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(d) CERTIFICATION OF NEED FOR FURTHER CLO-
SURES AND REALIGNMENTS.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—On the basis of 
the force-structure plans and infrastructure inventory 
prepared under subsection (a) and the descriptions 
and economic analysis prepared under subsection (b), 
the Secretary of Defense shall include as part of the 
submission of the plans and inventory a certification 
regarding whether the need exists for the closure or re-
alignment of additional military installations. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
CERTIFICATION.—As a condi-
tion on the certification under paragraph (1) that the 
need for an additional round of closures and realign-
ments exists, the Secretary shall include an addi-
tional certification that every recommendation for the 
closure or realignment of military installations in the 
additional round of closures and realignments will re-
sult in annual net savings for each of the military de-
partments within six years after the initiation of the 
additional round of closures and realignments. 
(e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL EVALUATION.— 
(1) EVALUATION
REQUIRED.—If the certifi-
cations are provided under subsection (d), the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall prepare an 
evaluation of the following: 
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(A) The force-structure plans and infra-
structure inventory prepared under subsection 
(a), including an evaluation of the accuracy and 
analytical sufficiency of the plans and inventory. 
(B) The need for the closure or realignment 
of additional military installations. 
(2) SUBMISSION.—The Comptroller General shall 
submit the evaluation to Congress not later than 60 
days after the date on which the force-structure plans 
and infrastructure inventory are submitted to Con-
gress. 
SEC. 2722. MODIFICATION OF PROPERTY DISPOSAL PROCE-
DURES UNDER BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLO-
SURE PROCESS. 
(a) REPORT ON EXCESS PROPERTY.—Section 2905 of 
the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 
(part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 
2687 note) is amended by inserting after subsection (e) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF PROPERTY AS EX-
CESS INSTEAD OF SURPLUS.—(1) Not later than 180 days 
after the date on which real property located at a military 
installation closed or realigned under this part is declared 
excess, but not surplus, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report identifying 
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the property and including the information required by 
paragraph (2). The Secretary shall update the report every 
180 days thereafter until the property is either declared sur-
plus or transferred to another Federal agency. 
‘‘(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall include 
the following elements: 
‘‘(A) The reason for the excess designation. 
‘‘(B) The nature of the contemplated transfer. 
‘‘(C) The proposed timeline for the transfer. 
‘‘(D) Any impediments to completing the Federal 
agency screening process.’’. 
(b) EFFECT OF LACK OF RECOGNIZED REDEVELOP-
MENT AUTHORITY.—Section 2910(9) of the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX 
of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 
The term’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) If no redevelopment authority referred to in 
subparagraph (A) exists with respect to a military in-
stallation, the term shall include the following: 
‘‘(i) The local government in whose jurisdic-
tion the military installation is wholly located. 
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‘‘(ii) A local government agency or State 
government agency designated by the chief execu-
tive officer of the State in which the military in-
stallation is located under subparagraph (B) of 
section 2905(b)(3) for the purpose of the con-
sultation required by subparagraph (A) of such 
section.’’. 
SEC. 2723. FINAL SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS REGARDING 
CARETAKER AGREEMENT FOR FORMER DE-
FENSE DEPOT OGDEN, UTAH. 
(a) SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Subject to the condi-
tion imposed by subsection (b), any claim by the United 
States against the City of Ogden, Utah, and the Ogden 
Local Redevelopment Authority (as the recognized redevel-
opment authority for former Defense Depot Ogden, Utah, 
which was closed pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public 
Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note)) related to the terms 
or execution of the Caretaker Agreement originally signed 
and dated September 10, 1997, between the Department of 
the Army and the City of Ogden and the Ogden Local Rede-
velopment Authority is hereby declared to be settled, the 
City of Ogden and the Ogden Local Redevelopment Author-
ity have no remaining financial obligation to the United 
States arising from that agreement, and the Defense Con-
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tract Management Agency shall cease any collection efforts 
with respect to any such claim. 
(b) CONDITION.—The operation of subsection (a) is 
conditioned on release by the City of Ogden and the Ogden 
Local Redevelopment Authority of any remaining financial 
claim against the United States raising from the Caretaker 
Agreement described in subsection (a). 
TITLE 
XXVIII—MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION GENERAL PROVI-
SIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Construction 
Program and Military Family 
Housing Changes 
SEC. 2801. PREVENTION OF CIRCUMVENTION OF MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION LAWS. 
Subsection (a) of section 2802 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the 
Secretary concerned may carry out only such military con-
struction projects, land acquisitions, and defense access 
road projects (as described under section 210 of title 23) 
as are specifically authorized in a Military Construction 
Authorization Act.’’. 
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