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‘‘(1) The period beginning October 1, 2018, and ending 
on the earlier of December 31, 2019, or the date of the enact-
ment of an Act authorizing funds for military activities of 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020. 
‘‘(2) The period beginning October 1, 2019, and ending 
on the earlier of December 31, 2020, or the date of the enact-
ment of an Act authorizing funds for military activities of 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2021.’’. 
SEC. 
2808. 
AUTHORITY 
TO 
OBTAIN 
ARCHITECTURAL 
AND 
ENGINEERING SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGN 
FOR DEFENSE LABORATORY MODERNIZATION PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—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) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITY
TO
USE
FUNDS
FOR
RELATED 
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, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation for a military construction project 
referred to in such subsection, the Secretary of the military 
department concerned may use amounts appropriated or other-
wise made available for research, development, test, and 
evaluation to obtain architectural and engineering services and 
to carry out construction design in connection with such a 
project. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In the case of architectural 
and engineering services and construction design to be under-
taken under this subsection for which the estimated cost 
exceeds $1,000,000, the Secretary concerned shall notify the 
appropriate committees of Congress of the scope of the proposed 
project and the estimated cost of such services before the initial 
obligation of funds for such services. The Secretary 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 committees 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 AUTHORITY.— 
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 paragraphs (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)’’.
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(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, 2025’’. 
(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. 2809. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON CERTAIN GUAM PROJECT. 
(a) REPEAL
OF LIMITATION.—Section 2879 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115– 
91; 131 Stat. 1874) is amended by striking subsection (b). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. 
SEC. 2810. ENHANCING FORCE PROTECTION AND SAFETY ON MILITARY 
INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.—In addition to 
any other military construction projects authorized under this Act, 
the Secretary of the military department 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) REQUIRING REPORT AS CONDITION OF AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall submit 
a report to the congressional defense committees which 
describes the location, title, and cost, together with a Depart-
ment of Defense Form 1391, for each project the Secretary 
proposes to carry out under this section. 
(2) TIMING OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—No funds may be 
obligated or expended for a project under this section— 
(A) unless the project is included in the report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1); and 
(B) until the expiration of the 30-day period which 
begins on the date the Secretary concerned submits the 
report under paragraph (1). 
(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 contained in titles XXI through 
XXVII. 
SEC. 2811. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ACQUISITION OF FUR-
NISHED ENERGY FOR NEW MEDICAL CENTER IN GER-
MANY. 
(a) LIMITATION.—No amounts authorized to be appropriated 
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 Center’’) until the Secretary of Defense submits 
to the congressional defense committees a written certification 
that—
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(1) the source of furnished energy for the Medical Center 
will minimize the use of fuels sourced from inside 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 fur-
nished energy to sustain mission critical operations during 
any sustained energy supply 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 waiver of such subsection 
is necessary to protect the national 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. 
Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities 
Administration 
SEC. 
2821. 
FORCE 
STRUCTURE 
PLANS 
AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
CAPABILITIES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE FORCE 
STRUCTURE. 
(a) FORCE STRUCTURE PLANS AND INFRASTRUCTURE CAPABILI-
TIES.—Not later than the date on which the budget of the President 
for fiscal year 2021 is submitted to Congress 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 informed by— 
(A) an assessment by the Secretary of Defense of the 
probable threats to the national security of the United 
States; and 
(B) end-strength levels and major military force units 
(including land force divisions, carrier 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). 
(2) A categorical model of installation capabilities 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 subparagraph (B) of such 
paragraph. 
(b) CONSISTENCY.—In developing force structure plans and cat-
egorical models of installation capabilities under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the infrastructure, real
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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 information 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 car-
rying out the force structure plans compared to existing infra-
structure, real property, and facilities capabilities, as docu-
mented in the records maintained under section 2721 of title 
10, United States Code. 
(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. 2822. EXEMPTION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFF-SITE USE 
AND OFF-SITE REMOVAL ONLY NON-MOBILE PROPERTIES 
FROM CERTAIN EXCESS PROPERTY DISPOSAL REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Excess or unutilized or underutilized non- 
mobile property of the Department of Defense that is situated 
on non-excess land shall be exempt from the requirements of title 
V of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411 
et seq.) upon a determination by the head of the department, 
agency, or other element of the Department having jurisdiction 
of the property that— 
(1) the property is not feasible to relocate; 
(2) the property is located in an area to which the general 
public is denied access in the interest of national security; 
and 
(3) the exemption would facilitate the efficient disposal 
of excess property or result in more efficient real property 
management. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—Before making an initial determination 
under the authority in subsection (a), and periodically thereafter, 
the head of a department, agency, or other element of the Depart-
ment shall consult with the Executive Director of the United States 
Interagency Council on Homelessness on types of non-mobile prop-
erties that may be feasible for relocation and suitable to assist 
the homeless. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If any head of a department, agency, 
or other element of the Department makes a determination 
under subsection (a) during a fiscal year, not later than 90 
days after the end of that fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
listing all the buildings, facilities, and other properties for 
which a determination was made under that subsection during 
that fiscal year. 
(2) FORM.—Any report under paragraph (1) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means—