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Subtitle A—Military Construction 
Program and Military Family 
Housing Changes 
SEC. 2801. MODIFICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICA-
TION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN MILI-
TARY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. 
(a) CONTINGENCY CONSTRUCTION.—Section 2804(b) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘21-day period’’ and inserting 
‘‘14-day period’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘14-day period’’ and inserting 
‘‘seven-day period’’. 
(b) ACQUISITION IN LIEU OF CONSTRUCTION.—Sec-
tion 2813(c) of such title is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘30-day period’’ and inserting 
‘‘21-day period’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘21-day period’’ and inserting 
‘‘14-day period’’. 
SEC. 2802. IMPROVE AVAILABILITY AND TIMELINESS OF 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFORMATION 
REGARDING MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND 
FAMILY HOUSING ACCOUNTS AND ACTIVI-
TIES. 
(a) MAINTENANCE
OF INFORMATION
ON INTER-
NET.—Section 2851 of title 10, United States Code, is
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amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE
OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
INFORMATION
ON INTERNET; ACCESS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Defense shall maintain, as part of the Internet 
site of the Department of Defense, a link that, when acti-
vated by a person authorized under paragraph (3), will 
permit the person to access and view on a separate page 
of the Internet site a document or other file containing 
information regarding—
‘‘(A) a specific military construction project or 
military family housing project, including the infor-
mation required by paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(B) the accounts that are used to fund the 
project or support the operation and maintenance of 
military family housing. 
‘‘(2) The information required to be maintained 
under this subsection shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) The solicitation date and award date (or 
anticipated dates) for each contract entered into (or 
to be entered into) by the United States in connec-
tion with a military construction project or a mili-
tary family housing project.
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‘‘(B) The contract recipient, contract award 
amount, and current working estimate of the cost of 
the project. 
‘‘(C) The latest form 1391 for the project and 
the status of design and construction for the project. 
‘‘(D) The date (or anticipated date) for comple-
tion of the project. 
‘‘(E) If funds appropriated for the project ex-
ceed (or are likely to exceed) the amount required to 
complete the project, the amount of the excess and 
the purpose for which the excess funds will be used. 
‘‘(F) If funds appropriated for the project are 
insufficient (or are likely to be insufficient) to com-
plete the project, the additional amount necessary to 
complete the project and the source of the additional 
funds. 
‘‘(G) For accounts such as planning and design, 
unspecified minor construction, and family housing 
operation and maintenance, detailed information re-
garding expenditures and anticipated expenditures 
under these accounts and the purposes for which the 
expenditures are made. 
‘‘(3) Access to the Internet page referred to in para-
graph (1) shall be restricted to the following persons:
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‘‘(A) Members of the congressional defense 
committees and their staff. 
‘‘(B) Staff of the congressional defense commit-
tees. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall update the information re-
quired to be maintained under this subsection as promptly 
as practicable to ensure that the information is available 
to persons referred to in paragraph (3) in a timely man-
ner.’’. 
(b) STYLISTIC AMENDMENTS.—Such section is fur-
ther amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘SUPER-
VISION OF MILITARY DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.l’’ 
after ‘‘(a)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘SUPER-
VISION OF DEFENSE AGENCY PROJECTS.l’’ after 
‘‘(b)’’. 
SEC. 2803. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO CONVEY PROP-
ERTY AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS TO SUP-
PORT MILITARY CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) INCLUSION OF ALL MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.—
Subsection (a) of section 2869 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
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(2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary 
concerned’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘located on a military installa-
tion that is closed or realigned under a base closure 
law’’ and inserting ‘‘described in paragraph (2)’’; 
and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to real prop-
erty under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned 
that—
‘‘(A) is located on a military installation that is 
closed or realigned under a base closure law; or 
‘‘(B) is determined to be surplus to the needs 
of the Federal Government.’’. 
(b) ADVANCE NOTICE OF USE OF AUTHORITY; CON-
TENT
OF NOTICE.—Subsection (d) of such section is 
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘closed or re-
aligned under the base closure laws is to be con-
veyed’’ and inserting ‘‘is proposed for conveyance’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following new paragraph:
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‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned may not enter into an 
agreement under subsection (a) for the conveyance of real 
property until—
‘‘(A) the Secretary submits to Congress notice 
of the conveyance, including—
‘‘(i) the military construction activities, 
military family housing, or military unaccom-
panied housing to be obtained in exchange for 
the conveyance of the property; and 
‘‘(ii) the amount of any payment to be 
made under subsection (b) by the recipient of 
the property to equalize the fair market values 
of the property to be conveyed and the military 
construction activities, military family housing, 
or military unaccompanied housing to be ob-
tained in exchange for the property; and 
‘‘(B) a period of 21 days has elapsed from the 
date of receipt of the notice or, if over sooner, a pe-
riod of 14 days has elapsed from the date on which 
a copy of the notice is provided in an electronic me-
dium pursuant to section 480 of this title’’. 
(c) DEPOSIT AND USE OF FUNDS.—Subsection (e) 
of such section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) DEPOSIT AND USE OF FUNDS.—(1) The Sec-
retary concerned shall deposit funds received under sub-
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section (b) in the appropriation ‘Foreign Currency Fluc-
tuations, Construction, Defense’. 
‘‘(2) The funds deposited under paragraph (1) shall 
be available, in such amounts as provided in appropriation 
Acts, for the purpose of paying increased costs of overseas 
military construction and family housing construction or 
improvement associated with unfavorable fluctuations in 
currency exchange rates. The use of such funds for this 
purpose does not relieve the Secretary concerned from the 
duty to provide advance notice to Congress under section 
2853(c) of this title whenever the Secretary approves an 
increase in the cost of an overseas project under such sec-
tion.’’. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORTS; EFFECT
OF FAILURE
TO 
SUBMIT.—Subsection (f) of such section is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by 
inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘and of surplus real property at military installa-
tions’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘(f)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘the following:’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTS; EFFECT OF FAILURE TO 
SUBMIT.—(1) Not later than March 15 of each year, the
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Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
detailing the following:’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) If the report for a year is not submitted to Con-
gress by the date specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary 
concerned may not enter into an agreement under sub-
section (a) after that date for the conveyance of real prop-
erty until the date on which the report is finally sub-
mitted.’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading for such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2869. Conveyance of property at military installa-
tions to support military construction’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 169 of such title is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 
2869 and inserting the following new item:
‘‘2689. Conveyance of property at military installations to support military con-
struction.’’.
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS.—
Section 2883(c) of such title is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph 
(F); and
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 
(F). 
SEC. 2804. EFFECT OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT REQUIRED RE-
PORT ON NEED FOR GENERAL AND FLAG OF-
FICERS QUARTERS IN NATIONAL CAPITAL 
REGION. 
Section 2802(c) of the Military Construction Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (division B of Public Law 
108–375; 118 Stat. 2120) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Not later than 
March 30, 2005,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Until the report required by this subsection is 
submitted to the congressional defense committees, 
amounts appropriated for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2006 may not be used for the operation, main-
tenance, or repair of housing units for general officers and 
flag officers in the National Capital Region.’’. 
SEC. 2805. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY, LIMITED 
AUTHORITY TO USE OPERATION AND MAIN-
TENANCE 
FUNDS 
FOR 
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) CONDITIONAL EXTENSION.—Section 2808 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
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2004 (division B of Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1723), 
as amended by section 2810 of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (division B of 
Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2128), is further amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2005’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2005 and 2006’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (d)(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘during fiscal year 2005’’ 
and inserting ‘‘during a fiscal year’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘for that fiscal year’’ 
after ‘‘commence’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2004’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for the preceding fiscal year’’. 
(b) ADVANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED OBLIGATION OF 
FUNDS.—Subsection (b) of such section 2808 is amend-
ed—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘Within seven days after’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘are first’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Not later than seven days before the 
date on which appropriated funds available for 
operation and maintenance will be first’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘the obligation’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the proposed obligation’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘are being ob-
ligated’’ and inserting ‘‘will be obligated’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘obligated’’ 
and inserting ‘‘to be obligated’’. 
(c) QUARTERLY REPORTS; EFFECT OF FAILURE TO 
SUBMIT.—Subsection (d) of such section 2808 is amended 
by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(1) Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal-year quarter during which appropriated funds avail-
able for operation and maintenance are obligated or ex-
pended to carry out construction projects outside the 
United States, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional committees specified in subsection (f) a 
report on the worldwide obligation and expenditure during 
that quarter of such appropriated funds for such construc-
tion projects. If the report for a fiscal-year quarter is not 
submitted to such committees by the required date, appro-
priated funds available for operation and maintenance 
may not be obligated or expended after that date under 
the authority of this section to carry out construction 
projects outside the United States until the date on which 
the report is finally submitted.’’.