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ble entities. Such process shall be completed by not later 
than the date that is 15 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) APPLICABLE PRIVATIZATION LAWS.—The Sec-
retary concerned shall carry out this section using the au-
thority provided by section 2872 of title 10, United States 
Code, consistent with subchapters IV and V of chapter 169 
of such title. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—No Government direct loans, Gov-
ernment guarantees, or Government equity may be extended 
in consideration of any privatization carried out pursuant 
to subsection (a). 
(d) CONSULTATIONS.—In establishing a plan to carry 
out the privatization of transient housing pursuant to sub-
section (a), the Secretary concerned shall— 
(1) consult with the Secretary of the Army; and 
(2) to the greatest extent possible, incorporate 
into such plan the best practices and efficiencies of the 
Secretary of the Army in carrying out the privatiza-
tion of transient housing under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of the Army. 
(d) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter until the privatization required under subsection 
(a) is complete, the Secretary concerned shall submit to the 
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Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a report that includes— 
(1) detailed plans for the privatization of all 
transient housing under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary; and 
(2) timelines for conveyances and other critical 
milestones. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to affect any transient housing or lodging 
program administered by the Coast Guard. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 2871 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘transient housing’’ means lodging 
intended to be occupied by members of the Armed 
Forces on temporary duty. 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect 
to transient housing under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of the Navy; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Air Force, with re-
spect to transient housing under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary of the Air Force. 
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SEC. 2815. MILITARY HOUSING FEEDBACK TOOL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall pro-
vide for a feedback tool, such as a rating system or similar 
mechanism, under which members of the Armed Forces and 
their spouses may anonymously identify, rate, and compare 
housing under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense 
(including privatized military housing). 
(b) COMPONENTS.—The tool required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following components: 
(1) The capability for users to— 
(A) rate housing using multiple quality 
measures, including safety, the timeliness and 
quality of maintenance services, and the respon-
siveness of management; 
(B) upload visual media, including images; 
and 
(C) include written comments. 
(2) A comparison feature that can be used to 
compare ratings for different housing communities. 
(3) Accessibility by members of the Armed 
Forces, their family members, and members of Con-
gress. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, and make available to the Secretary concerned, an an-
nual report that includes a summary of the data collected 
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using the feedback tool required under this section during 
the year covered by the report. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate. 
Subtitle C—Real Property and 
Facilities Administration 
SEC. 2821. AUTHORIZED LAND AND FACILITIES TRANSFER 
TO SUPPORT CONTRACTS WITH FEDERALLY 
FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 159 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2668a 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2669. Transfer of land and facilities to support con-
tracts with federally-funded research and 
development centers 
‘‘(a) LEASE
OF LAND, FACILITIES, AND IMPROVE-
MENTS.—(1) The Secretary of a military department may 
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lease, for no consideration, land, facilities, and improve-
ments to a covered FFRDC if the lease is to further the 
purposes of a contract between the Department of Defense 
and the covered FFRDC. 
‘‘(2) A lease entered into under paragraph (1) shall 
terminate on the earlier of the following dates: 
‘‘(A) The date that is 50 years after the date on 
which the Secretary enters into the lease. 
‘‘(B) The date of the termination or non-renewal 
of the contract between the Department of Defense and 
the covered FFRDC. 
‘‘(b) CONVEYANCE
OF
FACILITIES
AND
IMPROVE-
MENTS.—(1) The Secretary of a military department may 
convey, for no consideration, ownership of facilities and im-
provements located on land leased to a covered FFRDC to 
further the purposes of a contract between the Department 
of Defense and the covered FFRDC. 
‘‘(2) The ownership of any facilities and improvements 
conveyed under this subsection shall revert to the United 
States upon the termination or non-renewal of the under-
lying land lease. 
‘‘(c) COVERED FFRDC.—In this section, the term ‘cov-
ered FFRDC’ means a federally-funded research and devel-
opment center that is sponsored by, and has entered into 
a contract with, the Department of Defense.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2668a the following new item: 
‘‘2669. Transfer of land and facilities to support contracts with federally-funded 
research and development centers.’’. 
SEC. 2822. RESTORATION OR REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED, 
DESTROYED, 
OR 
ECONOMICALLY 
UNREPAIRABLE FACILITIES. 
(a) INCLUSION OF APPROPRIATIONS ACCOUNT IN CON-
GRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REGARDING FUNDING.—Sub-
section (b) of section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘military construction appropria-
tions account that is the’’ before ‘‘source of funds’’. 
(b) ECONOMICALLY
UNREPAIRABLE
FACILITIES.— 
Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘or is economically unrepairable’’ after 
‘‘damaged or destroyed’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or the 
situation that rendered the facility economically 
unrepairable,’’ after ‘‘facility’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ‘‘dam-
age to a facility rather than destruction’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘a facility that has been damaged or rendered 
economically unrepairable rather than destroyed’’. 
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SEC. 2823. DEFENSE ACCESS ROAD PROGRAM ENHANCE-
MENTS TO ADDRESS TRANSPORTATION IN-
FRASTRUCTURE IN VICINITY OF MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2816 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 
112–81) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(d) PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION OF ROADS AS DE-
FENSE ACCESS ROADS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 
2023, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a formal 
mechanism under which— 
‘‘(A) a State, county, or municipality may 
petition the Secretary to certify roads as defense 
access roads under section 210 of title 23, United 
States Code; and 
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‘‘(B) the Secretary shall respond, in writ-
ing, to any such petition by not later than 90 
days after receiving the petition. 
‘‘(2) STATE DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘State’ means any of the several States, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States 
Virgin Islands. 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
OF INFORMATION.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall maintain and update regularly 
on an appropriate website of the Federal Government, a 
list of all roads certified as important to the national de-
fense by the Secretary or by such other official as the Presi-
dent may designate. Such website shall include, for each 
such road, each of the following: 
‘‘(1) The military installation (as such term is 
defined in section 2687(g)(1) of title 10, United 
States Code) that is in closest proximity to the road. 
‘‘(2) The date on which the road was so certified. 
‘‘(3) Any fiscal year for which the President 
transmitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, a budget request that included an 
amount for such road. 
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‘‘(4) Any fiscal year for which Congress appro-
priated an amount for such road. 
‘‘(f) TREATMENT
OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.— 
Nothing in subsection (d) or (e) shall be construed as a re-
quirement for the Secretary of Defense to make publicly 
available any classified information.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON DEFENSE ACCESS ROADS.—Section 
2814(b) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘April 1, 2009’’ and inserting 
‘‘one year after the date of the enactment of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘and name any road that the commander 
of a military installation (as such term is defined in 
section 2687(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code) or 
the Secretary of a military department has rec-
ommended that the Secretary of Defense certify as a 
defense access road during the period beginning on 
April 1, 2009, and ending on the date of the enact-
ment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023’’. 
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(c) REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN HIGHWAYS 
AS DEFENSE ACCESS ROADS.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2023, 
the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives a report containing the re-
sults of a study on the advisability of designating 
each of the roads identified under paragraph (2) as 
defense access roads for purposes of section 210 of title 
23, United States Code. 
(2) ROADS
IDENTIFIED.—The roads identified 
under this subsection are each of the following: 
(A) For Beale Air Force Base, California: 
(i) Chuck Yeager Road. 
(ii) North Beale Road. 
(iii) Spenceville Road, also known as 
Camp Beale Highway. 
(iv) South Beale Road. 
(B) For Travis Air Force Base, California: 
(i) Air Base Parkway. 
(ii) Canon Road. 
(iii) Gate Road, including North Gate 
Road. 
(iv) Petersen Road. 
(v) Vanden Road. 
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Subtitle D—Military Facilities 
Master Plan Requirements 
SEC. 2831. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING COM-
PLETION OF MILITARY INSTALLATION RESIL-
IENCE COMPONENT OF MASTER PLANS FOR 
AT-RISK MAJOR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2023 for the Of-
fice of the Secretary of Defense for administration and serv-
ice-wide activities, not more than 50 percent may be obli-
gated or expended until the date on which the each Sec-
retary of a military department has satisfied the require-
ments of section 2833 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 
2864 note). 
Subtitle E—Matters Related to Uni-
fied Facilities Criteria and Mili-
tary Construction Planning and 
Design 
SEC. 2841. CONSIDERATION OF INSTALLATION OF INTE-
GRATED SOLAR ROOFING TO IMPROVE EN-
ERGY RESILIENCY OF MILITARY INSTALLA-
TIONS. 
The Secretary of Defense shall amend the Unified Fa-
cilities Criteria/DoD Building Code (UFC 1– 200–01) to 
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require that planning and design for military construction 
projects inside the United States include consideration of 
the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of installing integrated 
solar roofing as part of the project, for the purpose of— 
(1) promoting on-installation energy security 
and energy resilience; 
(2) providing grid support to avoid energy dis-
ruptions; and 
(3) facilitating implementation and greater use 
of the authority provided by subsection (h) of section 
2911 of title 10, United States Code, as added and 
amended by section 2825 of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of 
Public Law 116–283). 
Subtitle F—Land Conveyances 
SEC. 2851. EXTENSION OF TIME FRAME FOR LAND CONVEY-
ANCE, SHARPE ARMY DEPOT, LATHROP, CALI-
FORNIA. 
Section 2833(g) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116–283) is amended by striking ‘‘one year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘three years’’. 
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SEC. 2852. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE 
JURISDICTION, 
CASTNER 
RANGE, 
FORT 
BLISS, TEXAS. 
Section 2844 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by redesignating the text beginning 
with ‘‘convey’’ and ending with ‘‘Franklin 
Mountains State Park.’’ as subparagraph 
(B); 
(ii) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘may—’’; and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(B), as redesignated by subparagraph (A) of 
this paragraph, the following new subpara-
graph (A): 
‘‘(A) transfer administrative jurisdiction of 
approximately 7,081 acres at Fort Bliss, Texas, 
to the Secretary of the Interior (acting through 
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management) 
which shall be managed in accordance with the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and any other ap-
plicable laws; or’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘transfer of adminis-
trative jurisdiction or’’ before ‘‘conveyance’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘transfer to the Sec-
retary of the Interior or’’ before ‘‘convey to 
the Department’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘Department’s’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘conveys the real property 
under subsection (a)(1)(B) and’’ after ‘‘If the 
Secretary’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘conveyed under subsection 
(a)’’; 
(3) in the first subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the 
land conveyance under this section’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
land conveyance under subsection (a)(1)(B)’’; 
(4) by redesignating the second subsection (c) 
and subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (d), (e), 
and (f), respectively; 
(5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by in-
serting ‘‘transferred or’’ before ‘‘conveyed’’; 
(6) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘the conveyances under subsection (a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a conveyance under subsection (a)(1)(B)’’; 
(7) in subsection (f), as so redesignated— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘federal’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Federal’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘non-federal’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘non-Federal’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘trans-
ferred or’’ before ‘‘conveyed’’; and 
(8) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-
retary may enter into a memorandum of understanding 
with the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Land Management) regarding any 
transfer of administrative jurisdiction under subsection 
(a)(1)(A).’’. 
SEC. 2853. CONVEYANCE, JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, SOUTH 
CAROLINA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the 
Air Force (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
may convey to the City of North Charleston, South Carolina 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘City’’) all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real 
property, including any improvements thereon, consisting 
of approximately 26 acres known as the Old Navy Yard 
at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, for the purpose 
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of permitting the City to use the property for economic de-
velopment. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As consideration for the con-
veyance under subsection (a), the City shall pay to 
the United States an amount at least equal to the fair 
market value, as determined by the Secretary, based 
on an appraisal of the property to be conveyed under 
such subsection. Consideration may be cash payment, 
in-kind consideration as described under paragraph 
(2), or a combination thereof. The consideration paid 
to the Secretary must be sufficient, as determined by 
the Secretary, to provide replacement space for, and 
for the relocation of, any personnel, furniture, fix-
tures, equipment, and personal property of any kind 
and belonging to any military department, located 
upon the property to be conveyed under subsection 
(a). All cash consideration must be paid in full, and 
any in-kind consideration must be complete and use-
able, and delivered to the satisfaction of the Secretary 
at or prior to date of the conveyance under subsection 
(a). 
(2) IN-KIND CONSIDERATION.—In-kind consider-
ation described in this paragraph may include the ac-
quisition, 
construction, 
provision, 
improvement, 
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maintenance, repair, or restoration (including envi-
ronmental restoration), or combination thereof, of any 
facilities or infrastructure within proximity to the 
Joint Base Charleston Weapons Station (South 
Annex) and located on Joint Base Charleston, that 
the Secretary considers acceptable. 
(3) TREATMENT OF CASH CONSIDERATION RE-
CEIVED.—Any cash payment received by the United 
States under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the 
special account in the Treasury referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of 
section 572 of title 40, United States Code, and shall 
be available in accordance with subparagraph (B) of 
such paragraph. 
(c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT
REQUIRED.—The Secretary may 
require the City to cover all costs to be incurred by 
the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary for costs 
incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the convey-
ance under subsection (a), including survey costs, ap-
praisal costs, costs related to environmental docu-
mentation, and any other administrative costs related 
to the conveyance. If amounts paid by the City to the 
Secretary in advance exceed the costs actually in-
curred by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance, 
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the Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the 
City. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received under paragraph (1) as reimburse-
ment for costs incurred by the Secretary to carry out 
the conveyance under subsection (a) shall be credited 
to the fund or account that was used to cover the costs 
incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the convey-
ance, or to an appropriate fund or account that is 
available to the Secretary for the purposes for which 
the costs were paid. Amounts so credited shall be 
merged with amounts in such fund or account 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. 
(e) CONDITION
OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance 
under subsection (a) shall be subject to all valid existing 
rights and the condition that the City accept the property 
(and any improvements thereon) in its condition at the 
time of the conveyance (commonly known as a conveyance 
‘‘as is’’). 
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(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary 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. 
(g) OLD NAVY YARD.—In this section, the term ‘‘Old 
Navy Yard’’ includes the facilities used by the Naval Infor-
mation Warfare Center Atlantic including, buildings 1602, 
1603, 1639, 1648, and such other facilities, infrastructure, 
and land along or near the Cooper River waterfront at 
Joint Base Charleston as the Secretary considers to be ap-
propriate. 
SEC. 
2854. 
LAND 
CONVEYANCE, 
NAVAL 
AIR 
STATION 
OCEANA, DAM NECK ANNEX, VIRGINIA BEACH, 
VIRGINIA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may convey to the Hampton Roads Sanitation Dis-
trict (in this section referred to as the ‘‘HRSD’’) all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel 
of installation real property, including any improvements 
thereon, consisting of approximately 7.9 acres located at 
Naval Air Station Oceana in Dam Neck Annex, Virginia 
Beach, Virginia. The Secretary may void any land use re-
strictions associated with the property to be conveyed under 
this subsection. 
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(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) AMOUNT AND DETERMINATION.—As consider-
ation for the conveyance under subsection (a), the 
HRSD shall pay to the Secretary of the Navy an 
amount that is not less than the fair market value of 
the property conveyed, as determined by the Sec-
retary. The Secretary’s determination of fair market 
value shall be final. In lieu of all or a portion of cash 
payment of consideration, the Secretary may accept 
in-kind consideration. 
(2) TREATMENT OF CASH CONSIDERATION.—The 
Secretary of the Navy shall deposit any cash payment 
received under paragraph (1) in the special account 
in the Treasury established for the Secretary of the 
Navy under subsection (a) of paragraph (1) of sub-
section (e) of section 2667 of title 10, United States 
Code. The entire amount deposited shall be available 
for use in accordance with subparagraph (D) of such 
paragraph. 
(c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the 
Navy shall require the HRSD to cover costs to be in-
curred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary 
for costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the 
conveyance under subsection (a), including survey 
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costs, costs related to environmental documentation, 
and any other administrative costs related to the con-
veyance. If amounts are collected 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, the Secretary 
shall refund the excess amount to the HRSD. 
(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 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 parcel of real property to be 
conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a sur-
vey 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 under sub-
section (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States. 
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SEC. 2855. LAND EXCHANGE, MARINE RESERVE TRAINING 
CENTER, OMAHA, NEBRASKA. 
(a) LAND EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
the Navy may convey to the Metropolitan Community Col-
lege Area, a political subdivision of the State of Nebraska, 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘College’’), all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real 
property, including improvements thereon, known as the 
Marine Reserve Training Center in Omaha, Nebraska. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the convey-
ance under subsection (a), the College shall convey to the 
Secretary of the Navy real property interests either adjacent 
or proximate, to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. 
(c) LAND EXCHANGE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary of 
the Navy and the College may enter into a land exchange 
agreement to implement this section. 
(d) VALUATION.—The value of each property interest 
to be exchanged by the Secretary of the Navy and the College 
described in subsections (a) and (b) shall be determined— 
(1) by an independent appraiser selected by the 
Secretary; and 
(2) in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal 
Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the 
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Prac-
tice. 
(e) CASH EQUALIZATION PAYMENTS.— 
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(1) TO THE SECRETARY.—If the value of the 
property interests described in subsection (a) is great-
er than the value of the property interests described 
in subsection (b), the values shall be equalized through 
either of the following or a combination thereof: 
(A) A cash equalization payment from the 
College to the Department of the Navy. 
(B) In-kind consideration provided by the 
College, which may include the acquisition, con-
struction, provision, improvement, maintenance, 
repair, or restoration (including environmental 
restoration), or combination thereof, of any fa-
cilities or infrastructure, or delivery of services 
relating to the needs of Marine Corps Reserve 
Training Center Omaha. 
(2) NO EQUALIZATION.—If the value of the prop-
erty interests described in subsection (b) is greater 
than the value of the property interests described in 
subsection (a), the Secretary may not make a cash 
equalization payment to equalize the values. 
(f) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the 
Navy shall require the College to pay all costs to be 
incurred by the Secretary to carry out the exchange 
of property interests under this section, including 
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such costs related to land survey, environmental docu-
mentation, real estate due diligence such as apprais-
als, and any other administrative costs related to the 
exchange of property interests, including costs in-
curred preparing and executing a land exchange 
agreement authorized under subsection (c). If amounts 
are collected from the College 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 exchange of property interests, 
the Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the 
College. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received by the Secretary of the Navy under 
paragraph (1) shall be used in accordance with sec-
tion 2695(c) of title 10, United States Code. 
(g) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the property interests to be ex-
changed under this section shall be determined by surveys 
that are satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy. 
(h) CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT.—The exchange of real 
property interests under this section shall be accomplished 
using an appropriate legal instrument and upon terms and 
conditions mutually satisfactory to the Secretary of the 
Navy and the College, including such additional terms and 
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conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States. 
(i) EXEMPTION FROM SCREENING REQUIREMENTS 
FOR ADDITIONAL FEDERAL USE.—The authority under 
this section is exempt from the screening process required 
under section 2696(b) of title 10, United States Code. 
Subtitle G—Miscellaneous Studies 
and Reports 
SEC. 2861. FFRDC STUDY ON PRACTICES WITH RESPECT TO 
DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall seek to enter into an agreement with a federally 
funded research and development center for the conduct of 
a study on the practices of the Department of Defense with 
respect to the development of military construction projects. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—An agreement under subsection (a) 
shall specify that the study conducted pursuant to the agree-
ment shall address each of the following: 
(1) Practices with respect to adoption of United 
Facilities Criteria changes and their inclusion into 
advanced planning, DD form 1391 budget justifica-
tions, and planning and design. 
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(2) Practices with respect to how sustainable ma-
terials, such as mass timber and low carbon concrete, 
are assessed and included in advanced planning, DD 
form 1391 budget justifications, and planning and 
design. 
(3) Barriers to incorporating innovative tech-
niques, including 3D printed building techniques. 
(4) Whether the Strategic Environmental Re-
search and Development Program or the Environ-
mental Security Technology Certification Program 
could be used to validate such materials and tech-
niques to provide the Army Corps of Engineers and 
the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command 
with confidence in the use of such materials and tech-
niques. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 60 days 
after the completion of a study pursuant to an agreement 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the re-
sults of the study. 
Subtitle H—Other Matters 
SEC. 2871. DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 2391(e)(4)(A)(i) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or on property subject to 
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a real estate agreement with a military installation, includ-
ing a lease or easement’’ after ‘‘installation’’. 
SEC. 2872. INCLUSION IN DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRA-
STRUCTURE PILOT PROGRAM OF CERTAIN 
PROJECTS FOR ROTC TRAINING. 
Section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(1)(B)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) 
as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-
lowing new clause (ii): 
‘‘(ii) Projects that will contribute to the training 
of cadets enrolled in an independent Reserve Officer 
Training Corps program at a covered educational in-
stitution.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) The term ‘covered educational institution’ 
means a college or university that is— 
‘‘(A) a part B institution, as defined in sec-
tion 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1061); 
‘‘(B) an 1890 Institution, as defined in sec-
tion 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 
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and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 
7601); 
‘‘(C) not affiliated with a consortium; and 
‘‘(D) located at least 40 miles from a major 
military installation.’’. 
SEC. 2873. BASING DECISION SCORECARD CONSISTENCY 
AND TRANSPARENCY. 
Section 2883(h) of the Military Construction Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 
U.S.C. 1781b note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE.—In establishing a scorecard under this sub-
section, the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned shall coordinate with the Secretary of Defense 
to ensure consistency among the military depart-
ments. 
‘‘(5) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—The 
methodology and criteria for establishing each score-
card under this subsection shall be published in the 
Federal Register for public comment.’’. 
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SEC. 2874. LEASE OR USE AGREEMENT FOR CATEGORY 3 
SUBTERRANEAN TRAINING FACILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall seek 
to enter into a lease or use agreement with a category 3 
subterranean training facility that— 
(1) is located in close proximity to air assault 
and special forces units; and 
(2) has the capacity to— 
(A) provide brigade or large full-mission 
profile training; 
(B) rapidly replicate full-scale underground 
venues; 
(C) support helicopter landing zones; and 
(D) support underground live fire. 
(b) USE OF FACILITY.—A lease or use agreement en-
tered into pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide that the 
category 3 subterranean training facility shall be available 
for— 
(1) the hosting of training and testing exercises 
for— 
(A) for members of the Armed Forces, in-
cluding special operations forces; 
(B) personnel of combat support agencies, 
including the Defense Threat Reduction Agency; 
and 
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(C) such other personnel as the Secretary of 
Defense determines appropriate; and 
(2) for such other purposes as the Secretary of 
Defense determines appropriate. 
(c) DURATION.—The duration of any lease or use 
agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
for a period of not less than 5 years. 
(d) CATEGORY 3 SUBTERRANEAN TRAINING FACILITY 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘category 3 subterra-
nean training facility’’ means an underground structure 
designed and built— 
(1) to be unobserved and to provide maximum 
protection; and 
(2) to serve as a command and control, oper-
ations, storage, production, and protection facility. 
SEC. 2875. REQUIRED CONSULTATION WITH STATE AND 
LOCAL ENTITIES ON ISSUES RELATED TO IN-
CREASE 
IN 
NUMBER 
OF 
MILITARY 
PER-
SONNEL AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
If any decision of the Secretary of Defense or the Sec-
retary of a military department would result in a signifi-
cant increase in the number of members of the Armed Forces 
assigned to a military installation, the Secretary of Defense 
or the Secretary of the military department concerned, dur-
ing the development of the plans to implement the decision 
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with respect to that installation, shall consult with appro-
priate State and local entities to ensure that matters affect-
ing the local community, including requirements for trans-
portation, utility infrastructure, housing, education, and 
family support activities, are considered. 
SEC. 2876. REQUIRED INVESTMENTS IN IMPROVING CHILD 
DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 
(a) INVESTMENTS
IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TERS.—Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated 
for the Department of Defense for Facilities Sustainment, 
Restoration, and Modernization activities of a military de-
partment, the Secretary of that military department shall 
reserve the following amounts of the estimated replacement 
cost of the total inventory of child development centers 
under the jurisdiction of that Secretary for the purpose of 
carrying out projects for the improvement of child develop-
ment centers: 
(1) An amount equal to one percent of such cost 
for fiscal year 2023. 
(2) An amount equal to two percent of such cost 
for fiscal year 2024. 
(3) An amount equal to three percent of such cost 
for fiscal year 2025. 
(4) An amount equal to five percent or such cost 
for fiscal year 2026. 
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(b) CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER DEFINED.—The 
term ‘‘child development center’’ has meaning given the 
term ‘‘military child development center’’ in section 
1800(1) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 2877. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CLOSURE OF 
COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2023 for the Air Force may be obligated or ex-
pended to close, or prepare to close, any combat readiness 
training center. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Air Force may 
waive the limitation under subsection (a) with respect to 
a combat readiness training center, if the Secretary submits 
to the congressional defense committees each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A certification that— 
(A) the closure of the center would not be in 
violation of section 2687 of title 10, United 
States Code; and 
(B) the support capabilities provided by the 
center will not be diminished as a result of the 
closure of the center. 
(2) A report that includes— 
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(A) a detailed business case analysis for the 
closure of the center; and 
(B) an assessment of the effects the closure 
of the center would have on unit training, in-
cluding active duty units that may use the cen-
ter. 
SEC. 2878. PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF MASS TIMBER IN 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of each of the mili-
tary departments shall carry out a pilot program to evalu-
ate how the use of mass timber as the primary construction 
material in military construction projects affects the envi-
ronmental sustainability, infrastructure resilience, cost ef-
fectiveness, and construction timeliness of such projects. The 
Secretary of a military department may carry out a mili-
tary construction project under the pilot program using the 
authorities available to the Secretary of Defense under sec-
tion 2914 of title 10, United States Code, regarding mili-
tary construction projects for energy resilience, energy secu-
rity, and energy conservation. 
(b) PROJECT SELECTION AND LOCATION.— 
(1) MINIMUM
NUMBER.—Each Secretary of a 
military department shall carry out at least one mili-
tary construction project under the pilot program. 
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(2) PROJECT
LOCATIONS.—The pilot program 
shall be conducted at military installations in the 
United States— 
(A) that are identified as vulnerable to ex-
treme weather events; and 
(B) for which a military construction 
project is authorized but a request for proposal 
has not been released. 
(3) MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING.—In se-
lecting military construction projects for the pilot 
program, the Secretaries of the military departments 
shall coordinate to ensure that at least one of the 
projects involves the construction of military unac-
companied housing. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 
days thereafter until December 31, 2025, the Secre-
taries of the military departments shall jointly sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the progress of the pilot program. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include each of the following: 
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(A) A description of the status of the mili-
tary construction projects selected to be con-
ducted under the pilot program. 
(B) An explanation of the reasons for the se-
lection of such military construction projects. 
(C) An analysis of the projected or actual 
carbon footprint, including stored carbon in 
building materials, resilience to extreme weather 
events, construction timeliness, and cost effective-
ness, of the military construction projects con-
ducted under the pilot program using mass tim-
ber as compared to other materials historically 
used in military construction. 
(D) Any updated guidance the Under Sec-
retary 
of 
Defense 
for 
Acquisition 
and 
Sustainment has released in relation to the pro-
curement policy for future military construction 
projects based on comparable benefits realized 
from use of mass timber, including guidance on 
prioritizing sustainable materials in establishing 
evaluation criteria for military construction 
project contracts when technically feasible. 
(d) MASS TIMBER DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘mass timber’’ means any of the following: 
(1) Cross-laminated timber. 
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(2) Nail-laminated timber. 
(3) Glue-laminated timber. 
(4) Laminated strand lumber. 
(5) Laminated veneer lumber, 
(e) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary of 
a military department to carry out a military construction 
project under this section shall expire on September 30, 
2025. Any construction commenced under the pilot program 
before such date may continue until completion. 
SEC. 2879. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE FOR 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATIONS 
SECURITY INVESTMENT. 
Section 2806(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘and construction’’ and inserting 
‘‘construction, and climate resilience’’. 
SEC. 2880. SCREENING AND REGISTRY OF INDIVIDUALS 
WITH 
HEALTH 
CONDITIONS 
RESULTING 
FROM UNSAFE HOUSING UNITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter V of chapter 169 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 2895. Screening and registry of individuals with 
health conditions resulting from unsafe 
housing units 
‘‘(a) SCREENING.—(1) The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with appropriate scientific agencies as deter-
mined by the Secretary, may ensure that all military med-
ical treatment facilities screen eligible individuals for cov-
ered conditions. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may establish procedures through 
which screening under paragraph (1) may allow an eligible 
individual to be included in the registry under subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(b) REGISTRY.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish and maintain a registry of eligible individuals who 
have a covered condition. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall include any information in 
the registry under paragraph (1) that the Secretary deter-
mines necessary to ascertain and monitor the health of eli-
gible individuals and the connection between the health of 
such individuals and an unsafe housing unit. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall develop a public information 
campaign to inform eligible individuals about the registry 
under paragraph (1), including how to register and the ben-
efits of registering. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) The term ‘covered armed force’ means the 
following: 
‘‘(A) The Army. 
‘‘(B) The Navy. 
‘‘(C) The Marine Corps. 
‘‘(D) The Air Force. 
‘‘(E) The Space Force. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered condition’ means a med-
ical condition that is determined by the Secretary of 
Defense to have resulted from residing in an unsafe 
housing unit. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘eligible individual’ means a 
member of a covered armed force or a family member 
of a member of a covered armed force who has resided 
in an unsafe housing unit. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘unsafe housing unit’ means a 
dwelling unit that— 
‘‘(A) does not meet the housing quality 
standards established under section 8(o)(8)(B) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8)(B)); or 
‘‘(B) is not free from dangerous air pollu-
tion levels from mold.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting 
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after the item relating to section 2894a the following new 
item: 
‘‘2895. Screening and registry of individuals with health conditions resulting from 
unsafe housing units.’’. 
SEC. 2881. RECOGNITION OF MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GAR-
DEN, AND K9 MEMORIAL OF THE NATIONAL 
NAVY UDT-SEAL MUSEUM IN FORT PIERCE, 
FLORIDA, AS A NATIONAL MEMORIAL, MEMO-
RIAL GARDEN, AND K9 MEMORIAL, RESPEC-
TIVELY, OF NAVY SEALS AND THEIR PREDE-
CESSORS. 
The Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial 
of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, located at 3300 
North Highway A1A, North Hutchinson Island, in Fort 
Pierce, Florida, are recognized as a national memorial, me-
morial garden, and K9 memorial, respectively, of Navy 
SEALs and their predecessors. 
TITLE 
XXIX—SCIENCE 
AND 
TECHNOLOGY MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION 
SEC. 2901. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
The Secretary of the Army may acquire real property 
and carry out the military construction projects for the in-
stallations inside the United States, and in the amounts, 
set forth in the following table: 
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Army: Inside the United States 
Country 
Installation 
Amount 
Alabama ...........................................
Redstone Arsenal ...........
$50,000,000 
Maryland ...........................................
Aberdeen .........................
$85,000,000 
Mississippi .........................................
Vicksburg ........................
$20,000,000 
New Jersey .........................................
Picatinny Arsenal .........
$12,000,000 
SEC. 2902. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECT. 
The Secretary of the Navy may acquire real property 
and carry out the military construction project for the in-
stallation inside the United States, and in the amount, set 
forth in the following table: 
Navy: Inside the United States 
Country 
Installation 
Amount 
California .........................................
Corona ............................
$15,000,000 
Maryland ...........................................
Carderock .......................
$2,073,000 
Indian Head ..................
$8,039,000 
Virginia .............................................
Dahlgren ........................
$2,503,000 
SEC. 2903. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND 
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
The Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real prop-
erty and carry out the military construction projects for 
the installations inside the United States, and in the 
amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Air Force: Inside the United States 
Country 
Installation 
Amount 
Hawaii .............................................
AFRL Maui ...................
$89,000,000 
New York ............................................
AFRL Rome ..................
$4,200,000 
SEC. 2904. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2022, for the mili-
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tary construction projects inside the United States author-
ized by this title as specified in the funding table in section 
4601. 
DIVISION 
C—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
AND 
OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE 
XXXI—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—National Security 
Programs and Authorizations 
SEC. 3101. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Energy for fiscal year 2023 for the activities of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs 
as specified in the funding table in section 4701. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.— 
From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available 
for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy 
may carry out new plant projects for the National Nuclear 
Security Administration as follows: 
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Project 23–D–516, Energetic Materials Charac-
terization Facility, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 
Los Alamos, New Mexico, $19,000,000. 
Project 23–D–517, Electrical Power Capacity 
Upgrade, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Ala-
mos, New Mexico, $24,000,000. 
Project 23–D–518, Plutonium Modernization 
Operations & Waste Management Office Building, 
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New 
Mexico, $48,500,000. 
Project 23–D–519, Special Materials Facility, 
Y–12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Ten-
nessee, $49,500,000. 
Project 23–D–533, Component Test Complex 
Project, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, West Miff-
lin, Pennsylvania, $57,420,000. 
SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Energy for fiscal year 2023 for defense environmental 
cleanup activities in carrying out programs as specified in 
the funding table in section 4701. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.— 
From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available 
for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy 
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may carry out, for defense environmental cleanup activities, 
the following new plant projects: 
Project 23–D–402, Calcine Construction, Idaho 
National 
Laboratory, 
Idaho 
Falls, 
Idaho, 
$10,000,000. 
Project 23–D–403, Hanford 200 West Area Tank 
Farms Risk Management Project, Office of River Pro-
tection, Richland, Washington, $45,000,000. 
Project 23–D–404, 181D Export Water System 
Reconfiguration and Upgrade, Hanford Site, Rich-
land, Washington, $6,770,000. 
Project 23–D–405, 181B Export Water System 
Reconfiguration and Upgrade, Hanford Site, Rich-
land, Washington, $480,000. 
SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2023 for other defense 
activities in carrying out programs as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4701. 
SEC. 3104. NUCLEAR ENERGY. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2023 for nuclear en-
ergy as specified in the funding table in section 4701. 
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Subtitle 
B—Program 
Authoriza-
tions, Restrictions, Limitations, 
and Other Matters 
SEC. 3111. PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the National Nu-
clear Security Administration and the Nuclear Weapons 
Council have acknowledged that producing 80 war reserve 
plutonium pit per year by 2030 is not achievable. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (a) of section 4219 of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) PRODUCTION.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall produce the annual number of war reserve plu-
tonium pits that the Secretary of Defense identifies as 
a requirement of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(2) CAPACITY.—In carrying out paragraph (1), 
the Secretary of Energy shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that Los Alamos National Lab-
oratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, has the ability 
to— 
‘‘(i) produce 30 war reserve plutonium 
pits during any year that the Secretary of 
Defense identifies such production amount 
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as a requirement of the Department of De-
fense; and 
‘‘(ii) 
implement 
surge 
efforts 
to 
produce more than 30 war reserve pluto-
nium pits during any year that the Secre-
taries identifies such production amount as 
a requirement of the Department of Defense; 
‘‘(B) ensure that the Savannah River Pluto-
nium Processing Facility at the Savannah River 
Site, Aiken, South Carolina, has a sustainable 
ability to— 
‘‘(i) produce 50 war reserve plutonium 
pits during any year the Secretary of De-
fense identifies such production amount as 
a requirement of the Department of Defense; 
and 
‘‘(ii) 
implement 
surge 
efforts 
to 
produce more than 50 war reserve pluto-
nium pits during any year that the Secre-
taries identifies such production amount as 
a requirement of the Department of Defense; 
and 
‘‘(C) maintain the Los Alamos National 
Laboratory as the Plutonium Science and Pro-
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duction Center of Excellence for the United 
States.’’. 
(c) CERTIFICATIONS.—Such section is further amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (f) 
as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL NOTIFICATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND 
PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Not later than 
March 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall notify the Secretary of Energy 
and the appropriate congressional committees of the 
following: 
‘‘(A) The requirement of the Department of 
Defense with respect to the total minimum num-
ber of war reserve plutonium pits to be produced 
during the 10-year period following the notifica-
tion and a justification of the requirement. 
‘‘(B) The year, if any, in which not fewer 
than 80 war reserve plutonium pits are needed 
to be produced to meet the requirement of the De-
partment of Defense. 
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‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—Not later than 
30 days after the date on which the Secretary of En-
ergy receives a notification under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees the following: 
‘‘(A) A certification of whether the pro-
grams and budget of the Secretary will enable 
the nuclear security enterprise to meet the re-
quirements identified by the Secretary of Defense 
in the notification. 
‘‘(B) A plan by the Secretary of Energy to 
meet such requirements, including an identifica-
tion of the number of war reserve plutonium pits 
the Secretary will produce during each year cov-
ered by the notification and a cost estimate to 
meet such requirements.’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (e), as so redesignated, 
and inserting the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means the following: 
‘‘(A) The congressional defense committees. 
‘‘(B) The Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives and the 
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered project’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Savannah River Plutonium Proc-
essing Facility, Savannah River Site, Aiken, 
South Carolina (Project 21–D–511); or 
‘‘(B) the Plutonium Pit Production Project, 
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 
New Mexico (Project 21–D–512).’’. 
(d) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 3120 of the John 
S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2292) is re-
pealed. 
SEC. 3112. NUCLEAR WARHEAD ACQUISITION PROCESS. 
(a) EXPANSION OF REPORTING AND CERTIFICATION 
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 4223 of the Atomic Energy De-
fense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538e), as amended by section 3114, 
is further amended as follows: 
(1) By striking ‘‘the W93 nuclear weapon’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘a covered nuclear 
weapon’’. 
(2) By striking ‘‘a W93 nuclear weapon pro-
gram’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘a pro-
gram for that nuclear weapon’’. 
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(3) In subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘for the sub- 
surface ballistic nuclear (SSBN) force’’. 
(4) By striking subsection (d) and inserting the 
following new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered nuclear weapon’ means 
the following: 
‘‘(A) The W93 nuclear weapon. 
‘‘(B) A modified nuclear weapon. 
‘‘(C) A new nuclear weapon. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘joint nuclear weapons life cycle’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 4220. 
‘‘(3) The terms ‘modified nuclear weapon’ and 
‘new nuclear weapon’ have the meaning given those 
terms in section 4209.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such Act is further 
amended by striking the section heading for section 4223 
and inserting the following (and conforming the table of 
contents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): ‘‘NU-
CLEAR WARHEAD ACQUISITION PROCESS’’. 
SEC. 3113. AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS OF THE OF-
FICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED LEVELS.—Sub-
section (a) of section 3241A of the National Nuclear Secu-
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rity Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2441a) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(a) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT PERSONNEL LEVELS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZED LEVEL.—For fiscal year 2023 
and each fiscal year thereafter, the total number of 
employees of the Office of the Administrator may not 
exceed 110 percent of the total number of employees 
of the Office during the previous fiscal year unless, 
during each fiscal year in which such number is ex-
ceeded, the Administrator submits to the congressional 
defense committees a report justifying such excess. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION
OF
TOTAL
NUMBER.—Not 
later than December 31, 2022, and each year there-
after, the Administrator shall notify the congressional 
defense committees, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate of the total number of employees of the Office 
of the Administrator during the previous fiscal year, 
broken down by the office in which the employees are 
assigned.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Subsection (f) of such section is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall in-
clude in the budget justification materials submitted to 
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Congress in support of the budget of the Administration for 
each fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the Presi-
dent under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) 
a report containing the following information: 
‘‘(1) A projection of the expected number of em-
ployees of the Office of the Administrator, as counted 
under subsection (a), for the fiscal year covered by the 
budget justification materials and the four subsequent 
fiscal years, broken down by the office in which the 
employees are projected to be assigned. 
‘‘(2) With respect to the most recent fiscal year 
for which data is available— 
‘‘(A) the number of service support contracts 
of the Administration and whether such con-
tracts are funded using program or program di-
rection funds; 
‘‘(B) the number of full-time equivalent con-
tractor employees working under each contract 
identified under subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) the number of full-time equivalent con-
tractor employees described in subparagraph (B) 
that have been employed under such a contract 
for a period greater than two years; 
‘‘(D) with respect to each contract identified 
under subparagraph (A)— 
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‘‘(i) identification of each appropria-
tions account that supports the contract; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the amount obligated under the 
contract during the fiscal year, listed by 
each such account; and 
‘‘(E) with respect to each appropriations 
account identified under subparagraph (D)(i), 
the total amount obligated for contracts identi-
fied under subparagraph (A).’’. 
SEC. 3114. MODIFICATION TO CERTAIN REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPORTS ON NUCLEAR WARHEAD ACQUISITION 
PROCESS.—Section 4223 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act 
(50 U.S.C. 2538e) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘submit 
to the congressional defense committees a plan’’ and 
inserting ‘‘provide to the congressional defense com-
mittees a briefing on a plan’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘certify 
to the congressional defense committees that’’ and 
inserting ‘‘provide to the congressional defense 
committees a briefing that includes certifications 
that—’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, or provide to such 
committees a briefing on,’’ after ‘‘a report 
containing’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or briefing, as the 
case may be’’ after ‘‘date of the report’’. 
(b) REPORTS
ON TRANSFERS
OF CIVIL NUCLEAR 
TECHNOLOGY.—Section 3136 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (42 U.S.C. 2077a) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 
(j); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(i) COMBINATION OF REPORTS.—The Secretary of 
Energy may submit the annual reports required by sub-
sections (a), (d), and (e) as a single annual report, includ-
ing by providing portions of the information so required 
as an annex to the single annual report.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 161 n. of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (50 U.S.C. 2201(n)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 3136(i) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (42 U.S.C. 2077a(i)))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 3136 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (42 U.S.C. 2077a(j)))’’. 
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