models of installation capabilities under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
the infrastructure, real property, and facilities of each of 
the military departments are categorized and measured in 
consistent terms so as to facilitate comparisons. 
(c) RELATIONSHIP TO INVENTORY.—Using the infor-
mation in the force structure plans and categorical model 
developed under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress each of the following: 
(1) An assessment of the requirements necessary 
for carrying out the force structure plans compared to 
existing infrastructure, real property, and facilities 
capabilities, as documented in the records maintained 
under section 2721 of title 10, United States Code. 
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(2) An identification of any deficit or surplus 
capability in such infrastructure, real property, and 
facilities— 
(A) for each military department; and 
(B) for locations within the continental 
United States and territories. 
SEC. 2813. RETROFITTING EXISTING WINDOWS IN MILITARY 
FAMILY HOUSING UNITS TO BE EQUIPPED 
WITH FALL PREVENTION DEVICES. 
(a) AUTHORIZING FUNDING FOR RETROFITTING OR 
REPLACING WINDOWS.—Section 2879 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by section 2817(a) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (131 Stat. 
1851) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(b) RETROFITTING OR REPLACING EXISTING WIN-
DOWS.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM
TO
RETROFIT
EXISTING
WIN-
DOWS.—The Secretary concerned shall carry out a 
program under which, in military family housing 
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units acquired or constructed under this chapter 
which are not subject to the requirements of subsection 
(a), windows which are described in subsection (c), 
including windows designed for emergency escape or 
rescue, are retrofitted to be equipped with fall preven-
tion devices described in paragraph (1) of subsection 
(a) or are replaced with windows which are equipped 
with fall prevention devices described in such para-
graph. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Secretary concerned may 
carry out the program under this subsection by mak-
ing grants to private entities to retrofit or replace ex-
isting windows, in accordance with such criteria as 
the Secretary may establish by regulation. 
‘‘(3) USE OF OPERATIONS FUNDING.—The Sec-
retary may carry out the program under this sub-
section during a fiscal year with amounts made 
available to the Secretary for family housing oper-
ations for such fiscal year.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and each 
succeeding fiscal year. 
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SEC. 2814. UPDATING PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN 
ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS TO 
SUPERSEDE 
FUNDING 
OF 
CERTAIN 
PROJECTS. 
(a) UPDATE.—Paragraph (3) of section 2814(a) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2717), as added by section 
2818(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1852), is 
amended by striking ‘‘33 projects’’ and inserting ‘‘38 
projects’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2018. 
Subtitle C—Land Conveyances 
SEC. 2821. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE 
JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN LANDS, MA-
RINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER 
TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, AND MA-
RINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, ARIZONA. 
(a) MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER 
TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA.— 
(1) AUTHORITY
FOR
TRANSFER.—Subject to 
paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Navy may trans-
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fer to the Secretary of the Interior, at no cost, admin-
istrative jurisdiction of approximately 2,105 acres of 
non-contiguous parcels of land within the Shared Use 
Area of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 
Twentynine Palms, California. 
(2) CONDITION FOR TRANSFER.—The Secretary 
of the Navy may carry out the transfer under this 
subsection only if the Secretary of the Navy and the 
Secretary of the Interior each determine that the 
transfer is in the public interest and will be for the 
benefit of the Department of the Navy and the De-
partment of the Interior, respectively. 
(3) STATUS OF LAND AFTER TRANSFER.—Upon 
completion of the transfer under this subsection, the 
land over which the Secretary of the Interior obtains 
administrative jurisdiction shall become public land 
withdrawn and reserved under section 2941 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 1034), and shall 
be managed in accordance with section 2942(b)(1) of 
such Act (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 1036), in the 
same manner as other lands in the Shared Use Area. 
(4) SHARED USE AREA DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘Shared Use Area’’ means the area 
described in section 2941(b)(2) of the National De-
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fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public 
Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 1035). 
(b) MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, ARIZONA.— 
(1) AUTHORITY
FOR
TRANSFER.—Subject to 
paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior may 
transfer to the Secretary of the Navy, at no cost, ad-
ministrative jurisdiction of approximately 256 acres 
of non-contiguous parcels of land within Marine 
Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona which are used by 
the Department of the Navy as of the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to any of 
the following authorities: 
(A) Public Land Order Number 2766 of Au-
gust 28, 1962. 
(B) Expired Public Land Order Number 
6804 of October 16, 1990. 
(C) Memorandum of Understanding Num-
ber 14-06-300-1266 of July 5, 1962, between the 
Department of the Interior and the Department 
of the Navy. 
(2) CONDITION FOR TRANSFER.—The Secretary 
of the Interior may carry out the transfer under this 
subsection only if the Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of the Navy each determine that the 
transfer is in the public interest and will be for the 
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benefit of the Department of the Interior and the De-
partment of the Navy, respectively. 
(3) WITHDRAWAL OF LAND AFTER TRANSFER.— 
Upon completion of the transfer under this subsection, 
the land over which the Secretary of the Navy obtains 
administrative jurisdiction— 
(A) shall cease to be public land; and 
(B) for as long as the land is under the ad-
ministrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
Navy or the Secretary of any other military de-
partment, shall be withdrawn from all forms of 
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the pub-
lic land laws, from location, entry, and patent 
under the mining laws, and from disposition 
under all laws relating to mineral interests and 
to mineral and geothermal leasing. 
SEC. 2822. PUBLIC INVENTORY OF GUAM LAND PARCELS 
FOR TRANSFER TO GOVERNMENT OF GUAM. 
(a) NET-NEGATIVE INVENTORY OF LAND PARCELS.— 
(1) MAINTENANCE
AND
UPDATE
OF
INVEN-
TORY.—The Secretary of the Navy shall maintain 
and update regularly an inventory of all land parcels 
located on Guam which meet each of the following 
conditions: 
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(A) The parcels are currently owned by the 
United States Government and are under the ad-
ministrative jurisdiction of the Department of 
the Navy. 
(B) The Secretary has determined or expects 
to determine the parcels to be excess to the needs 
of the Department of the Navy. 
(C) Under Federal law, including Public 
Law 106–504 (commonly known as the ‘‘Guam 
Omnibus Opportunities Act’’; 40 U.S.C. 521 
note), the parcels are eligible to be transferred to 
the territorial government. 
(2) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—For each parcel 
included in the inventory under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall specify— 
(A) the approximate size of the parcel; 
(B) an estimate of the fair market value of 
the parcel, if available or as practicable; 
(C) the date on which the Secretary deter-
mined, or the date by which the Secretary ex-
pects to determine, that the parcel is excess and 
made eligible for transfer to the territorial gov-
ernment; and 
(D) the citation of the specific legal author-
ity (including the Guam Omnibus Opportunities 
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Act) under which the Secretary will transfer the 
parcel to the territorial government or otherwise 
dispose of the parcel. 
(b) PARCELS REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED.—The Sec-
retary shall include in the inventory under this section each 
of the following parcels, as described in the 2017 Net Nega-
tive Report: 
(1) The Tanguisson Power Plant (5 acres), listed 
as Site 14 in the Report. 
(2) The Harmon Substation Annex (9.9 acres), 
listed as Site 15 in the Report. 
(3) The Piti Power Plant and Substation (15.5 
acres), listed as Site 38 in the Report. 
(4) Apra Heights Lot 403–1 (0.5 acres), listed as 
Site 55 in the Report. 
(5) The Agana Power Plant and Substation (5.9 
acres), listed as Site 54 in the Report. 
(6) The ACEORP Maui Tunnel-Tamuning 
Route 1 behind Old Telex (3.7 acres), listed as Site 
23 in the Report. 
(7) The Parcel South of Camp Covington, Parcel 
7 (60.8 acres), listed as Site 49 in the Report. 
(8) The NCTS Beach Lot, adjacent to the 
Tanguisson Power Plant (13.3 acres), listed as Site 
13 in the Report. 
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(9) The Hoover Park Annex (also known as ‘‘Old 
USO Beach’’; 6 acres), listed as Site 37 in the Report. 
(10) Parcel ‘‘C’’ Marbo Cave Annex (5 acres), 
listed as Site 12 in the Report. 
(c) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL PARCELS IN INVEN-
TORY.— 
(1) REQUEST BY GOVERNOR.—The Governor of 
the territory of Guam may submit a request to the 
Secretary to add parcels to the inventory maintained 
under subsection (a), and shall specify in any such 
request any public benefit uses or public purposes 
proposed by the Governor for the parcel involved, pur-
suant to the Guam Omnibus Opportunities Act or 
any other relevant Federal law. 
(2) CONSIDERATION BY SECRETARY.—Not later 
than 180 days of receipt of a request from the Gov-
ernor under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall review 
the request and provide a response in writing to the 
Governor as to whether the Secretary will agree to the 
request to include the specific land parcel in the in-
ventory maintained under subsection (a). If the Sec-
retary denies the request, the Secretary shall provide 
a detailed written justification to the Governor that 
explains the continuing military need for the parcel, 
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if any, and the date on which the Secretary expects 
that military need to cease, if ever. 
(d) EXCLUSION OF PARCELS.—The Secretary shall not 
include in the inventory maintained under this section any 
parcel transferred to the government of Guam prior to the 
date of the enactment of this Act, without regard to whether 
or not the parcel is included in the inventory under sub-
section (b). 
(e) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall pub-
lish and update on a public website of the United States 
Government the following information: 
(1) The inventory maintained under subsection 
(a), including the parcels required to be included in 
such inventory under subsection (b). 
(2) All requests submitted by the Governor under 
subsection (c), including any proposed public benefit 
use or public purpose specified in any such request. 
(3) A copy of each response provided by the Sec-
retary to each request submitted by the Governor 
under subsection (c). 
(4) A description of each parcel of land trans-
ferred by the Secretary to the territorial government 
after January 20, 2011, including the following: 
(A) The approximate size of the parcel. 
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(B) An estimate of the fair market value of 
the parcel, if available or as practicable. 
(C) The specific legal authority under which 
the Secretary transferred the parcel to the terri-
torial government. 
(D) The date the parcel was transferred to 
the territorial government. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defini-
tions apply: 
(1) 2017 NET
NEGATIVE
REPORT.—The term 
‘‘2017 Net Negative Report’’ means the report sub-
mitted by the Secretary of the Navy, on behalf of the 
Secretary of Defense, under section 2208 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2695) regarding the 
status of the implementation of the ‘‘net negative’’ 
policy regarding the total number of acres of the real 
property controlled by the Department of the Navy or 
the Department of Defense on Guam. 
(2) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 
the Governor of the territory of Guam. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Navy. 
(4) TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘ter-
ritorial government’’ means the government of Guam 
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established under the Organic Act of Guam (48 
U.S.C. 1421 et seq.). 
SEC. 2823. LAND CONVEYANCE, NAVAL ACADEMY DAIRY 
FARM, GAMBRILLS, MARYLAND. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 6976 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of 
the Navy may convey and release to Anne Arundel County, 
Maryland (in this section referred to as the ‘‘County’’) all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
real property, including any improvements thereon, con-
sisting of approximately 40 acres at the property commonly 
referred to as the Naval Academy dairy farm located in 
Gambrills, Maryland (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Dairy Farm’’). 
(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) CONSIDERATION
REQUIRED.—As consider-
ation for the conveyance and release under subsection 
(a), the County shall provide an amount that is 
equivalent to the fair market value to the Department 
of the Navy of the right, title, and interest conveyed 
and released under such subsection, based on an ap-
praisal approved by the Secretary of the Navy. The 
consideration under this paragraph may be provided 
by cash payment, in-kind consideration, or a com-
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bination thereof, at such time as the Secretary may 
require. 
(2) IN-KIND CONSIDERATION.—In-kind consider-
ation provided by the County under paragraph (1) 
may include the acquisition, construction, provision, 
improvement, maintenance, repair, or restoration (in-
cluding environmental restoration), or combination 
thereof, of any facility, real property, or infrastruc-
ture under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 
(3) 
TREATMENT
OF
CONSIDERATION
RE-
CEIVED.—Consideration in the form of cash payment 
received by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall 
be retained by the Superintendent of the Naval Acad-
emy and shall be available to cover expenses related 
to the Dairy Farm, including reimbursing non-
appropriated fund instrumentalities of the Naval 
Academy. 
(c) PAYMENT
OF COST
OF CONVEYANCE
AND RE-
LEASE.— 
(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the 
Navy shall require the County to pay costs to be in-
curred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary 
for such costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out 
the conveyance and release under subsection (a), in-
cluding survey costs, appraisal costs, costs for envi-
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ronmental documentation related to the conveyance 
and release, and any other administrative costs re-
lated to the conveyance and release. If amounts are 
collected from the County in advance of the Secretary 
incurring the actual costs, and the amount collected 
exceeds the costs actually incurred by the Secretary to 
carry out the conveyance and release or any costs in-
curred by the Secretary to administer the County’s 
lease of the Dairy Farm, the Secretary shall refund 
the excess amount to the County. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received as reimbursement under paragraph 
(1) shall be credited to the fund or account that was 
used to pay the costs incurred by the Secretary in 
carrying out the conveyance and release under sub-
section (a) or, if the period of availability of obliga-
tions for that appropriation has expired, to the ap-
propriations of fund that is currently available to the 
Secretary for the same purpose. Amounts so credited 
shall be merged with amounts in such fund or account 
and shall be available for the same purposes, and sub-
ject to the same conditions and limitations, as 
amounts in such fund or account. 
(d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the property which is subject to con-
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veyance and release under subsection (a) shall be deter-
mined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy. 
(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary of the Navy may require such additional terms and 
conditions in connection with the conveyance and release 
under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate 
to protect the interests of the United States. 
(f) NO EFFECT
ON EXISTING LEASES GOVERNING 
PROPERTY NOT SUBJECT TO CONVEYANCE.—Nothing in 
this section or in any conveyance and release carried out 
pursuant to this section may be construed to affect the 
terms, conditions, or applicability of any existing agree-
ment entered into between the Country and the Secretary 
of the Navy which governs the use of any portion of the 
Dairy Farm which is not subject to conveyance and release 
under this section. 
SEC. 2824. TECHNICAL CORRECTION OF DESCRIPTION OF 
LIMESTONE HILLS TRAINING AREA LAND 
WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION, MONTANA. 
Section 2931(b) of the Military Construction Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 
113–66; 127 Stat. 1031) is amended by striking ‘‘18,644 
acres’’ and all that follows through ‘‘April 10, 2013’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘18,964 acres in Broadwater Coun-
ty, Montana, generally depicted as ‘Limestone Hills Train-
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ing Area Land Withdrawal’ on the map entitled ‘Limestone 
Hills Training Area Land Withdrawal’, dated May 11, 
2017’’. 
SEC. 2825. LAND CONVEYANCE, WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL 
FOREST, RICH COUNTY, UTAH. 
(a) LAND CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—Subject to 
valid existing rights, not later than 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall convey, without consideration, to the Utah State Uni-
versity Research Foundation, (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Foundation’’) all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to a parcel of real property consisting of ap-
proximately 80 acres, including improvements thereon, lo-
cated outside of the boundaries of the Wasatch-Cache Na-
tional Forest, Rich County, Utah, within Sections 19 and 
30, Township 14 North, Range 5 East, Salt Lake Base and 
Meridian for the purpose of permitting the Foundation to 
use the property for scientific and educational purposes. 
(b) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Secretary of Ag-
riculture determines at any time that the real property con-
veyed under subsection (a) is not being used in accordance 
with the purpose of the conveyance specified in such sub-
section, all right, title and interest in and to such real prop-
erty, including any improvements thereto, shall, at the op-
tion of the Secretary, revert to and become the property of 
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the United States, and the United States shall have the 
right of immediate entry onto such real property. A deter-
mination by the Secretary under this subsection shall be 
made on the record after an opportunity for a hearing. 
(c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall require the Foundation to cover the 
costs (except any costs for environmental remediation 
of the property) to be incurred by the Secretary, or 
to reimburse the Secretary for such costs incurred by 
the Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under sub-
section (a), including survey costs, costs for environ-
mental documentation, and any other administrative 
costs related to the conveyance. If amounts are col-
lected from the Foundation in advance of the Sec-
retary incurring the actual costs, and the amount col-
lected exceeds the costs actually incurred by the Sec-
retary to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary shall 
refund the excess amount to the Foundation. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received as reimbursement under paragraph 
(1) shall be credited to the fund or account that was 
used to cover those costs incurred by the Secretary in 
carrying out the conveyance. Amounts so credited 
shall be merged with amounts in such fund or ac-
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count, and shall be available for the same purposes, 
and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as 
amounts in such fund or account. 
(d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the property to be conveyed under 
subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 
to the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture may require such additional terms 
and conditions in connection with the conveyance under 
subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
protect the interests of the United States. 
Subtitle D—Military Land 
Withdrawals 
SEC. 2831. INDEFINITE DURATION OF CERTAIN MILITARY 
LAND WITHDRAWALS AND RESERVATIONS 
AND 
IMPROVED 
MANAGEMENT 
OF 
WITH-
DRAWN AND RESERVED LANDS. 
(a) IMPROVING MANAGEMENT OF CURRENT STATU-
TORY LAND WITHDRAWALS AND RESERVATIONS AND MAK-
ING MANAGEMENT MORE TRANSPARENT.— 
(1) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.— 
Section 101(a)(2) of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 
670a(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘, acting through 
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the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service,’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL ELEMENT OF INTEGRATED NAT-
URAL
RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—Section 
101(b) of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) for purposes of paragraph (2), shall be re-
viewed— 
‘‘(A) jointly by the Secretary of the military 
department and the Secretary of the Interior; 
and 
‘‘(B) in a manner that provides affected 
States and Indian tribes and the public a mean-
ingful opportunity to comment on any signifi-
cant revisions to the plan that may be proposed; 
and’’. 
(b) EL CENTRO NAVAL AIR FACILITY RANGES.— 
(1) ELIMINATION
OF
TERMINATION
DATE
AND 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The El Centro Naval 
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Air Facility Ranges Withdrawal Act (subtitle B of 
title XXIX of Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2813) 
is amended— 
(A) in section 2921(b)(3), by striking ‘‘, be-
fore the termination date specified in section 
2925,’’; 
(B) in section 2924(a), by striking the third 
sentence; 
(C) by striking sections 2925 and 2927; and 
(D) in section 2928(a), by striking ‘‘speci-
fied in section 2925’’. 
(2) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 
NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION AND PUB-
LIC
REPORTS.—The El Centro Naval Air Facility 
Ranges Withdrawal Act (subtitle B of title XXIX of 
Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2813) is further 
amended by inserting after section 2926 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2927. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 
NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION 
AND PUBLIC REPORTS. 
‘‘(a) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) CHANGES IN LAND CONDITIONS.—(A) Con-
current with each review as to operation and effect of 
an integrated natural resources management plan 
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covering lands withdrawn and reserved under this 
title, as required by section 101(b)(2) of the Sikes Act 
(16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), the Secretary of the Navy and 
the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly prepare and 
issue a report describing any changes in the condition 
of the lands withdrawn and reserved under this sub-
title since the later of the date of any previous report 
under this paragraph or the date of the environ-
mental analysis prepared to support the actions that 
changed the condition of the lands. 
‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in-
clude a summary of current military use of the lands 
withdrawn and reserved under this subtitle, any 
changes in military use of the lands since the pre-
vious report, and efforts related to the management of 
natural and cultural resources and environmental re-
mediation of the lands during the previous five years. 
‘‘(2) COMBINATION WITH OTHER REPORTS.—A 
report under this subsection may be combined with, 
or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 
required by any other provision of law regarding the 
lands withdrawn and reserved under this subtitle. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Before 
the finalization of a report under this subsection, the 
Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Inte-
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rior shall invite interested members of the public to 
review and comment on the report, and shall hold at 
least one public meeting concerning the report in a lo-
cation or locations reasonably accessible to persons 
who may be affected by management of the lands 
withdrawn and reserved under this subtitle. 
‘‘(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph 
(A) shall be announced not less than 15 days before 
the date of the meeting by advertisements in local 
newspapers of general circulation, notices on the 
internet, including the website of El Centro, and any 
other means considered necessary or desirable by the 
Secretaries. 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The Secretary 
of the Navy shall make the final version of a report 
under this subsection available to the public and shall 
submit the final version of such a report to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services and Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate and the Committees on Armed 
Services and Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION
OF
CONTINUING
MILITARY 
NEED.—With each report prepared pursuant to subsection 
(a), the Secretary of the Navy shall attach the Secretary’s 
determination regarding whether there will be a continuing 
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military need for any or all the withdrawn and reserved 
lands for the following 5 years.’’. 
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of con-
tents of the El Centro Naval Air Facility Ranges 
Withdrawal Act (subtitle B of title XXIX of Public 
Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2813) is amended— 
(A) by striking the item relating to section 
2925; and 
(B) by amending the item relating to sec-
tion 2927 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 2927. Determination of continuing military need for withdrawal and res-
ervation and public reports.’’. 
(c) JUNIPER BUTTE RANGE.— 
(1) ELIMINATION
OF
TERMINATION
DATE
AND 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The 
Juniper 
Butte 
Range Withdrawal Act (title XXIX of Public Law 
105–261; 112 Stat. 2226) is amended— 
(A) in section 2915— 
(i) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘Duration’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Relin-
quishment’’; 
(ii) in subsection (a), by striking 
‘‘TERMINATION.—’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘At the time of termination’’ and 
inserting ‘‘EFFECT
OF RELINQUISHMENT 
ON OPERATION OF GENERAL LAND LAWS.— 
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Upon relinquishment of Department of the 
Air Force jurisdiction over lands with-
drawn and reserved by this title’’; 
(iii) in subsection (b)— 
(I) in the subsection heading, by 
inserting ‘‘PROCESS’’ after ‘‘RELIN-
QUISHMENT’’; 
(II) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘under subsection (c)’’; and 
(III) in paragraph (3), by strik-
ing ‘‘before the date of termination, as 
provided for in subsection (a)(1)’’; and 
(iv) by striking subsection (c); and 
(B) in section 2916— 
(i) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘or upon termination of with-
drawal’’; 
(ii) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 
‘‘and in all cases not later than 2 years be-
fore the date of termination of withdrawal 
and reservation,’’; 
(iii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘en-
vironmental remediation’’ and all that fol-
lows through the end of the subsection and 
inserting ‘‘environmental remediation before 
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relinquishing, to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, jurisdiction over any lands identified 
in a notice of intent to relinquish under sec-
tion 2915(b).’’; and 
(iv) in subsection (d)— 
(I) in the subsection heading, by 
striking ‘‘TERMINATES’’ and inserting 
‘‘RELINQUISHED’’; 
(II) 
by 
striking 
‘‘termination 
date’’ both places it appears and in-
serting ‘‘relinquishment date’’; and 
(III) in paragraph (2), by strik-
ing ‘‘termination’’ and inserting ‘‘re-
linquishment’’. 
(2) DETERMINATIONS OF CONTINUING MILITARY 
NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION AND PUB-
LIC REPORTS.—Section 2909 of the Juniper Butte 
Range Withdrawal Act (title XXIX of Public Law 
105–261; 112 Stat. 2230) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) CHANGES IN LAND CONDITIONS.—(A) Con-
current with each review of an integrated natural re-
sources management plan developed under this sec-
tion, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary 
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of the Interior shall jointly prepare and issue a report 
describing any changes in the condition of the lands 
withdrawn and reserved by this title since the later 
of the date of any previous report under this para-
graph or the date of the environmental analysis pre-
pared to support the actions that changed the condi-
tion of the lands. 
‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in-
clude a summary of current military use of the lands 
withdrawn and reserved by this title, any changes in 
military use of the lands since the previous report, 
and efforts related to the management of natural and 
cultural resources and environmental remediation of 
the lands during the previous 5 years. 
‘‘(2) COMBINATION WITH OTHER REPORTS.—A 
report under this subsection may be combined with, 
or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 
required by any other provision of law regarding the 
lands withdrawn and reserved by this title. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Before 
the finalization of a report under this subsection, the 
Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the 
Interior shall invite interested members of the public 
to review and comment on the report, and shall hold 
at least one public meeting concerning the report in 
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a location or locations reasonably accessible to per-
sons who may be affected by management of the lands 
withdrawn and reserved by this title. 
‘‘(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph 
(A) shall be announced not less than 15 days before 
the date of the meeting by advertisements in local 
newspapers of general circulation, notices on the 
internet, including the website of the Juniper Butte 
Range (if one exists), and any other means considered 
necessary or desirable by the Secretaries. 
‘‘(4) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 
NEED.—With each report prepared pursuant to this 
subsection, the Secretary of the Air Force shall attach 
the Secretary’s determination regarding whether there 
will be a continuing military need for any or all the 
withdrawn and reserved lands for the following 5 
years. 
‘‘(5) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The Secretary 
of the Air Force shall make the final version of a re-
port under this subsection available to the public and 
shall submit the final version of such a report to the 
Committees on Armed Services and Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate and the Committees on 
Armed Services and Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives.’’. 
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(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of con-
tents of the Juniper Butte Range Withdrawal Act 
(title XXIX of Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2226) 
is amended— 
(A) by amending the item relating to sec-
tion 2915 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 2915. Relinquishment of withdrawal.’’; and 
(B) by amending the item relating to sec-
tion 2916 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 2916. Environmental remediation of relinquished withdrawn lands.’’. 
(d) RANGES COVERED BY SUBTITLE A OF MILITARY 
LANDS WITHDRAWAL ACT OF 1999.— 
(1) ELIMINATION
OF
TERMINATION
DATE
AND 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The Military Lands 
Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 
106–65; 113 Stat. 885) is amended— 
(A) by striking section 3015; 
(B) by striking section 3016 and inserting 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 3016. RELINQUISHMENT. 
‘‘(a) NOTICE OF INTENT REGARDING RELINQUISH-
MENT.—If the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned decides to relinquish all or any of the lands with-
drawn and reserved by section 3011, such Secretary shall 
transmit a notice of intent to relinquish such lands to the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
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‘‘(b) OPENING DATE.—On the date of relinquishment 
of the withdrawal and reservation of lands withdrawn and 
reserved by section 3011, such lands shall not be open to 
any form of appropriation under the public land laws, in-
cluding the mineral laws and the mineral leasing and geo-
thermal leasing laws, until the Secretary of the Interior 
publishes in the Federal Register an appropriate order stat-
ing the date upon which such lands shall be restored to the 
public domain and opened.’’; and 
(C) in section 3017— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 3016(d)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 
3016’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘If because’’ and 
everything that follows through ‘‘deter-
mines that’’ and inserting ‘‘If the Sec-
retary of the Interior declines to accept 
jurisdiction over lands withdrawn by 
this subtitle which have been proposed 
for relinquishment because the Sec-
retary determines that’’; and 
(II) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘the expiration of the withdrawal of 
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such lands under this subtitle’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such determination’’. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.—Section 3014 of the Mili-
tary Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of 
Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 890) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) 
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
EXECUTIVE
COMMIT-
TEES.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—For the 
lands withdrawn and reserved by section 3011, the 
Secretary of the military department concerned and 
the Secretary of the Interior shall establish, by memo-
randum of understanding, an intergovernmental exec-
utive committee for each range for the sole purpose of 
exchanging views, information, and advice relating to 
the management of the natural and cultural resources 
of the withdrawn and reserved lands. 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—(A) The Secretary of the 
military department concerned and the Secretary of 
the Interior shall include representatives from inter-
ested Federal agencies as members of the intergovern-
mental executive committee for a range. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary of the military department 
concerned and the Secretary of the Interior shall in-
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vite to serve as members of the intergovernmental ex-
ecutive committee for a range— 
‘‘(i) at least one elected officer (or other au-
thorized representative) from the government of 
the State in which the withdrawn and reserved 
lands are located; and 
‘‘(ii) at least one elected officer (or other au-
thorized representative) from each local govern-
ment and Indian tribal government in the vicin-
ity of the withdrawn and reserved lands, as de-
termined by the Secretaries. 
‘‘(3) OPERATION.—The intergovernmental execu-
tive committee for a range shall operate in accordance 
with the terms set forth in the memorandum of under-
standing. 
‘‘(4) PROCEDURES.—The memorandum of un-
derstanding for a range shall establish procedures for 
creating a forum for exchanging views, information, 
and advice relating to the management of natural 
and cultural resources on the withdrawn and reserved 
lands, procedures for rotating the chair of the inter-
governmental executive committee, and procedures for 
scheduling regular meetings, which shall occur no less 
frequently than twice a year. 
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‘‘(5) COORDINATOR.—The Secretary of the mili-
tary department concerned, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Interior, shall appoint an individual 
to serve as coordinator of the intergovernmental exec-
utive committee for a range. The duties of the coordi-
nator shall be included in the memorandum of under-
standing. The coordinator shall not be a member of 
the committee.’’. 
(3) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 
NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION AND PUB-
LIC REPORTS.—The Military Lands Withdrawal Act 
of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 
885), as amended by paragraph (1), is further 
amended by inserting after section 3014 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 3015. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 
NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION 
AND PUBLIC REPORTS. 
‘‘(a) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) CHANGES IN LAND CONDITIONS.—(A) Con-
current with each review as to operation and effect of 
an integrated natural resources management plan 
covering lands withdrawn and reserved under this 
title, as required by section 101(b)(2) of the Sikes Act 
(16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), the Secretary of the military 
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department concerned and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall jointly prepare and issue a report describ-
ing any changes in the condition of the lands with-
drawn and reserved under this subtitle since the later 
of the date of any previous report under this para-
graph or the date of the environmental analysis pre-
pared to support the actions that changed the condi-
tion of the lands. 
‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in-
clude a summary of current military use of the lands 
covered by the plan, any changes in military use of 
the lands since the previous report, and efforts related 
to the management of natural and cultural resources 
and environmental remediation of the lands during 
the previous five years. 
‘‘(2) COMBINATION WITH OTHER REPORTS.—A 
report under this subsection may be combined with, 
or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 
required by any other provision of law regarding the 
lands covered by the integrated natural resources 
management plan. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Before 
the finalization of a report under this subsection, the 
Secretary of the military department concerned and 
the Secretary of the Interior shall invite interested 
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members of the public to review and comment on the 
report, and shall hold at least one public meeting con-
cerning the report in a location or locations reason-
ably accessible to persons who may be affected by 
management of the lands addressed by the report. 
‘‘(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph 
(A) shall be announced not less than 15 days before 
the date of the meeting by advertisements in local 
newspapers of general circulation, notices on the 
internet, including the website of the affected military 
range (if one exists), and any other means considered 
necessary or desirable by the Secretaries. 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The Secretary 
of the military department concerned shall make the 
final version of a report under this subsection avail-
able to the public and shall submit the final version 
of such a report to the Committees on Armed Services 
and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 
the Committees on Armed Services and Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION
OF
CONTINUING
MILITARY 
NEED.—With each report prepared pursuant to subsection 
(a), the Secretary of the military department concerned 
shall attach the Secretary’s determination regarding wheth-
er there will be a continuing military need for any or all 
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of the withdrawn and reserved lands for the following 5 
years.’’. 
(4) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of con-
tents of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 
(title XXX of Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 885) is 
amended— 
(A) by amending the item relating to sec-
tion 3015 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 3015. Determination of continuing military need for withdrawal and res-
ervation and public reports.’’; and 
(B) by amending the item relating to sec-
tion 3016 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 3016. Relinquishment.’’. 
(e) BARRY M. GOLDWATER RANGE.— 
(1) ELIMINATION
OF
TERMINATION
DATE
AND 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 3031 of the 
Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of 
Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 897) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, in-
cluding the duration of any renewal or ex-
tension’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) in the paragraph heading, by 
striking ‘‘OR TERMINATION’’; and 
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(II) in subparagraph (C), by 
striking the last sentence; and 
(iii) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 
‘‘or termination’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘DURA-
TION’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of the termi-
nation’’ and inserting ‘‘EFFECT
OF
RELIN-
QUISHMENT ON OPERATION OF GENERAL LAND 
LAWS.—On the date of relinquishment’’; 
(C) by striking subsection (e); and 
(D) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘TERMINATION AND’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘but 
not later than three years before the termi-
nation of the withdrawal and reservation,’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘be-
fore the termination date of the withdrawal 
and reservation of such lands under this 
section’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking 
‘‘Notwithstanding the termination date, un-
less’’ and inserting ‘‘Unless’’. 
(2) DETERMINATIONS OF CONTINUING MILITARY 
NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION.—Section 
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3031 of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 
(title XXX of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 897), as 
amended by paragraph (1), is further amended by in-
serting after subsection (d) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) DETERMINATION
OF
CONTINUING
MILITARY 
NEED.—With each report prepared pursuant to subsection 
(b)(5), the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the 
Air Force shall attach the Secretary’s determination regard-
ing whether there will be a continuing military need for 
any or all the withdrawn and reserved lands for the fol-
lowing 5 years.’’. 
(3) USE OF DEFINITIONS.—Section 3031(c)(5) of 
the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title 
XXX of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 907) is amend-
ed by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘military munitions’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(e)(4) of 
title 10, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘unexploded ordnance’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 101(e)(5) 
of such title.’’. 
(f) NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER.— 
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(1) ELIMINATION
OF
TERMINATION
DATE
AND 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The Fort Irwin Mili-
tary Land Withdrawal Act of 2001 (title XXIX of 
Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1335) is amended— 
(A) in section 2910, by striking the section 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘At the 
time of the termination’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 2910. EFFECT OF RELINQUISHMENT ON OPERATION 
OF GENERAL LAND LAWS. 
‘‘On the date of relinquishment’’; 
(B) by striking section 2911; and 
(C) in section 2912— 
(i) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘Termination and’’; 
(ii) in subsection (a), by striking 
‘‘During the first 22 years of the with-
drawal and reservation made by this title, 
if’’ and inserting ‘‘If’’; 
(iii) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘be-
fore the termination date of the withdrawal 
and reservation’’; and 
(iv) in subsection (d), by striking 
‘‘Notwithstanding 
the 
termination 
date 
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specified in section 2910, unless’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Unless’’. 
(2) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 
NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION AND PUB-
LIC REPORTS.—The Fort Irwin Military Land With-
drawal Act of 2001 (title XXIX of Public Law 107– 
107; 115 Stat. 1335) is further amended by inserting 
after section 2910 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2911. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 
NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION 
AND PUBLIC REPORTS. 
‘‘(a) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) CHANGES IN LAND CONDITIONS.—(A) Con-
current with each review as to operation and effect of 
an integrated natural resources management plan 
covering lands withdrawn and reserved under this 
title, as required by section 101(b)(2) of the Sikes Act 
(16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), the Secretary of the Army 
and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly prepare 
and issue a report describing any changes in the con-
dition of the lands withdrawn and reserved under this 
title since the later of the date of any previous report 
under this paragraph or the date of the environ-
mental analysis prepared to support the actions that 
changed the condition of the lands. 
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‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in-
clude a summary of current military use of the lands 
withdrawn and reserved by this title, any changes in 
military use of the lands since the previous report, 
and efforts related to the management of natural and 
cultural resources and environmental remediation of 
the lands during the previous five years. 
‘‘(2) COMBINATION WITH OTHER REPORTS.—A 
report under this subsection may be combined with, 
or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 
required by any other provision of law regarding the 
lands withdrawn and reserved by this title. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Before 
the finalization of a report under this subsection, the 
Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall invite interested members of the public to 
review and comment on the report, and shall hold at 
least one public meeting concerning the report in a lo-
cation or locations reasonably accessible to persons 
who may be affected by management of the lands 
withdrawn and reserved by this title. 
‘‘(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph 
(A) shall be announced not less than 15 days before 
the date of the meeting by advertisements in local 
newspapers of general circulation, notices on the 
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internet, including the website of National Training 
Center, and any other means considered necessary or 
desirable by the Secretaries. 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The Secretary 
of the Army shall make the final version of a report 
under this subsection available to the public and shall 
submit the final version of such a report to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services and Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate and the Committees on Armed 
Services and Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(b) PERIODIC
DETERMINATION
OF
CONTINUING 
NEED.—With each report prepared pursuant to subsection 
(a), the Secretary of the Army shall attach the Secretary’s 
determination regarding whether there will be a continuing 
military need for any or all of the withdrawn and reserved 
lands for the following 5 years.’’. 
(3) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.—The Fort Irwin Military 
Land Withdrawal Act of 2001 (title XXIX of Public 
Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1335) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2914. INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—The Secretary 
of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior shall establish, 
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by memorandum of understanding, an intergovernmental 
executive committee for the sole purpose of exchanging 
views, information, and advice relating to the management 
of the natural and cultural resources of the lands with-
drawn and reserved by this title. 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.— 
‘‘(1) REPRESENTATIVES
OF
OTHER
FEDERAL 
AGENCIES.—The Secretary of the Army and the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall include representatives 
from interested Federal agencies as members of the 
intergovernmental executive committee. 
‘‘(2) REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS.—The Secretary of the Army and the 
Secretary of the Interior shall invite to serve as mem-
bers of the intergovernmental executive committee— 
‘‘(A) at least one elected officer (or other au-
thorized representative) from the government of 
the State of California; and 
‘‘(B) at least one elected officer (or other au-
thorized representative) from each local govern-
ment and Indian tribal government in the vicin-
ity of the withdrawn and reserved lands, as de-
termined by the Secretaries. 
‘‘(c) OPERATION.—The intergovernmental executive 
committee shall operate in accordance with the terms set 
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forth in the memorandum of understanding under sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(d) PROCEDURES.—The memorandum of under-
standing under subsection (a) shall establish procedures for 
creating a forum for exchanging views, information, and 
advice relating to the management of natural and cultural 
resources on the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title, 
procedures for rotating the chair of the intergovernmental 
executive committee, and procedures for scheduling regular 
meetings, which shall occur no less frequently than twice 
a year. 
‘‘(e) COORDINATOR.—The Secretary of the Army, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall ap-
point an individual to serve as coordinator of the intergov-
ernmental executive committee. The duties of the coordi-
nator shall be included in the memorandum of under-
standing under subsection (a). The coordinator shall not be 
a member of the committee.’’. 
(4) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of con-
tents of the Fort Irwin Military Land Withdrawal 
Act of 2001 (title XXIX of Public Law 107-107; 115 
Stat. 1335) is amended— 
(A) by amending the item relating to sec-
tion 2910 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 2910. Effect of relinquishment on operation of general land laws.’’; 
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(B) by amending the item relating to sec-
tion 2911 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 2911. Determination of continuing military need for withdrawal and res-
ervation and public reports.’’; 
(C) by amending the item relating to sec-
tion 2912 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 2912. Relinquishment.’’; and 
(D) by inserting after the item relating to 
section 2913 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2914. Intergovernmental executive committee.’’. 
(g) RANGES COVERED
BY MILITARY LAND WITH-
DRAWALS ACT OF 2013.— 
(1) ELIMINATION
OF
TERMINATION
DATE
AND 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The Military Land 
Withdrawals Act of 2013 (title XXIX of Public Law 
113–66; 127 Stat. 1025) is amended— 
(A) by striking sections 2919, 2920; 2936, 
2946, and 2979; 
(B) in section 2921, by striking ‘‘On the 
termination of’’ and inserting ‘‘On the relin-
quishment of’’; and 
(C) in section 2922(d)(3)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘ON
TERMINATION’’ and inserting 
‘‘UPON RELINQUISHMENT’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘or if at the expiration 
of the withdrawal and reservation,’’. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—The Military Land With-
drawals Act of 2013 (title XXIX of Public Law 113– 
66; 127 Stat. 1025) is further amended by inserting 
after section 2918 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2919. INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—For the lands 
withdrawn and reserved by sections 2941 and 2971, the Sec-
retary concerned and the Secretary of the Interior shall es-
tablish, by memorandum of understanding, an intergovern-
mental executive committee for each location for the sole 
purpose of exchanging views, information, and advice relat-
ing to the management of the natural and cultural resources 
of the withdrawn and reserved lands. 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.— 
‘‘(1) REPRESENTATIVES
OF
OTHER
FEDERAL 
AGENCIES.—The Secretary concerned and the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall include representatives 
from interested Federal agencies as members of the 
intergovernmental executive committee for a location 
covered by subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS.—The Secretary concerned and the 
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Secretary of the Interior shall invite to serve as mem-
bers of the intergovernmental executive committee for 
a location covered by subsection (a)— 
‘‘(A) at least one elected officer (or other au-
thorized representative) from the government of 
the State in which the withdrawn and reserved 
lands are located; and 
‘‘(B) at least one elected officer (or other au-
thorized representative) from each local govern-
ment and Indian tribal government in the vicin-
ity of the withdrawn and reserved lands, as de-
termined by the Secretaries. 
‘‘(c) OPERATION.—The intergovernmental executive 
committee for a location covered by subsection (a) shall op-
erate in accordance with the terms set forth in the memo-
randum of understanding under subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) PROCEDURES.—The memorandum of under-
standing under subsection (a) shall establish procedures for 
creating a forum for exchanging views, information, and 
advice relating to the management of natural and cultural 
resources on the withdrawn and reserved lands, procedures 
for rotating the chair of the intergovernmental executive 
committee, and procedures for scheduling regular meetings, 
which shall occur no less frequently than twice a year. 
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‘‘(e) COORDINATOR.—The Secretary concerned, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall appoint 
an individual to serve as coordinator of the intergovern-
mental executive committee for a location covered by sub-
section (a). The duties of the coordinator shall be included 
in the memorandum of understanding under subsection (a). 
The coordinator shall not be a member of the committee.’’. 
(3) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 
NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION AND PUB-
LIC REPORTS.—The Military Land Withdrawals Act 
of 2013 (title XXIX of Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 
1025) is further amended by inserting after section 
2919, as added by paragraph (2), the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 2920. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 
NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION 
AND PUBLIC REPORTS. 
‘‘(a) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) CHANGES IN LAND CONDITIONS.—(A) Con-
current with each review as to operation and effect of 
an integrated natural resources management plan 
covering lands withdrawn and reserved under this 
title, as required by section 101(b)(2) of the Sikes Act 
(16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), the Secretary of the military 
department concerned and the Secretary of the Inte-
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rior shall jointly prepare and issue a report describ-
ing any changes in the condition of the lands covered 
by the plan since the later of the date of any previous 
report under this paragraph or the date of the envi-
ronmental analysis prepared to support the actions 
that changed the condition of the lands. 
‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in-
clude a summary of current military use of the lands 
covered by the plan, any changes in military use of 
the lands since the previous report, and efforts related 
to the management of natural and cultural resources 
and environmental remediation of the lands during 
the previous five years. 
‘‘(2) COMBINATION WITH OTHER REPORTS.—A 
report under this subsection may be combined with, 
or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 
required by any other provision of law regarding the 
lands addressed by the report. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Before 
the finalization of a report under this subsection, the 
Secretary of the military department concerned and 
the Secretary of the Interior shall invite interested 
members of the public to review and comment on the 
report, and shall hold at least one public meeting con-
cerning the report in a location or locations reason-
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ably accessible to persons who may be affected by 
management of the lands addressed by the report. 
‘‘(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph 
(A) shall be announced not less than 15 days before 
the date of the meeting by advertisements in local 
newspapers of general circulation, notices on the 
internet, including the website of the affected military 
range (if one exists), and any other means considered 
necessary or desirable by the Secretaries. 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The Secretary 
of the military department concerned shall make the 
final version of a report under this subsection avail-
able to the public and shall submit the final version 
of such a report to the Committees on Armed Services 
and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 
the Committees on Armed Services and Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION
OF
CONTINUING
MILITARY 
NEED.—With each report prepared pursuant to subsection 
(a), the Secretary of the military department concerned 
shall attach the Secretary’s determination regarding wheth-
er there will be a continuing military need for any or all 
of the withdrawn and reserved lands for the following 5 
years.’’. 
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(4) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of con-
tents of the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013 
(title XXIX of Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 1025) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking the item relating to section 
2919 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2919. Intergovernmental executive committee.’’; 
(B) by striking the item relating to section 
2920 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2920. Determination of continuing military need for withdrawal and res-
ervation and public reports.’’; and 
(C) by striking the items relating to section 
2936, 2946, and 2979. 
(h) REQUESTS FOR WITHDRAWALS MADE TO SEC-
RETARY OF THE INTERIOR; TEMPORARY USE PERMITS AND 
TRANSFERS OF SMALL PARCELS OF LAND BETWEEN DE-
PARTMENTS OF INTERIOR AND MILITARY DEPARTMENTS; 
MORE EFFICIENT SURVEYING OF LANDS.— 
(1) REQUIRING
REQUESTS
FOR
WITHDRAWALS 
TO BE MADE TO SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—Sec-
tion 3 of the Act of February 28, 1958 (Public Law 
85–337; 43 U.S.C. 157), is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Any application’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Any 
application’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘shall specify’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘shall be filed with the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and shall specify’’. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL ARRANGE-
MENTS FOR USE AND TRANSFER OF LANDS UNDER JU-
RISDICTION OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—Such 
Act (43 U.S.C. 155 et seq.) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 7. SHORT-TERM PERMITS FOR USE OF DEPARTMENT 
OF INTERIOR LANDS FOR MILITARY TRAIN-
ING AND TESTING. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—In addition to any other authority 
to grant permits for the use of land, the Secretary of the 
Interior may grant a permit to the Secretary of Defense 
to use land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Interior. Any such permit— 
‘‘(1) shall be issued consistent with section 2691 
of title 10, United States Code; 
‘‘(2) shall allow the Department of Defense to use 
the land only for purposes of training and testing 
that are consistent with the purposes for which the 
Secretary of the Interior manages the land; and 
‘‘(3) may contain such other requirements as the 
Secretary of the Interior considers appropriate. 
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amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with BILLS