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(B) a test and evaluation activity owned, 
funded, and operated by the Federal Government 
through the Department of Defense; and 
(C) a supporting facility of a laboratory. 
(2) The term ‘‘supporting facility’’, with respect 
to a laboratory, means any building or structure that 
is used in support of research, development, test, and 
evaluation at the laboratory. 
(g) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 
carry out a project under the program under this section 
expires on September 30, 2006. 
SEC. 2842. JURISDICTION AND UTILIZATION OF FORMER 
PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS, UMATILLA CHEM-
ICAL DEPOT, OREGON. 
(a) JURISDICTION.—The various parcels of real prop-
erty consisting of approximately 8,300 acres and located 
within the boundaries of Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon, 
that were previously withdrawn from the public domain are 
determined to be no longer suitable for return to the public 
domain and are hereby transferred to the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army. 
(b) UTILIZATION.—The Secretary shall combine the 
real property transferred under subsection (a) with other 
lands and lesser interests comprising the Umatilla Chem-
ical Depot for purposes of their management and disposal
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pursuant to title II of the Defense Authorization Amend-
ments and Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1988 (Pub-
lic Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and other applicable 
law. 
SEC. 2843. DEVELOPMENT OF HERITAGE CENTER FOR THE 
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES 
ARMY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT.—(1) 
The Secretary of the Army may enter into an agreement 
with the Army Historical Foundation, a nonprofit organi-
zation, for the design, construction, and operation of a facil-
ity or group of facilities at Fort Belvoir, Virginia (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘center’’), for the National Mu-
seum of the United States Army. 
(2) The center shall be used for the identification, 
curation, storage, and public viewing of artifacts and art-
work of significance to the United States Army, as agreed 
to by the Secretary. 
(3) The center may also be used to support such edu-
cation, training, research, and associated purposes as the 
Secretary considers appropriate. 
(b) DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.—(1) The design of 
the center shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary. 
(2) For each phase of the development of the center, 
the Secretary may—
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(A) accept funds from the Army Historical 
Foundation for the design and construction of such 
phase of the center; or 
(B) permit the Army Historical Foundation to 
contract for the design and construction of such phase 
of the center. 
(c) ACCEPTANCE OF FACILITY.—(1) Upon satisfactory 
completion, as determined by the Secretary, of any phase 
of the center, and upon the satisfaction of any and all fi-
nancial obligations incident thereto by the Army Historical 
Foundation, the Secretary shall accept such phase of the 
center from the Army Historical Foundation, and all right, 
title, and interest in and to such phase of the center shall 
vest in the United States. 
(2) Upon becoming property of the United States, a 
phase of the center accepted under paragraph (1) shall be 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 
(d) USE OF CERTAIN GIFTS.—(1) Under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary, the Commander of the United 
States Army Center of Military History may, without re-
gard to section 2601 of title 10, United States Code, accept, 
hold, administer, invest, and spend any gift, devise, or be-
quest of personal property of a value of $250,000 or less 
made to the United States if such gift, devise, or bequest
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is for the benefit of the National Museum of the United 
States Army or the center. 
(2) The Secretary may pay or authorize the payment 
of any reasonable and necessary expense in connection with 
the conveyance or transfer of a gift, devise, or bequest under 
this subsection. 
(e) LEASE OF FACILITY.—(1) The Secretary may lease, 
under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers 
appropriate for the agreement authorized by subsection (a), 
portions of the center developed under that subsection to the 
Army Historical Foundation for use by the public, commer-
cial and nonprofit entities, State and local governments, 
and other departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment for use in generating revenue for activities of the cen-
ter and for such administrative purposes as may be nec-
essary for the support of the center. 
(2) The amount of consideration paid to the Secretary 
by the Army Historical Foundation for a lease under para-
graph (1) may not exceed an amount equal to the actual 
cost, as determined by the Secretary, of the operations and 
maintenance of the center. 
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary shall use amounts paid under paragraph (2) to 
cover the costs of operation of the center.
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(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions 
in connection with the agreement authorized by subsection 
(a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 
interests of the United States. 
SEC. 2844. AUTHORITY TO SETTLE CLAIM OF OAKLAND 
BASE REUSE AUTHORITY AND REDEVELOP-
MENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND, 
CALIFORNIA. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Navy may pay 
funds as agreed to by both parties, in the amount of 
$2,100,000, to the Oakland Base Reuse Authority and Rede-
velopment Agency of the City of Oakland, California, in 
settlement of Oakland Base Reuse Authority and Redevelop-
ment Agency of the City of Oakland v. the United States, 
Case No. C02–4652 MHP, United States District Court, 
Northern District of California, including any appeal. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration, the Oakland 
Base Reuse Authority and Redevelopment Agency shall 
agree that the payment constitutes a final settlement of all 
claims against the United States related to said case and 
give to the Secretary a release of all claims to the eighteen 
officer housing units located at the former Naval Medical 
Center Oakland, California. The release shall be in a form 
that is satisfactory to the Secretary.
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(c) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may use funds 
in the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 
established pursuant to section 2906 of the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX 
of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) for the pay-
ment authorized by subsection (a) or the proceeds of sale 
from the eighteen housing units and property described in 
subsection (b). 
SEC. 2845. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON CLOSURE 
OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPENDENT 
ELEMENTARY 
AND 
SECONDARY 
SCHOOLS 
AND COMMISSARY STORES. 
(a) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a report that in-
cludes the following: 
(1) With respect to Department of Defense de-
pendent elementary and secondary schools— 
(A) an assessment by the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the policy of the Department of Defense, 
and the criteria utilized by the Department, re-
garding the closure of schools, including whether 
or not such policy and criteria are consistent 
with Department policies and procedures on the