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(4) A description and cost estimate of the actions
to be taken by the Secretary of Defense for each leased
facility to ensure compliance with Department of De-
fense Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection standards.
(5) The total estimated cost of, and a proposed
funding plan for, implementation of the force protec-
tion and anti-terrorism measures required to ensure
the compliance of all leased facilities with Defense
Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection standards.
(c) INFORMATION ON SUPPORT PRIORITIES.—The re-
port submitted under subsection (a) shall also include a sep-
arate description of the procedures used by the Secretary
of Defense to prioritize funding for the application of force
protection and antiterrorism standards to leased facilities,
including a description of any such procedures applicable
to the entire Department of Defense.
(d) 
APPLICABILITY.—The 
reporting 
requirements
under this section apply to any space or facility that houses
11 or more personnel in service to, or employed by, the De-
partment of Defense.
SEC. 2883. CONSTRUCTION AT FORT BUCHANAN, PUERTO
RICO, FOR RESERVE COMPONENTS.
Section 1507(b)(2) of the Floyd D. Spence National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public
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Law 106–398, 114 Stat. 1654A–355) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(2) The construction, conversion, rehabilitation,
extension, and improvement of reserve component and
nonappropriated fund facilities.’’.
SEC. 2884. AUTHORITY TO USE PAPAGO PARK MILITARY
RESERVATION, ARIZONA, FOR GENERAL MILI-
TARY PURPOSES.
Section 1 of the Act of April 7, 1930 (46 Stat. 142,
chapter 107), is amended by striking ‘‘reserved for military
purposes for use of the National Guard of Arizona as a rifle
range’’ and inserting ‘‘reserved for military purposes for
use by the State of Arizona as a military installation
known as Papago Park Military Reservation’’.
SEC. 2885. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE LABORATORY REVITALIZATION PRO-
GRAM.
Section 2892(g) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 10 U.S.C.
2805 note), as amended by section 2891 of the Ronald W.
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2154), is further
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2005’’ and inserting
‘‘September 30, 2006’’.
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SEC. 2886. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ESTABLISHMENT OF
BAKERS CREEK MEMORIAL.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In 1943 and 1944, the United States Armed
Forces operated a rest and relaxation facility in
Mackay, Queensland, Australia, for troops serving in
the Pacific Theater during World War II.
(2) On June 14, 1943, a Boeing B–17C was
transporting 6 crew members and 35 servicemen from
Mackay to Port Moresby, New Guinea, to return the
servicemen to duty after 10 days of rest and relax-
ation leave at an Army/Red Cross facility.
(3) The aircraft crashed shortly after take-off at
Bakers Creek, Australia, killing all 6 crew members
and 34 of the 35 servicemen being transported in
what was at that point the worst crash in American
air transport history, and what remains the worst air
disaster in Australian history.
(4) Due to wartime censorship rules related to
the movement of troops, the tragic crash and loss of
life were not reported to the Australian or United
States public.
(5) Many family members of those killed did not
learn the circumstances of the troops deaths until they
were contacted by the Bakers Creek Memorial Foun-
dation beginning in 1992.
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(6) As of May 2005, the Bakers Creek Memorial
Foundation had contacted 36 of the 40 families that
lost loved ones in the tragic crash, and was con-
tinuing efforts to locate the remaining four families
to inform them of the true events of the crash at
Bakers Creek.
(7) The Australian people marked the tragic
crash at Bakers Creek with a memorial established in
1992, but no similar memorial has been established in
the United States.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that the Secretary of the Army may establish an appro-
priate marker, at a site to be chosen at the discretion of
the Secretary, to commemorate the 40 members of the
United States Armed Forces who lost their lives in the air
crash at Bakers Creek, Australia, on June 14, 1943.
SEC. 2887. REPORT ON USE OF GROUND SOURCE HEAT
PUMPS AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILI-
TIES.
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the use of ground source heat pumps at
Department of Defense facilities.