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‘‘(3) Any comments of the Secretary of Defense resulting 
from an interagency review of these plans that includes the 
Department of State and other Federal departments and agen-
cies that the Secretary of Defense considers necessary for 
national security.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 2687 the following new item: 
‘‘2687a. Overseas base closures and realignments and basing master plans.’’. 
(b) INTERAGENCY OVERSEAS BASING REPORT IN RESPONSE TO 
QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW.—Section 118 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (h), as added 
by section 1002, the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) INTERAGENCY OVERSEAS BASING REPORT.—(1) Not later 
than 90 days after submitting a report on a quadrennial defense 
review under subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report detailing how 
the results of the assessment conducted as part of such review 
will impact— 
‘‘(A) the status of overseas base closure and realignment 
actions undertaken as part of a global defense posture realign-
ment strategy; and 
‘‘(B) the status of development and execution of comprehen-
sive master plans for overseas military main operating bases, 
forward operating sites, and cooperative security locations of 
the global defense posture of the United States. 
‘‘(2) A report under paragraph (1) shall include any rec-
ommendations for additional closures or realignments of military 
installations outside of the United States and any comments 
resulting from an interagency review of these plans that includes 
the Department of State and other relevant Federal departments 
and agencies.’’. 
SEC. 2823. PROPERTY AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT OF THE ARMED 
FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
(a) ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.—Subsection (e)(2) of sec-
tion 1511 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 
U.S.C. 411) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘If the purchase price to acquire fee title to real property 
for inclusion in the Retirement Home is more than $750,000, the 
Secretary may acquire the real property only if the acquisition 
is specifically authorized by law.’’. 
(b) DISPOSAL OF EXCESS PROPERTY AND LEASE OF NON-EXCESS 
PROPERTY.—Such section is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (3) and inserting 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) If the Secretary of Defense determines that any property 
of the Retirement Home is excess to the needs of the Retirement 
Home, the Secretary shall dispose of the property in accordance 
with subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code 
(40 U.S.C. 541 et seq.). The proceeds from the disposal of property 
under this paragraph shall be deposited in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) AUTHORITY TO LEASE NON-EXCESS PROPERTY.—(1) When-
ever the Chief Operating Officer of the Armed Forces Retirement
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Home considers it advantageous to the Retirement Home, the Sec-
retary of Defense (acting on behalf of the Chief Operating Officer) 
may lease to such lessee and upon such terms as the Secretary 
considers will promote the purpose and financial stability of the 
Retirement Home or be in the public interest, real or personal 
property that is— 
‘‘(A) under the control of the Retirement Home; and 
‘‘(B) not excess property (as defined by section 102 of title 
40, United States Code) subject to disposal under subsection 
(e)(3). 
‘‘(2) A lease under this subsection— 
‘‘(A) may not be for more than five years, unless the Chief 
Operating Officer determines that a lease for a longer period 
will promote the purpose and financial stability of the Retire-
ment Home or be in the public interest; 
‘‘(B) may give the lessee the first right to buy the property 
if the lease is revoked to allow the United States to sell the 
property under any other provision of law; 
‘‘(C) shall permit the Chief Operating Officer to revoke 
the lease at any time, unless the Chief Operating Officer deter-
mines that the omission of such a provision will promote the 
purpose and financial stability of the Retirement Home or 
be in the public interest; 
‘‘(D) shall provide for the payment (in cash or in kind) 
by the lessee of consideration in an amount that is not less 
than the fair market value of the lease interest, as determined 
by the Chief Operating Officer ; and 
‘‘(E) may provide, notwithstanding section 1302 of title 
40, United States Code, or any other provision of law, for 
the alteration, repair, or improvement, by the lessee, of the 
property leased as the payment of part or all of the consider-
ation for the lease. 
‘‘(3) In addition to any in-kind consideration accepted under 
subparagraph (D) or (E) of paragraph (2), in-kind consideration 
accepted with respect to a lease under this subsection may include 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Maintenance, protection, alteration, repair, improve-
ment, or restoration (including environmental restoration) of 
property or facilities of the Retirement Home. 
‘‘(B) Construction of new facilities for the Retirement Home. 
‘‘(C) Provision of facilities for use by the Retirement Home. 
‘‘(D) Facilities operation support for the Retirement Home. 
‘‘(E) Provision of such other services relating to activities 
that will occur on the leased property as the Chief Operating 
Officer considers appropriate. 
‘‘(4) In-kind consideration under paragraph (3) may be accepted 
at any property or facilities of the Retirement Home that are 
selected for that purpose by the Chief Operating Officer. 
‘‘(5) In the case of a lease for which all or part of the consider-
ation proposed to be accepted under this subsection is in-kind 
consideration with a value in excess of $500,000, the Secretary 
of Defense may not enter into the lease on behalf of the Chief 
Operating Officer until at least 30 days after the date on which 
a report on the facts of the lease is submitted to Congress. This 
paragraph does not apply to a lease covered by paragraph (6). 
‘‘(6)(A) If a proposed lease under this subsection involves only 
personal property, the lease term exceeds one year, or the fair
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market value of the lease interest exceeds $100,000, as determined 
by the Chief Operating Officer, the Secretary of Defense shall 
use competitive procedures to select the lessee unless the Chief 
Operating Officer determines that— 
‘‘(i) a public interest will be served as a result of the 
lease; and 
‘‘(ii) the use of competitive procedures for the selection 
of certain lessees is unobtainable or not compatible with the 
public benefit served under clause (i). 
‘‘(B) Not later than 45 days before entering into a lease 
described in subparagraph (A), the Chief Operating Officer shall 
submit to Congress written notice describing the terms of the pro-
posed lease and— 
‘‘(i) the competitive procedures used to select the lessee; 
or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a lease involving the public benefit 
exception authorized by subparagraph (A)(ii), a description of 
the public benefit to be served by the lease. 
‘‘(7) The proceeds from the lease of property under this sub-
section shall be deposited in the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
Trust Fund. 
‘‘(8) The interest of a lessee of property leased under this 
subsection may be taxed by State or local governments. A lease 
under this subsection shall provide that, if and to the extent that 
the leased property is later made taxable by State or local govern-
ments under an Act of Congress, the lease shall be renegotiated.’’. 
SEC. 2824. ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT CLEANUP 
EFFORTS AT FORMER ALMADEN AIR FORCE STATION, 
CALIFORNIA. 
(a) ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS; PURPOSE.—The Secretary 
of the Army may accept contributions from other Federal entities, 
the State of California, and other entities, both public and private, 
for the purposes of helping to cover the costs of— 
(1) demolition of property at former Almaden Air Force 
Station, California; and 
(2) environmental remediation and restoration. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts received as contributions under 
subsection (a) may be merged with other amounts available to 
the Secretary to carry out the purposes described in such subsection 
and shall be available without further appropriations and until 
expended. 
SEC. 2825. SELECTION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS TO SERVE AS 
LOCATIONS OF BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS. 
In selecting the military installations at which brigade combat 
teams will be stationed, the Secretary of the Army shall take 
into consideration the availability and proximity of training spaces 
for the units and the capacity of the installations to support the 
units. 
SEC. 2826. REPORT ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT COMMU-
NITIES ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY EXPANSION OF MILI-
TARY INSTALLATIONS. 
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 report that includes the following information:
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(1) A description of the current authorities under which 
the Secretary may assist a community that is adversely 
impacted by the expansion of a military installation (in this 
section referred to as ‘‘impacted community’’). 
(2) A description of the current authorities under which 
heads of other Federal agencies may assist an impacted commu-
nity. 
(3) A review of additional authorities that the Secretary 
requires to assist impacted communities, including an assess-
ment on the following: 
(A) Methods to obtain educational opportunities for 
members of the Armed Forces and their dependents in 
impacted communities. 
(B) Opportunities to use payments in lieu of taxes 
under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, to offset 
impacts on impacted communities. 
(C) In remote locations where the Armed Forces does 
not have a presence and significant military expansion 
has been proposed, the ability to augment local medical 
capacities and public utilities to support expansion require-
ments. 
Subtitle C—Provisions Related to Guam 
Realignment 
SEC. 2831. ROLE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN MANAGEMENT AND 
COORDINATION OF DEFENSE ACTIVITIES RELATING TO 
GUAM REALIGNMENT. 
(a) DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—Section 132 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) Until September 30, 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense 
shall lead the Guam Executive Council and shall be the Department 
of Defense’s principal representative for coordinating the inter-
agency efforts in matters relating to Guam, including the following 
executive orders: 
‘‘(1) Executive Order No. 13299 of May 12, 2003 (68 Fed. 
Reg. 25477; 48 U.S.C. note prec. 1451; relating to the Inter-
agency Group on Insular Affairs). 
‘‘(2) Executive Order No. 12788 of January 15, 1992, as 
amended (57 Fed. Reg. 2213; relating to the Defense Economic 
Adjustment Program).’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report including the charter 
that establishes the Guam Executive Council. 
SEC. 2832. CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING USE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE 
ENTITIES TO ASSIST WITH GUAM REALIGNMENT. 
(a) SPECIAL PURPOSE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘special purpose entity’’ means any private person, corporation, 
firm, partnership, company, State or local government, or authority 
or instrumentality of a State or local government that the Secretary 
of Defense determines is capable of producing military family 
housing or providing utilities to support the realignment of military 
installations and the relocation of military personnel on Guam.