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SEC. 1711. AIR FORCE ASSESSMENTS OF THE EFFECTS OF 
PROPOSED MOVEMENTS OF AIRFRAMES ON 
JOINT READINESS TRAINING. 
The Secretary of the Air Force shall— 
(1) undertake an assessment of the effects of cur-
rently-proposed movements of Air Force airframes on 
Green Flag East and Green Flag West joint readiness 
training; and 
(2) if the Secretary determines it appropriate, 
submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port setting forth a proposal to make future replace-
ments of capabilities for purposes of augmenting 
training at the joint readiness training center 
(JRTC) or for such other purposes as the Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
TITLE XVIII—FEDERAL ASSIST-
ANCE TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS 
Subtitle A—Fire Grants 
Reauthorization 
SEC. 1801. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Fire Grants Reau-
thorization Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 1802. AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Federal Fire Pre-
vention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2203) is 
amended—
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(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, except as 
otherwise provided,’’ after ‘‘means’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘ ‘Director’ 
means’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Agency;’’ and 
inserting ‘‘ ‘Administrator of FEMA’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘Indian tribe,’’ after 
‘‘county,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and ‘firecontrol’ ’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and ‘fire control’ ’’; 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (9) 
as paragraphs (7) through (10), respectively; 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (5), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b) and 
‘tribal’ means of or pertaining to an Indian tribe;’’; 
(6) by redesignating paragraphs (9) and (10), as 
redesignated by paragraph (4), as paragraphs (10) 
and (11); 
(7) by inserting after paragraph (8), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (4), the following:
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‘‘(9) ‘Secretary’ means, except as otherwise pro-
vided, the Secretary of Homeland Security;’’; and 
(8) by amending paragraph (10), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (6), to read as follows: 
‘‘(10) ‘State’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR
OF
FEMA.—The Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
2201 et seq.) is amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of 
FEMA’’. 
(2) ADMINISTRATOR OF FEMA’S AWARD.—Section 
15 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2214) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Director’s Award’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Administrator’s Award’’. 
SEC. 1803. ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS. 
Section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 33. FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR OF FEMA.—The term ‘Ad-
ministrator of FEMA’ means the Administrator of 
FEMA, acting through the Administrator.
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‘‘(2) AVAILABLE
GRANT
FUNDS.—The term 
‘available grant funds’, with respect to a fiscal year, 
means those funds appropriated pursuant to the au-
thorization of appropriations in subsection (q)(1) for 
such fiscal year less any funds used for administra-
tive costs pursuant to subsection (q)(2) in such fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(3) CAREER FIRE DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘ca-
reer fire department’ means a fire department that 
has an all-paid force of firefighting personnel other 
than paid-on-call firefighters. 
‘‘(4) COMBINATION
FIRE
DEPARTMENT.—The 
term ‘combination fire department’ means a fire de-
partment that has— 
‘‘(A) paid firefighting personnel; and 
‘‘(B) volunteer firefighting personnel. 
‘‘(5) 
FIREFIGHTING
PERSONNEL.—The 
term 
‘firefighting personnel’ means individuals, including 
volunteers, who are firefighters, officers of fire depart-
ments, or emergency medical service personnel of fire 
departments. 
‘‘(6) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘institution of higher education’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 101 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
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‘‘(7) NONAFFILIATED EMS ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘nonaffiliated EMS organization’ means a pub-
lic or private nonprofit emergency medical services 
organization that is not affiliated with a hospital and 
does not serve a geographic area in which the Admin-
istrator of FEMA finds that emergency medical serv-
ices are adequately provided by a fire department. 
‘‘(8) PAID-ON-CALL.—The term ‘paid-on-call’ 
with respect to firefighting personnel means fire-
fighting personnel who are paid a stipend for each 
event to which they respond. 
‘‘(9) VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.—The term 
‘volunteer fire department’ means a fire department 
that has an all-volunteer force of firefighting per-
sonnel. 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—In accordance with this sec-
tion, the Administrator of FEMA may award— 
‘‘(A) assistance to firefighters grants under 
subsection (c); and 
‘‘(B) fire prevention and safety grants and 
other assistance under subsection (d). 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANCE.—The Ad-
ministrator of FEMA shall—
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‘‘(A) establish specific criteria for the selec-
tion of grant recipients under this section; and 
‘‘(B) provide assistance with application 
preparation to applicants for such grants. 
‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of FEMA 
may, in consultation with the chief executives of the 
States in which the recipients are located, award 
grants on a competitive basis directly to— 
‘‘(A) fire departments, for the purpose of 
protecting the health and safety of the public and 
firefighting personnel throughout the United 
States against fire, fire-related, and other haz-
ards; 
‘‘(B) nonaffiliated EMS organizations to 
support the provision of emergency medical serv-
ices; and 
‘‘(C) State fire training academies for the 
purposes described in subparagraphs (G), (H), 
and (I) of paragraph (3). 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(A) POPULATION.—The Administrator of 
FEMA may not award a grant under this sub-
section in excess of amounts as follows:
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‘‘(i) In the case of a recipient that 
serves a jurisdiction with 100,000 people or 
fewer, the amount of the grant awarded to 
such recipient shall not exceed $1,000,000 
in any fiscal year. 
‘‘(ii) In the case of a recipient that 
serves a jurisdiction with more than 
100,000 people but not more than 500,000 
people, the amount of the grant awarded to 
such recipient shall not exceed $2,000,000 
in any fiscal year. 
‘‘(iii) In the case of a recipient that 
serves a jurisdiction with more than 
500,000 but not more than 1,000,000 peo-
ple, the amount of the grant awarded to 
such recipient shall not exceed $3,000,000 
in any fiscal year. 
‘‘(iv) In the case of a recipient that 
serves a jurisdiction with more than 
1,000,000 
people 
but 
not 
more 
than 
2,500,000 people, the amount of the grant 
awarded to such recipient shall not exceed 
$6,000,000 for any fiscal year. 
‘‘(v) In the case of a recipient that 
serves a jurisdiction with more than
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2,500,000 people, the amount of the grant 
awarded to such recipient shall not exceed 
$9,000,000 in any fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) AGGREGATE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) and except as 
provided under clause (ii), the Adminis-
trator of FEMA may not award a grant 
under this subsection in a fiscal year in an 
amount that exceeds the amount that is one 
percent of the available grant funds in such 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—The Administrator 
of FEMA may waive the limitation in 
clause (i) with respect to a grant recipient 
if the Administrator of FEMA determines 
that such recipient has an extraordinary 
need for a grant in an amount that exceeds 
the limit under clause (i). 
‘‘(3) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Each entity receiv-
ing a grant under this subsection shall use the grant 
for one or more of the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) To train firefighting personnel in— 
‘‘(i) firefighting;
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‘‘(ii) emergency medical services and 
other emergency response (including re-
sponse to natural disasters, acts of ter-
rorism, and other man-made disasters); 
‘‘(iii) arson prevention and detection; 
‘‘(iv) maritime firefighting; or 
‘‘(v) the handling of hazardous mate-
rials. 
‘‘(B) To train firefighting personnel to pro-
vide any of the training described under sub-
paragraph (A). 
‘‘(C) To fund the creation of rapid interven-
tion teams to protect firefighting personnel at the 
scenes of fires and other emergencies. 
‘‘(D) To certify— 
‘‘(i) fire inspectors; and 
‘‘(ii) building inspectors— 
‘‘(I) whose responsibilities include 
fire safety inspections; and 
‘‘(II) who are employed by or 
serving as volunteers with a fire de-
partment. 
‘‘(E) To establish wellness and fitness pro-
grams for firefighting personnel to ensure that 
the firefighting personnel are able to carry out
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their duties as firefighters, including programs 
dedicated to raising awareness of, and preven-
tion of, job-related mental health issues. 
‘‘(F) To fund emergency medical services 
provided by fire departments and nonaffiliated 
EMS organizations. 
‘‘(G) To acquire additional firefighting ve-
hicles, including fire trucks and other apparatus. 
‘‘(H) To acquire additional firefighting 
equipment, including equipment for— 
‘‘(i) fighting fires with foam in remote 
areas without access to water; and 
‘‘(ii) communications, monitoring, and 
response to a natural disaster, act of ter-
rorism, or other man-made disaster, includ-
ing the use of a weapon of mass destruction. 
‘‘(I) To acquire personal protective equip-
ment, including personal protective equipment— 
‘‘(i) prescribed for firefighting per-
sonnel by the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration of the Department of 
Labor; or 
‘‘(ii) for responding to a natural dis-
aster or act of terrorism or other man-made
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disaster, including the use of a weapon of 
mass destruction. 
‘‘(J) To modify fire stations, fire training 
facilities, and other facilities to protect the health 
and safety of firefighting personnel. 
‘‘(K) To educate the public about arson pre-
vention and detection. 
‘‘(L) To provide incentives for the recruit-
ment and retention of volunteer firefighting per-
sonnel for volunteer firefighting departments and 
other firefighting departments that utilize volun-
teers. 
‘‘(M) To support such other activities, con-
sistent with the purposes of this subsection, as 
the Administrator of FEMA determines appro-
priate. 
‘‘(d) FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of assisting 
fire prevention programs and supporting firefighter 
health and safety research and development, the Ad-
ministrator of FEMA may, on a competitive basis— 
‘‘(A) award grants to fire departments; 
‘‘(B) award grants to, or enter into con-
tracts or cooperative agreements with, national, 
State, local, tribal, or nonprofit organizations
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that are not fire departments and that are recog-
nized for their experience and expertise with re-
spect to fire prevention or fire safety programs 
and activities and firefighter research and devel-
opment programs, for the purpose of carrying 
out— 
‘‘(i) fire prevention programs; and 
‘‘(ii) research to improve firefighter 
health and life safety; and 
‘‘(C) award grants to institutions of higher 
education, national fire service organizations, or 
national fire safety organizations to establish 
and operate fire safety research centers. 
‘‘(2) 
MAXIMUM
GRANT
AMOUNT.—A 
grant 
awarded under this subsection may not exceed 
$1,500,000 for a fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Each entity receiv-
ing a grant under this subsection shall use the grant 
for one or more of the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) To enforce fire codes and promote com-
pliance with fire safety standards. 
‘‘(B) To fund fire prevention programs, in-
cluding programs that educate the public about 
arson prevention and detection.
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‘‘(C) To fund wildland fire prevention pro-
grams, including education, awareness, and 
mitigation programs that protect lives, property, 
and natural resources from fire in the wildland- 
urban interface. 
‘‘(D) In the case of a grant awarded under 
paragraph (1)(C), to fund the establishment or 
operation of a fire safety research center for the 
purpose of significantly reducing the number of 
fire-related deaths and injuries among fire-
fighters and the general public through research, 
development, and technology transfer activities. 
‘‘(E) To support such other activities, con-
sistent with the purposes of this subsection, as 
the Administrator of FEMA determines appro-
priate. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made 
available under this subsection may be provided to 
the Association of Community Organizations for Re-
form Now (ACORN) or any of its affiliates, subsidi-
aries, or allied organizations. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity seeking a grant 
under this section shall submit to the Administrator 
of FEMA an application therefor in such form and
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in such manner as the Administrator of FEMA deter-
mines appropriate. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each application submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) A description of the financial need of 
the applicant for the grant. 
‘‘(B) An analysis of the costs and benefits, 
with respect to public safety, of the use for which 
a grant is requested. 
‘‘(C) An agreement to provide information 
to the national fire incident reporting system for 
the period covered by the grant. 
‘‘(D) A list of other sources of funding re-
ceived by the applicant— 
‘‘(i) for the same purpose for which the 
application for a grant under this section 
was submitted; or 
‘‘(ii) from the Federal Government for 
other fire-related purposes. 
‘‘(E) Such other information as the Admin-
istrator of FEMA determines appropriate. 
‘‘(3) JOINT OR REGIONAL APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Two or more entities 
may submit an application under paragraph (1) 
for a grant under this section to fund a joint
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program or initiative, including acquisition of 
shared equipment or vehicles. 
‘‘(B) 
NONEXCLUSIVITY.—Applications 
under this paragraph may be submitted instead 
of or in addition to any other application sub-
mitted under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(C) GUIDANCE.—The Administrator of 
FEMA shall— 
‘‘(i) publish guidance on applying for 
and administering grants awarded for joint 
programs and initiatives described in sub-
paragraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) encourage applicants to apply for 
grants for joint programs and initiatives 
described in subparagraph (A) as the Ad-
ministrator of FEMA determines appro-
priate to achieve greater cost effectiveness 
and regional efficiency. 
‘‘(f) PEER REVIEW OF GRANT APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of FEMA 
shall, after consultation with national fire service and 
emergency medical services organizations, appoint 
fire service personnel to conduct peer reviews of appli-
cations received under subsection (e)(1).
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‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to activities carried 
out pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(g) PRIORITIZATION OF GRANT AWARDS.—In award-
ing grants under this section, the Administrator of FEMA 
shall consider the following: 
‘‘(1) The findings and recommendations of the 
peer reviews carried out under subsection (f). 
‘‘(2) The degree to which an award will reduce 
deaths, injuries, and property damage by reducing 
the risks associated with fire-related and other haz-
ards. 
‘‘(3) The extent of the need of an applicant for 
a grant under this section and the need to protect the 
United States as a whole. 
‘‘(4) The number of calls requesting or requiring 
a fire fighting or emergency medical response received 
by an applicant. 
‘‘(h) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AWARDS.—In awarding 
grants under this section, the Administrator of FEMA shall 
ensure that of the available grant funds in each fiscal 
year— 
‘‘(1) not less than 25 percent are awarded under 
subsection (c) to career fire departments;
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‘‘(2) not less than 25 percent are awarded under 
subsection (c) to volunteer fire departments; 
‘‘(3) not less than 25 percent are awarded under 
subsection (c) to combination fire departments and 
fire departments using paid-on-call firefighting per-
sonnel; 
‘‘(4) not less than 10 percent are available for 
open competition among career fire departments, vol-
unteer fire departments, combination fire depart-
ments, and fire departments using paid-on-call fire-
fighting personnel for grants awarded under sub-
section (c); 
‘‘(5) not less than 10 percent are awarded under 
subsection (d); and 
‘‘(6) not more than 2 percent are awarded under 
this section to nonaffiliated EMS organizations de-
scribed in subsection (c)(1)(B). 
‘‘(i) 
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS
AND
LIMITA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERV-
ICES.—Not less than 3.5 percent of the available 
grant funds for a fiscal year shall be awarded under 
this section for purposes described in subsection 
(c)(3)(F). 
‘‘(2) STATE FIRE TRAINING ACADEMIES.—
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‘‘(A) MAXIMUM SHARE.—Not more than 3 
percent of the available grant funds for a fiscal 
year may be awarded under subsection (c)(1)(C). 
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—The Ad-
ministrator of FEMA may not award a grant 
under subsection (c)(1)(C) to a State fire train-
ing academy in an amount that exceeds 
$1,000,000 in any fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) AMOUNTS FOR PURCHASING FIREFIGHTING 
VEHICLES.—Not more than 25 percent of the avail-
able grant funds for a fiscal year may be used to as-
sist grant recipients to purchase vehicles pursuant to 
subsection (c)(3)(G). 
‘‘(j) FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS TO 
FIRE DEPARTMENTS.—In considering applications for 
grants under subsection (c)(1)(A), the Administrator 
of FEMA shall consider— 
‘‘(A) the extent to which the grant would 
enhance the daily operations of the applicant 
and the impact of such a grant on the protection 
of lives and property; and 
‘‘(B) a broad range of factors important to 
the applicant’s ability to respond to fires and re-
lated hazards, such as the following:
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‘‘(i) Population served. 
‘‘(ii) Geographic response area. 
‘‘(iii) Hazards vulnerability. 
‘‘(iv) Call volume. 
‘‘(v) Financial situation, including un-
employment rate of the area being served. 
‘‘(vi) Need for training or equipment. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS FROM NONAFFILIATED EMS 
ORGANIZATIONS.—In the case of an application sub-
mitted under subsection (e)(1) by a nonaffiliated 
EMS organization, the Administrator of FEMA shall 
consider the extent to which other sources of Federal 
funding are available to the applicant to provide the 
assistance requested in such application. 
‘‘(3) AWARDING FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY 
GRANTS TO CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT 
FIRE DEPARTMENTS.—In the case of applicants for 
grants under this section who are described in sub-
section (d)(1)(B), the Administrator of FEMA shall 
give priority to applicants who focus on— 
‘‘(A) prevention of injuries to high risk 
groups from fire; and 
‘‘(B) research programs that demonstrate a 
potential to improve firefighter safety.
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‘‘(4) AWARDING GRANTS FOR FIRE SAFETY RE-
SEARCH CENTERS.— 
‘‘(A) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
awarding 
grants under subsection (d)(1)(C), the Adminis-
trator of FEMA shall— 
‘‘(i) select each grant recipient on— 
‘‘(I) the demonstrated research 
and extension resources available to the 
recipient to carry out the research, de-
velopment, and technology transfer ac-
tivities; 
‘‘(II) the capability of the recipi-
ent to provide leadership in making 
national contributions to fire safety; 
‘‘(III) the recipient’s ability to 
disseminate the results of fire safety re-
search; and 
‘‘(IV) the strategic plan the recipi-
ent proposes to carry out under the 
grant; 
‘‘(ii) give special consideration in se-
lecting recipients under subparagraph (A) 
to an applicant for a grant that consists of 
a partnership between—
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‘‘(I) a national fire service orga-
nization or a national fire safety orga-
nization; and 
‘‘(II) an institution of higher edu-
cation, including a minority-serving 
institution (as described in section 
371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a))); and 
‘‘(iii) consider the research needs iden-
tified and prioritized through the workshop 
required by subparagraph (B)(i). 
‘‘(B) RESEARCH NEEDS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of the 
Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2012, 
the Administrator of FEMA shall convene a 
workshop of the fire safety research commu-
nity, fire service organizations, and other 
appropriate stakeholders to identify and 
prioritize fire safety research needs. 
‘‘(ii) 
PUBLICATION.—The 
Adminis-
trator of FEMA shall ensure that the results 
of the workshop are made available to the 
public.
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‘‘(C) LIMITATIONS
ON
GRANTS
FOR
FIRE 
SAFETY RESEARCH CENTERS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 
of FEMA may award grants under sub-
section (d) to establish not more than 3 fire 
safety research centers. 
‘‘(ii) RECIPIENTS.—An institution of 
higher education, a national fire service or-
ganization, and a national fire safety orga-
nization may not directly receive a grant 
under subsection (d) for a fiscal year for 
more than 1 fire safety research center. 
‘‘(5) AVOIDING
DUPLICATION.—The Adminis-
trator of FEMA shall review lists submitted by appli-
cants pursuant to subsection (e)(2)(D) and take such 
actions as the Administrator of FEMA considers nec-
essary to prevent unnecessary duplication of grant 
awards. 
‘‘(k) MATCHING AND MAINTENANCE OF EXPENDITURE 
REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR ASSISTANCE 
TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), an applicant seeking a grant 
to carry out an activity under subsection (c)
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shall agree to make available non-Federal funds 
to carry out such activity in an amount equal 
to not less than 15 percent of the grant awarded 
to such applicant under such subsection. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION
FOR
ENTITIES
SERVING 
SMALL COMMUNITIES.—In the case that an ap-
plicant seeking a grant to carry out an activity 
under subsection (c) serves a jurisdiction of— 
‘‘(i) more than 20,000 residents but not 
more than 1,000,000 residents, the applica-
tion shall agree to make available non-Fed-
eral funds in an amount equal to not less 
than 10 percent of the grant awarded to 
such applicant under such subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) 20,000 residents or fewer, the ap-
plicant shall agree to make available non- 
Federal funds in an amount equal to not 
less than 5 percent of the grant awarded to 
such applicant under such subsection. 
‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR FIRE PRE-
VENTION AND SAFETY GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An applicant seeking a 
grant to carry out an activity under subsection 
(d) shall agree to make available non-Federal 
funds to carry out such activity in an amount
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equal to not less than 5 percent of the grant 
awarded to such applicant under such sub-
section. 
‘‘(B) MEANS OF MATCHING.—An applicant 
for a grant under subsection (d) may meet the 
matching requirement under subparagraph (A) 
through direct funding, funding of complemen-
tary activities, or the provision of staff, facilities, 
services, material, or equipment. 
‘‘(3) MAINTENANCE OF EXPENDITURES.—An ap-
plicant seeking a grant under subsection (c) or (d) 
shall agree to maintain during the term of the grant 
the applicant’s aggregate expenditures relating to the 
uses described in subsections (c)(3) and (d)(3) at not 
less than 80 percent of the average amount of such ex-
penditures in the 2 fiscal years preceding the fiscal 
year in which the grant amounts are received. 
‘‘(4) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (C)(ii), the Administrator of 
FEMA may waive or reduce the requirements of 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) in cases of dem-
onstrated economic hardship. 
‘‘(B) GUIDELINES.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 
of FEMA shall establish and publish guide-
lines for determining what constitutes eco-
nomic hardship for purposes of this para-
graph. 
‘‘(ii) CONSULTATION.—In developing 
guidelines under clause (i), the Adminis-
trator of FEMA shall consult with individ-
uals who are— 
‘‘(I) recognized for expertise in 
firefighting, emergency medical services 
provided by fire services, or the eco-
nomic affairs of State and local gov-
ernments; and 
‘‘(II) members of national fire 
service organizations or national orga-
nizations representing the interests of 
State and local governments. 
‘‘(iii) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
devel-
oping guidelines under clause (i), the Ad-
ministrator of FEMA shall consider, with 
respect to relevant communities, the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) Changes in rates of unem-
ployment from previous years.
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‘‘(II) Whether the rates of unem-
ployment of the relevant communities 
are currently and have consistently ex-
ceeded the annual national average 
rates of unemployment. 
‘‘(III) Changes in percentages of 
individuals eligible to receive food 
stamps from previous years. 
‘‘(IV) Such other factors as the 
Administrator of FEMA considers ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(C) CERTAIN APPLICANTS FOR FIRE PRE-
VENTION AND SAFETY GRANTS.—The authority 
under subparagraph (A) shall not apply with re-
spect to a nonprofit organization that— 
‘‘(i) 
is 
described 
in 
subsection 
(d)(1)(B); and 
‘‘(ii) is not a fire department or emer-
gency medical services organization. 
‘‘(l) GRANT GUIDELINES.— 
‘‘(1) GUIDELINES.—For each fiscal year, prior to 
awarding any grants under this section, the Adminis-
trator of FEMA shall publish in the Federal Reg-
ister— 
‘‘(A) guidelines that describe—
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‘‘(i) the process for applying for grants 
under this section; and 
‘‘(ii) the criteria that will be used for 
selecting grant recipients; and 
‘‘(B) an explanation of any differences be-
tween such guidelines and the recommendations 
obtained under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL MEETING TO OBTAIN RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, 
the Administrator of FEMA shall convene a 
meeting of qualified members of national fire 
service organizations and, at the discretion of the 
Administrator of FEMA, qualified members of 
emergency medical service organizations to ob-
tain recommendations regarding the following: 
‘‘(i) Criteria for the awarding of 
grants under this section. 
‘‘(ii) Administrative changes to the as-
sistance program established under sub-
section (b). 
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED MEMBERS.—For purposes 
of this paragraph, a qualified member of an or-
ganization is a member who—
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‘‘(i) is recognized for expertise in fire-
fighting or emergency medical services; 
‘‘(ii) is not an employee of the Federal 
Government; and 
‘‘(iii) in the case of a member of an 
emergency medical service organization, is 
a member of an organization that rep-
resents— 
‘‘(I) providers of emergency med-
ical services that are affiliated with 
fire departments; or 
‘‘(II) 
nonaffiliated 
EMS 
pro-
viders. 
‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to activities carried 
out under this subsection. 
‘‘(m) 
ACCOUNTING
DETERMINATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for purposes of this 
section, equipment costs shall include all costs attributable 
to any design, purchase of components, assembly, manufac-
ture, and transportation of equipment not otherwise com-
mercially available. 
‘‘(n) ELIGIBLE GRANTEE ON BEHALF OF ALASKA NA-
TIVE VILLAGES.—The Alaska Village Initiatives, a non-
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profit organization incorporated in the State of Alaska, 
shall be eligible to apply for and receive a grant or other 
assistance under this section on behalf of Alaska Native vil-
lages. 
‘‘(o) TRAINING STANDARDS.—If an applicant for a 
grant under this section is applying for such grant to pur-
chase training that does not meet or exceed any applicable 
national voluntary consensus standards, including those de-
veloped under section 647 of the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 747), the appli-
cant shall submit to the Administrator of FEMA an expla-
nation of the reasons that the training proposed to be pur-
chased will serve the needs of the applicant better than 
training that meets or exceeds such standards. 
‘‘(p) ENSURING EFFECTIVE USE OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) AUDITS.—The Administrator of FEMA 
may audit a recipient of a grant awarded under this 
section to ensure that— 
‘‘(A) the grant amounts are expended for 
the intended purposes; and 
‘‘(B) the grant recipient complies with the 
requirements of subsection (k). 
‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of 
FEMA shall develop and implement a perform-
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ance assessment system, including quantifiable 
performance metrics, to evaluate the extent to 
which grants awarded under this section are fur-
thering the purposes of this section, including 
protecting the health and safety of the public and 
firefighting personnel against fire and fire-re-
lated hazards. 
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator 
of FEMA shall consult with fire service rep-
resentatives and with the Comptroller General of 
the United States in developing the assessment 
system required by subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORTS TO ADMINISTRATOR OF 
FEMA.—Not less frequently than once each year dur-
ing the term of a grant awarded under this section, 
the recipient of the grant shall submit to the Adminis-
trator of FEMA an annual report describing how the 
recipient used the grant amounts. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2013, and each year thereafter 
through 2017, the Administrator of FEMA shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Science and Technology of the
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House of Representatives a report that pro-
vides— 
‘‘(i) information on the performance 
assessment system developed under para-
graph (2); and 
‘‘(ii) using the performance metrics de-
veloped under such paragraph, an evalua-
tion of the effectiveness of the grants award-
ed under this section. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.—The re-
port due under subparagraph (A) on September 
30, 2016, shall also include recommendations for 
legislative changes to improve grants under this 
section. 
‘‘(q) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section— 
‘‘(A) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
‘‘(B) for each of fiscal years 2014 through 
2017, an amount equal to the amount authorized 
for the previous fiscal year increased by the per-
centage by which— 
‘‘(i) the Consumer Price Index (all 
items, United States city average) for the 
previous fiscal year, exceeds
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‘‘(ii) the Consumer Price Index for the 
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year de-
scribed in clause (i). 
‘‘(2) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Of 
the 
amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) for 
a fiscal year, the Administrator of FEMA may use 
not more than 5 percent of such amounts for salaries 
and expenses and other administrative costs incurred 
by the Administrator of FEMA in the course of 
awarding grants and providing assistance under this 
section. 
‘‘(3) CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING.— 
Consistent with the requirements in subsections (c)(1) 
and (d)(1) that grants under those subsections be 
awarded on a competitive basis, none of the funds ap-
propriated pursuant to this subsection may be used 
for any congressionally directed spending item (as de-
fined under the rules of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives). 
‘‘(r) SUNSET
OF AUTHORITIES.—The authority to 
award assistance and grants under this section shall expire 
on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment 
of the Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2012.’’.
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SEC. 1804. STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMER-
GENCY RESPONSE. 
(a) IMPROVEMENTS TO HIRING GRANTS.— 
(1) TERM
OF
GRANTS.—Subparagraph (B) of 
section 34(a)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a(a)(1)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) Grants made under this paragraph shall be 
for 3 years and be used for programs to hire new, ad-
ditional firefighters.’’. 
(2) LIMITATION OF PORTION OF COSTS OF HIR-
ING FIREFIGHTERS.—Subparagraph (E) of such sec-
tion is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(E) The portion of the costs of hiring fire-
fighters provided by a grant under this paragraph 
may not exceed— 
‘‘(i) 75 percent in the first year of the 
grant; 
‘‘(ii) 75 percent in the second year of the 
grant; and 
‘‘(iii) 35 percent in the third year of the 
grant.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION REGARDING ELIGIBLE ENTITIES 
FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION GRANTS.—The second 
sentence of section 34(a)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
2229a(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘organizations on a
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local or statewide basis’’ and inserting ‘‘national, State, 
local, or tribal organizations’’. 
(c) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT
FOR
HIRING
A
FIRE-
FIGHTER.—Paragraph (4) of section 34(c) of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 2229a(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) The amount of funding provided under this sec-
tion to a recipient fire department for hiring a firefighter 
in any fiscal year may not exceed— 
‘‘(A) in the first year of the grant, 75 percent of 
the usual annual cost of a first-year firefighter in 
that department at the time the grant application 
was submitted; 
‘‘(B) in the second year of the grant, 75 percent 
of the usual annual cost of a first-year firefighter in 
that department at the time the grant application 
was submitted; and 
‘‘(C) in the third year of the grant, 35 percent 
of the usual annual cost of a first-year firefighter in 
that department at the time the grant application 
was submitted.’’. 
(d) WAIVERS.—Section 34 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
2229a) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) through (i) 
as subsections (e) through (j), respectively; and
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(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) WAIVERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In a case of demonstrated 
economic hardship, the Administrator of FEMA 
may— 
‘‘(A) waive the requirements of subsection 
(c)(1); or 
‘‘(B) waive or reduce the requirements in 
subsection (a)(1)(E) or subsection (c)(2). 
‘‘(2) GUIDELINES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of 
FEMA shall establish and publish guidelines for 
determining what constitutes economic hardship 
for purposes of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—In developing guide-
lines under subparagraph (A), the Administrator 
of FEMA shall consult with individuals who 
are— 
‘‘(i) recognized for expertise in fire-
fighting, emergency medical services pro-
vided by fire services, or the economic af-
fairs of State and local governments; and 
‘‘(ii) members of national fire service 
organizations or national organizations
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representing the interests of State and local 
governments. 
‘‘(C) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
developing 
guidelines under subparagraph (A), the Admin-
istrator of FEMA shall consider, with respect to 
relevant communities, the following: 
‘‘(i) Changes in rates of unemployment 
from previous years. 
‘‘(ii) Whether the rates of unemploy-
ment of the relevant communities are cur-
rently and have consistently exceeded the 
annual national average rates of unemploy-
ment. 
‘‘(iii) Changes in percentages of indi-
viduals eligible to receive food stamps from 
previous years. 
‘‘(iv) Such other factors as the Admin-
istrator of FEMA considers appropriate.’’. 
(e) IMPROVEMENTS TO PERFORMANCE EVALUATION 
REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection (e) of section 34 of such Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2229a), as redesignated by subsection (d)(1) of 
this section, is amended by inserting before the first sentence 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of FEMA 
shall establish a performance assessment system, in-
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cluding quantifiable performance metrics, to evaluate 
the extent to which grants awarded under this section 
are furthering the purposes of this section. 
‘‘(2) SUBMITTAL OF INFORMATION.—’’. 
(f) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section 34 of 
such Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a), as redesignated by sub-
section (d)(1) of this section, is amended by striking 
‘‘The authority’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Con-
gress concerning’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Not 
later than September 30, 2014, the Administrator of 
FEMA shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Science and Technology of the 
House of Representatives a report on’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for 
subsection (f) of section 34 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
2229a), as redesignated by subsection (d)(1) of this 
section, is amended by striking ‘‘SUNSET AND RE-
PORTS’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORT’’. 
(g) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (i) of section 34 of 
such Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a), as redesignated by sub-
section (d)(1) of this section, is amended—
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(A) in the matter before paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘In this section, the term—’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘In this section:’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘The term’’ before 
‘‘ ‘firefighter’ has’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 
a period; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(D) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The terms ‘Administrator of FEMA’, ‘career 
fire department’, ‘combination fire department’, and 
‘volunteer fire department’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 33(a).’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
34(a)(1)(A) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a(a)(1)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘career, volunteer, and combina-
tion fire departments’’ and inserting ‘‘career fire de-
partments, combination fire departments, and volun-
teer fire departments’’. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (j) of section 34 of 
such Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a), as redesignated by sub-
section (d)(1) of this section, is amended—
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(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
‘‘(9) for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, 
an amount equal to the amount authorized for the 
previous fiscal year increased by the percentage by 
which— 
‘‘(A) the Consumer Price Index (all items, 
United States city average) for the previous fis-
cal year, exceeds 
‘‘(B) the Consumer Price Index for the fiscal 
year preceding the fiscal year described in sub-
paragraph (A).’’. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Such sub-
section (j) is further amended— 
(A) in paragraph (9), as added by para-
graph (1) of this subsection, by redesignating 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and 
(ii), respectively, and moving the left margin of 
such clauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the 
right;
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(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (9) as subparagraphs (A) through (I), 
respectively, and moving the left margin of such 
subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the 
right; 
(C) by striking ‘‘There are’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Of 
the 
amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) for 
a fiscal year, the Administrator of FEMA may use 
not more than 5 percent of such amounts to cover sal-
aries and expenses and other administrative costs in-
curred by the Administrator of FEMA to make grants 
and provide assistance under this section.’’. 
(3) CONGRESSIONALLY
DIRECTED
SPENDING.— 
Such subsection (j) is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(3) CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING.— 
Consistent with the requirement in subsection (a) that 
grants under this section be awarded on a competitive 
basis, none of the funds appropriated pursuant to this 
subsection may be used for any congressionally direct
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spending item (as defined under the rules of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives).’’. 
(i) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 34 of such Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2229a) is amended by striking ‘‘Administrator’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of 
FEMA’’. 
(j) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Such section is further 
amended in the heading by striking ‘‘EXPANSION OF 
PRE-SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, FIRE GRANT PROGRAM’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE 
FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE’’. 
(k) SUNSET
OF
AUTHORITY
TO
AWARD
HIRING 
GRANTS.—Such section is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(k) SUNSET
OF AUTHORITIES.—The authority to 
award assistance and grants under this section shall expire 
on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment 
of the Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2012.’’. 
SEC. 1805. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON VALUE AND FUNDING 
OF 
ASSISTANCE 
TO 
FIREFIGHTERS 
AND 
STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMER-
GENCY RESPONSE PROGRAMS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the grants and assistance awarded under sec-
tions 33 and 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and
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Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a) have 
proven equally valuable in protecting the health and 
safety of the public and firefighting personnel 
throughout the United States against fire and fire-re-
lated hazards; and 
(2) providing parity in funding for the award-
ing of grants and assistance under both such sections 
will ensure that the grant and assistance programs 
under such sections can continue to serve their com-
plementary purposes. 
SEC. 1806. REPORT ON AMENDMENTS TO ASSISTANCE TO 
FIREFIGHTERS 
AND 
STAFFING 
FOR 
ADE-
QUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 2016, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Science and 
Technology of the House of Representatives a report on the 
effect of the amendments made by this title. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the effect of the amendments 
made by sections 1803 and 1804 on the effectiveness, 
relative allocation, accountability, and administra-
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tion of the grants and assistance awarded under sec-
tions 33 and 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a) after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) An evaluation of the extent to which the 
amendments made by sections 1803 and 1804 have 
enabled recipients of grants and assistance awarded 
under such sections 33 and 34 after the date of the 
enactment of this Act to mitigate fire and fire-related 
and other hazards more effectively. 
SEC. 1807. STUDIES AND REPORTS ON THE STATE OF FIRE 
SERVICES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the United States 
Fire Administration. 
(2) CAREER
FIRE
DEPARTMENT, COMBINATION 
FIRE
DEPARTMENT, 
VOLUNTEER
FIRE
DEPART-
MENT.—The terms ‘‘career fire department’’, ‘‘com-
bination fire department’’, and ‘‘volunteer fire depart-
ment’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 
33(a) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(a)), as amended by section 
1803.
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(3) FIRE SERVICE.—The term ‘‘fire service’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Fed-
eral Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
U.S.C. 2203). 
(b) STUDY
AND REPORT
ON COMPLIANCE WITH 
STAFFING STANDARDS.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Administrator shall conduct a 
study on the level of compliance with national vol-
untary consensus standards for staffing, training, safe 
operations, personal protective equipment, and fitness 
among the fire services of the United States. 
(2) SURVEY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out the 
study required by paragraph (1), the Adminis-
trator shall carry out a survey of fire services to 
assess the level of compliance of such fire services 
with the standards described in such paragraph. 
(B) ELEMENTS.—The survey required by 
subparagraph (A) shall— 
(i) include career fire departments, vol-
unteer fire departments, combination fire 
departments, and fire departments serving 
communities of different sizes, and such 
other distinguishing factors as the Adminis-
trator considers relevant;
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(ii) employ methods to ensure that the 
survey accurately reflects the actual rate of 
compliance with the standards described in 
paragraph (1) among fire services; and 
(iii) determine the extent of barriers 
and challenges to achieving compliance with 
the standards described in paragraph (1) 
among fire services. 
(C) AUTHORITY
TO
CARRY
OUT
SURVEY 
WITH NONPROFIT.—If the Administrator deter-
mines that it will reduce the costs incurred by 
the United States Fire Administration in car-
rying out the survey required by subparagraph 
(A), the Administrator may carry out such sur-
vey in conjunction with a nonprofit organization 
that has substantial expertise and experience in 
the following areas: 
(i) The fire services. 
(ii) 
National 
voluntary 
consensus 
standards. 
(iii) Contemporary survey methods. 
(3) REPORT ON FINDINGS OF STUDY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall submit to Congress a report
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retary of Homeland Security shall establish a task 
force to be known as the ‘‘Task Force to Enhance 
Firefighter Safety’’ (in this subsection referred to as 
the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Members of the Task 
Force shall be appointed by the Secretary from 
among the general public and shall include the 
following: 
(i) Representatives of national organi-
zations representing firefighters and fire 
chiefs. 
(ii) Individuals representing stand-
ards-setting and accrediting organizations, 
including representatives from the vol-
untary consensus codes and standards devel-
opment community. 
(iii) Such other individuals as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
(B) REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER DEPART-
MENTS AND AGENCIES.—The Secretary may in-
vite representatives of other Federal departments 
and agencies that have an interest in fire serv-
ices to participate in the meetings and other ac-
tivities of the Task Force.
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(C) NUMBER; TERMS OF SERVICE; PAY AND 
ALLOWANCES.—The Secretary shall determine 
the number, terms of service, and pay and allow-
ances of members of the Task Force appointed by 
the Secretary, except that a term of service of 
any such member may not exceed 2 years. 
(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Task Force shall— 
(A) consult with the Secretary in the con-
duct of the study required by subsection (b)(1); 
and 
(B) develop a plan to enhance firefighter 
safety by increasing fire service compliance with 
the standards described in subsection (b)(1), in-
cluding by— 
(i) reviewing and evaluating the report 
required by subsection (b)(3)(A) to deter-
mine the extent of and barriers to achieving 
compliance with the standards described in 
subsection (b)(1) among fire services; and 
(ii) considering ways in which the 
Federal Government, States, and local gov-
ernments can promote or encourage fire 
services to comply with such standards. 
(4) REPORT.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date on which the Secretary submits the 
report required by subsection (b)(3)(A), the Task 
Force shall submit to Congress and the Secretary 
a report on the activities and findings of the 
Task Force. 
(B) CONTENTS.—The report required by 
subparagraph (A) shall include the following: 
(i) The findings and recommendations 
of the Task Force with respect to the study 
carried out under subsection (b)(1). 
(ii) The plan developed under para-
graph (3)(B). 
(d) STUDY AND REPORT ON THE NEEDS OF FIRE 
SERVICES.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Administrator shall conduct a 
study— 
(A) to define the current roles and activities 
associated with fire services on a national, State, 
regional, and local level; 
(B) to identify the equipment, staffing, and 
training required to fulfill the roles and activi-
ties defined under subparagraph (A); 
(C) to conduct an assessment to identify 
gaps between what fire services currently possess
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and what they require to meet the equipment, 
staffing, and training needs identified under 
subparagraph (B) on a national and State-by- 
State basis; and 
(D) to measure the impact of the grant and 
assistance program under section 33 of the Fed-
eral Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
U.S.C. 2229) in meeting the needs of fire services 
and filling the gaps identified under subpara-
graph (C). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this title, the Administrator 
shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of 
the Administrator with respect to the study conducted 
under paragraph (1). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry 
out this section— 
(1) $600,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
(2) $600,000 for fiscal year 2014. 
Subtitle B—Reauthorization of 
United States Fire Administration 
SEC. 1811. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘United States Fire 
Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012’’.
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SEC. 1812. CLARIFICATION OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 
UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION AND 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGEN-
CY. 
Section 5(c) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Con-
trol Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2204) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(c) DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR.—The Administrator 
may appoint a Deputy Administrator, who shall— 
‘‘(1) perform such functions as the Administrator 
shall from time to time assign or delegate; and 
‘‘(2) act as Administrator during the absence or 
disability of the Administrator or in the event of a 
vacancy in the office of Administrator.’’. 
SEC. 1813. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF ADMINIS-
TRATOR TO EDUCATE PUBLIC ABOUT FIRE 
AND FIRE PREVENTION. 
Section 6 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2205) is amended by striking ‘‘to 
take all steps’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fire and fire 
prevention.’’ and inserting ‘‘to take such steps as the Ad-
ministrator considers appropriate to educate the public and 
overcome public indifference as to fire, fire prevention, and 
individual preparedness.’’.
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SEC. 1814. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 17(g)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2216(g)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(3) by adding after subparagraph (H) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) $76,490,890 for fiscal year 2013, of which 
$2,753,672 shall be used to carry out section 8(f); 
‘‘(J) $76,490,890 for fiscal year 2014, of which 
$2,753,672 shall be used to carry out section 8(f); 
‘‘(K) $76,490,890 for fiscal year 2015, of which 
$2,753,672 shall be used to carry out section 8(f); 
‘‘(L) $76,490,890 for fiscal year 2016, of which 
$2,753,672 shall be used to carry out section 8(f); and 
‘‘(M) $76,490,890 for fiscal year 2017, of which 
$2,753,672 shall be used to carry out section 8(f).’’; 
and 
(4) in subparagraphs (E) through (H), by mov-
ing each margin 2 ems to the left. 
SEC. 1815. REMOVAL OF LIMITATION. 
Section 9(d) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Con-
trol Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2208(d)) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘UPDATE.—’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘The Administrator’’ and inserting ‘‘UP-
DATE.—The Administrator’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
TITLE 
XIX—MEMORIAL 
TO 
SLAVES 
AND 
FREE 
BLACK 
PERSONS 
WHO 
SERVED 
IN 
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 
SEC. 1901. FINDING. 
Congress finds that the contributions of free persons 
and slaves who fought during the American Revolution were 
of preeminent historical and lasting significance to the 
United States, as required by section 8908(b)(1) of title 40, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 1902. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) FEDERAL LAND.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the parcel of land— 
(i) identified as ‘‘Area I’’; and 
(ii) depicted on the map numbered 
869/86501B and dated June 24, 2003. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
does not include the Reserve (as defined in sec-
tion 8902(a) of title 40, United States Code).
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(2) MEMORIAL.—The term ‘‘memorial’’ means 
the memorial authorized to be established under sec-
tion 3(a). 
SEC. 1903. MEMORIAL AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—In accordance with subsections 
(b) and (c), National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. may establish 
a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia 
to honor the more than 5,000 courageous slaves and free 
Black persons who served as soldiers and sailors or provided 
civilian assistance during the American Revolution. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—Na-
tional Mall Liberty Fund D.C. may not use Federal funds 
to establish the memorial. 
(c) APPLICABLE LAW.—National Mall Liberty Fund 
D.C. shall establish the memorial in accordance with chap-
ter 89 of title 40, United States Code. 
SEC. 1904. REPEAL OF JOINT RESOLUTIONS. 
Public Law 99–558 (110 Stat. 3144) and Public Law 
100–265 (102 Stat. 39) are repealed. 
DIVISION 
B—MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION 
AUTHORIZA-
TIONS 
SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013’’.
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SEC. 
2002. 
EXPIRATION 
OF 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
AND 
AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE SPECIFIED BY 
LAW. 
(a) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AFTER THREE 
YEARS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), all author-
izations contained in titles XXI through XXVII for military 
construction projects, land acquisition, family housing 
projects and facilities, and contributions to the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 
(and authorizations of appropriations therefor) shall expire 
on the later of— 
(1) October 1, 2015; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 
2016. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to au-
thorizations for military construction projects, land acqui-
sition, family housing projects and facilities, and contribu-
tions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security 
Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations 
therefor), for which appropriated funds have been obligated 
before the later of— 
(1) October 1, 2015; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing funds for fiscal year 2016 for military construc-
tion projects, land acquisition, family housing
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projects and facilities, or contributions to the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 
Program. 
TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 2103 and available for military construction 
projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may ac-
quire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the installations or locations inside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Army: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Alaska .........................
Fort Wainwright ...............................................
$10,400,000 
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson ...................
$7,900,000 
California ..................
Concord ..............................................................
$8,900,000 
Colorado .....................
Fort Carson ........................................................
$18,000,000 
Fort McNair .......................................................
$7,200,000 
Georgia .......................
Fort Benning .....................................................
$16,000,000 
Fort Gordon .......................................................
$23,300,000 
Fort Stewart ......................................................
$49,650,000 
Hawaii .......................
Pohakuloa Training Area .................................
$29,000,000 
Schofield Barracks .............................................
$96,000,000 
Wheeler Army Air Field ...................................
$85,000,000 
Kansas .......................
Fort Riley ..........................................................
$12,200,000 
Kentucky ....................
Fort Campbell ....................................................
$81,800,000 
Fort Knox ..........................................................
$6,000,000 
Missouri .....................
Fort Leonard Wood ...........................................
$123,000,000 
New Jersey .................
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst .................
$47,000,000 
Picatinny Arsenal .............................................
$10,200,000 
New York ....................
Fort Drum .........................................................
$95,000,000 
North Carolina ..........
Fort Bragg .........................................................
$68,000,000 
Oklahoma ...................
Fort Sill .............................................................
$4,900,000 
South Carolina ..........
Fort Jackson ......................................................
$24,000,000 
Texas ..........................
Corpus Christi ...................................................
$37,200,000 
Fort Bliss ...........................................................
$7,200,000 
Fort Hood ..........................................................
$51,200,000
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Army: Inside the United States—Continued 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Joint Base San Antonio ...................................
$21,000,000 
Virginia .....................
Fort Belvoir .......................................................
$94,000,000 
Fort Lee ..............................................................
$81,000,000 
Washington ................
Joint Base Lewis McChord ...............................
$164,000,000 
Yakima ...............................................................
$5,100,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2103 and available for military construc-
tion projects outside the United States as specified in the 
funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army 
may acquire real property and carry out military construc-
tion projects for the installations or locations outside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Army: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Italy ..............................
Camp Ederle ...................................................
$36,000,000 
Vicenza ............................................................
$32,000,000 
Japan ............................
Okinawa ..........................................................
$78,000,000 
Sagami ............................................................
$18,000,000 
Korea .............................
Camp Humphreys ..........................................
$45,000,000 
SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2103 and available for 
military family housing functions as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may 
carry out architectural and engineering services and con-
struction design activities with respect to the construction
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or improvement of family housing units in an amount not 
to exceed $4,641,000. 
SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2012, for military 
construction, land acquisition, and military family housing 
functions of the Department of the Army, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4601. 
SEC. 2104. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2010 PROJECT. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table 
in section 2101(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (division B of Public Law 
111–84; 123 Stat. 2628) for Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for con-
struction of a Road and Access Control Point at the instal-
lation, the Secretary of the Army may construct a standard 
design Access Control Point consistent with the Army’s con-
struction guidelines for Access Control Points. 
SEC. 2105. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2009 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (division B of Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4658), 
authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as 
provided in section 2101 of that Act (122 Stat. 4659), shall
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remain in effect until October 1, 2013, or the date of the 
enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military con-
struction for fiscal year 2014, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2009 Project Authorizations 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Alabama .............
Anniston Army 
Depot .............
Lake Yard Interchange .................
$1,400,000 
New Jersey .........
Picatinny Arse-
nal ..................
Ballistic evaluation Facility 
Phase I .......................................
$9,900,000 
SEC. 2106. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2010 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (division B of Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2627), 
authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as 
provided in section 2101 of that Act (123 Stat. 2628), shall 
remain in effect until October 1, 2013, or the date of the 
enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military con-
struction for fiscal year 2014, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2010 Project Authorizations 
State/Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Louisiana ...........
Fort Polk ................
Land Purchases and Con-
demnation.
$17,000,000 
New Jersey .........
Picatinny Arsenal
Ballistic Evaluation Facility, 
Ph2.
$10,200,000 
Virginia ..............
Fort Belvoir ...........
Road and Access Control Point 
$9,500,000
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Army: Extension of 2010 Project Authorizations—Continued 
State/Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Washington .........
Fort Lewis ..............
Fort Lewis-McCord AFB Joint 
Access.
$9,000,000 
Kuwait ................
Kuwait ...................
APS Warehouses .......................
$82,000,000 
SEC. 2107. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2013 PROJECT. 
(a) PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the 
Army may carry out a military construction project to con-
struct a cadet barracks at the U.S. Military Academy, New 
York, in the amount of $192,000,000. 
(b) USE
OF UNOBLIGATED PRIOR-YEAR MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.—The Secretary of the Army shall 
use available, unobligated military construction funds ap-
propriated for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2013 for the 
project described in subsection (a). 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of 
the Army shall provide information in accordance with sec-
tion 2851(c) of title 10, United States Code, regarding the 
project described in subsection (a). If it becomes necessary 
to exceed the estimated project cost, the Secretary shall uti-
lize the authority provided by section 2853 of such title re-
garding authorized cost and scope of work variations.
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TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 2204 and available for military construction 
projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may ac-
quire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the installations or locations inside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Arizona .....................
Yuma ...................................................................
$29,285,000 
California .................
Camp Pendleton .................................................
$88,110,000 
Coronado .............................................................
$78,541,000 
Miramar ..............................................................
$27,897,000 
San Diego ...........................................................
$71,188,000 
Seal Beach ..........................................................
$30,594,000 
Twentynine Palms .............................................
$47,270,000 
Ventura County ..................................................
$12,790,000 
Florida ......................
Jacksonville .........................................................
$21,980,000 
Hawaii ......................
Kaneohe Bay .......................................................
$97,310,000 
Mississippi ................
Meridian .............................................................
$10,926,000 
New Jersey ................
Earle ....................................................................
$33,498,000 
North Carolina .........
Camp Lejeune .....................................................
$69,890,000 
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station ..........
$45,891,000 
New River ...........................................................
$8,525,000 
South Carolina .........
Beaufort ...............................................................
$81,780,000 
Parris Island ......................................................
$10,135,000 
Virginia ....................
Dahlgren ..............................................................
$28,228,000 
Oceana Naval Air Station .................................
$39,086,000 
Portsmouth ..........................................................
$32,706,000 
Quantico ..............................................................
$58,714,000 
Yorktown .............................................................
$48,823,000 
Washington ...............
Whidbey Island ...................................................
$6,272,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
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tions in section 2204 and available for military construc-
tion projects outside the United States as specified in the 
funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy 
may acquire real property and carry out military construc-
tion projects for the installation or location outside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Navy: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Bahrain Island ............
SW Asia .............................................................
$51,348,000 
Diego Garcia ................
Diego Garcia ......................................................
$1,691,000 
Djibouti ........................
Camp Lemonier .................................................
$99,420,000 
Greece ...........................
Souda Bay .........................................................
$25,123,000 
Japan ...........................
Iwakuni ..............................................................
$13,138,000 
Okinawa .............................................................
$8,206,000 
Romania ......................
Deveselu ..............................................................
$45,205,000 
Spain ............................
Rota ....................................................................
$17,215,000 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Unspecified Worldwide Locations ....................
$34,048,000 
SEC. 2202. FAMILY HOUSING. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2204 and available for 
military family housing functions as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may 
carry out architectural and engineering services and con-
struction design activities with respect to the construction 
or improvement of family housing units in an amount not 
to exceed $4,527,000. 
SEC. 2203. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
UNITS. 
Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, 
and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
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ization of appropriations in section 2204 and available for 
military family housing functions as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may 
improve existing military family housing units in an 
amount not to exceed $97,655,000. 
SEC. 2204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NAVY. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2012, for military 
construction, land acquisition, and military family housing 
functions of the Department of the Navy, as specified in 
the funding table in 4601, including incremental funding 
for the construction of increment 2 of explosives handling 
wharf 2 at Kitsap, Washington, authorized by section 
2201(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 
Stat. 1666), $254,241,000. 
SEC. 2205. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2012 PROJECT. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table 
in section 2201(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (division B of Public Law 
112–81; 125 Stat. 1666), for Kitsap (Bangor) Washington, 
for construction of Explosives Handling Wharf #2 at that 
location, the Secretary of the Navy may acquire fee or lesser 
real property interests to accomplish required environ-
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mental mitigation for the project using appropriations au-
thorized for the project. 
SEC. 2206. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2009 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (division B of Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4658), 
the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), 
as provided in section 2201 of that Act (122 Stat 4670) 
and extended by section 2206 of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (division B of Pub-
lic Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1668), shall remain in effect 
until October 1, 2013, or the date of an Act authorizing 
funds for military construction for fiscal year 2014, which-
ever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Navy: Extension of 2009 Project Authorization 
State/Country 
Installation or Lo-
cation 
Project 
Amount 
California ....................
Marine Corps Base, 
Camp Pendleton .....
Operations Access 
Points, Red Beach ..
$11,970,000 
Marine Corps Air Sta-
tion, Miramar .........
Emergency Response 
Station ....................
$6,530,000 
District of Columbia ...
Washington Navy 
Yard .........................
Child Development 
Center ......................
$9,340,000
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SEC. 2207. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2010 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (division B of Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2627), 
the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), 
as provided in section 2201 of that Act (123 Stat. 2632), 
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2013, or the date 
of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for 
fiscal year 2014, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Navy: Extension of 2010 Project Authorization 
State/Country 
Installation or Lo-
cation 
Project 
Amount 
California ....................
Mountain Warfare 
Training Center, 
Bridgeport ...............
Mountain Warfare 
Training, Com-
missary ....................
$6,830,000 
Maine ...........................
Portsmouth Naval 
Shipyard .................
Gate 2 Security Im-
provements ..............
$7,090,000 
Djibouti .......................
Camp Lemonier ..........
Security Fencing ........
$8,109,000 
Ammo Supply Point ..
$21,689,000 
Interior Paved Roads
$7,275,000 
SEC. 2208. REALIGNMENT OF MARINES IN THE ASIA-PA-
CIFIC REGION. 
(a) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (c), none of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated under this Act, and none of the amounts pro-
vided by the Government of Japan for construction activi-
ties on land under the jurisdiction of the Department of
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Defense, may be obligated or expended to implement the re-
alignment of Marine Corps forces from Okinawa to other 
locations until— 
(1) the Commander of the United States Pacific 
Command provides to the congressional defense com-
mittees an assessment of the strategic and logistical 
resources needed to ensure the distributed lay-down of 
members of the United States Marine Corps in the 
United States Pacific Command Area of Responsi-
bility meets the contingency operations plans; 
(2) the Secretary of Defense submits to the con-
gressional defense committees master plans for the 
construction of facilities and infrastructure to execute 
the Marine Corps distributed lay-down on Guam, 
Australia, and Hawaii, including a detailed descrip-
tion of costs and the schedule for such construction; 
(3) the Secretary of the Navy submits a plan to 
the congressional defense committees detailing the pro-
posed investments and schedules required to restore 
facilities and infrastructure at Marine Corps Air Sta-
tion Futenma; and 
(4) a plan coordinated by all pertinent Federal 
agencies is provided to the congressional defense com-
mittees detailing descriptions of work, costs, and a 
schedule for completion of construction, improve-
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ments, and repairs to the non-military utilities, fa-
cilities, and infrastructure, if any, on Guam affected 
by the realignment of forces. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
REQUIRED.—If the Sec-
retary of Defense determines that any grant, coopera-
tive agreement, transfer of funds to another Federal 
agency, or supplement of funds available in fiscal 
year 2012 or fiscal year 2013 under Federal pro-
grams administered by agencies other than the De-
partment of Defense will result in the development 
(including repair, replacement, renovation, conver-
sion, improvement, expansion, acquisition, or con-
struction) of public infrastructure on Guam, the Sec-
retary of Defense may not carry out such grant, 
transfer cooperative agreement, or supplemental fund-
ing unless specifically authorized by law. 
(2) PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘public infrastructure’’ means any 
utility, method of transportation, item of equipment, 
or facility under the control of a public entity or 
State or local government that is used by, or con-
structed for the benefit of, the general public. 
(c) EXCEPTION TO RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
The Secretary of Defense may use funds described in sub-
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section (a) to carry out additional analysis or studies re-
quired the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) for proposed actions on Guam or Ha-
waii. 
(d) DISTRIBUTED LAY-DOWN DEFINED.—For purposes 
of this section, the term ‘‘distributed lay-down’’ refers to 
the planned distribution of Marines in Okinawa, Guam, 
Hawaii, Australia, and possibly elsewhere that is con-
templated in support of the joint statement of the U.S. – 
Japan Security Consultative Committee dated April 27, 
2012. 
(e) REPEAL.—Section 2207 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112– 
81; 125 Stat. 1668) is repealed. 
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND 
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 2304 and available for military construction 
projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction
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projects for the installations or locations inside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Air Force: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Arkansas .................................
Little Rock AFB ...............................
$30,178,000 
Florida ....................................
Tyndall AFB .....................................
$14,750,000 
Georgia ...................................
Fort Stewart ......................................
$7,250,000 
Moody AFB .......................................
$8,500,000 
New Mexico ............................
Holloman AFB ..................................
$25,000,000 
North Dakota .........................
Minot AFB ........................................
$4,600,000 
Texas .......................................
Joint Base San Antonio ...................
$18,000,000 
Utah ........................................
Hill AFB ...........................................
$13,530,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2304 and available for military construc-
tion projects outside the United States as specified in the 
funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force 
may acquire real property and carry out military construc-
tion projects for the installations or locations outside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Air Force: Outside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Greenland ...............................
Thule AB ...........................................
$24,500,000 
Italy ........................................
Aviano AB .........................................
$9,400,000 
Worldwide Unspecified ..........
Unspecified Worldwide Locations ...
$34,657,000 
SEC. 2302. FAMILY HOUSING. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2304 and available for 
military family housing functions as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force 
may carry out architectural and engineering services and
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construction design activities with respect to the construc-
tion or improvement of family housing units in an amount 
not to exceed $4,253,000. 
SEC. 2303. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
UNITS. 
Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, 
and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2304 and available for 
military family housing functions as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force 
may improve existing military family housing units in an 
amount not to exceed $79,571,000. 
SEC. 2304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, AIR 
FORCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2012, for military 
construction, land acquisition, and military family housing 
functions of the Department of the Air Force, as specified 
in the funding table in section 4601, including incremental 
funding for the construction of increment 2 of the U.S. 
Strategic Command Replacement Facility at Offutt Air 
Force Base, Nebraska, authorized by section 2301(a) of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1670), 
$111,000,000.
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SEC. 2305. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2010 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (division B of Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2627), 
authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as 
provided in section 2301 of that Act (123 Stat. 2636), shall 
remain in effect until October 1, 2013, or the date of an 
Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal 
year 2014, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Air Force: Extension of 2010 Project Authorizations 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Missouri .............
Whiteman AFB ...............
Land Acquisition 
North & South 
Boundary ...............
$5,500,000 
Montana .............
Malmstrom AFB .............
Weapons Storage Area 
(WSA), Phase 2 .....
$10,600,000 
TITLE 
XXIV—DEFENSE 
AGEN-
CIES 
MILITARY 
CONSTRUC-
TION 
Subtitle A—Defense Agency 
Authorizations 
SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUC-
TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations
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in section 2403 and available for military construction 
projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense may acquire 
real property and carry out military construction projects 
for the installations or locations inside the United States, 
and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Defense Agencies: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Arizona .......................
Yuma ...................................................................
$1,300,000 
California ...................
Coronado .............................................................
$55,259,000 
DEF Fuel Support Point - San Diego .............
$91,563,000 
Edwards Air Force Base ....................................
$27,500,000 
Twentynine Palms ..............................................
$27,400,000 
Colorado ......................
Buckley Air Force Base .....................................
$30,000,000 
Fort Carson .........................................................
$56,673,000 
Pikes Peak ...........................................................
$3,600,000 
CONUS Classified .....
Classified Location .............................................
$6,477,000 
Delaware .....................
Dover AFB ..........................................................
$2,000,000 
Florida ........................
Eglin AFB ..........................................................
$41,695,000 
Hurlburt Field ....................................................
$16,000,000 
MacDill AFB ......................................................
$34,409,000 
Hawaii ........................
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam .....................
$24,289,000 
Illinois ........................
Great Lakes .........................................................
$28,700,000 
Scott AFB ...........................................................
$86,711,000 
Indiana .......................
Grissom ARB ......................................................
$26,800,000 
Kentucky .....................
Fort Campbell .....................................................
$71,639,000 
Louisiana ...................
Barksdale AFB ...................................................
$11,700,000 
Maryland ....................
Annapolis ............................................................
$66,500,000 
Bethesda Naval Hospital ...................................
$62,200,000 
Fort Meade ..........................................................
$128,600,000 
Missouri ......................
Fort Leonard Wood ............................................
$18,100,000 
New Mexico .................
Cannon AFB .......................................................
$93,085,000 
New York ....................
Fort Drum ...........................................................
$43,200,000 
North Carolina ...........
Camp Lejeune .....................................................
$80,064,000 
Fort Bragg ..........................................................
$130,422,000 
Seymour Johnson AFB ......................................
$55,450,000 
Pennsylvania ..............
DEF Distribution Depot New Cumberland .....
$17,400,000 
South Carolina ...........
Shaw AFB ...........................................................
$57,200,000 
Texas ...........................
Red River Army Depot ......................................
$16,715,000 
Virginia ......................
Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - Story 
$11,132,000 
Norfolk .................................................................
$8,500,000 
Washington .................
Fort Lewis ...........................................................
$50,520,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2403 and available for military construc-
tion projects outside the United States as specified in the
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funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the installations or locations outside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Defense Agencies: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Belgium ................
Brussels ................................................................
$26,969,000 
Germany ...............
Stuttgart-Patch Barracks ..................................
$2,413,000 
Vogelweh ..............................................................
$61,415,000 
Weisbaden ............................................................
$52,178,000 
Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba ..................
Guantanamo Bay ...............................................
$40,200,000 
Japan ....................
Camp Zama ........................................................
$13,273,000 
Kadena AB ..........................................................
$143,545,000 
Sasebo ..................................................................
$35,733,000 
Zukeran ...............................................................
$79,036,000 
Korea .....................
Kunsan AB .........................................................
$13,000,000 
Osan AB ..............................................................
$77,292,000 
Romania ...............
Deveselu ...............................................................
$157,900,000 
United Kingdom ..
Menwith Hill Station .........................................
$50,283,000 
RAF Feltwell .......................................................
$30,811,000 
RAF Mildenhall ..................................................
$6,490,000 
SEC. 
2402. 
AUTHORIZED 
ENERGY 
CONSERVATION 
PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2403 and available for 
energy conservation projects as specified in the funding 
table in 4601, the Secretary of Defense may carry out en-
ergy conservation projects under chapter 173 of title 10, 
United States Code, in the amount of $150,000,000. 
SEC. 2403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, DEFENSE 
AGENCIES. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2012, for military 
construction, land acquisition, and military family housing
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functions of the Department of Defense (other than the mili-
tary departments), as specified in the funding table in 
4601, including incremental funding for the following 
projects in the following amounts: 
(1) For the construction of increment 7 of the 
Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Dis-
eases Stage I at Fort Detrick, Maryland, authorized 
by section 2401(a) of the Military Construction Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (division B of 
Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2457), $19,000,000. 
(2) For the construction of increment 4 of a Na-
tional Security Agency data center at Camp Wil-
liams, Utah, authorized as a Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide project by title X of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32; 123 
Stat. 1888), $191,414,000. 
(3) For the construction of increment 4 of the 
hospital at Fort Bliss, Texas, authorized by section 
2401(a) of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (division B of Public Law 
111–84; 123 Stat. 2642), $107,400,000. 
(4) For the construction of increment 2 of the 
high performance computing center at Fort Meade, 
Maryland, authorized by section 2401(a) of the Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
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2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 
1672), as amended by section 2405(a) of this Act, 
$225,521,000. 
(5) For the construction of increment 2 of the 
ambulatory care center phase 3 at Joint Base San 
Antonio, Texas, authorized by section 2401(a) of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 
Stat. 1672), $80,700,000. 
(6) For the construction of increment 2 of the 
medical center replacement at Rhine Ordnance Bar-
racks, Germany, authorized by section 2401(b) of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 
Stat. 1673), $127,000,000. 
SEC. 2404. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2010 PROJECT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (division B of Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2627), 
authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as 
provided in section 2401(a) of that Act (123 Stat. 2640), 
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2013, or the date 
of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2014, whichever is later:
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(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Washington Headquarters Services: Extension of 2010 Project 
Authorization 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Virginia ..............
Pentagon Res-
ervation .........
Pentagon electrical upgrade .........
$19,272,000 
SEC. 2405. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2012 PROJECT. 
The table in section 2401(a) of the Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (division B 
of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1672), is amended in the 
item relating to Fort Meade, Maryland, by striking 
‘‘$29,640,000’’ in the amount column and inserting 
‘‘$792,200,000’’. 
SEC. 2406. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2013 PROJECT. 
(a) PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of De-
fense may carry out a military construction project to con-
struct an Upgrade Fuel Pipeline at Andersen Air Force 
Base, Guam, in the amount of $67,500,000. 
(b) LIMITATION.—No funds may be obligated or ex-
pended for the project described in subsection (a) until the 
Commander of the United States Pacific Command pro-
vides to the congressional defense committees a report, with 
classified annex if necessary, detailing the strategic and 
operational requirements satisfied by the construction of
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this project and a certification that this project is a bona 
fide need for meeting national security objectives for fiscal 
year 2013. 
(c) USE
OF UNOBLIGATED PRIOR-YEAR MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.—The Secretary of Defense shall use 
available, unobligated military construction funds appro-
priated for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2013 for the 
project described in subsection (a). 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall provide information in accordance with sec-
tion 2851(c) of title 10, United States Code, regarding the 
project described in subsection (a). If it becomes necessary 
to exceed the estimated project cost, the Secretary shall uti-
lize the authority provided by section 2853 of such title re-
garding authorized cost and scope of work variations. 
Subtitle B—Chemical 
Demilitarization Authorizations 
SEC. 2411. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, CHEM-
ICAL 
DEMILITARIZATION 
CONSTRUCTION, 
DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2012, for military 
construction and land acquisition for chemical demili-
tarization, as specified in the funding table in section 4601,
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‘‘$484,000,000’’ in the amount column and inserting 
‘‘$520,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking the amount identified as the total 
in the amount column and inserting ‘‘$866,454,000’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2406(b)(2) of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1997 (110 Stat. 2779), as so amended, is further amended 
by striking ‘‘$484,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$520,000,000’’. 
TITLE 
XXV—NORTH 
ATLANTIC 
TREATY ORGANIZATION SE-
CURITY 
INVESTMENT 
PRO-
GRAM 
SEC. 2501. AUTHORIZED NATO CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
The Secretary of Defense may make contributions for 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Invest-
ment Program as provided in section 2806 of title 10, 
United States Code, in an amount not to exceed the sum 
of the amount authorized to be appropriated for this pur-
pose in section 2502 and the amount collected from the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a result of construc-
tion previously financed by the United States. 
SEC. 2502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NATO. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2012, for contribu-
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tions by the Secretary of Defense under section 2806 of title 
10, United States Code, for the share of the United States 
of the cost of projects for the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation Security Investment Program authorized by section 
2501, as specified in the funding table in section 4601. 
TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND 
RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
Subtitle A—Project Authorizations 
and Authorization of Appropria-
tions 
SEC. 2601. AUTHORIZED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CON-
STRUCTION 
AND 
LAND 
ACQUISITION 
PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 2606 and available for the National Guard and 
Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 
the Secretary of the Army may acquire real property and 
carry out military construction projects for the Army Na-
tional Guard locations inside the United States, and in the 
amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Army National Guard: Inside the United States 
State 
Location 
Amount 
Alabama .....................
Fort McClellan ...................................................
$5,400,000 
Arkansas ....................
Searcy .................................................................
$6,800,000 
California ..................
Fort Irwin ..........................................................
$25,000,000 
Connecticut ................
Camp Hartell ....................................................
$32,000,000 
Delaware ....................
Bethany Beach ...................................................
$5,500,000 
Florida .......................
Camp Blanding .................................................
$9,000,000 
Miramar .............................................................
$20,000,000 
Hawaii .......................
Kapolei ...............................................................
$28,000,000
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Army National Guard: Inside the United States—Continued 
State 
Location 
Amount 
Idaho ..........................
Orchard Training Area ....................................
$40,000,000 
Indiana ......................
South Bend ........................................................
$21,000,000 
Terre Haute .......................................................
$9,000,000 
Iowa ...........................
Camp Dodge ......................................................
$3,000,000 
Kansas .......................
Topeka ................................................................
$9,500,000 
Kentucky ....................
Frankfort ............................................................
$32,000,000 
Massachusetts .............
Camp Edwards ..................................................
$22,000,000 
Minnesota ..................
Camp Ripley .....................................................
$17,000,000 
St. Paul ..............................................................
$17,000,000 
Missouri .....................
Fort Leonard Wood ...........................................
$18,000,000 
Kansas City .......................................................
$1,900,000 
Monett ................................................................
$820,000 
Perryville ...........................................................
$700,000 
Montana .....................
Miles City ...........................................................
$11,000,000 
New Jersey .................
Sea Girt .............................................................
$34,000,000 
New York ....................
Stormville ...........................................................
$24,000,000 
Ohio ............................
Chillicothe ..........................................................
$3,100,000 
Delaware ............................................................
$12,000,000 
Oklahoma ...................
Camp Gruber .....................................................
$25,000,000 
Utah ...........................
Camp Williams .................................................
$36,000,000 
Washington ................
Fort Lewis ..........................................................
$35,000,000 
West Virginia ............
Logan .................................................................
$14,200,000 
Wisconsin ...................
Wausau ...............................................................
$10,000,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2606 and available for the National Guard 
and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 
4601, the Secretary of the Army may acquire real property 
and carry out military construction projects for the Army 
National Guard locations outside the United States, and 
in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Army National Guard: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation 
Amount 
Guam ............................
Barrigada ........................................................
$8,500,000 
Puerto Rico ...................
Camp Santiago ...............................................
$3,800,000 
Ceiba ................................................................
$2,200,000 
Guaynabo ........................................................
$15,000,000 
Gurabo .............................................................
$14,700,000
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SEC. 2602. AUTHORIZED ARMY RESERVE CONSTRUCTION 
AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may ac-
quire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the Army Reserve locations inside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Army Reserve 
State 
Location 
Amount 
California ............................
Fort Hunter Liggett ................................
$68,300,000 
Tustin .......................................................
$27,000,000 
Illinois .................................
Fort Sheridan ...........................................
$28,000,000 
Maryland .............................
Aberdeen Proving Ground .......................
$21,000,000 
Baltimore ..................................................
$10,000,000 
Massachusetts ......................
Devens Reserve Forces Training Area ...
$8,500,000 
Nevada .................................
Las Vegas ..................................................
$21,000,000 
New Jersey ..........................
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst .......
$7,400,000 
Washington .........................
Joint Base Lewis-McChord .....................
$40,000,000 
Wisconsin ............................
Fort McCoy ...............................................
$47,800,000 
SEC. 2603. AUTHORIZED NAVY RESERVE AND MARINE 
CORPS RESERVE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may ac-
quire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 
locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set 
forth in the following table:
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Navy Reserve Marine Corps Reserve 
State 
Location 
Amount 
Arizona ................................
Yuma .........................................................
$5,379,000 
Iowa .....................................
Fort Des Moines .......................................
$19,162,000 
Louisiana ............................
New Orleans .............................................
$7,187,000 
New York .............................
Brooklyn ...................................................
$4,430,000 
Texas ....................................
Fort Worth ................................................
$11,256,000 
SEC. 2604. AUTHORIZED AIR NATIONAL GUARD CONSTRUC-
TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the Air National Guard locations inside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Air National Guard 
State 
Location 
Amount 
California ............................
Fresno Yosemite IAP ANG ......................
$11,000,000 
Hawaii ................................
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam ..........
$6,500,000 
New Mexico .........................
Kirtland AFB ...........................................
$8,500,000 
Wyoming .............................
Cheyenne MAP .........................................
$6,486,000 
SEC. 2605. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE RESERVE CONSTRUC-
TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction
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projects for the Air Force Reserve locations inside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Air Force Reserve 
State 
Location 
Amount 
New York .............................
Niagara Falls IAP ...................................
$6,100,000 
SEC. 2606. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NA-
TIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2012, for the costs 
of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and 
construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces, 
and for contributions therefor, under chapter 1803 of title 
10, United States Code (including the cost of acquisition 
of land for those facilities), as specified in the funding table 
in section 4601. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
SEC. 2611. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2009 PROJECT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (division B of Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4658), 
the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), 
as provided in section 2604 of that Act (122 Stat. 4706), 
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2013, or the date
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of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2014, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Air National Guard: Extension of 2009 Project Authorizations 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Mississippi .........
Gulfport-Biloxi Airport ..
Relocate Munitions 
Complex ..................
$3,400,000 
SEC. 2612. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2010 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (division B of Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2627), 
the authorizations set forth in the tables in subsection (b), 
as provided in sections 2602 and 2604 of that Act (123 
Stat. 2649, 2651), shall remain in effect until October 1, 
2013, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 
funds for military construction for fiscal year 2014, which-
ever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The tables referred to in subsection (a) 
are as follows: 
Army Reserve: Extension of 2010 Project Authorizations 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
California ..........
Camp Pendleton ..............
Army Reserve Center
$19,500,000 
Connecticut ........
Bridgeport .......................
Army Reserve Center/ 
Land .......................
$18,500,000
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Air National Guard: Extension of 2010 Project Authorization 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Mississippi .........
Gulfport-Biloxi Airport ..
Relocate Base En-
trance ......................
$6,500,000 
SEC. 2613. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2011 PROJECT. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table 
in section 2604 of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (division B of Public Law 111– 
383; 124 Stat. 4453) for Nashville International Airport, 
Tennessee, for renovation of an Intelligence Squadron Fa-
cility, the Secretary of the Air Force may convert up to 
4,023 square meters of existing facilities to bed down Intel-
ligence Group and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Remote Split 
Operations Group missions, consistent with the Air Na-
tional Guard’s construction guidelines for these missions. 
TITLE 
XXVII—BASE 
REALIGN-
MENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVI-
TIES 
SEC. 2701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR BASE 
REALIGNMENT 
AND 
CLOSURE 
ACTIVITIES 
FUNDED THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 1990. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2012, for base re-
alignment and closure activities, including real property
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acquisition and military construction projects, as author-
ized by 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) and funded through the Department of 
Defense Base Closure Account 1990 established by section 
2906 of such Act, as specified in the funding table in section 
4601. 
SEC. 2702. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR BASE 
REALIGNMENT 
AND 
CLOSURE 
ACTIVITIES 
FUNDED THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 2005. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2012, for base re-
alignment and closure activities, including real property 
acquisition and military construction projects, as author-
ized by 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) and funded through the Department of 
Defense Base Closure Account 2005 established by section 
2906A of such Act, as specified in the funding table in sec-
tion 4601. 
SEC. 2703. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 2702 OF 
FISCAL YEAR 2012 ACT. 
(a) CORRECTION.—Section 2702 of the Military Con-
struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (division
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B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1681) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Using amounts’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘may carry out’’ and inserting ‘‘Funds are hereby author-
ized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after Sep-
tember 30, 2011, for’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘AUTHORIZED’’ and in-
serting ‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR’’. 
SEC. 2704. CRITERIA FOR DECISIONS INVOLVING CERTAIN 
BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT ACTIVI-
TIES. 
(a) CRITERIA.—Not later than March 31, 2013, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report including ob-
jective criteria to be used by the Department of Defense to 
make decisions relating to realignments of units employed 
at military installations that are not covered by the require-
ments of section 2687 of title 10, United States Code, and 
closures of military installations that are not covered by 
such requirements. 
(b) ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM
ON CERTAIN ACTIONS 
RESULTING IN PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), no action may be taken before October 1, 
2013, that would result in a military installation
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covered under paragraph (1) of section 2687(a) of 
title 10, United States Code, to no longer be covered 
by such paragraph. 
(2) NATIONAL
SECURITY
WAIVER.—The Sec-
retary of Defense may waive the prohibition under 
paragraph (1) if the Secretary certifies to the congres-
sional defense committees that is in the national secu-
rity interests of the United States. 
SEC. 2705. MODIFICATION OF NOTICE REQUIREMENTS IN 
ADVANCE OF PERMANENT REDUCTION OF 
SIZABLE NUMBERS OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED 
FORCES 
AT 
MILITARY 
INSTALLA-
TIONS. 
(a) CALCULATION OF NUMBER OF AFFECTED MEM-
BERS.—Subsection (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 di-
rect 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 military department concerned—
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‘‘(A) submits to Congress a notice of the 
proposed reduction and the number of military 
and civilian personnel assignments affected, in-
cluding reductions in base operations support 
services and personnel to occur because of the 
proposed reduction; and 
‘‘(B) includes in the notice a justification 
for the reduction and an evaluation of the costs 
and benefits of the reduction and of the local eco-
nomic, strategic, and operational consequences of 
the reduction; and 
‘‘(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 ‘direct reduction’ means a reduc-
tion involving one or more members of a unit. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘indirect reduction’ means subse-
quent planned reductions or relocations in base oper-
ations support services and personnel able to occur 
due to the direct reductions. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘military installation’ means a 
base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport facil-
ity for any ship, or other activity under the jurisdic-
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tion of the Department of Defense, including any 
leased facility, which is located within any of the sev-
eral States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin 
Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, or Guam. Such term does not include any fa-
cility used primarily for civil works, rivers and har-
bors projects, or flood control projects. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘unit’ means a unit of the armed 
forces at the battalion, squadron, or an equivalent 
level (or a higher level).’’. 
SEC. 2706. REPORT ON REORGANIZATION OF AIR FORCE 
MATERIEL COMMAND ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the reorganization of Air Force Materiel Command 
organizations. 
(b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) An assessment of the efficiencies and effec-
tiveness associated with the reorganization of Air 
Force Materiel Command organizations. 
(2) An assessment of the organizational construct 
to determine how institutional synergies that were
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previously available in a collocated center can be rep-
licated in the new Air Force Materiel Command Cen-
ter reorganization, including an assessment of the fol-
lowing Air Force Materiel Command capabilities: 
(A) Science and Technology, Acquisition. 
(B) Developmental Test and Evaluation. 
(3) An assessment of synergistic efficiencies asso-
ciated with capabilities of collocated organizations of 
other commands, including an assessment of the im-
pact of the Air Force Materiel Command’s reorga-
nization on other commands’ responsibilities for— 
(A) Operational Test and Evaluation; and 
(B) Follow-on Operational Test and Eval-
uation. 
(4) An assessment of how the Air Force reorga-
nization of Air Force Materiel Command is in adher-
ence with section 2687 of title 10, United States Code. 
(5) An analysis of the extent to which the pro-
posed changes in the Air Force management structure 
were coordinated with the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense and the Director, Test Resource Management 
Center and the degree to which their concerns, if any, 
were addressed in the approach selected by the Air 
Force.
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TITLE 
XXVIII—MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION GENERAL PROVI-
SIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Construction 
Program and Military Family 
Housing Changes 
SEC. 2801. AUTHORIZED COST AND SCOPE VARIATIONS. 
Section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘was approved 
originally’’ and inserting ‘‘was authorized’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘Any reduction in scope of work 
for a military construction project shall not re-
sult in a facility or item of infrastructure that 
is not complete and useable or does not fully 
meet the mission requirement contained in the 
justification data provided to Congress as part of 
the request for authorization of the project, con-
struction, improvement, or acquisition.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘scope of work’ refers 
to the function, size, or quantity of the primary facility,
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any associated facility, or item of complete and useable in-
frastructure contained in the justification data provided to 
Congress as part of the request for authorization of the 
project, construction, improvement, or acquisition.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘and the 
reasons therefor, including a description’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, the reasons therefor, a certification that the 
mission requirement identified in the justification 
data provided to Congress can be still be met with the 
reduced scope, and a description’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) Notwithstanding the authority under subsections 
(a) through (d), the Secretary concerned shall ensure com-
pliance of contracts for military construction projects and 
for the construction, improvement, and acquisition of mili-
tary family housing projects with section 1341 of title 31, 
United States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘Anti-Defi-
ciency Act’).’’. 
SEC. 2802. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON IN-KIND 
PAYMENTS. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to
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the congressional defense committees a report on the 
construction or renovation of Department of Defense 
facilities with in-kind payments. The report shall 
cover construction or renovation projects begun dur-
ing the preceding two years. 
(2) UPDATES.—Not later than one year after 
submitting the report required under paragraph (1), 
and annually thereafter for 3 years, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report covering projects begun since the 
most recent report. 
(b) CONTENT.—Each report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) A listing of each facility constructed or ren-
ovated for the Department of Defense as payment in 
kind. 
(2) The value in United States dollars of that 
construction or renovation. 
(3) The source of the in-kind payment. 
(4) The agreement pursuant to which the in-kind 
payment was made. 
(5) A description of the purpose and need for the 
construction or renovation.
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SEC. 2803. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY, LIMITED AUTHOR-
ITY TO USE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN 
CERTAIN 
AREAS 
OUTSIDE 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES. 
Section 2808 of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (division B of Public Law 
108–136; 117 Stat. 1723), as most recently amended by sec-
tion 2804 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 
125 Stat. 1685), is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); and 
(C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by 
striking the second sentence; and 
(2) in subsection (h)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2013’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2014’’.
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Subtitle B—Real Property and 
Facilities Administration 
SEC. 2811. AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT AS CONSIDERATION FOR 
LEASES OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY OF MILI-
TARY DEPARTMENTS AND DEFENSE AGEN-
CIES REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS AND NAT-
URAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES 
RELATED TO AGREEMENTS TO LIMIT EN-
CROACHMENT. 
Section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) Provision of interests in real property for 
the purposes specified in section 2684a of this title 
and provision of natural resource management serv-
ices on such real property.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘accepted 
at any property or facilities’’ and inserting ‘‘ac-
cepted at or for the benefit of any property or fa-
cilities’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1)(C), by adding at the end 
the following new clause:
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‘‘(vi) Provision of funds pursuant to an agree-
ment under section 2684a of this title.’’. 
SEC. 2812. CLARIFICATION OF PARTIES WITH WHOM DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE MAY CONDUCT EX-
CHANGES OF REAL PROPERTY AT MILITARY 
INSTALLATIONS. 
Section 2869(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘eligible’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘entity’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘person’’. 
Subtitle C—Energy Security 
SEC. 2821. GUIDANCE ON FINANCING FOR RENEWABLE EN-
ERGY PROJECTS. 
(a) GUIDANCE ON USE OF AVAILABLE FINANCING AP-
PROACHES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consulta-
tion with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics and the Deputy Under Secretary 
of Defense for Installations and Environment, shall issue 
guidance about the use of available financing approaches 
for financing renewable energy projects and direct the Sec-
retaries of the military departments to update their guid-
ance accordingly. The guidance should describe the require-
ments and restrictions applicable to the underlying authori-
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ties and any Department of Defense-specific guidelines for 
using appropriated funds and alternative-financing ap-
proaches for renewable energy projects. 
(b) GUIDANCE ON USE OF BUSINESS CASE ANAL-
YSES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Tech-
nology, and Logistics, the Deputy Under Secretary of De-
fense for Installations and Environment, and the Secre-
taries of the military departments, shall issue guidance that 
establishes and clearly describes the processes used by the 
military departments to select financing approaches for re-
newable energy projects to ensure that business case anal-
yses are completed to maximize benefits and mitigate draw-
backs and risks associated with different financing ap-
proaches. 
(c) INFORMATION SHARING.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense, in consultation with the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and the 
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and 
Environment, shall develop a formalized communications 
process, such as a shared Internet website, that will enable 
officials at military installations to have timely access on 
an ongoing basis to information related to financing renew-
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able energy projects on other installations, including best 
practices and lessons that officials at other installations 
have learned from their experiences in financing renewable 
energy projects. 
SEC. 2822. CONTINUATION OF LIMITATION ON USE OF 
FUNDS FOR LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND EN-
VIRONMENTAL 
DESIGN 
(LEED) 
GOLD 
OR 
PLATINUM CERTIFICATION. 
Section 2830(b)(1) of the Military Construction Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (division B of Public 
Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1695) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘authorized to be appro-
priated’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘until the date that is six months after the 
date of the submittal to the congressional defense com-
mittees of the report required by subsection (a)’’. 
Subtitle D—Land Conveyances 
SEC. 2831. 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 Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Department’’) all right, title, and interest of the United
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States in and to a parcel of unimproved real property con-
sisting of approximately 5 acres of the Local Training Area 
for the Browning Army Reserve Center, Utah, for the pur-
pose of constructing and operating a Community Based 
Outpatient Clinic adjacent to the George E. Wahlen Vet-
erans 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 Secretary, to carry out the con-
veyance under subsection (a), including survey costs, 
costs related to environmental documentation, and 
other administrative costs related to the conveyance. 
If amounts paid to the Secretary in advance exceed 
the costs actually incurred by the Secretary to carry 
out the conveyance, the Secretary shall refund the ex-
cess 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
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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 satis-
factory to the Secretary. 
(d) 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. 
SEC. 2832. USE OF PROCEEDS, LAND CONVEYANCE, TYN-
DALL AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA. 
Section 2862(c) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 
868) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and to improve’’ and inserting 
‘‘, to improve’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘, or for other purposes, subject to the limi-
tations described in section 2667(e) of title 10, United 
States Code’’.
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Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 2841. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY 
TO ASSIST WITH DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC 
INFRASTRUCTURE IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
ESTABLISHMENT OR EXPANSION OF A MILI-
TARY INSTALLATION. 
Section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT.—If the Sec-
retary of Defense determines that any grant, cooperative 
agreement, or supplement of funds available under Federal 
programs administered by agencies other than the Depart-
ment of Defense provided under this section will result in 
the development (including repair, replacement, renovation, 
conversion, improvement, expansion, or construction) of 
public infrastructure, such grant, cooperative agreement, or 
supplemental funding shall be specifically authorized by 
law.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e), as redesignated by para-
graph (1), by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
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‘‘(4) The term ‘public infrastructure’ means any 
utility, road, method of transportation, or facility 
under the control of a State or local government or 
a private entity that is used by, or constructed for the 
benefit of, the general public.’’. 
SEC. 2842. PETERSBURG NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD BOUND-
ARY MODIFICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of Petersburg Na-
tional Battlefield is modified to include the properties as 
generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Petersburg National 
Battlefield Boundary Expansion’’, numbered 325/80,080, 
and dated June 2007. The map shall be on file and avail-
able for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 
Park Service. 
(b) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES.—The Secretary of 
the Interior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
is authorized to acquire the lands or interests in land, de-
scribed in subsection (a), from willing sellers only by dona-
tion, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, ex-
change, or transfer. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall administer 
any land or interests in land acquired under subsection (b) 
as part of the Petersburg National Battlefield in accordance 
with applicable laws and regulations. 
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TRANSFER.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There is transferred— 
(A) from the Secretary to the Secretary of 
the Army administrative jurisdiction over the 
approximately 1.170-acre parcel of land depicted 
as ‘‘Area to be transferred to Fort Lee Military 
Reservation’’ on the map described in paragraph 
(2)(A); and 
(B) from the Secretary of the Army to the 
Secretary administrative jurisdiction over the 
approximately 1.171-acre parcel of land depicted 
as ‘‘Area to be transferred to Petersburg National 
Battlefield’’ on the map described in paragraph 
(2)(A). 
(2) MAP.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The land to be trans-
ferred under paragraph (1) is depicted on the 
map entitled ‘‘Petersburg National Battlefield 
Proposed Transfer of Administrative Jurisdic-
tion’’, numbered 325/081A, and dated May 2011. 
(B) AVAILABILITY.—The map described in 
subparagraph (A) shall be available for public 
inspection in the appropriate offices of the Na-
tional Park Service.
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(3) CONDITIONS OF TRANSFER.—The transfer of 
administrative jurisdiction authorized in paragraph 
(1) shall be subject to the following conditions: 
(A) NO
REIMBURSEMENT
OR
CONSIDER-
ATION.—The transfer shall occur without reim-
bursement or consideration. 
(B) MANAGEMENT.—The land conveyed to 
the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be in-
cluded within the boundary of the Petersburg 
National Battlefield and shall be administered as 
part of the park in accordance with applicable 
laws and regulations. 
SEC. 2843. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION WITH RESPECT 
TO OVERSIGHT AND MAINTENANCE OF BASE 
CEMETERIES FOLLOWING CLOSURE OF OVER-
SEAS MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 30 
days after closure of a United States military installation 
overseas, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report that details a plan 
to ensure the oversight and continued maintenance of the 
cemetery located on the military installation. The plan 
shall clearly detail which Federal agency or private entity 
will assume responsibility for the operation and mainte-
nance of the cemetery following the closure of the installa-
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tion and what information with regard to the cemetery has 
been provided to the responsible agency or private entity. 
(b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 2844. ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN RE-
QUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO FUNDING FOR 
DATA SERVERS AND CENTERS. 
Section 2867(c) of the Military Construction Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (division B of Public Law 
112–81; 125 Stat. 1706; 10 U.S.C. 2223a note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘EXCEPTION.—The Chief’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) EXEMPTION AUTHORITY.—The Chief’’; and 
(2) by inserting at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Chief Information Officer of the De-
partment may exempt from the applicability of this 
section research, development, test, and evaluation 
programs that use authorization or appropriations 
for the High Performance Computing Modernization 
Program (Program Element 0603461A), if the Chief
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Information Officer determines that the exemption is 
in the best interest of national security.’’. 
DIVISION 
C—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
AND 
OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE 
XXXI—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—National Security 
Programs 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 2013 for the activities of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs 
as specified in the funding table in section 4601. 
(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 the following new plant projects for the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration:
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Project 13–D–301, Electrical Infrastructure Up-
grades, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, $23,000,000. 
Project 13–D–903, Kesselring Site Prototype 
Staff Building, Kesselring Site, West Milton, New 
York, $14,000,000. 
Project 13–D–904, Kesselring Site Radiological 
Work and Storage Building, Kesselring Site, West 
Milton, New York, $2,000,000. 
Project 13–D–905, Remote-Handled Low-Level 
Waste Disposal Project, Idaho National Laboratory, 
Idaho, $8,900,000. 
SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2013 for defense envi-
ronmental cleanup activities in carrying out programs as 
specified in the funding table in section 4601. 
SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2013 for other defense 
activities in carrying out programs as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601.
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Subtitle 
B—Program 
Authoriza-
tions, Restrictions, and Limita-
tions 
SEC. 3111. REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR CHEMISTRY AND 
METALLURGY RESEARCH BUILDING, LOS ALA-
MOS NATIONAL LABORATORY, NEW MEXICO. 
(a) PROJECT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XLII of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 4215. REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR CHEMISTRY AND 
METALLURGY RESEARCH BUILDING, LOS ALA-
MOS NATIONAL LABORATORY, NEW MEXICO. 
‘‘(a) REPLACEMENT BUILDING REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary of Energy shall construct at Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, New Mexico a building to replace the functions 
of the existing Chemistry and Metallurgy Research building 
at Los Alamos National Laboratory associated with De-
partment of Energy Hazard Category 2 special nuclear ma-
terial operations. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON COST.—The cost of the building 
constructed 
under 
subsection 
(a) 
may 
not 
exceed 
$3,700,000,000.
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‘‘(c) PROJECT BASIS.—The construction authorized by 
subsection (a) shall use as it basis the facility project in 
the Department of Energy Readiness and Technical Base 
designated 04–D–125 (chemistry and metallurgy facility 
replacement project at Los Alamos National Laboratory). 
‘‘(d) DEADLINE
FOR
COMMENCEMENT
OF
OPER-
ATIONS.—The building constructed under subsection (a) 
shall commence operations not later than December 31, 
2024.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.— 
The table of contents in section 4001(b) of such Act 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
4213 the following new items: 
‘‘Sec. 4214. Plan for transformation of National Nuclear Security Administration 
nuclear weapons complex. 
‘‘Sec. 4215. Replacement project for Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Build-
ing, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.’’. 
(b) FUNDING.— 
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2013 FUNDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated by this division for fiscal year 
2013 for the National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration, $150,000,000 shall be available for the 
construction of the building authorized by section 
4215 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (as 
added by subsection (a)).
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(B) EXCEPTION.—The following amounts 
authorized to be appropriated by this division 
for fiscal year 2013 for the National Nuclear Se-
curity Administration shall not be available for 
the construction of the building: 
(i) Amounts available for Directed 
Stockpile Work. 
(ii) Amounts available for Naval Reac-
tors. 
(iii) Amounts available for the facility 
project in the Department of Energy Readi-
ness and Technical Base designated 06–D– 
141. 
(2) PRIOR FISCAL YEAR FUNDS.—Amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Department of En-
ergy for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2013 and 
available for the facility project in the Department of 
Energy Readiness and Technical Base designated 04– 
D–125 (chemistry and metallurgy facility replace-
ment project at Los Alamos National Laboratory, 
New Mexico) shall be available for the construction of 
the building authorized by section 4215 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (as so added).
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SEC. 3112. SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS OF SELECTED ACQUI-
SITION REPORTS AND INDEPENDENT COST 
ESTIMATES ON NUCLEAR WEAPON SYSTEMS 
UNDERGOING LIFE EXTENSION. 
(a) SUBMITTAL REQUIRED.—Subtitle A of title XLII 
of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521 et seq.), 
as amended by section 3111 of this Act, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 4216. SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORTS AND INDE-
PENDENT COST ESTIMATES ON NUCLEAR 
WEAPON SYSTEMS UNDERGOING LIFE EXTEN-
SION. 
‘‘(a) SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORTS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Energy shall, acting through the Administrator 
of the National Nuclear Security Administration, submit 
to the congressional defense committees at the end of each 
fiscal-year quarter a report on each nuclear weapon system 
undergoing life extension. The reports shall be known as Se-
lected Acquisition Reports for the weapon system concerned. 
‘‘(2) The information contained in the Selected Acqui-
sition Report for a fiscal-year quarter for a nuclear weapon 
system shall be the information contained in the Selected 
Acquisition Report for such fiscal-year quarter for a major 
defense acquisition program under section 2432 of title 10, 
United States Code, expressed in terms of the nuclear weap-
on system.
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‘‘(b) INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATES.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Energy shall, acting through the Administrator 
of the National Nuclear Security Administration, submit 
to the congressional defense committees a cost estimate on 
each nuclear weapon system undergoing life extension at 
the times in production as follows: 
‘‘(A) At the completion of phase 6.2A, relating to 
design definition and cost study. 
‘‘(B) Before initiation of phase 6.5, relating to 
first production. 
‘‘(2) A cost estimate for purposes of this subsection 
may not be prepared by the Department of Energy or the 
National Nuclear Security Administration.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 4001(b) of such Act, as so amended, is further 
amended by inserting after the item relating to 4215 the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4216. Selected Acquisition Reports and independent cost estimates on nu-
clear weapon systems undergoing life extension.’’. 
SEC. 3113. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF SCHEDULE FOR DIS-
POSITION OF WEAPONS-USABLE PLUTONIUM 
AT SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, AIKEN, SOUTH 
CAROLINA. 
Section 4306 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2566) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3)—
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(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘by Jan-
uary 1, 2012’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘2012’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2014’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2014’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2016’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2020’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2022’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘2016’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘2021’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
‘‘2020’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2022’’; and
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(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2025’’. 
SEC. 3114. PROGRAM ON SCIENTIFIC ENGAGEMENT FOR 
NONPROLIFERATION. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title XLIII of the Atomic En-
ergy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2562 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 4309. PROGRAM ON SCIENTIFIC ENGAGEMENT FOR 
NONPROLIFERATION. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary of En-
ergy shall, acting through the Administrator of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration, carry out a program on 
scientific engagement in countries selected by the Secretary 
for purposes of the program in order to advance global non-
proliferation and nuclear security efforts. 
‘‘(2) The program required by this section shall be a 
distinct program from the Global Initiatives for Prolifera-
tion Prevention program. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—The program shall include the ele-
ments as follows: 
‘‘(1) Training and capacity-building to strength-
en nonproliferation and security best practices.
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‘‘(2) Engagement of United States scientists with 
foreign counterparts to advance nonproliferation 
goals. 
‘‘(c) REPORT ON COMMENCEMENT OF PROGRAM.— 
Funds may not be expended under the program required 
by this section until the Administrator submits to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report setting forth 
the following: 
‘‘(1) For each country selected for the program 
as of the date of such report— 
‘‘(A) a proliferation threat assessment pre-
pared by the Director of National Intelligence; 
and 
‘‘(B) metrics for evaluating the success of 
the program. 
‘‘(2) Accounting standards for the conduct of the 
program approved by the Comptroller General of the 
United States. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS ON MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM.—Be-
fore making any modification in the program (whether se-
lecting a new country for the program, ceasing the selection 
of a country for the program, or modifying an element of 
the program), the Administrator shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the modifica-
tion. If the modification consists of the selection for the pro-
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gram of a country not previously selected for the program, 
the report shall include the matters specified in subsection 
(c)(1) for the country. 
‘‘(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’ means— 
‘‘(1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate; and 
‘‘(2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence of the House of Representatives.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 4001(b) of such Act (division D of 
Public Law 107–314) is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 4308 the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 4309. Program on scientific engagement for nonproliferation.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON COORDINATION WITH OTHER UNITED 
STATES NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report describing the manner in which the pro-
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gram on scientific engagement for nonproliferation under 
section 4309 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (as added 
by subsection (a)) coordinates with and complements, but 
does not duplicate, other nonproliferation programs of the 
United States Government. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on the program on scientific engagement 
for nonproliferation under section 4309 of the Atomic En-
ergy Defense Act (as so added). The report shall include 
an assessment by the Comptroller General of the success of 
the program, as determined in accordance with the metrics 
for evaluating the success of the program under subsection 
(c)(1)(B) of such section 4309, and such other matters on 
the program as the Comptroller General considers appro-
priate. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate; and
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(2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 3115. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL UPDATE 
OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEFENSE NU-
CLEAR FACILITIES WORKFORCE RESTRUC-
TURING PLAN. 
Section 4604 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2704) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘and any 
updates of the plan under subsection (e)’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (e); 
(3) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
(4) in subsection (e), as redesignated by para-
graph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2).
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SEC. 3116. QUARTERLY REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON FINAN-
CIAL BALANCES FOR ATOMIC ENERGY DE-
FENSE ACTIVITIES. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Subtitle C of title XLVII 
of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2771 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 4732. QUARTERLY REPORTS ON FINANCIAL BAL-
ANCES FOR ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE AC-
TIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 15 days 
after the end of each fiscal year quarter, the Secretary of 
Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on the financial balances for each atomic energy 
defense program at the budget control levels used in the re-
port accompanying the most current Act appropriating 
funds for energy and water development. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall set forth, for each program covered by such report, the 
following as of the end of the fiscal year quarter covered 
by such report: 
‘‘(1) The total amount authorized to be appro-
priated, including amounts authorized to be appro-
priated in the current fiscal year and amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated for prior fiscal years. 
‘‘(2) The amount unobligated. 
‘‘(3) The amount unobligated but committed.
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‘‘(4) The amount obligated, but uncosted. 
‘‘(c) PRESENTATION.—Each report under subsection 
(a) shall present information as follows: 
‘‘(1) For each program, in summary form and 
by fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) With financial balances in connection with 
funding under recurring DoE national security au-
thorizations (as that term is defined in section 
4701(1)) presented separately from balances in con-
nection with funding under any other provisions of 
law.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 4001(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 4731 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4732. Quarterly reports on financial balances for atomic energy defense ac-
tivities.’’. 
SEC. 3117. TRANSPARENCY IN CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE 
EVALUATIONS BY THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR 
SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION 
LEADING 
TO 
AWARD FEES. 
(a) PUBLICATION REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XLVIII of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2781 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section:
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‘‘SEC. 4805. PUBLICATION OF CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE 
EVALUATIONS BY THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR 
SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION 
LEADING 
TO 
AWARD FEES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration shall take appropriate ac-
tions to make available, to the maximum extent practicable, 
to the public each contractor performance evaluation con-
ducted by the Administration of a national laboratory, pro-
duction plant, or single user facility under the management 
responsibility of the Administration that results in the 
award of an award fee to the contractor concerned. 
‘‘(b) FORMAT.—Performance evaluations shall be made 
public under this section in a common format that facili-
tates comparisons of performance evaluations between and 
among similar management contracts.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 4001(b) of that Act is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 4804 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4805. Publication of contractor performance evaluations by the National 
Nuclear Security Administration leading to award fees.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and shall apply with respect to contractor per-
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formance evaluations conducted by the National Nuclear 
Security Administration on or after that date. 
SEC. 3118. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH CER-
TAIN SCIENTIFIC, ENGINEERING, AND TECH-
NICAL POSITIONS. 
(a) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—Section 3241 of the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 
2441) is amended by striking ‘‘300’’ and inserting ‘‘700’’. 
(b) EXTENSION TO CONTRACTING POSITIONS.—Such 
section is further amended by inserting ‘‘contracting,’’ be-
fore ‘‘scientific’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 3241. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN CON-
TRACTING, SCIENTIFIC, ENGINEERING, AND 
TECHNICAL POSITIONS.’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 
the National Nuclear Security Administration Act is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 3241 and 
inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 3241. Authority to establish certain contracting, scientific, engineering, and 
technical positions.’’.
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SEC. 3119. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY 
ON ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 
ACCELERATION OF REMOVAL OR SECURITY 
OF FISSILE MATERIALS, RADIOLOGICAL MA-
TERIALS, AND RELATED EQUIPMENT AT VUL-
NERABLE SITES WORLDWIDE. 
(a) PROGRAMS FOR WHICH FUNDS MAY BE ACCEPT-
ED.—Paragraph (2) of section 3132(f) of the Ronald W. 
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2005 (50 U.S.C. 2569(f)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMS
COVERED.—The programs de-
scribed in this paragraph are any programs within 
the Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION.—Paragraph (7) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2018’’. 
SEC. 3120. COST CONTAINMENT FOR Y–12 URANIUM PROC-
ESSING FACILITY, Y–12 NATIONAL SECURITY 
COMPLEX, OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE. 
(a) EXECUTION PHASES FOR PROJECT.—Project 06– 
D–141 for the Y–12 Uranium Processing Facility, Y–12 
National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, shall be 
broken into separate execution phases as follows
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(1) Phase I, which shall consist of processes asso-
ciated with building 9212, including uranium casting 
and uranium chemical processing. 
(2) Phase II, which shall consist of processes as-
sociated with buildings 9215 and 9998, including 
uranium metal working, machining, and inspection. 
(3) Phase III, which shall consist of processes as-
sociated with building 9204–2E. including radiog-
raphy, assembly, disassembly, quality evaluation, and 
production certification operations of nuclear weapon 
secondaries. 
(b) BUDGETING
AND AUTHORIZATION
FOR EACH 
PHASE.— 
(1) BUDGETING FOR EACH PHASE REQUIRED.— 
The Secretary of Energy shall budget separately for 
each phase under subsection (a) of the project referred 
to in that subsection. 
(2) FUNDING PURSUANT TO SEPARATE AUTHOR-
IZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The Secretary may 
not proceed with a phase under subsection (a) of the 
project referred to in that subsection except with 
funds expressly authorized to be appropriated for that 
phase by law. 
(c) COMPLIANCE OF PHASES WITH DOE ORDER ON 
PROGRAM
AND
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT.—Each phase
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under subsection (a) of the project referred to in that sub-
section shall comply with Department of Energy Order 
413.3, relating to Program Management and Project Man-
agement for the Acquisition of Capital Assets. 
(d) LIMITATION ON COST OF PHASE I.—The total cost 
of Phase I under subsection (a) of the project referred to 
in that subsection may not exceed $4,200,000,000. 
SEC. 3121. AUTHORITY TO RESTORE CERTAIN FORMERLY 
RESTRICTED 
DATA 
TO 
THE 
RESTRICTED 
DATA CATEGORY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 142 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2162) is amended— 
(1) in subsection d.— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Commis-
sion’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) The Commission may restore to the Restricted 
Data category any information related to the design of nu-
clear weapons removed under paragraph (1) if the Commis-
sion and the Department of Defense jointly determine 
that— 
‘‘(A) the programmatic requirements that caused 
the information to be removed from the Restricted
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Data category are no longer applicable or have di-
minished; 
‘‘(B) the information would be more appro-
priately protected as Restricted Data; and 
‘‘(C) restoring the information to the Restricted 
Data category is in the interest of national security. 
‘‘(3) Information related to the design of nuclear weap-
ons shall be restored to the Restricted Data category under 
paragraph (2) in accordance with regulations prescribed by 
the Commission for purposes of that paragraph.’’; and 
(2) in subsection e.— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Commis-
sion’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) The Commission may restore to the Restricted 
Data category any information concerning atomic energy 
programs of other nations removed under paragraph (1) if 
the Commission and the Director of National Intelligence 
jointly determine that— 
‘‘(A) the programmatic requirements that caused 
the information to be removed from the Restricted 
Data category are no longer applicable or have di-
minished;
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‘‘(B) the information would be more appro-
priately protected as Restricted Data; and 
‘‘(C) restoring the information to the Restricted 
Data category is in the interest of national security. 
‘‘(3) Information concerning atomic energy programs 
of other nations shall be restored to the Restricted Data cat-
egory under paragraph (2) in accordance with regulations 
prescribed by the Commission for purposes of that para-
graph.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of sub-
section (e) of such section, as designated by subsection 
(a)(2)(A) of this section, is further amended by striking 
‘‘Director of Central Intelligence’’ and inserting ‘‘Director 
of National Intelligence’’. 
SEC. 3122. RENEWABLE ENERGY. 
Section 203(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15852(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘geothermal,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘geothermal (including geothermal heat 
pumps),’’.
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Subtitle C—Reports 
SEC. 3131. REPORT ON ACTIONS REQUIRED FOR TRANSI-
TION OF REGULATION OF NON-NUCLEAR AC-
TIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECU-
RITY ADMINISTRATION TO OTHER FEDERAL 
AGENCIES. 
Not later than February 28, 2013, the Secretary of En-
ergy shall, acting through the Administrator of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration, submit to Congress a re-
port on the actions required to transition, to the maximum 
extent practicable, the regulation of the non-nuclear activi-
ties of the National Nuclear Security Administration to 
other appropriate agencies of the Federal Government by 
not later than October 1, 2017. 
SEC. 3132. REPORT ON CONSOLIDATION OF FACILITIES OF 
THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Nuclear 
Weapons Council shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report setting forth the assessment of the 
Council as to the feasibility of consolidating facilities and 
functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration 
in order to reduce costs.
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(b) PROCESS FOR CONSOLIDATION.—If the assessment 
of the Council in the report under subsection (a) is that 
excess facilities exist and the consolidation of facilities and 
functions of the Administration is feasible and would reduce 
cost, the report shall include recommendations for a process 
to determine the manner in which the consolidation should 
be accomplished, including an estimate of the time to be 
required to complete the process. 
(c) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FUNDS 
PENDING REPORT.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by this title and available for the facility projects 
in the Department of Energy Readiness and Technical Base 
designated 04–D–125 and 06–D–141 may not be obligated 
or expended for CD–3, Start of Construction (as found in 
Department of Energy Order 413.3 B Program and Project 
Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets,) until 
the submittal under subsection (a) of the report required 
by that subsection. 
SEC. 3133. REGIONAL RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY ZONES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) A terrorist attack using high-activity radio-
logical materials, such as in a dirty bomb, could in-
flict billions of dollars of economic costs and consider-
able societal and economic dislocation, with effects 
and costs possibly lasting for years.
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(2) It may be easier for terrorists to obtain the 
materials for, and to fabricate, a dirty bomb than an 
improvised nuclear device. 
(3) Radiological materials are in widespread use 
worldwide, with estimates of the number of radio-
logical sources ranging from 100,000 to millions. 
(4) Many nations have a security and regulatory 
regime for their radiological sources that is much less 
developed than that of the United States. 
(5) Radiological materials are used at many ci-
vilian sites including hospitals, industrial sites, and 
other locations that have little security, placing these 
materials at risk of theft. 
(6) Many radiological materials have become 
lost, disused, unwanted, or abandoned, with the Glob-
al Threat Reduction Initiative of the National Nu-
clear Security Administration having recovered more 
than 30,000 radioactive sources in the United States, 
repatriated more than 2,400 United States-origin 
sources from other countries, and helped recover more 
than 13,000 radioactive sources and radioisotope ther-
moelectric generators in other countries. 
(7) High-activity radiological materials can be 
used in a dirty bomb.
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that United States and global nonproliferation efforts 
should place a high priority on programs to secure high- 
activity radiological sources to reduce the threat of radio-
logical terrorism. 
(c) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a study in accordance with paragraph (3). 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator may, in 
conducting the study required under paragraph (1), 
consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
Secretary of State, the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion, and such other departments and agencies of the 
United States Government as the Administrator con-
siders appropriate. 
(3) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The study under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the radioactive iso-
topes and associated activity levels that present 
the greatest risk to national and international 
security.
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(B) A review of current United States Gov-
ernment efforts to secure radiological materials 
abroad, including coordination with foreign gov-
ernments, the European Union, the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency, other inter-
national programs, and nongovernmental orga-
nizations that identify, register, secure, remove, 
and provide for the disposition of high-risk radi-
ological materials worldwide. 
(C) A review of current United States Gov-
ernment efforts to secure radiological materials 
domestically at civilian sites, including hos-
pitals, industrial sites, and other locations. 
(D) A definition of regional radiological se-
curity zones, including the subset of the mate-
rials of concern to be the immediate focus and 
the security best practices required to achieve 
that goal. 
(E) An assessment of the feasibility, cost, 
desirability, and added benefit of establishing re-
gional radiological security zones in high pri-
ority areas worldwide in order to facilitate re-
gional collaboration in—
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(i) identifying and inventorying high- 
activity radiological sources at high-risk 
sites; 
(ii) reviewing national level regula-
tions, inspections, transportation security, 
and security upgrade options; and 
(iii) assessing opportunities for the 
harmonization of regulations and security 
practices among the nations of the region. 
(F) An assessment of the feasibility, cost, 
desirability, and added benefit of establishing re-
mote regional monitoring centers that would re-
ceive real-time data from radiological security 
sites, would be staffed by trained personnel from 
the countries in the region, and would alert local 
law enforcement in the event of a potential or ac-
tual terrorist incident or other emergency. 
(G) A list and assessment of the best prac-
tices used in the United States that are most 
critical in enhancing domestic radiological mate-
rial security and could be used to enhance radio-
logical security worldwide. 
(H) An assessment of the United States en-
tity or entities that would be best suited to lead
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efforts to establish a radiological security zone 
program. 
(I) An estimate of the costs associated with 
the implementation of a radiological security 
zone program. 
(J) An assessment of the known locations 
outside the United States housing high-risk radi-
ological materials in excess of 1,000 curies. 
(4) FORM.—The study required under paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 3134. REPORT ON LEGACY URANIUM MINES. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
undertake a review of, and prepare a report on, aban-
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doned uranium mines at which uranium ore was 
mined for the weapons program of the United States 
(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘legacy uranium mines’’). 
(2) MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED.—The report 
shall describe and analyze— 
(A) the location of the legacy uranium 
mines on Federal, State, tribal, and private 
land, taking into account any existing inven-
tories undertaken by Federal agencies, States, 
and Indian tribes, and any additional informa-
tion available to the Secretary; 
(B) the extent to which the legacy uranium 
mines— 
(i) may pose a potential and signifi-
cant radiation health hazard to the public; 
(ii) may pose some other threat to pub-
lic health and safety hazard; 
(iii) have caused, or may cause, deg-
radation of water quality; and 
(iv) have caused, or may cause, envi-
ronmental degradation; 
(C) a ranking of priority by category for 
the remediation and reclamation of the legacy 
uranium mines;
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(D) the potential cost and feasibility of re-
mediating and reclaiming, in accordance with 
applicable Federal law, each category of legacy 
uranium mines; and 
(E) the status of any efforts to remediate 
and reclaim legacy uranium mines. 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report shall— 
(1) make recommendations as to how to ensure 
most feasibly and effectively and expeditiously that 
the public health and safety, water resources, and the 
environment will be protected from the adverse effects 
of legacy uranium mines; and 
(2) make recommendations on changes, if any, to 
Federal law to address the remediation and reclama-
tion of legacy uranium mines. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report, the Sec-
retary of Energy shall consult with any other relevant Fed-
eral agencies, affected States and Indian tribes, and inter-
ested members of the public. 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of En-
ergy shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate and the appropriate Committees of the House of Rep-
resentatives—
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(1) the report; and 
(2) the plan and timeframe of the Secretary of 
Energy for implementing those recommendations of 
the report that do not require legislation. 
SEC. 3135. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 
STATES REVIEW OF PROJECTS CARRIED OUT 
BY OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGE-
MENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PUR-
SUANT TO THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND 
REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009. 
Section 3134 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2713) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The 
Comptroller General shall conduct a review dur-
ing the period described in paragraph (2), of the 
following:’’ and inserting ‘‘Beginning on the date 
of the submittal of the report required under sub-
section (b)(2), the Comptroller General shall con-
duct a review of the following:’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); and
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(D) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘the end of the pe-
riod described in paragraph (2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘August 30, 2012’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Begin-
ning on the date on which the Comptroller Gen-
eral submits the last report required under sub-
section (c)(3), the Comptroller General shall con-
duct a review of the following:’’ and inserting 
‘‘Following the submittal of the final report re-
quired under subsection (c)(2), the Comptroller 
General shall conduct a review of the following:’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Not 
later than 90 days after submitting the last re-
port required under subsection (c)(3)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Within seven months after receiving no-
tification that all American Recovery and Rein-
vestment Act funds have been expended, but not 
later than April 30, 2016’’. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 3141. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON OVERSIGHT OF THE 
NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTERPRISE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
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(1) In 2000, the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration was established as an independent entity 
within the Department of Energy to manage and se-
cure the nuclear weapons stockpile of the United 
States and to manage nuclear nonproliferation and 
naval reactor programs. 
(2) Serious security and health incidents con-
tinue to occur at sites of the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration. 
(3) In September 2012, an official of the Govern-
ment Accountability Office testified to Congress that 
lax laboratory attitudes toward safety procedures, lab-
oratory inadequacies in identifying and addressing 
safety problems with appropriate corrective actions, 
and inadequate oversight by site offices of the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration were respon-
sible for nearly 100 safety incidents since 2000. 
(4) On July 28, 2012, three unarmed individuals 
compromised security at the Y–12 National Security 
Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and according to 
the Government Accountability Office, ‘‘gained access 
to the protected security area directly adjacent to one 
of the nation’s most critically important nuclear 
weapons-related facilities’’.
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(5) In June 2006, hackers attacked an unclassi-
fied computer system at the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration’s Service Center in Albuquerque, 
New Mexico, and gained access to a file containing 
the names and social security numbers of more than 
1,500 employees of the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration. 
(6) As early as February 2005, the Inspector 
General of the Department of Energy identified prob-
lems with the retrieval of badges from terminated em-
ployees at Los Alamos National Laboratory and other 
sites of the National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion. 
(7) In 2004, a pattern of safety and security in-
cidents that occurred over the course of a year 
prompted the stand-down of Los Alamos National 
Laboratory. 
(8) The National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion, independent of the safety and security reform ef-
forts of the Department of Energy, has launched an 
overhaul of its contracting oversight, placing an em-
phasis on contractor self-policing through an untested 
‘‘contractor assurance’’ approach. 
(9) The Government Accountability Office has 
given the contractor administration and project man-
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agement capabilities of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration a ‘‘high risk’’ designation and found 
there to be insufficient qualified Federal acquisition 
professionals to ‘‘plan, direct, and oversee project exe-
cution’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) there is a need for strong, independent over-
sight of the United States nuclear security enterprise; 
(2) any attempt to reform oversight of the nu-
clear security enterprise that transfers oversight from 
the Department of Energy to the National Nuclear 
Security Administration, reduces protections for 
worker health and safety at facilities of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration to levels below the 
standards of the Department of Energy, or transfers 
construction appropriations for the nuclear security 
enterprise from the Department of Energy appropria-
tion account to the military construction appropria-
tion account, should be carefully evaluated; 
(3) the Office of Health, Safety, and Security of 
the Department of Energy, which reports to the Sec-
retary of Energy but is also accountable for routinely 
reporting to Congress on the performance with respect 
to safety and security of the Department, including
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the National Nuclear Security Administration, and 
the role of that Office in overseeing safety and secu-
rity at the National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion, should not be diminished but should be routinely 
evaluated; 
(4) any future modifications to the management 
or structure of the nuclear security enterprise should 
be done in a way that maintains or increases over-
sight of critical construction, security, and acquisi-
tion capabilities; 
(5) to the extent possible, oversight of programs 
of the National Nuclear Security Administration by 
the Department of Defense should increase to ensure 
current and future warfighting requirements are met; 
and 
(6) the Nuclear Weapons Council should provide 
proper oversight in the execution of its responsibilities 
under section 179 of title 10, United States Code. 
Subtitle E—American Medical 
Isotopes Production 
SEC. 3151. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘American Medical 
Isotopes Production Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 3152. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle:
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(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(2) HIGHLY
ENRICHED
URANIUM.—The term 
‘‘highly enriched uranium’’ means uranium enriched 
to 20 percent or greater in the isotope U–235. 
(3) LOW ENRICHED URANIUM.—The term ‘‘low 
enriched uranium’’ means uranium enriched to less 
than 20 percent in the isotope U–235. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
SEC. 3153. IMPROVING THE RELIABILITY OF DOMESTIC 
MEDICAL ISOTOPE SUPPLY. 
(a) MEDICAL ISOTOPE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out 
a technology-neutral program— 
(A) to evaluate and support projects for the 
production in the United States, without the use 
of highly enriched uranium, of significant quan-
tities of molybdenum-99 for medical uses; 
(B) to be carried out in cooperation with 
non-Federal entities; and 
(C) the costs of which shall be shared in ac-
cordance with section 988 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352).
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(2) CRITERIA.—Projects shall be judged against 
the following primary criteria: 
(A) The length of time necessary for the pro-
posed project to begin production of molyb-
denum-99 for medical uses within the United 
States. 
(B) The capability of the proposed project 
to produce a significant percentage of United 
States demand for molybdenum-99 for medical 
uses. 
(C) The cost of the proposed project. 
(3) EXEMPTION.—An existing reactor in the 
United States fueled with highly enriched uranium 
shall not be disqualified from the program if the Sec-
retary determines that— 
(A) there is no alternative nuclear reactor 
fuel, enriched in the isotope U–235 to less than 
20 percent, that can be used in that reactor; 
(B) the reactor operator has provided assur-
ances that, whenever an alternative nuclear reac-
tor fuel, enriched in the isotope U–235 to less 
than 20 percent, can be used in that reactor, it 
will use that alternative in lieu of highly en-
riched uranium; and
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(C) the reactor operator has provided a cur-
rent report on the status of its efforts to convert 
the reactor to an alternative nuclear reactor fuel 
enriched in the isotope U–235 to less than 20 
percent, and an anticipated schedule for comple-
tion of conversion. 
(4) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND REVIEW.—The 
Secretary shall— 
(A) develop a program plan and annually 
update the program plan through public work-
shops; and 
(B) use the Nuclear Science Advisory Com-
mittee to conduct annual reviews of the progress 
made in achieving the program goals. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
carry out a program to provide assistance for— 
(1) the development of fuels, targets, and proc-
esses for domestic molybdenum-99 production that do 
not use highly enriched uranium; and 
(2) commercial operations using the fuels, tar-
gets, and processes described in paragraph (1). 
(c) URANIUM LEASE AND TAKE-BACK.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a program to make low-enriched uranium available,
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through lease contracts, for irradiation for the pro-
duction of molybdenum-99 for medical uses. 
(2) TITLE.—The lease contracts shall provide for 
the producers of the molybdenum-99 to take title to 
and be responsible for the molybdenum-99 created by 
the irradiation, processing, or purification of ura-
nium leased under this section. 
(3) DUTIES.— 
(A) SECRETARY.—The lease contracts shall 
require the Secretary— 
(i) to retain responsibility for the final 
disposition of spent nuclear fuel created by 
the irradiation, processing, or purification 
of uranium leased under this section for the 
production of medical isotopes; and 
(ii) to take title to and be responsible 
for the final disposition of radioactive waste 
created by the irradiation, processing, or 
purification of uranium leased under this 
section for which the Secretary determines 
the producer does not have access to a dis-
posal path. 
(B) PRODUCER.—The producer of the spent 
nuclear fuel and radioactive waste shall accu-
rately characterize, appropriately package, and
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‘‘(II) the oversight or financial 
controls to identify and prevent im-
proper payments under the program; 
and 
‘‘(ii) submit to Congress recommenda-
tions, which may be included in another re-
port submitted by the Inspector General to 
Congress, for modifying any plans of the 
agency relating to the program, including 
improvements for improper payments deter-
mination and estimation methodology.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)’’ each place that term appears and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (c)’’; 
(4) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 
(5) in subsection (g)(3) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection), by inserting ‘‘or a Fed-
eral employee’’ after ‘‘non-Federal person or entity’’. 
(b) IMPROVED ESTIMATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall provide
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guidance to agencies for improving the estimates of 
improper payments under the Improper Payments 
Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note). 
(2) GUIDANCE.—Guidance under this subsection 
shall— 
(A) strengthen the estimation process of 
agencies by setting standards for agencies to fol-
low in determining the underlying validity of 
sampled payments to ensure amounts being 
billed are proper; and 
(B) instruct agencies to give the persons or 
entities performing improper payments estimates 
access to all necessary payment data, including 
access to relevant documentation; 
(C) explicitly bar agencies from relying on 
self-reporting by the recipients of agency pay-
ments as the sole source basis for improper pay-
ments estimates; 
(D) require agencies to include all identified 
improper payments in the reported estimate, re-
gardless of whether the improper payment in 
question has been or is being recovered; 
(E) include payments to employees, includ-
ing salary, locality pay, travel pay, purchase 
card use, and other employee payments, as sub-
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ject to risk assessment and, where appropriate, 
improper payment estimation; and 
(F) require agencies to tailor their correc-
tive actions for the high-priority programs iden-
tified under section 2(b)(1)(A) of the Improper 
Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 
3321 note) to better reflect the unique processes, 
procedures, and risks involved in each specific 
program. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The 
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 
(Public Law 111–204; 124 Stat. 2224) is amended— 
(1) in section 2(h)(1) (31 U.S.C. 3321 note), by 
striking ‘‘section 2(f)’’ and all that follows and insert-
ing ‘‘section 2(g) of the Improper Payments Informa-
tion Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note).’’; and 
(2) in section 3(a) (31 U.S.C. 3321 note)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 
2(f)’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘section 
2(g) of the Improper Payments Information Act 
of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 2(b)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 
2(c)’’; and