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Fiscal Year 1996 (division B of Public Law 104–106; 10
U.S.C. 2805 note).
(b) INCREASED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS APPLICABLE TO
MINOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.—For purpose of any
military construction project carried out under the
program—
(1) the amount provided in the second sentence
of subsection (a)(1) of section 2805 of title 10, United
States Code, shall be deemed to be $3,000,000;
(2) the amount provided in subsection (b)(1) of
such section shall be deemed to be $1,500,000; and
(3) the amount provided in subsection (c)(1)(B)
of such section shall be deemed to be $1,000,000.
(c) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—(1) Not later than 30
days before commencing the program, the Secretary shall—
(A) designate the Department laboratories at
which construction may be carried out under the pro-
gram; and
(B) establish procedures for the review and ap-
proval of requests from Department laboratories to
carry out such construction.
(2) The laboratories designated under paragraph
(1)(A) may not include Department laboratories that are
contractor owned.
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(3) The Secretary shall notify Congress of the Depart-
ment laboratories designated under paragraph (1)(A).
(d) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2005, the
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the program under this section. The report
shall include—
(1) a list and description of the construction
projects carried out under the program, and of any
projects carried out under the program referred to in
subsection (a) during the period beginning on October
1, 2003, and ending on the date of the enactment of
this Act, including the location and costs of each such
project; and
(2) the assessment of the Secretary of the advis-
ability of extending or expanding the authority for
the program under this section.
(e) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this
section may be construed to limit any other authority pro-
vided by law for any military construction project at a De-
partment laboratory covered by the program.
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘laboratory’’ includes—
(A) a research, engineering, and develop-
ment center;
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(B) a test and evaluation activity owned,
funded, and operated by the Federal Government
through the Department of Defense; and
(C) a supporting facility of a laboratory.
(2) The term ‘‘supporting facility’’, with respect
to a laboratory, means any building or structure that
is used in support of research, development, test, and
evaluation at the laboratory.
(g) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to
carry out a project under the program under this section
expires on September 30, 2006.
SEC. 2842. JURISDICTION AND UTILIZATION OF FORMER
PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS, UMATILLA CHEM-
ICAL DEPOT, OREGON.
(a) JURISDICTION.—The various parcels of real prop-
erty consisting of approximately 8,300 acres and located
within the boundaries of Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon,
that were previously withdrawn from the public domain are
determined to be no longer suitable for return to the public
domain and are hereby transferred to the administrative
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army.
(b) UTILIZATION.—The Secretary shall combine the
real property transferred under subsection (a) with other
lands and lesser interests comprising the Umatilla Chem-
ical Depot for purposes of their management and disposal
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pursuant to title II of the Defense Authorization Amend-
ments and Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1988 (Pub-
lic Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and other applicable
law.
SEC. 2843. DEVELOPMENT OF HERITAGE CENTER FOR THE
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES
ARMY.
(a) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT.—(1)
The Secretary of the Army may enter into an agreement
with the Army Historical Foundation, a nonprofit organi-
zation, for the design, construction, and operation of a facil-
ity or group of facilities at Fort Belvoir, Virginia (in this
section referred to as the ‘‘center’’), for the National Mu-
seum of the United States Army.
(2) The center shall be used for the identification,
curation, storage, and public viewing of artifacts and art-
work of significance to the United States Army, as agreed
to by the Secretary.
(3) The center may also be used to support such edu-
cation, training, research, and associated purposes as the
Secretary considers appropriate.
(b) DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.—(1) The design of
the center shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary.
(2) For each phase of the development of the center,
the Secretary may—
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(A) accept funds from the Army Historical
Foundation for the design and construction of such
phase of the center; or
(B) permit the Army Historical Foundation to
contract for the design and construction of such phase
of the center.
(c) ACCEPTANCE OF FACILITY.—(1) Upon satisfactory
completion, as determined by the Secretary, of any phase
of the center, and upon the satisfaction of any and all fi-
nancial obligations incident thereto by the Army Historical
Foundation, the Secretary shall accept such phase of the
center from the Army Historical Foundation, and all right,
title, and interest in and to such phase of the center shall
vest in the United States.
(2) Upon becoming property of the United States, a
phase of the center accepted under paragraph (1) shall be
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
(d) USE OF CERTAIN GIFTS.—(1) Under regulations
prescribed by the Secretary, the Commander of the United
States Army Center of Military History may, without re-
gard to section 2601 of title 10, United States Code, accept,
hold, administer, invest, and spend any gift, devise, or be-
quest of personal property of a value of $250,000 or less
made to the United States if such gift, devise, or bequest
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is for the benefit of the National Museum of the United
States Army or the center.
(2) The Secretary may pay or authorize the payment
of any reasonable and necessary expense in connection with
the conveyance or transfer of a gift, devise, or bequest under
this subsection.
(e) LEASE OF FACILITY.—(1) The Secretary may lease,
under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers
appropriate for the agreement authorized by subsection (a),
portions of the center developed under that subsection to the
Army Historical Foundation for use by the public, commer-
cial and nonprofit entities, State and local governments,
and other departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment for use in generating revenue for activities of the cen-
ter and for such administrative purposes as may be nec-
essary for the support of the center.
(2) The amount of consideration paid to the Secretary
by the Army Historical Foundation for a lease under para-
graph (1) may not exceed an amount equal to the actual
cost, as determined by the Secretary, of the operations and
maintenance of the center.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary shall use amounts paid under paragraph (2) to
cover the costs of operation of the center.