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any improvements thereto, shall, at the option of the Secretary, 
revert to and become the property of the United States, and the 
United States shall have the right of immediate entry onto such 
real property. A determination by the Secretary under this sub-
section shall be made on the record after an opportunity for a 
hearing. 
(c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCES.— 
(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall require the 
Department to cover costs to be incurred by the Secretary, 
or to reimburse the Secretary for costs incurred by the Sec-
retary, to carry out the land conveyance under this section, 
including survey costs, costs related to environmental docu-
mentation, and other administrative costs related to the convey-
ance. If amounts are collected from the Department 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 land exchange, the Secretary shall refund 
the excess amount to Department. This paragraph does not 
apply to costs associated with the environmental remediation 
of the property to be conveyed. 
(2) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.—Amounts received 
as reimbursements under paragraph (1) shall be credited to 
the fund or account that was used to cover the costs incurred 
by the Secretary in carrying out the land exchange. 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. 
(c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage and legal 
descriptions of the parcels of real property to be conveyed under 
subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the 
Secretary. 
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may 
require such additional terms and conditions in connection with 
the conveyances under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers 
appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. 
SEC. 2845. MODIFICATION OF LAND CONVEYANCE, FORT HOOD, TEXAS. 
Section 2848(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2005 (division B of Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 
2140) is amended by striking ‘‘for the sole purpose’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘Central Texas.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘for 
the purpose of permitting the University System to use the prop-
erty— 
‘‘(1) for the establishment of a State-supported university, 
separate from other universities of the University System, des-
ignated as Texas A&M University, Central Texas; and 
‘‘(2) for such other educational purposes as the University 
System considers to be appropriate and the Secretary of the 
Army determines to be compatible with military activities in 
the vicinity of the property.’’. 
SEC. 
2846. 
LAND 
CONVEYANCE, 
LOCAL 
TRAINING 
AREA 
FOR 
BROWNING ARMY RESERVE CENTER, UTAH. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the Army may 
convey, without consideration, to the State of Utah Department 
of Veterans Affairs (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Department’’) 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel
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of unimproved real property consisting of approximately five acres 
of the Local Training Area for the Browning Army Reserve Center, 
Utah, for the purpose of constructing and operating a Community 
Based Outpatient Clinic adjacent to the George E. Wahlen Veterans 
Home in Ogden, Utah. 
(b) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary may require the 
Department to cover costs to be incurred by the Secretary, 
or to reimburse the Secretary for costs incurred by the Sec-
retary, to carry out the conveyance under subsection (a), 
including survey costs, costs related to environmental docu-
mentation, and other administrative costs related to the convey-
ance. If amounts paid to the Secretary in advance exceed the 
costs actually incurred by the Secretary to carry out the convey-
ance, the Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the 
Department. 
(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 the costs incurred 
by the Department. 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. 
(c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage and legal 
description of the real property to be conveyed under subsection 
(a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. 
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may 
require such additional terms and conditions in connection with 
the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers 
appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 2851. MODIFICATION OF NOTICE REQUIREMENTS IN ADVANCE 
OF PERMANENT REDUCTION OF SIZABLE NUMBERS OF 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES 
AT 
MILITARY 
INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) CALCULATION OF NUMBER OF AFFECTED MEMBERS.—Sub-
section (a) of section 993 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘In calculating 
the number of members to be reduced, the Secretary shall take 
into consideration both direct reductions and indirect reductions.’’. 
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection (b) of such section is 
amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (3) and inserting the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the mili-
tary department concerned— 
‘‘(A) submits to Congress a notice of the proposed reduc-
tion and the number of military and civilian personnel 
assignments affected, including reductions in base oper-
ations support services and personnel to occur because 
of the proposed reduction; and 
‘‘(B) includes in the notice a justification for the reduc-
tion and an evaluation of the costs and benefits of the 
reduction and of the local economic, strategic, and oper-
ational consequences of the reduction; and
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‘‘(2) a period of 90 days expires following the day on which 
the notice is submitted to Congress.’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Such section is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘indirect reduction’ means subsequent 
planned reductions or relocations in base operations support 
services and personnel able to occur due to the direct reductions. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘military installation’ means a base, camp, 
post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, or 
other activity under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
Defense, including any leased facility, which is located within 
any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin 
Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
or Guam. Such term does not include any facility used primarily 
for civil works, rivers and harbors projects, or flood control 
projects.’’. 
SEC. 2852. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT MILI-
TARY MUSEUM PROGRAMS AND USE OF COOPERATIVE 
AGREEMENTS WITH NONPROFIT ENTITIES FOR MILITARY 
MUSEUM AND MILITARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND SERVICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 2601 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Subject to subsection (d)(2), the’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(1) The’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2)(A) Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Secretary 
concerned may accept a gift of services for a military museum 
program from a nonprofit entity established for the purpose of 
supporting a military museum program. Employees or personnel 
of a nonprofit entity who provide a gift of services under this 
subparagraph may not be considered to be employees of the United 
States. 
‘‘(B) For the use and benefit of a military museum program, 
the Secretary concerned may solicit from a bona fide collector a 
gift of books, manuscripts, works of art, historical artifacts, 
drawings, plans, models, or condemned or obsolete combat mate-
riel.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Subject to sub-
section (d)(2), the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such subsections’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and money may 
not be accepted under subsection (a) and property, 
money, and services may not be accepted under sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘, money, and services may not 
be accepted under subsection (a) or’’; and 
(C) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘or money accepted 
under subsection (a) and any property, money, or services
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accepted under subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘, money, or serv-
ices accepted under subsection (a) or’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 155 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2615. Military museums and military education programs: 
cooperative agreement authority 
‘‘(a) USE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary concerned may enter 
into a cooperative agreement with a nonprofit entity for purposes 
related to— 
‘‘(1) a military museum program; or 
‘‘(2) the support of a military educational institution pro-
gram. 
‘‘(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT DESCRIBED.—For purposes of 
subsection (a), an authorized cooperative agreement is described 
in section 6305 of title 31, except that the use of a cooperative 
agreement by the Secretary concerned is limited to nonprofit enti-
ties.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item: 
‘‘2615. Military museums and military education programs: cooperative agreement 
authority.’’. 
SEC. 2853. ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS 
APPLICABLE TO FUNDING FOR DATA SERVERS AND CEN-
TERS. 
Section 2867(c) of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 
1706; 10 U.S.C. 2223a note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘EXCEPTION.—The Chief’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) INTELLIGENCE COMPONENTS.—The Chief’’; and 
(2) by inserting at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION PRO-
GRAMS.—The Chief Information Officer of the Department may 
exempt from the applicability of this section research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation programs that use authorization 
of appropriations for the High Performance Computing Mod-
ernization Program (Program Element 0603461A) if the Chief 
Information Officer determines that the exemption is in the 
best interest of national security.’’. 
SEC. 2854. REDESIGNATION OF THE CENTER FOR HEMISPHERIC 
DEFENSE STUDIES AS THE WILLIAM J. PERRY CENTER 
FOR HEMISPHERIC DEFENSE STUDIES. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—The Department of Defense regional 
center for security studies known as the Center for Hemispheric 
Defense Studies is hereby renamed the ‘‘William J. Perry Center 
for Hemispheric Defense Studies’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) REFERENCE
TO
REGIONAL
CENTERS
FOR
STRATEGIC 
STUDIES.—Section 184 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended—