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assessment is made of both the suitability and availability 
of the private sector rental housing market using assumed 
specific standards related to affordability, location, features, 
physical condition, and the housing requirements of the total 
military population of such installation. 
(2) The term ‘‘military installation’’ has the meaning given 
in section 2801 of title 10, United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 2822. NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR MHPI GROUND LEASE EXTEN-
SIONS. 
Section 2878 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) NOTICE
OF LEASE EXTENSIONS.—(1) The Secretary con-
cerned shall provide to the congressional defense committees notice 
in writing and a briefing— 
‘‘(A) not later than 60 days after beginning negotiations 
with a lessor for the extension of the term of any ground 
lease of property or facilities under this section; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 90 days before extending the term 
of any ground lease of property or facilities under this section. 
‘‘(2) A notice and briefing required under paragraph (1) shall 
include each of the following: 
‘‘(A) A description of any material differences between the 
extended ground lease and the original ground lease, including 
with respect to— 
‘‘(i) the length of the term of the lease, as extended; 
and 
‘‘(ii) any new provisions that materially affect the rights 
and responsibilities of the ground lessor or the ground 
lessee under the original ground lease. 
‘‘(B) The number of housing units or facilities subject to 
the ground lease that, during the lease extension, are to be— 
‘‘(i) constructed; 
‘‘(ii) demolished; or 
‘‘(iii) renovated. 
‘‘(C) The source of any additional financing the lessor has 
obtained, or intends to obtain, during the term of the ground 
lease extension that will be used for the development of the 
property or facilities subject to the ground lease. 
‘‘(D) The following information, displayed annually, for the 
five-year period preceding the date of the notice and briefing: 
‘‘(i) The debt-to-net operating income ratio for the prop-
erty or facility subject to the ground lease. 
‘‘(ii) The occupancy rates for the housing units subject 
to the ground lease. 
‘‘(iii) An report on maintenance response times and 
completion of maintenance requests for the housing units 
subject to the ground lease. 
‘‘(iv) The occupancy rates and debt-to-net operating 
income ratios of any other military privatized housing ini-
tiative projects managed by a company that controls, or 
that is under common control with, the ground lessee 
entering into the lease extension.’’.
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SEC. 2823. ANNUAL BRIEFINGS ON MILITARY HOUSING PRIVATIZATION 
PROJECTS. 
Section 2884 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than February 1 of each 
year, each Secretary concerned shall provide to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives 
a briefing on military housing privatization projects under the juris-
diction of the Secretary. Such briefing shall include, for the 12- 
month period preceding the date of the briefing, each of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) The information described in paragraphs (1) through 
(14) of subsection (c) with respect to all military housing 
privatization projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) A review of any such project that is expected to require 
the restructuring of a loan, including any public or private 
loan. 
‘‘(3) For any such project expected to require restructuring, 
a timeline for when such restructuring is expected to occur. 
‘‘(4) Such other information as the Secretary determines 
appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 2824. MOLD INSPECTION OF VACANT HOUSING UNITS. 
Section 2891a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new sub-
section (e): 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS
FOR SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The Sec-
retary concerned shall be responsible for— 
‘‘(1) providing for a mold inspection of each vacant housing 
unit before any new tenant moves into the unit; and 
‘‘(2) providing to the new tenant the results of the inspec-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 2825. IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AUDIT 
OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS OF RESIDENTS IN PRIVATIZED 
MILITARY HOUSING. 
Not later than March 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall 
implement the recommendations contained in the report of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Defense published on April 
1, 2022, and titled ‘‘Audit of Medical Conditions of Residents in 
Privatized Military Housing’’ (DODIG–2022–078). 
Subtitle C—Real Property and Facilities 
Administration 
SEC. 2831. AUTHORIZED LAND AND FACILITIES TRANSFER TO SUP-
PORT CONTRACTS WITH FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH 
AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after section 2668a the following new 
section:
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‘‘§ 2669. Transfer of land and facilities to support contracts 
with federally funded research and development 
centers 
‘‘(a) LEASE OF LAND, FACILITIES, AND IMPROVEMENTS.—(1) The 
Secretary of a military department may lease, for no consideration, 
land, facilities, infrastructure, and improvements to a covered 
FFRDC if the lease is to further the purposes of a contract between 
the Department of Defense and the covered FFRDC. 
‘‘(2) A lease entered into under paragraph (1) shall terminate 
on the earlier of the following dates: 
‘‘(A) The date that is 50 years after the date on which 
the Secretary enters into the lease. 
‘‘(B) The date of the termination or non-renewal of the 
contract between the Department of Defense and the covered 
FFRDC related to the lease. 
‘‘(b) CONVEYANCE OF FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS.—(1) The 
Secretary of a military department may convey, for no consideration, 
ownership of facilities and improvements located on land leased 
to a covered FFRDC to further the purposes of a contract between 
the Department of Defense and the covered FFRDC. 
‘‘(2) The ownership of any facilities and improvements conveyed 
by the Secretary of a military department or any improvements 
made to the leased land by the covered FFRDC under this sub-
section shall, as determined by the Secretary of a military depart-
ment, revert or transfer to the United States upon the termination 
or non-renewal of the underlying land lease. 
‘‘(3) Any facilities and improvements conveyed by the Secretary 
of a military department shall be demolished by the covered FFDRC 
as determined by such Secretary. 
‘‘(c) CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.—A lease entered into under 
this section may provide that any facilities constructed on the 
leased land may be constructed using commercial standards in 
a manner that provides force protection safeguards appropriate 
to the activities conducted in, and the location of, such facilities. 
‘‘(d) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT 
LAWS.—(1) The conveyance or lease of property or facilities, 
improvements, and infrastructure under this section shall not be 
subject to the following provisions of law: 
‘‘(A) Section 2667 of this title. 
‘‘(B) Section 1302 of title 40. 
‘‘(C) Section 501 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411). 
‘‘(2) Sections 2662 and 2802 of this title shall not apply to 
any improvements or facilities constructed by the covered FFRDC 
on land leased or conveyed to a covered FFRDC described in sub-
section (a) or (b). 
‘‘(e) COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES FOR SELECTION OF CERTAIN LES-
SEES; EXCEPTION.—If a proposed lease under this section is with 
respect to a covered FFRDC, the use of competitive procedures 
for the selection of the lessee is not required and the provisions 
of chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, or chapter 221 of 
title 10, United States Code, and the related provisions of the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation shall not apply. 
‘‘(f) COVERED FFRDC DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘cov-
ered FFRDC’ means a federally funded research and development 
center that is sponsored by, and has entered into a contract with, 
the Department of Defense.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter 
159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2668a and inserting the following new 
item: 
‘‘2669. Transfer of land and facilities to support contracts with federally funded re-
search and development centers.’’. 
SEC. 2832. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING COMPLETION OF 
MILITARY INSTALLATION RESILIENCE COMPONENT OF 
MASTER PLANS FOR AT-RISK MAJOR MILITARY INSTALLA-
TIONS. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or 
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2023 for the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense for administration and service-wide activi-
ties, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until 
the date on which each Secretary of a military department has 
satisfied the requirements of section 2833 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 
U.S.C. 2864 note). 
SEC. 2833. PHYSICAL ENTRANCES TO CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLA-
TIONS. 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, to the extent prac-
ticable that— 
(1) each military installation in the United States has 
a designated main entrance that, at all times, is manned by 
at least one member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee 
of the Department of Defense; 
(2) the location of each such designated main entrance 
is published on a publicly accessible internet website of the 
Department; 
(3) in the case of a military installation in the United 
States that has any additional entrance designated for commer-
cial deliveries to the military installation, the location of such 
entrance (and any applicable days or hours of operation for 
such entrance) is published on the same internet website as 
the website referred to in paragraph (2); and 
(4) the information required to be published on the internet 
website under paragraph (2) is reviewed and, as necessary, 
updated on a basis that is not less frequent than annually. 
Subtitle D—Land Conveyances 
SEC. 2841. EXTENSION OF TIME FRAME FOR LAND CONVEYANCE, 
SHARPE ARMY DEPOT, LATHROP, CALIFORNIA. 
Section 2833(g) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116– 
283) is amended by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘three years’’. 
SEC. 2842. LAND CONVEYANCE, JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, SOUTH 
CAROLINA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the Air Force 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may convey to the 
City of North Charleston, South Carolina (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘City’’) all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to a parcel of real property, including any improvements 
thereon, consisting of approximately 26 acres known as the Old