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Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the 
United States. 
(f) NO EFFECT ON EXISTING LEASES GOVERNING PROPERTY NOT 
SUBJECT TO CONVEYANCE.—Nothing in this section or in any convey-
ance and release carried out pursuant to this section may be con-
strued to affect the terms, conditions, or applicability of any existing 
agreement entered into between the Country and the Secretary 
of the Navy which governs the use of any portion of the Dairy 
Farm which is not subject to conveyance and release under this 
section. 
SEC. 2850. TECHNICAL CORRECTION OF DESCRIPTION OF LIMESTONE 
HILLS TRAINING AREA LAND WITHDRAWAL AND RES-
ERVATION, MONTANA. 
Section 2931(b) of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 
1031) is amended by striking ‘‘18,644 acres’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘April 10, 2013’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘18,964 acres 
in Broadwater County, Montana, generally depicted as ‘Limestone 
Hills Training Area Land Withdrawal’ on the map entitled ‘Lime-
stone Hills Training Area Land Withdrawal’, dated May 11, 2017’’. 
SEC. 2851. LAND CONVEYANCE, WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST, 
RICH COUNTY, UTAH. 
(a) LAND CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment 
of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey, without 
consideration, to the Utah State University Research Foundation, 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’) all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property 
consisting of approximately 80 acres, including improvements 
thereon, located outside of the boundaries of the Wasatch-Cache 
National Forest, Rich County, Utah, within Sections 19 and 30, 
Township 14 North, Range 5 East, Salt Lake Base and Meridian 
for the purpose of permitting the Foundation to use the property 
for scientific and educational purposes. 
(b) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Secretary of Agriculture 
determines at any time that the real property conveyed under 
subsection (a) is not being used in accordance with the purpose 
of the conveyance specified in such subsection, all right, title and 
interest in and to such real property, including any improvements 
thereto, shall, at the option of the Secretary, revert to and become 
the property of the United States, and the United States shall 
have the right of immediate entry onto such real property. A deter-
mination by the Secretary under this subsection shall be made 
on the record after an opportunity for a hearing. 
(c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
require the Foundation to cover the costs (except any costs 
for environmental remediation of the property) to be incurred 
by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary for such costs 
incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under 
subsection (a), including survey costs, costs for environmental 
documentation, and any other administrative costs related to 
the conveyance. If amounts are collected from the Foundation 
in advance of the Secretary incurring the actual costs, and 
the amount collected exceeds the costs actually incurred by
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the Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary shall 
refund the excess amount to the Foundation. 
(2) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.—Amounts received 
as reimbursement under paragraph (1) shall be credited to 
the fund or account that was used to cover those costs incurred 
by the Secretary in carrying out the conveyance. Amounts 
so credited shall be merged with amounts in such fund or 
account, and shall be available for the same purposes, and 
subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts 
in such fund or account. 
(d) 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 
Agriculture. 
(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture may require such additional terms and conditions in 
connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
States. 
SEC. 2852. COMMEMORATION OF FREEDMAN’S VILLAGE. 
(a) FREEDMAN’S VILLAGE GATE.—The Secretary of the Army 
shall, as part of the southern expansion of Arlington National 
Cemetery, name the newly constructed gate located at the intersec-
tion of Hobson Drive and Southgate Road, ‘‘Freedman’s Village 
Gate’’. 
(b) PERMANENT EASEMENT.—The Secretary of the Army is 
directed to grant to Arlington County a permanent easement of 
no less than 0.1 acres of land within the right-of-way of Southgate 
Road to the south and west of Hobson Drive and west of the 
planned joint base access road that is also continuous with Foxcroft 
Heights Park for the purpose of commemorating Freedman’s Village. 
(c) RELOCATION OF COMMEMORATION IN EVENT LOCATION IS 
USED
FOR BURIAL PURPOSES.—In the event Arlington National 
Cemetery subsequently acquires the property used for the 
commemoration described under subsection (b) for burial purposes, 
the Army shall relocate any commemoration of Freedman’s Village 
to an appropriate location. 
(d) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Secretary of Defense may accept 
reimbursement from Arlington County for any costs associated with 
commemorating Freedman’s Village. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 2861. DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PILOT PROGRAM. 
Section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
(e) and (f), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) The Secretary of Defense may make grants, conclude cooperative 
agreements, and supplement funds available under Federal pro-
grams administered by agencies other than the Department of 
Defense to assist State and local governments to address deficiencies 
in community infrastructure supportive of a military installation,
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if the Secretary determines that such assistance will enhance the 
military value, resilience, or military family quality of life at such 
military installation. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall establish criteria for the selection of 
community infrastructure projects to receive assistance under para-
graph (1). The criteria shall include a requirement that the State 
or local government agree to contribute not less than 30 percent 
of the funding for the community infrastructure project, unless 
the community infrastructure project is located in a rural area, 
or for reasons related to national security, in which case the Sec-
retary may waive the requirement for a State or local government 
contribution. 
‘‘(3) Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for 
assistance under paragraph (1) may remain available until 
expended. 
‘‘(4) The authority under this subsection shall expire upon 
the expiration of the 10-year period which begins on the date 
of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2019.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (1), 
by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘community infrastructure’ means any 
transportation project; school, hospital, police, fire, emergency 
response, or other community support facility; or water, waste- 
water, telecommunications, electric, gas, or other utility infra-
structure project that is located off of a military installation 
and owned by a State or local government. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘rural area’ means a city, town, or unincor-
porated area that has a population of not more than 50,000 
inhabitants.’’. 
SEC. 2862. STRATEGIC PLAN TO IMPROVE CAPABILITIES OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE TRAINING RANGES AND INSTALLA-
TIONS. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop 
and implement a comprehensive strategic plan to identify and 
address deficits in the capabilities of Department of Defense 
training ranges to support current and anticipated readiness 
requirements to execute the National Defense Strategy (NDS). 
(b) EVALUATION.—As part of the preparation of the strategic 
plan, the Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the following: 
(1) The adequacy of current training range resources to 
include the ability to train against near-peer or peer threats 
in a realistic 5th Generation environment. 
(2) The adequacy of current training enablers to meet cur-
rent and anticipated demands of the Armed Forces. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The strategic plan shall include the following: 
(1) An integrated priority list of location-specific proposals 
and/or infrastructure project priorities, with associated Depart-
ment of Defense Form 1391 documentation, required to both 
address any limitations or constraints on current Department 
resources, including any climatically induced impacts or short-
falls, and achieve full spectrum training (integrating virtual 
and constructive entities into live training) against a more 
technologically advanced peer adversary. 
(2) Goals and milestones for tracking actions under the 
plan and measuring progress in carrying out such actions.
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(3) Projected funding requirements for implementing 
actions under the plan. 
(d) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION.—The Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, as the principal staff 
assistant to the Secretary on installation management, shall have 
lead responsibility for developing and overseeing implementation 
of the strategic plan and for coordination of the discharge of the 
plan by components of the Department. 
(e) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than April 1, 2020, 
the Secretary shall, through the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment, submit to Congress a report on the 
progress made in implementing this section, including the following: 
(1) A description of the strategic plan. 
(2) A description of the results of the evaluation conducted 
under subsection (b). 
(3) Such recommendations as the Secretary considers 
appropriate with respect to improvements of the capabilities 
of training ranges and enablers. 
(f) PROGRESS REPORTS.—Not later than April 1, 2019, and 
annually thereafter for 3 years, the Secretary shall, through the 
Under Secretary, submit to Congress a report setting forth the 
following: 
(1) A description of the progress made during the preceding 
fiscal year in implementing the strategic plan. 
(2) A description of any additional actions taken, or to 
be taken, to address limitations and constraints on training 
ranges and enablers. 
(3) Assessments of individual training ranges addressing 
the evaluation conducted under subsection (b). 
(g) ADDITIONAL REPORT ELEMENT.—Each report under sub-
sections (e) and (f) shall also include a list of significant modifica-
tions to training range inventory, such as range closures or expan-
sions, during the preceding fiscal year, including any limitations 
or impacts due to climatic conditions. 
SEC. 2863. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 
PUBLIC 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
IN 
COMMONWEALTH 
OF 
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 
(a) RESTRICTION.—If the Secretary of Defense determines that 
any grant, cooperative agreement, transfer of funds to another 
Federal agency, or supplement of funds available under Federal 
programs administered by agencies other than the Department 
of Defense will result in the development (including repair, replace-
ment, renovation, conversion, improvement, expansion, acquisition, 
or construction) of public infrastructure in the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands (hereafter in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Commonwealth’’), the Secretary of Defense may not 
carry out such grant, transfer, cooperative agreement, or supple-
mental funding unless such grant, transfer, cooperative agreement, 
or supplemental funding— 
(1) is specifically authorized by law; and 
(2) will be used to carry out a public infrastructure project 
included in the report submitted under subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT COMMITTEE.— 
(1) CONVENING OF COMMITTEE.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense, as the chair of the Economic Adjustment Committee