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the Secretary of the Navy agrees is excess to the needs of the 
Navy. 
(c) INTERIM LEASE.—Until such time as the real property 
described in subsection (a) is conveyed by deed, the Secretary of 
the Navy may lease the property to the Port Authority. 
(d) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance under subsection (a) 
shall be made without consideration as a public benefit convey-
ance for port development if the Secretary of the Navy deter-
mines that the Port Authority satisfies the criteria specified 
in section 554 of title 40, United States Code, and regulations 
prescribed to implement such section. If the Secretary deter-
mines that the Port Authority fails to qualify for a public 
benefit conveyance, but still desires to acquire the property, 
the Port Authority shall pay to the United States an amount 
equal to the fair market value of the property to be conveyed. 
The fair market value of the property shall be determined 
by the Secretary. 
(2) LEASE.—The Secretary of the Navy may accept as 
consideration for a lease of the property under subsection (c) 
an amount that is less than fair market value if the Secretary 
determines that the public interest will be served as a result 
of the lease. 
(e) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage and legal 
description of the property to be conveyed under subsection (a) 
shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of 
the Navy and the Port Authority. The cost of such survey shall 
be borne by the Port Authority. 
(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS.—The Secretary of the Navy may require 
such additional terms and conditions in connection with the convey-
ance as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests 
of the United States. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 2851. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PENDING REPORT 
REGARDING 
CONSTRUCTION 
OF 
A 
NEW 
OUTLYING 
LANDING FIELD IN NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Navy has studied the feasibility and potential loca-
tions of a new outlying landing field on the East Coast since 
2001. 
(2) Since January 2008, the Navy has studied five potential 
sites in North Carolina and Virginia, whose communities have 
expressed opposition. Some local governments where the sites 
under consideration are located have taken formal action in 
opposition by resolution or correspondence to the Navy and 
congressional officials. 
(b) LIMITATION ON FUNDS PENDING REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy may not obli-
gate or expend funds for the study or development of a new 
outlying landing field in North Carolina or Virginia after fiscal 
year 2011 until the Secretary has provided the congressional 
defense committees a report on the Navy’s efforts with respect 
to the outlying landing field.
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(2) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the actual training requirements 
and completed training events involving Fleet Carrier 
Landing Practice operations at Naval Air Station Oceana 
and Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress for the pre-
vious 10 years, to include statistics for the current fiscal 
year. 
(B) An assessment of the aviation training require-
ments and completed aviation training events conducted 
on all existing Navy outlying landing fields and installa-
tions located in North Carolina and Virginia, to include 
statistics for the current fiscal year. 
(C) An assessment of the suitability of all Naval 
installations in North Carolina and Virginia to conduct 
Fleet Carrier Landing Practice operations, including nec-
essary facility modifications and requirements to de-conflict 
with current operations at each installation. 
(D) A description of the estimated funding necessary 
to construct a new outlying landing field at each of the 
five sites under current consideration, and a cost compari-
son analysis between construction of a new outlying landing 
field versus use of an existing facility. 
(E) A description of all completed or pending environ-
mental studies conducted on any of the five sites currently 
under consideration, including the methodology, conclu-
sions, and recommendations. 
(F) Criteria for the basing of the Joint Strike Fighter 
F-35 aircraft and a description of the outlying landing 
field facilities that will be required to support its training 
requirements. 
SEC. 2852. REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO PROVIDING WORLD CLASS 
MILITARY MEDICAL CENTERS. 
(a) UNIFIED CONSTRUCTION STANDARD FOR MILITARY CONSTRUC-
TION AND REPAIRS TO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTERS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall establish a unified construction standard for mili-
tary construction and repairs for military medical centers that 
provides a single standard of care. This standard shall also 
include— 
(1) size standards for operating rooms and patient recovery 
rooms; and 
(2) such other construction standards that the Secretary 
considers necessary to support military medical centers. 
(b) INDEPENDENT REVIEW PANEL.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish an independent advisory panel for the purpose 
of— 
(A) reviewing the unified construction standards estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) to determine the stand-
ards consistency with industry practices and benchmarks 
for world class medical construction; 
(B) reviewing ongoing construction programs within 
the Department of Defense to ensure medical construction 
standards are uniformly applied across applicable military 
medical centers;
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(C) assessing the approach of the Department of 
Defense approach to planning and programming facility 
improvements with specific emphasis on— 
(i) facility selection criteria and proportional 
assessment system; and 
(ii) facility programming responsibilities between 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs 
and the Secretaries of the military departments; 
(D) assessing whether the Comprehensive Master Plan 
for the National Capital Region Medical, dated April 2010, 
is adequate to fulfill statutory requirements, as required 
by section 2714 of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (division B of Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 2656), to ensure that the facilities and 
organizational structure described in the plan result in 
world class military medical centers in the National Capital 
Region; and 
(E) making recommendations regarding any adjust-
ments of the master plan referred to in subparagraph (D) 
that are needed to ensure the provision of world class 
military medical centers and delivery system in the 
National Capital Region. 
(2) MEMBERS.— 
(A) APPOINTMENTS BY SECRETARY.—The panel shall be 
composed of such members as determined by the Secretary 
of Defense, except that the Secretary shall include as mem-
bers— 
(i) medical facility design experts; 
(ii) military healthcare professionals; 
(iii) representatives of premier health care centers 
in the United States; and 
(iv) former retired senior military officers with 
joint operational and budgetary experience. 
(B) CONGRESSIONAL
APPOINTMENTS.—The chairmen 
and ranking members of the Committees on the Armed 
Services of the Senate and House of Representatives may 
each designate one member of the panel. 
(C) TERM.—Members of the panel may serve on the 
panel until the termination date specified in paragraph 
(7). 
(D) COMPENSATION.—While performing duties on 
behalf of the panel, a member and any adviser referred 
to in paragraph (4) shall be reimbursed under Government 
travel regulations for necessary travel expenses. 
(3) MEETINGS.—The panel shall meet not less than quar-
terly. The panel or its members may make other visits to 
military treatment centers and military headquarters in connec-
tion with the duties of the panel. 
(4) STAFF AND ADVISORS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
provide necessary administrative staff support to the panel. 
The panel may call in advisers for consultation. 
(5) REPORTS.— 
(A) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 
the first meeting of the panel, the panel shall submit 
to the Secretary of Defense a written report containing—
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(i) an assessment of the adequacy of the plan of 
the Department of Defense to address the items speci-
fied in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph 
(1) relating to the purposes of the panel; and 
(ii) the recommendations of the panel to improve 
the plan. 
(B) ADDITIONAL
REPORTS.—Not later than February 
1, 2011, and each February 1 thereafter until termination 
of the panel, the panel shall submit to the Secretary of 
Defense a report on the findings and recommendations 
of the panel to address any deficiencies identified by the 
panel. 
(6) ASSESSMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the submission of each report under 
paragraph (5), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report including— 
(A) a copy of the panel’s assessment; 
(B) an assessment by the Secretary of the findings 
and recommendations of the panel; and 
(C) the plans of the Secretary for addressing such 
findings and recommendations. 
(7) TERMINATION.—The panel shall terminate on September 
30, 2015. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION.—The term ‘‘National Capital 
Region’’ has the meaning given the term in section 2674(f) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) WORLD CLASS MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER.—The term 
‘‘world class military medical center’’ has the meaning given 
the term ‘‘world class military medical facility’’ by the National 
Capital Region Base Realignment and Closure Health Systems 
Advisory Subcommittee of the Defense Health Board in 
appendix B of the report titled ‘‘Achieving World Class—An 
Independent Review of the Design Plans for the Walter Reed 
National Military Medical Center and the Fort Belvoir Commu-
nity Hospital’’ and published in May 2009, as required by 
section 2721 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2009 (division B of Public Law 110–417; 122 
Stat. 4716). 
SEC. 2853. REPORT ON FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINMENT, RES-
TORATION, AND MODERNIZATION REQUIREMENTS. 
Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the fuel infra-
structure of the Department of Defense. The report shall include 
the following: 
(1) Fiscal projections for fuel infrastructure sustainment, 
restoration, and modernization requirements to fully meet 
Department of Defense sustainment models and industry 
recapitalization practices. 
(2) An assessment of the risk associated with not providing 
adequate 
funding 
to 
support 
such 
fuel 
infrastructure 
sustainment, restoration, and modernization requirements. 
(3) An assessment of fuel infrastructure real property defi-
ciencies impacting the ability of the Defense Logistics Agency 
to fully support mission requirements.