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‘‘(C) disposition under all laws relating to 
mineral materials and all laws relating to min-
eral and geothermal leasing. 
‘‘(e) TREATMENT AND USE OF LAND TRANSFERRED 
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—Upon a transfer 
of administrative jurisdiction over land to the Secretary 
of the Interior under subsection (a)(2)— 
‘‘(1) the land shall become public land; and 
‘‘(2) the land shall be administered for the 
same purposes and be subject to the same conditions 
of use as the adjacent public land. 
‘‘(f) EFFECT ON OTHER AUTHORITIES.—The au-
thority provided by this section is in addition to, and not 
subject to, any other authority relating to transfers of 
land.’’. 
(3) SHORT TITLE.—The first section of such 
Act (43 U.S.C. 155) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘That, notwithstanding’’ 
and inserting ‘‘SECTION 1. (a) WITHDRAWAL, 
RESERVATION, OR RESTRICTION
OF PUBLIC 
LANDS
FOR DEFENSE PURPOSES.—Notwith-
standing’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
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‘‘(b) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘Engle Act’.’’. 
(4) PROMOTING MORE EFFICIENT SURVEYING 
OF LANDS.—In fixing the original corner position in 
an official survey of unsurveyed land, when applica-
ble and feasible, Cadastral Survey may, instead of 
using physical monuments, use geographic coordi-
nates correlated to the National Spatial Reference 
System geodetic datum, in accordance with the Man-
ual of Surveying Instructions. 
(i) EFFECT ON NEW LAND WITHDRAWALS AND RES-
ERVATIONS.—Nothing in this section or the amendments 
made by this section shall be construed as changing the 
requirements imposed on the Department of Defense to 
obtain a new or expanded land withdrawal and reserva-
tion. 
SEC. 2832. DESIGNATION OF POTENTIAL WILDERNESS 
AREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Certain land administered by the 
National Park Service, comprising approximately 1 acre 
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Po-
tential Wilderness, Mormon Peak Microwave Facility, 
Death Valley National Park’’, numbered 143–142, 834, 
and dated March 1, 2018, is designated as a potential wil-
derness area. 
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(b) USES.—The Secretary of the Interior may permit 
on the land described in subsection (a) only the uses that 
were permitted on such land on the date of enactment of 
the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (Public Law 
103–433). 
(c) REESTABLISHMENT OF WILDERNESS DESIGNA-
TION.— 
(1) NOTICE.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall publish a notice in the Federal Register when 
the Secretary determines that— 
(A) the communications site within the po-
tential wilderness area designated under sub-
section (a) is no longer used; 
(B) the associated right-of-way is relin-
quished or not renewed; and 
(C) the conditions in the potential wilder-
ness area designated by subsection (a) are com-
patible with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.). 
(2) DESIGNATION.—Upon publication by the 
Secretary of the notice described in paragraph (1), 
the land described in subsection (a) is— 
(A) designated as wilderness and as a com-
ponent of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System; and 
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(B) incorporated into the Death Valley Na-
tional Park Wilderness designated by section 
601of Public Law 103–433. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 2841. DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—Section 2391 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PRO-
GRAM.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may make grants, 
conclude cooperative agreements, and supplement funds 
available under Federal programs administered by agen-
cies other than the Department of Defense to assist States 
and units of local government in addressing deficiencies 
in community infrastructure projects or facilities which 
are located outside of military installations but which sup-
port military installations, and which are owned by the 
State or unit of local government, if the Secretary deter-
mines that such assistance will enhance the military value, 
resiliency, or military family quality of life at such military 
installation. 
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‘‘(2) The Secretary shall establish criteria for the eli-
gibility and selection of States and units of local govern-
ment to receive assistance under this subsection. Such cri-
teria shall include a requirement that the State or unit 
of local government agrees to contribute not less than 20 
percent of the funding required to address the deficiencies 
in the community infrastructure project or facility in-
volved, except that the Secretary may waive such require-
ment in the case of a community infrastructure project 
or facility which is located in a rural area. 
‘‘(3) Prior to providing any assistance to a State or 
unit of local government with respect to a community in-
frastructure project or facility under this subsection, the 
Secretary shall provide a notification to the appropriate 
committees of Congress of the intent to provide the assist-
ance, and shall include in the notification a comprehensive 
description of how the assistance will address deficiencies 
in the project or facility, a certification of military need, 
and (if applicable) a certification that the State or unit 
of local government has agreed to contribute funding for 
the infrastructure as required under paragraph (2). The 
Secretary may then obligate funds for such assistance only 
after the end of the 14-day period beginning on the date 
on which the notification is received by the committees in 
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an electronic medium pursuant to section 480 of this 
title.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 2391(e) of such title, as 
redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘community infrastructure 
project or facility’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) A transportation project. 
‘‘(B) A school, hospital, police, fire, emer-
gency response, or other community support fa-
cility. 
‘‘(C) A water, waste-water, telecommuni-
cations, electric, gas, or other utility infrastruc-
ture project.’’. 
SEC. 2842. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF FUNDS FOR DEVEL-
OPMENT OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN 
COMMONWEALTH OF NORTHERN MARIANA 
ISLANDS. 
(a) RESTRICTION.—If the Secretary of Defense de-
termines that any grant, cooperative agreement, transfer 
of funds to another Federal agency, or supplement of 
funds available under Federal programs administered by 
agencies other than the Department of Defense will result 
in the development (including repair, replacement, renova-
tion, conversion, improvement, expansion, acquisition, or 
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construction) of public infrastructure in the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (hereafter in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Commonwealth’’), the Sec-
retary of Defense may not carry out such grant, transfer, 
cooperative agreement, or supplemental funding unless 
such grant, transfer, cooperative agreement, or supple-
mental funding— 
(1) is specifically authorized by law; and 
(2) will be used to carry out a public infrastruc-
ture project included in the report submitted under 
subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT
OF
ECONOMIC
ADJUSTMENT
COM-
MITTEE.— 
(1) CONVENING
OF
COMMITTEE.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense, as the chair of the 
Economic Adjustment Committee established in Ex-
ecutive Order No. 127887 (10 U.S.C. 2391 note), 
shall convene the Economic Adjustment Committee 
to consider assistance, including assistance to sup-
port public infrastructure projects, necessary to sup-
port changes in Department of Defense activities in 
the Commonwealth. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
convening the Economic Adjustment Committee 
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under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report— 
(A) describing the results of the Economic 
Adjustment Committee deliberations required 
by paragraph (1); and 
(B) containing a description of any assist-
ance the Committee determines to be necessary 
to support changes in Department of Defense 
activities in the Commonwealth, including any 
public infrastructure projects the Committee de-
termines should be carried out with such assist-
ance. 
(c) PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘public infrastructure’’ means any util-
ity, method of transportation, item of equipment, or facil-
ity under the control of a public entity or State or local 
government that is used by, or constructed for the benefit 
of, the general public. 
SEC. 2843. STUDY AND REPORT ON COLEMAN BRIDGE, 
YORK RIVER, VIRGINIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Navy vessels must have access to Naval 
Weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia, in order to 
load munitions for war time needs. 
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(2) To access the Station, vessels must pass the 
George P. Coleman Bridge on the York River, which 
swings open to allow passage. 
(3) Many Federal employees at the Station and 
at other critical military installations in the Tide-
water region of Virginia live on the north side of the 
York River and commute to work using the Bridge. 
(4) The assured operation of the George P. 
Coleman Memorial Bridge is therefore critical to the 
operation of Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown and 
national security generally. 
(b) STUDY AND REPORT ON INCLUSION OF BRIDGE 
IN STRATEGIC HIGHWAY NETWORK.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Commander of the United 
States Transportation Command shall conduct a 
study of the feasibility and desirability of including 
the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge on the 
York River, Virginia, and United States Route 17 in 
the Strategic Highway Network. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com-
mander shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the results of the study con-
ducted under paragraph (1). 
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SEC. 2844. CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED PRIOR TO TRANS-
FER OF CERTAIN VETERANS MEMORIAL OB-
JECT. 
(a) CERTIFICATIONS.—Subsection (c) of section 2864 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1869) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TRANSFER’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘TRANSFER OF 
CERTAIN VETERANS MEMORIAL OBJECT’’; 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘certifies to Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
vides a certification to Congress’’. 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) 
CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
certification required under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude a report with a classified annex describing the 
effects of the transfer of the object under this sub-
section on the national security interests of the 
United States (as required under subparagraph (A) 
of paragraph (1)) and the efforts undertaken to con-
sult with veterans organizations and government of-
ficials in the State of Wyoming in order to preserve 
the history of the veterans associated with the object 
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SEC. 2903. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND 
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
The Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real 
property and carry out the military construction projects 
for the installations outside the United States, and in the 
amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Air Force: Outside the United States 
Country 
Location 
Amount 
Germany ........................
Ramstein Air Base ...............................................
$119,000,000 
Norway ..........................
Rygge ....................................................................
$13,800,000 
Qatar .............................
Al Udeid ...............................................................
$70,400,000 
Slovakia .........................
Malacky ................................................................
$59,000,000 
United Kingdom ............
RAF Fairford .......................................................
$106,000,000 
SEC. 2904. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUC-
TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
The Secretary of Defense may acquire real property 
and carry out the military construction projects for the 
installations outside the United States, and in the 
amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Defense Agencies: Outside the United States 
Country 
Location 
Amount 
Estonia ..........................
Unspecified Estonia .............................................
$15,700,000 
Qatar .............................
Al Udeid ...............................................................
$60,000,000 
SEC. 2905. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2018, for the 
military construction projects outside the United States 
authorized by this title as specified in the funding table 
in section 7602. 
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