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(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) RELATION TO OTHER WITHDRAWALS AND 
RESERVATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) The prior withdrawals and reserva-
tions identified as Public Land Order Nos. 56 
and 97, and Executive Order Nos. 8892, 9104, 
and 9215, are hereby revoked in their entirety. 
‘‘(B) Upon the date of the enactment of 
this paragraph, the patented mining claim 
known as the Legal Tender, Mineral Survey 
No. 3445, located in Section 26, Township 15 
South, Range 10 West, Gila Salt River Merid-
ian, Arizona, is hereby transferred from the 
Secretary of the Air Force to the Secretary of 
the Interior, at no cost and in ‘as-is’ condition, 
and shall be managed by the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service as a land parcel in-
cluded within the Cabeza Prieta National Wild-
life Refuge and in wilderness status as part of 
the Cabeza Prieta Wilderness.’’. 
(c) RENEWAL OF CURRENT WITHDRAWAL AND RES-
ERVATION.—Section 3031(d) of such Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘25 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on October 5, 2049’’.
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(d) EXTENSION.—Section 3031(e) of such Act is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘INITIAL’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘initial’’. 
SEC. 1866. ANNUAL REVIEW AND UPDATE OF ONLINE IN-
FORMATION RELATING TO SUICIDE PREVEN-
TION. 
Not later than September 30, 2023, and on an an-
nual basis thereafter, each Secretary of a military depart-
ment shall— 
(1) review any information relating to suicide 
prevention or behavioral health, including any con-
tact information for related resources, that is pub-
lished on an Internet website of the military depart-
ment at the installation level; 
(2) make updates to such information as may 
be necessary; and 
(3) submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a certification that such information is up-to- 
date. 
SEC. 1867. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EXPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act is amended by inserting after section 163 (42 
U.S.C. 6243) the following:
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‘‘SEC. 164. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EXPORTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall prohibit the 
export or sale of petroleum products drawn down from the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, under any provision of law, 
to— 
‘‘(1) the People’s Republic of China; 
‘‘(2) the Democratic People’s Republic of 
Korea; 
‘‘(3) the Russian Federation; 
‘‘(4) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 
‘‘(5) any other country the government of which 
is subject to sanctions imposed by the United States; 
and 
‘‘(6) any entity owned, controlled, or influenced 
by— 
‘‘(A) a country referred to in any of para-
graphs (1) through (5); or 
‘‘(B) the Chinese Communist Party. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary may issue a waiver of 
the prohibition described in subsection (a) if the Secretary 
certifies that any export or sale authorized pursuant to 
the waiver is in the national security interests of the 
United States. 
‘‘(c) RULE.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of the Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Ad-
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versaries Act, the Secretary shall issue a rule to carry out 
this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DRAWDOWN
AND
SALE
OF
PETROLEUM 
PRODUCTS.—Section 161(a) of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(a)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and section 164’’ before the 
period at the end. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 163 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 164. Prohibition on certain exports.’’. 
SEC. 1868. REPORT ON NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS OF 
FOREIGN-OWNED 
AGRICULTURAL 
LAND 
NEAR MILITARY INSTALLMENTS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Agri-
culture, shall submit to Congress a report on foreign- 
owned agricultural land located within 50 miles of a 
United States military installation. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include—
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(1) a list of each foreign person that owns agri-
cultural land located within 50 miles of a United 
States military installation; 
(2) in the case of an individual described in 
paragraph (1), the citizenship of such individual; 
(3) in the case of a foreign person described in 
paragraph (1) that is not an individual or govern-
ment— 
(A) the principal place of business of such 
person; and 
(B) the country in which each such foreign 
person is created or organized; 
(4) the nature of each legal entity holding inter-
est in such agricultural land and the type of interest; 
(5) the legal description and acreage of such 
agricultural land; and 
(6) an assessment of any threat that foreign 
ownership of such agricultural land may have on 
United States military readiness, food supply, and 
national security. 
(c) AGRICULTURAL LAND DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘agricultural land’’ includes— 
(1) crop land, pasture land, wetlands, and 
marshlands;
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(2) land enrolled in a Federal, State, or local 
agricultural conservation program; and 
(3) land used for animal confinement, con-
centrated animal feeding operations, livestock pro-
duction, timber production, or forestry. 
SEC. 1869. GAO STUDY OF AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study to identify and assess the 
availability of affordable housing in areas having high 
housing costs and military or defense-related facilities or 
operations and the effects that limited availability of af-
fordable housing in such areas has on defense production 
and readiness. The study shall identify examples of suc-
cessful models and best practices for effectively increasing 
affordable housing stock in such areas. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
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SEC. 1870. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADVANCED CAPABILI-
TIES PILLAR OF THE TRILATERAL SECURITY 
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AUSTRALIA, THE 
UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the enhanced trilateral security partnership 
between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the 
United States (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘AUKUS partnership’’) is intended to positively 
contribute to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific 
region through enhanced deterrence; 
(2) to this end, implementation of the AUKUS 
partnership will require a whole-of-government re-
view of processes and procedures for Australia, the 
United Kingdom, and the United States to benefit 
from such partnership and, in particular, to support 
joint development of advanced capabilities; 
(3) the Department of State plays a pivotal role 
in the administration of arms exports and sales pro-
grams under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); 
(4) the Department of State should work in co-
ordination with the Department of Defense and 
other relevant United States Government agencies to
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seek to expeditiously implement the AUKUS part-
nership; and 
(5) the Department of State, in coordination 
with the Department of Defense, should clearly com-
municate any United States requirements to address 
matters related to the technology security and export 
control measures of Australia and the United King-
dom. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the Secretary of De-
fense, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on efforts of the Department of 
State to implement the advanced capabilities pillar 
of the AUKUS partnership. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
required by paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) For each of the calendar years 2021 
and 2022— 
(i) the average and median times for 
the United States Government to review 
applications for licenses to export defense 
articles or defense services to persons, cor-
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porations, and the governments (including 
agencies and subdivisions of such govern-
ments, including official missions of such 
governments) of Australia or the United 
Kingdom; 
(ii) the average and median times for 
the United States Government to review 
applications from Australia and the United 
Kingdom for foreign military sales begin-
ning from the date Australia or the United 
Kingdom submitted a letter of request that 
resulted in a letter of acceptance with; and 
(iii) the number of applications from 
Australia and the United Kingdom for li-
censes to export defense articles and de-
fense services that were denied or approved 
with provisos, listed by year. 
(B) For each of the fiscal years 2017, 
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, the number 
of voluntary disclosures resulting in a violation 
of the International Traffic in Arms Regula-
tions (ITAR) enumerated under section 40 of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780) 
or involving proscribed countries listed in sec-
tion 126.1 of the ITAR, by persons, corpora-
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tions, and the governments (including agencies 
and subdivisions of such governments, including 
official missions of such governments) of Aus-
tralia or the United Kingdom, including infor-
mation with respect to— 
(i) any instance of unauthorized ac-
cess to technical data or defense articles; 
(ii) inadequate physical or cyber secu-
rity; 
(iii) retransfers or re-exports without 
authorization; and 
(iv) employees of foreign companies 
that are United States persons that pro-
vide defense services without authorization. 
(C) The value of any civil penalties as-
sessed from 2017 to 2022 for disclosures or vio-
lations described in subparagraph (B) on 
United States applicants that involved foreign 
persons, foreign corporations, and foreign gov-
ernments in the United Kingdom or Australia. 
(D) A list of relevant United States laws, 
regulations, and treaties and other international 
agreements to which the United States is a 
party that govern authorizations to export de-
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fense articles or defense services that are re-
quired to implement the AUKUS partnership. 
(E) An assessment of key recommenda-
tions the United States Government has pro-
vided to the governments of Australia and the 
United Kingdom to revise laws, regulations, and 
policies of such countries that are required to 
implement the AUKUS partnership. 
(F) An assessment of recommended im-
provements to export control laws and regula-
tions of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the 
United States that such countries should make 
to implement the AUKUS partnership and to 
otherwise meet the requirements of section 
38(j)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2778(j)(2)), and the challenges Aus-
tralia and the United Kingdom have conveyed 
in meeting these requirements including with 
respect to sensitive defense technology security 
controls. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means—
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(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
SEC. 1871. REPORT ON TAIWAN AND UKRAINE RELATING 
TO CERTAIN WEAPONS SYSTEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 the 
report described in subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT DESCRIBED.—The report described in 
this subsection is a report that includes the following: 
(1) An assessment of weapons systems that the 
Government of Ukraine needs to defend itself from 
external aggression from the Russian Federation 
and other threats. 
(2) An assessment of weapons systems that the 
Government Taiwan needs to defend itself from ex-
ternal aggression from the People’s Liberation Army 
of the People’s Republic of China, and other threats. 
(3) An assessment of where the weapons sys-
tems and supply chains described in paragraphs (1) 
and (2) converge and diverge.
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(4) A strategy to ensure that both the Govern-
ment of Ukraine and the Government of Taiwan can 
access the weapons systems described in paragraphs 
(1) and (2). 
(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 1872. IMPROVING OUTREACH RELATED TO CYBERSE-
CURITY JOB PREPARATION. 
The Secretary of Defense shall make every reasonable 
effort 
to 
improve 
outreach 
to 
inform 
departing 
servicemembers, whether active duty or reserve, of the 
availability of credentialing opportunities related to cyber 
security, including improving the searchability functions 
of online resources for career training related to cyberse-
curity, as well as ensuring that Skillbridge includes a no-
tice for all military members interested in cybersecurity 
job opportunities. 
SEC. 1873. REPORT ON PORT AUTHORITY OF GUAM CAPAC-
ITY. 
Not later than March 1, 2024, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to Congress a report on the reliability 
and capacity of the Port Authority of Guam to support 
Department of Defense operations in Guam and shall in-
clude in such report an assessment of—
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(1) the capacity of the Port Authority of Guam 
to address shipping demands of the Department of 
Defense; 
(2) the feasibility and costs associated with 
dredging at the wharf of the Port Authority of 
Guam and the impact of such dredging to the De-
partment of Defense with respect to— 
(A) the size of the vessels that such dredg-
ing would allow for shipping into Guam; and 
(B) whether such dredging would result in 
savings to the Department; 
(3) the feasibility of such dredging, including a 
description of— 
(A) what such dredging would entail; 
(B) the process to relocate and preserve 
coral; 
(C) the types of environmental studies 
needed; and 
(D) timelines associated with such dredg-
ing; and 
(4) whether such dredging would address the 
readiness and mission considerations of the Depart-
ment of Defense.
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SEC. 1874. REPORT ON UTILITY REQUIREMENTS IN GUAM. 
Not later than March 1, 2024, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to Congress a report on the utility re-
quirements in Guam that are necessary to support Depart-
ment of Defense missions and shall include in such report 
an assessment of— 
(1) the reliability of power utility poles in Guam 
with respect to military readiness and mission con-
siderations and the extent to which such utility poles 
can sustain inclement weather conditions and acts of 
mother nature; 
(2) the feasibility and costs associated with the 
construction of underground power supplies with re-
spect to the reliability and capacity of the demand 
of the Department of Defense; 
(3) the reliability of the water and wastewater 
infrastructure in Guam with respect to military 
readiness and mission considerations; and 
(4) the feasibility and costs associated with in-
vesting to improve such infrastructure with respect 
to the reliability and capacity of the demand of the 
Department of Defense.
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SEC. 1875. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS 
PERFORMING RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT 
PROJECTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 
Section 4001 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) 
DISCLOSURE
REQUIREMENTS.—Whenever 
issuing a statement, press release, request for proposals, 
bid solicitation, or other document describing a project or 
program that is funded in whole or in part with Federal 
funding, a person performing a research or development 
project under paragraph (1) or (5) of subsection (b) shall 
clearly state the following: 
‘‘(1) The percentage of the total costs of the 
program or project financed with Federal funding. 
‘‘(2) The dollar amount of Federal funds obli-
gated for the project or program. 
‘‘(3) The percentage and dollar amount of the 
total costs of the project or program that will be fi-
nanced from nongovernmental sources.’’. 
(b) COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
AGREEMENTS
UNDER
STEVENSON-WYDLER
TECH-
NOLOGY INNOVATION ACT OF 1980.—Section 4026 of 
such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’ and 
inserting the following:
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‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), as designated by para-
graph (1), in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Tech-
nology may’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.—Technology may’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) 
DISCLOSURE
REQUIREMENTS.—Whenever 
issuing a statement, press release, request for proposals, 
bid solicitation, or other document describing a project or 
program that is funded in whole or in part with Federal 
funding, a person performing a research or development 
project pursuant to a cooperative research and develop-
ment agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall 
clearly state the following: 
‘‘(1) The percentage of the total costs of the 
program or project financed with Federal funding. 
‘‘(2) The dollar amount of Federal funds obli-
gated for the project or program. 
‘‘(3) The percentage and dollar amount of the 
total costs of the project or program that will be fi-
nanced from nongovernmental sources.’’. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of Defense should direct the oper-
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ating divisions of the Department of Defense to design 
and implement processes to manage and administer grant-
ees’ compliance with the requirements added by this sec-
tion, including determining to what extent to provide guid-
ance to grantees on calculations. 
SEC. 1876. PROMOTING THE MILTAX PROGRAM AND TAX 
PREPARATION SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
ensure that each member of an Armed Force under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department re-
ceives, not later than March 1 of each calendar year, an 
annual written notice by mail, an electronic mail, or in 
person notice, electronic notification of the availability of 
the MilTax program and other tax preparation assistance 
programs furnished by the Secretary of Defense. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than the date which is 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit a written report to Con-
gress regarding the rates of participation by members de-
scribed in subsection (a) in the programs described in such 
subsection. 
SEC. 1877. STUDY ON CONSTRUCTION OF CHILD DEVELOP-
MENT CENTERS. 
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a recommendation for a strat-
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egy for military construction projects for a sufficient num-
ber of child development centers (as defined in section 
2871 of title 10, United States Code) as necessary to 
eliminate wait lists for members of the Armed Forces 
seeking childcare at such child development centers. 
SEC. 1878. GEOSYNTHETICS PERFORMANCE TESTING. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, Army, as specified in 
the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for ap-
plied research, ground technology (PE 0602144A), line 
012, is hereby increased by $3,300,000 (with the amount 
of such increase to be used to carry out the development, 
testing, and certification phase of the Geosynthetics Rein-
forced Performance pavement test. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
tenance, Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding 
funding table in section 4301, for administration and serv-
ice-wide activities, Office of the Secretary of Defense, line 
490, is hereby reduced by $3,300,000.
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SEC. 1879. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING RESEARCH IN CHINA. 
The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the In-
terior, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or any other Federal agency 
may not directly or indirectly conduct or support, through 
grants, subgrants, contracts, cooperative agreements or 
other funding vehicles, research that will be conducted 
by— 
(1) the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China or any agent or instrumentality of the Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China or any 
entity owned by or controlled by the People’s Repub-
lic of China; or 
(2) the Chinese Communist Party or any agent 
or instrumentality of the Chinese Communist Party 
or any entity owned by or controlled by the Chinese 
Communist Party. 
SEC. 1880. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH CERTAIN 
BIOTECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of an executive agency 
may not— 
(1) procure or obtain or extend or renew a con-
tract to procure or obtain any covered biotechnology 
equipment or service; or
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(2) enter into a contract or extend or renew a 
contract with any entity that— 
(A) uses covered biotechnology equipment 
or services acquired after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; or 
(B) that enters into any contract the per-
formance of which such entity knows or has 
reason to believe will require the direct use of 
covered biotechnology equipment or services. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON LOAN AND GRANT FUNDS.— 
The head of an executive agency may not obligate or ex-
pend loan or grant funds to— 
(1) procure or obtain or extend or renew a con-
tract to procure or obtain any covered biotechnology 
equipment or service: or 
(2) enter into a contract or extend or renew a 
contract with an entity described in subsection 
(a)(2). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The prohibitions under sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall take effect 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) WAIVER AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) SPECIFIC BIOTECHNOLOGY EXCEPTION.—
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(A) WAIVER.—The head of an executive 
agency may waive the prohibition under sub-
section (a) and (b) on a case-by-case basis— 
(i) with the approval of the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, 
in consultation with the Federal Acquisi-
tion Security Council and the Secretary of 
Defense; and 
(ii) if such head submits a notification 
and justification to the appropriate con-
gressional committees not later than 30 
days after granting such waiver. 
(B) DURATION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), a waiver granted under sub-
paragraph (A) shall last for a period of not 
more than 180 days. 
(ii) EXTENSION.—The Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in con-
sultation with the Federal Acquisition Se-
curity Council and the Secretary of De-
fense, may extend a waiver granted under 
subparagraph (A) one time, for a period 
up to 180 days after the date on which the 
waiver would otherwise expire, if such an
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extension is in the national security inter-
ests of the United States and the Director 
submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notification of such waiver. 
(2) OVERSEAS HEALTH CARE SERVICES.—The 
head of an executive agency may waive the prohibi-
tions under subsections (a) and (b) with respect to 
a contract, subcontract, or transaction for the acqui-
sition or provision of health care services overseas on 
a case-by-case basis— 
(A) if the head of such executive agency 
determines that the waiver is— 
(i) necessary to support the mission or 
activities of the employees of such execu-
tive 
agency 
described 
in 
subsection 
(e)(2)(A); and 
(ii) in the interest of the United 
States; 
(B) with the approval of the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, in con-
sultation with the Federal Security Acquisition 
Council and the Secretary of Defense; and 
(C) if such head submits a notification and 
justification to the appropriate congressional
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committees not later than 30 days after grant-
ing such waiver. 
(e) EXCEPTIONS.—The prohibitions under sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— 
(1) any activity subject to the reporting require-
ments under title V of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized in-
telligence activities of the United States; 
(2) the acquisition or provision of health care 
services overseas for— 
(A) employees of the United States, includ-
ing members of the uniformed services (as de-
fined in section 101(a) of title 10, United 
States Code), whose official duty stations are 
located overseas; or 
(B) employees of contractors or sub-
contractors of the United States— 
(i) who are performing under a con-
tract that directly supports the missions or 
activities of individuals described in sub-
paragraph (A); and 
(ii) whose primary duty stations are 
located overseas; or
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(3) the acquisition, use, or distribution of ge-
netic sequencing data, however complied, that is 
commercially available. 
(f) EVALUATION OF CERTAIN BIOTECHNOLOGY EN-
TITIES.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall deter-
mine whether Wuxi AppTec, AxBio, and any subsidiary, 
affiliate, or successor of such entities, or any other entity 
headquartered in or organized under the laws of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China are a biotechnology company of 
concern. 
(g) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, in coordination with 
the Federal Acquisition Security Council, the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulatory Council, the Secretary of 
Defense, and other heads of Executive agencies as 
determined appropriate by the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, shall establish guid-
ance, as necessary, to implement the requirements of 
this section. 
(2) Not later than 270 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition 
Regulatory Council shall revise the Federal Acquisi-
1472 
tion Regulation as necessary to implement the re-
quirements of this section. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committees on Armed Services 
and on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
on Oversight and Accountability, the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and the Select Com-
mittee on Strategic Competition between the 
United States and the Chinese Communist 
Party of the House of Representatives. 
(2) BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANY OF CONCERN.— 
The term ‘‘biotechnology company of concern’’ 
means— 
(A) the BGI Group, MGI Group, or Com-
plete Genomics, or any subsidiary, parent, affil-
iate, or successor of such entities; and 
(B) any entity that— 
(i) is subject to the jurisdiction, direc-
tion, or control of a foreign adversary;
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(ii) operates primarily in the bio-
technology industry; and 
(iii) the Secretary of Defense deems 
to pose a risk to the national security of 
the United States. 
(3) BIOTECHNOLOGY
EQUIPMENT
OR
SERV-
ICE.—The term ‘‘biotechnology equipment or serv-
ice’’ means— 
(A) any instrument, apparatus, machine, 
or device, including components and accessories 
thereof, that is designed for use in the research, 
development, production, or analysis of biologi-
cal materials as well as any software, firmware, 
or other digital components that are specifically 
designed for use in, and necessary for the oper-
ation of, such an instrument, apparatus, ma-
chine, or device; 
(B) any service for the research, develop-
ment, production, analysis, detection, or provi-
sion of information related to biological mate-
rials, including— 
(i) advising, consulting, or support 
services provided by a biotechnology com-
pany of concern with respect to the use or 
implementation of a instrument, appa-
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ratus, machine, or device described in sub-
paragraph (A); and 
(ii) disease detection, genealogical in-
formation, and related services; and 
(C) any other service, instrument, appa-
ratus, machine, component, accessory, device, 
software, or firmware that the Federal Acquisi-
tion Security Council, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Defense and such other heads of 
Executive agencies (as determined by the Fed-
eral Acquisition Security Council), determines 
appropriate. 
(4) CONTROL.—The term ‘‘control’’ has the 
meaning given to that term in section 800.208, Tile 
31, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
regulations 
(5) COVERED BIOTECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT OR 
SERVICE.—The term ‘‘covered biotechnology equip-
ment or service’’ means a biotechnology equipment 
or service produced or provided by a biotechnology 
company of concern. 
(6) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code.
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(7) FOREIGN ADVERSARY.—The term ‘‘foreign 
adversary’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘covered 
nation’’ in section 4872(d) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(8) OVERSEAS.—The term ‘‘overseas’’ means 
any area outside of the United States, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or possession 
of the United States. 
SEC. 1881. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act may be used to engage in direct, bilateral coopera-
tion with the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China or China-affiliated organizations on biomedical re-
search programs without explicit authorization from the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation and unless such activities 
are specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1882. DEFUND WUHAN INSITITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND 
ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE, INC. 
(a) WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY.—None of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act may 
be made available for the Wuhan Institute of Virology for 
any purpose.
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(b) ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE, INC..—None of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act may 
be made available for any purpose to— 
(1) EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.; 
(2) any subsidiary of EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.; 
(3) any organization that is directly controlled 
by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.; or 
(4) any organization or individual that is a sub-
grantee or subcontractor of EcoHealth Alliance, 
Inc.. 
SEC. 1883. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act may be used to further any nuclear agreement 
with Iran that has not received explicit Congressional ap-
proval. 
SEC. 1884. PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF HOUSING MIGRANTS 
ON MILITARY BASES. 
The Secretary of Defense shall notify local, State, 
and Federal elected officials not later than 90 days before 
the Department of Defense uses, creates, or repurposes 
a military base to house migrants.
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SEC. 1885. AUTHORITY FOR REMEMBRANCE OF CONGRESS-
MAN DON YOUNG WITH A MEMORIAL MARK-
ER OR NICHE COVER AND CEREMONY IN AR-
LINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. 
Notwithstanding section 2409 of title 38, United 
States Code, the memory of Congressman Don Young 
shall be honored with a memorial marker or niche cover 
and ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. 
DIVISION 
B—MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION 
AUTHORIZA-
TIONS 
SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division and title XX of division B may be cited 
as the ‘‘Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2024’’. 
SEC. 
2002. 
EXPIRATION 
OF 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
AND 
AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE SPECIFIED BY 
LAW. 
(a) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AFTER THREE 
YEARS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), all author-
izations contained in titles XXI through XXVII for mili-
tary construction projects, land acquisition, family housing 
projects and facilities, and contributions to the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 
(and authorizations of appropriations therefor) shall ex-
pire on the later of—
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(1) October 1, 2026; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 
2027. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
authorizations for military construction projects, land ac-
quisition, family housing projects and facilities, and con-
tributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Se-
curity Investment Program (and authorizations of appro-
priations therefor), for which appropriated funds have 
been obligated before the later of— 
(1) October 1, 2026; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing funds for fiscal year 2027 for military con-
struction projects, land acquisition, family housing 
projects and facilities, or contributions to the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 
Program. 
SEC. 2003. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Titles XXI through XXVII shall take effect on the 
later of— 
(1) October 1, 2023; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of this Act.
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TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2103(a) and available for military con-
struction projects inside the United States as specified in 
the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 
Army may acquire real property and carry out military 
construction projects for the installations or locations in-
side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 
the following table: 
Army: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation 
Amount 
Alabama ............................
Redstone Arsenal ..................................................
$50,000,000 
Florida ..............................
Camp Bull Simons ................................................
$17,000,000 
Georgia .............................
Fort Gordon ..........................................................
$163,000,000 
Hawaii ..............................
Aliamanu Military Reservation .............................
$20,000,000 
Kansas ..............................
Fort Riley ..............................................................
$105,000,000 
Kentucky ..........................
Fort Campbell .......................................................
$38,000,000 
Louisiana ..........................
Fort Polk ...............................................................
$13,400,000 
Massachusetts ...................
Soldier Systems Center Natick .............................
$18,500,000 
Michigan ...........................
Detroit Arsenal .....................................................
$72,000,000 
North Carolina .................
Fort Bragg ............................................................
$251,500,000 
Pennsylvania .....................
Letterkenny Army Depot ......................................
$89,000,000 
Texas ................................
Fort Bliss ..............................................................
$74,000,000 
Red River Army Depot .........................................
$113,000,000 
Washington .......................
Joint Base Lewis-McChord ...................................
$100,000,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2103(a) and available for military con-
struction projects outside the United States as specified 
in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the
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Army may acquire real property and carry out military 
construction projects for the installations or locations out-
side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 
the following table: 
Army: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation 
Amount 
Germany ...........................
Grafenwoehr ..........................................................
$10,400,000 
Hohenfels ..............................................................
$56,000,000 
SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING. 
(a) 
CONSTRUCTION
AND
ACQUISITION.—Using 
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 2103(a) and available for military 
family housing functions as specified in the funding table 
in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may construct 
or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition 
and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, 
in the number of units, and in the amounts set forth in 
the following table: 
Army: Family Housing 
Territory 
Installation 
Amount 
Kwajalein .................
Kwajalein Atoll .............................................
$98,600,000 
Germany ..................
Baumholder ..................................................
$78,746,000 
(b) IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
UNITS.—Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 
Code, and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in section 2103(a) and 
available for military family housing functions as specified 
in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the
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Army may improve existing military family housing units 
in an amount not to exceed $100,000,000. 
(c) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
section 2103(a) and available for military family housing 
functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 
the Secretary of the Army may carry out architectural and 
engineering services and construction design activities 
with respect to the construction or improvement of family 
housing units in an amount not to exceed $27,549,000. 
SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 2023, for military con-
struction, land acquisition, and military family housing 
functions of the Department of the Army as specified in 
the funding table in section 4601. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author-
ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 
any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 
of all projects carried out under section 2101 of this Act 
may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601.
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SEC. 2104. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO USE CASH PAY-
MENTS IN SPECIAL ACCOUNT FROM LAND 
CONVEYANCE, 
NATICK 
SOLDIER 
SYSTEMS 
CENTER, MASSACHUSETTS. 
Section 2844(c)(2)(C) of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of 
Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1865) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OCTOBER 1, 
2025’’ and inserting ‘‘OCTOBER 1, 2027’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘October 1, 2027’’. 
SEC. 2105. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS-
CAL YEAR 2018 PROJECT AT KUNSAN AIR 
BASE, KOREA. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 
1817), the authorization set forth in the table in sub-
section (b), as provided in section 2101(b) of such Act 
(131 Stat. 1819) and extended by section 2106(a) of the 
Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division 
B of Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2973), shall remain 
in effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enact-
ment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction 
for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later.
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(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 
is as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2018 Project Authorization 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Korea ..............
Kunsan Air Base 
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 
Hangar ..........................
$53,000,000 
SEC. 2106. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2019 ARMY MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115– 
232; 132 Stat. 2240), the authorizations set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 
2101 of that Act (132 Stat. 2241), shall remain in 
effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the en-
actment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 
State/ 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Korea ..............
Camp Tango ................
Command and Con-
trol Facility .........
$17,500,000 
Maryland ........
Fort Meade ..................
Cantonment Area 
Roads ..................
$16,500,000
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(b) ARMY OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding such sec-
tion, the authorizations set forth in the table in 
paragraph (2), as provided in section 2901 of such 
Act, shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or 
the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 
funds for military construction for fiscal year 2025, 
whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Bulgaria .........
Nevo Selo FOS ............
EDI: Ammunition 
Holding Area .......
$5,200,000 
Romania .........
Mihail Kogalniceanu 
FOS .........................
EDI: Explosives and 
Ammo Load/Un-
load Apron. ..........
$21,651,000 
SEC. 2107. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2021 ARMY MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116- 
283; 134 Stat. 4294), the authorizations set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section
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2101(a) of that Act (134 Stat. 4295), shall remain 
in effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the 
enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2021 Project Authorizations 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Arizona ...........
Yuma Proving Ground
Ready Building .......
$14,000,000 
Georgia ...........
Fort Gillem ..................
Forensic Lab ...........
$71,000,000 
Louisiana .......
Fort Polk .....................
Information Systems 
Facility ................
$25,000,000 
(b) CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS AT MILITARY 
INSTALLATIONS.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116- 
283; 134 Stat. 4294), the authorization set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 
2865 of that Act (134 Stat. 4360), shall remain in 
effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the en-
actment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows:
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Army: Extension of 2021 Project Authorization 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Georgia ...........
Fort Gordon .................
Child Development 
Center ..................
$21,000,000 
TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2203(a) and available for military con-
struction projects inside the United States as specified in 
the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 
Navy may acquire real property and carry out military 
construction projects for the installations or locations in-
side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 
the following table: 
Navy: Inside the United States 
State or Territory 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
California .................
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 
Twentynine Palms ....................................
$42,100,000 
Port Hueneme ..............................................
$110,000,000 
Connecticut ..............
Naval Submarine Base New London ...........
$331,718,000 
District Of Columbia 
Marine Barracks Washington ......................
$131,800,000 
Georgia ....................
Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany ...........
$63,970,000 
Guam .......................
Andersen Air Force Base .............................
$497,620,000 
Joint Region Marianas .................................
$174,540,000 
Naval Base Guam ........................................
$946,500,000 
Hawaii .....................
Marine Corps Base Hawai’i .........................
$227,350,000 
Maryland ..................
Fort Meade ..................................................
$186,480,000 
Naval Air Station Patuxent River ...............
$141,700,000 
North Carolina ........
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point ......
$270,150,000 
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune ..............
$215,670,000 
Pennsylvania ............
Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia 
$88,200,000 
Virginia ....................
Dam Neck Annex .........................................
$109,680,000 
Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - 
Story .........................................................
$35,000,000
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Navy: Inside the United States—Continued 
State or Territory 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Marine Corps Base Quantico .......................
$127,120,000 
Naval Station Norfolk ..................................
$158,095,000 
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown ...............
$221,920,000 
Washington ..............
Naval Base Kitsap .......................................
$245,000,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2203(a) and available for military con-
struction projects outside the United States as specified 
in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 
Navy may acquire real property and carry out military 
construction projects for the installations or locations out-
side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 
the following table: 
Navy: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Djibouti ....................
Camp Lemonnier Djibouti ...........................
$106,600,000 
Italy .........................
Naval Air Station Sigonella .........................
$77,072,000 
SEC. 2202. FAMILY HOUSING. 
(a) 
CONSTRUCTION
AND
ACQUISITION.—Using 
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 2203(a) and available for military 
family housing functions as specified in the funding table 
in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may construct 
or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition 
and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, 
in the number of units, and in the amounts set forth in 
the following table:
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Navy: Family Housing 
Location 
Installation 
Amount 
Guam .......................
Joint Region Marianas ................................
$121,906,000 
Naval Support Activity Andersen ................
$83,126,000 
(b) IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
UNITS.—Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 
Code, and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in section 2203(a) and 
available for military family housing functions as specified 
in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 
Navy may improve existing military family housing units 
in an amount not to exceed $57,740,000. 
(c) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
section 2203(a) and available for military family housing 
functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 
the Secretary of the Navy may carry out architectural and 
engineering services and construction design activities 
with respect to the construction or improvement of family 
housing units in an amount not to exceed $14,370,000. 
SEC. 2203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NAVY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 2023, for military con-
struction, land acquisition, and military family housing
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functions of the Department of the Navy, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4601. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author-
ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 
any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 
of all projects carried out under section 2201 of this Act 
may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601. 
SEC. 2204. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2019 NAVY MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115– 
232; 132 Stat. 2240), the authorizations set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 
2201 of that Act (132 Stat. 2244), shall remain in 
effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the en-
actment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows:
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Navy: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 
State/ 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Bahrain ..........
SW Asia .......................
Fleet Maintenance 
Facility and TOC 
$26,340,000 
North Carolina 
Marine Corps Base 
Camp Lejeune ..........
2nd Radio BN Com-
plex, Phase 2 .......
$51,300,000 
South Carolina 
Marine Corps Air Sta-
tion Beaufort ...........
Recycling/Hazardous 
Waste Facility .....
$9,517,000 
Washington ....
Bangor .........................
Pier and Mainte-
nance Facility ......
$88,960,000 
(b) ENHANCING FORCE PROTECTION AND SAFETY 
ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115– 
232; 132 Stat. 2240), the authorization set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 
2810 of that Act (132 Stat. 2266), shall remain in 
effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the en-
actment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows: 
Navy: Extension of 2019 Project Authorization 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
South Carolina 
Marine Corps Air Sta-
tion Beaufort ...........
Laurel Bay Fire 
Station .................
$10,750,000
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(c) NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION 
PROJECT.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115– 
232; 132 Stat. 2240), the authorization set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 
2902 of that Act (132 Stat. 2286), shall remain in 
effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the en-
actment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows: 
Navy: Extension of 2019 Project Authorization 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Greece ............
Naval Support Activity 
Souda Bay ................
EDI: Joint Mobility 
Processing Center 
$41,650,000 
SEC. 2205. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2021 NAVY MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 
4294), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub-
section (b), as provided in section 2201 of that Act (134
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Stat. 4297), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, 
or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds 
for military construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever 
is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 
is as follows: 
Navy: Extension of 2021 Project Authorizations 
State/ 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
California .......
Twentynine Palms .......
Wastewater Treat-
ment Plant ..........
$76,500,000 
Guam ..............
Joint Region Marianas 
Joint Communica-
tion Upgrade .......
$166,000,000 
Maine .............
NCTAMS LANT De-
tachment Cutler .......
Perimeter Security ..
$26,100,000 
Nevada ...........
Fallon ...........................
Range Training 
Complex, Phase 1 
$29,040,000 
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND 
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2303(a) and available for military con-
struction projects inside the United States as specified in 
the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 
Air Force may acquire real property and carry out mili-
tary construction projects for the installations or locations 
inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth 
in the following table:
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Air Force: Inside the United States 
State or Territory 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Florida .......................
Eglin Air Force Base ...................................
$14,600,000 
MacDill Air Force Base ...............................
$131,000,000 
Patrick Space Force Base ............................
$27,000,000 
Georgia ......................
Robins Air Force Base .................................
$115,000,000 
Guam .........................
Joint Region Marianas .................................
$411,000,000 
Massachusetts ............
Hanscom Air Force Base .............................
$37,000,000 
Mississippi .................
Columbus Air Force Base ............................
$39,500,000 
Montana .....................
Malmstrom Air Force Base .........................
$10,300,000 
South Dakota ............
Ellsworth Air Force Base ............................
$235,000,000 
Texas .........................
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland ...............
$158,000,000 
Utah ...........................
Hill Air Force Base .....................................
$82,000,000 
Wyoming ....................
F.E. Warren Air Force Base .......................
$85,000,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2303(a) and available for military con-
struction projects outside the United States as specified 
in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 
Air Force may acquire real property and carry out mili-
tary construction projects for the installations or locations 
outside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth 
in the following table: 
Air Force: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Australia ....................
Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin ...
$26,000,000 
Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal .....
$130,500,000 
Norway ......................
Rygge Air Station ........................................
$119,000,000 
Philippines .................
Cesar Basa Air Base ....................................
$35,000,000 
Spain ..........................
Moro´n Air Base ............................................
$26,000,000 
United Kingdom ........
Royal Air Force Fairford .............................
$47,000,000 
Royal Air Force Lakenheath .......................
$78,000,000 
SEC. 2302. FAMILY HOUSING. 
(a) IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
UNITS.—Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the au-
thorization of appropriations in section 2303(a) and avail-
able for military family housing functions as specified in
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the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 
Air Force may construct or acquire family housing units 
(including land acquisition and supporting facilities) at the 
installations or locations, in the number of units, and in 
the amounts set forth in the following table: 
Navy: Family Housing 
Country 
Installation 
Amount 
Japan .........................
Yokota Air Base ...........................................
$27,000,000 
(b) IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
UNITS.—Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 
Code, and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in section 2303(a) and 
available for military family housing functions as specified 
in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 
Air Force may improve existing military family housing 
units in an amount not to exceed $229,282,000. 
(c) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
section 2303(a) and available for military family housing 
functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 
the Secretary of the Air Force may carry out architectural 
and engineering services and construction design activities 
with respect to the construction or improvement of family 
housing units in an amount not to exceed $7,815,000.
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SEC. 2303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, AIR 
FORCE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 2023, for military con-
struction, land acquisition, and military family housing 
functions of the Department of the Air Force, as specified 
in the funding table in section 4601. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author-
ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 
any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 
of all projects carried out under section 2301 of this Act 
may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601. 
SEC. 2304. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2017 AIR FORCE MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (division B of Public Law 114– 
328; 130 Stat. 2688), the authorizations set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section
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2301(b) of that Act (130 Stat. 2696) and extended 
by section 2304 of the Military Construction Act for 
Fiscal Year 2022 (division B of Public Law 117– 
181; 135 Stat. 2169), shall remain in effect until 
October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of an 
Act authorizing funds for military construction for 
fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows: 
Air Force: Extension of 2017 Project Authorizations 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Germany .........
Ramstein Air Base ......
37 AS Squadron Op-
erations/Aircraft 
Maintenance Unit 
$13,437,000 
Germany .........
Spangdahlem Air Base 
Upgrade Hardened 
Aircraft Shelters 
for F/A–22 ..........
$2,700,000 
Japan .............
Yokota Air Base ..........
C–130J Corrosion 
Control Hangar ...
$23,777,000 
(b) AIR FORCE OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER-
ATIONS PROJECTS.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (division B of Public Law 114– 
328; 130 Stat. 2688), the authorization set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 
2902 of that Act (130 Stat. 2743) and extended by 
section 2304 of the Military Construction Act for 
Fiscal Year 2022 (division B of Public Law 117–
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181; 135 Stat. 2169), shall remain in effect until 
October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of an 
Act authorizing funds for military construction for 
fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows: 
Air Force: Extension of 2017 Project Authorization 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Germany .........
Spangdahlem Air Base 
F/A–22 Low Observ-
able/Composite 
Repair Facility ....
$12,000,000 
SEC. 2305. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2018 AIR FORCE MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115– 
91; 131 Stat. 1817), the authorization set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 
2301(a) of that Act (131 Stat. 1825) and extended 
by section 2304(a) of the Military Construction Act 
for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117– 
263), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, 
or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing
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funds for military construction for fiscal year 2025, 
whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows: 
Air Force: Extension of 2018 Project Authorization 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Florida ...........
Tyndall Air Force Base 
Fire Station ............
$17,000,000 
(b) AIR FORCE OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER-
ATIONS PROJECTS.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115– 
91; 131 Stat. 1817), the authorizations set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 
2903 of that Act (131 Stat. 1876) and extended by 
section 2304(b) of the Military Construction Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117– 
263), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, 
or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 
funds for military construction for fiscal year 2025, 
whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows:
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Air Force: Extension of 2018 Project Authorizations 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Hungary .........
Kecskemet Air Base ....
ERI: Airfield Up-
grades ..................
$12,900,000 
Kecskemet Air Base ....
ERI: Construct Par-
allel Taxiway .......
$30,000,000 
Kecskemet Air Base ....
ERI: Increase POL 
Storage Capacity
$12,500,000 
Luxembourg ...
Sanem ..........................
ERI: ECAOS 
Deployable Air-
base System Stor-
age .......................
$67,400,000 
Slovakia ..........
Malacky ........................
ERI: Airfield Up-
grades ..................
$4,000,000 
Malacky ........................
ERI: Increase POL 
Storage Capacity
$20,000,000 
SEC. 2306. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2019 AIR FORCE MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) 
AIR
FORCE
MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115– 
232; 132 Stat. 2240), the authorizations set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 
2301 of that Act (132 Stat. 2246), shall remain in 
effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the en-
actment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows:
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Air Force: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 
State/ 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Mariana Is-
lands ...........
Tinian ..........................
APR-Cargo Pad 
with Taxiway Ex-
tension. ................
$46,000,000 
Tinian ..........................
APR-Maintenance 
Support Facility ..
$4,700,000 
Maryland ........
Joint Base Andrews .....
Child Development 
Center ..................
$13,000,000 
Joint Base Andrews .....
PAR Relocate Haz 
Cargo Pad and 
EOD Range. ........
$37,000,000 
New Mexico ....
Holloman Air Force 
Base .........................
MQ–9 FTU Ops Fa-
cility .....................
$85,000,000 
Kirtland Air Force 
Base .........................
Wyoming Gate Up-
grade for Anti- 
Terrorism Compli-
ance .....................
$7,000,000 
United King-
dom .............
Royal Air Force 
Lakenheath ..............
F–35A ADAL Con-
ventional Muni-
tions MX. ............
$9,204,000 
Utah ...............
Hill Air Force Base .....
Composite Aircraft 
Antenna Calibra-
tion Fac. ..............
$26,000,000 
(b) AIR FORCE OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER-
ATIONS PROJECTS.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115– 
232; 132 Stat. 2240), the authorizations set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 
2903 of that Act (132 Stat. 2287), shall remain in 
effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the en-
actment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later.
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(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows: 
Air Force: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Slovakia .........
Malacky ........................
EDI: Regional Mu-
nitions Storage 
Area .....................
$59,000,000 
United King-
dom .............
RAF Fairford ..............
EDI: Construct 
DABS-FEV Stor-
age .......................
$87,000,000 
RAF Fairford ..............
EDI: Munitions 
Holding Area .......
$19,000,000 
SEC. 2307. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS-
CAL YEAR 2021 AIR FORCE MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) JOINT BASE LANGLEY–EUSTIS, VIRGINIA.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116– 
283; 134 Stat. 4294), the authorization set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 
2301 of that Act (134 Stat. 4299), shall remain in 
effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the en-
actment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows:
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Air Force: Extension of 2021 Project Authorization 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Virginia ..........
Joint Base Langley- 
Eustis .......................
Access Control Point 
Main Gate With 
Land Acq. ............
$19,500,000 
(b) AIR FORCE OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER-
ATIONS.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116– 
283; 134 Stat. 4294), the authorizations set forth in 
the table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 
2902 of that Act (134 Stat. 4373), shall remain in 
effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the en-
actment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 
(2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 
(1) is as follows: 
Air Force: Extension of 2021 Project Authorizations 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Germany .........
Ramstein Air Base ......
EDI: Rapid Airfield 
Damage Repair 
Storage ................
$36,345,000 
Spangdahlem ................
EDI: Rapid Airfield 
Damage Repair 
Storage ................
$25,824,000
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TITLE 
XXIV—DEFENSE 
AGEN-
CIES 
MILITARY 
CONSTRUC-
TION 
SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUC-
TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2403(a) and available for military con-
struction projects inside the United States as specified in 
the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of De-
fense may acquire real property and carry out military 
construction projects for the installations or locations in-
side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 
the following table: 
Defense Agencies: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Alabama .................
Redstone Arsenal .....................................
$147,975,000 
California ...............
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar .........
$103,000,000 
Naval Base Coronado ...............................
$51,000,000 
Naval Base San Diego 
$101,644,000 
Maryland ...............
Fort Meade ...............................................
$885,000,000 
Joint Base Andrews .................................
$38,300,000 
Montana ................
Great Falls International Airport ............
$30,000,000 
North Carolina ......
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune ..........
$70,000,000 
Utah ......................
Hill Air Force Base ..................................
$14,200,000 
Virginia ..................
Fort Belvoir ..............................................
$185,000,000 
Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - 
Story.
$61,000,000 
Pentagon ..................................................
$30,600,000 
Washington ............
Joint Base Lewis-McChord ......................
$62,000,000 
Manchester ...............................................
$71,000,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2403(a) and available for military con-
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struction projects outside the United States as specified 
in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of De-
fense may acquire real property and carry out military 
construction projects for the installations or locations out-
side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 
the following table: 
Defense Agencies: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Cuba ...................
Guantanamo Bay Naval Station ...................
$257,000,000 
Germany .............
Baumholder ...................................................
$57,700,000 
Ramstein Air Base ........................................
$181,764,000 
Honduras ............
Soto Cano Air Base .......................................
$41,300,000 
Japan ..................
Kadena Air Base ...........................................
$100,300,000 
Spain ..................
Naval Station Rota ........................................
$80,000,000 
SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZED ENERGY RESILIENCE AND CON-
SERVATION 
INVESTMENT 
PROGRAM 
PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2403(a) and available for energy conserva-
tion projects as specified in the funding table in section 
4601, the Secretary of Defense may carry out energy con-
servation projects under chapter 173 of title 10, United 
States Code, for the installations or locations inside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol-
lowing table: 
ERCIP Projects: Inside the United States 
State or Territory 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
California ...............
Naval Base San Diego .............................
$6,300,000 
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar .........
$30,550,000 
Vandenberg Space Force Base .................
$57,000,000
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ERCIP Projects: Inside the United States—Continued 
State or Territory 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Colorado ................
Buckley Space Force Base .......................
$14,700,000 
Georgia ..................
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay ..........
$49,500,000 
Kansas ...................
Forbes Field .............................................
$5,850,000 
Missouri .................
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant ........
$80,100,000 
Nebraska ...............
Offutt Air Force Base ..............................
$41,000,000 
North Carolina ......
Fort Bragg (Camp Mackall) ....................
$10,500,000 
Oklahoma ..............
Fort Sill ....................................................
$76,650,000 
Puerto Rico ...........
Fort Buchanan .........................................
$56,000,000 
Texas .....................
Fort Hood ................................................
$18,250,000 
Virginia ..................
Pentagon ..................................................
$2,250,000 
Washington ............
Joint Base Lewis-McChord ......................
$49,850,000 
Wyoming ................
F.E. Warren Air Force Base ...................
$25,000,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2403(a) and available for energy conserva-
tion projects as specified in the funding table in section 
4601, the Secretary of Defense may carry out energy con-
servation projects under chapter 173 of title 10, United 
States Code, for the installations or locations outside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol-
lowing table: 
ERCIP Projects: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Korea ...............
K–16 Air Base .................................................
$5,650,000 
Kuwait .............
Camp Buehring ................................................
$18,850,000 
SEC. 2403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, DE-
FENSE AGENCIES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 2023, for military con-
struction, land acquisition, and military family housing 
functions of the Department of Defense (other than the
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military departments), as specified in the funding table 
in section 4601. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author-
ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 
any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 
of all projects carried out under section 2401 of this Act 
may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601. 
SEC. 2404. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2018 DEFENSE AGENCIES 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 
1817), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub-
section (b), as provided in section 2401(b) of that Act 
(131 Stat. 1829) and extended by section 2404 of the 
Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division 
B of Public Law 117–263), shall remain in effect until 
October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act 
authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 
2025, whichever is later.
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(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 
is as follows: 
Defense Agencies: Extension of 2018 Project Authorizations 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Japan .............
Iwakuni ........................
PDI: Construct Bulk 
Storage Tanks 
PH 1 ...................
$30,800,000 
Puerto Rico ....
Punta Borinquen .........
Ramey Unit School 
Replacement ........
$61,071,000 
SEC. 2405. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2019 DEFENSE AGENCIES 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 
2240), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub-
section (b), as provided in section 2401(b) of that Act 
(132 Stat. 2249), shall remain in effect until October 1, 
2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 
funds for military construction for fiscal year 2025, which-
ever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 
is as follows: 
Defense Agencies: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Germany .........
Baumholder .................
SOF Joint Para-
chute Rigging Fa-
cility .....................
$11,504,000 
Japan .............
Camp McTureous ........
Bechtel Elementary 
School ..................
$94,851,000
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Defense Agencies: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations— 
Continued 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Iwakuni ........................
Fuel Pier .................
$33,200,000 
SEC. 2406. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
FISCAL YEAR 2019 PROJECT AT SOF JOINT 
PARACHUTE 
RIGGING 
FACILITY, 
BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.—In the case of 
the authorization contained in the table in section 2401(b) 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 
2249) for Baumholder, Germany, for construction of a 
SOF Joint Parachute Rigging Facility, the Secretary of 
Defense may construct a 3,200 square meter facility. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF PROJECT AMOUNTS.— 
(1) DIVISION
B
TABLE.—The authorization 
table in section 2401(b) of the Military Construction 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (di-
vision B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2249) 
is amended in the item relating to Baumholder, Ger-
many, by striking ‘‘$11,504,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$23,000,000’’. 
(2) DIVISION D TABLE.—The funding table in 
section 4601 of the John S. McCain National De-
1509 
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub-
lic Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2406) is amended in the 
item relating to Baumholder, Germany, SOF Joint 
Parachute Rigging Facility, by striking ‘‘$11,504’’ 
in the Conference Authorized column and inserting 
‘‘$23,000’’. 
SEC. 2407. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS-
CAL YEAR 2021 PROJECT AT DEFENSE FUEL 
SUPPORT POINT TSURUMI, JAPAN. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 
4294), the authorization set forth in the table in sub-
section (b), as provided in section 2401(b) of that Act 
(134 Stat. 4304), shall remain in effect until October 1, 
2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 
funds for military construction for fiscal year 2025, which-
ever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 
is as follows: 
Defense Agencies: Extension of 2021 Project Authorization 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Japan .............
Def Fuel Support Point 
Tsurumi ...................
Fuel Wharf .............
$49,500,000
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SEC. 2408. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2021 ENERGY RESILIENCE 
AND 
CONSERVATION 
INVESTMENT 
PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 
4294), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub-
section (b), as provided in section 2402 of that Act (134 
Stat. 4306), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, 
or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds 
for military construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever 
is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 
is as follows: 
ERCIP Projects: Extension of 2021 Project Authorizations 
State/ 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Arkansas ........
Ebbing Air National 
Guard Base ..............
PV Arrays and Bat-
tery Storage ........
$2,600,000 
California .......
Marine Corps Air Com-
bat Center Twenty 
Nine Palms ..............
Install 10 Mw Bat-
tery Energy Stor-
age for Various 
Buildings .............
$11,646,000 
Military Ocean Ter-
minal Concord ..........
Military Ocean Ter-
minal Concord 
Microgrid .............
$29,000,000 
Naval Support Activity 
Monterey ..................
Cogeneration Plant 
at B236 ...............
$10,540,000 
Italy ................
Naval Support Activity 
Naples ......................
Smart Grid ..............
$3,490,000 
Nevada ...........
Creech Air Force Base 
Central Standby 
Generators ...........
$32,000,000
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ERCIP Projects: Extension of 2021 Project Authorizations— 
Continued 
State/ 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Virginia ..........
Naval Medical Center 
Portsmouth ..............
Retro Air Handling 
Units From Con-
stant Volume; Re-
heat to Variable 
Air Volume ..........
$611,000 
SEC. 2409. AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION PROJECTS TO IMPROVE CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2022 UTILITY SYSTEMS. 
In the case of a utility system that is conveyed under 
section 2688 of title 10, United States Code, and that only 
provides utility services to a military installation, notwith-
standing subchapters I and III of chapter 169 and chap-
ters 221 and 223 of title 10, United States Code, the Sec-
retary of Defense or the Secretary of a military depart-
ment may authorize a contract with the conveyee of the 
utility system to carry out the military construction 
projects set forth in the following table: 
Improvements to Conveyed Utility Systems 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Alabama ..................
Fort Rucker ...............................
Construct a 10 MW RICE 
Generator Plant and 
Micro-Grid Controls 
Georgia ...................
Fort Benning .............................
Construct 4.8MW Genera-
tion and Microgrid 
Fort Stewart ..............................
Construct a 10 MW Genera-
tion Plant, with Microgrid 
Controls 
New York ................
Fort Drum .................................
Wellfield Expansion Resil-
iency Project 
North Carolina .......
Fort Bragg ................................
Construct 10 MW Microgrid 
Utilizing Existing and 
New Generators
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Improvements to Conveyed Utility Systems—Continued 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Fort Bragg ................................
Fort Bragg Emergency 
Water System 
SEC. 2410. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 
TO IMPROVE CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2023 
UTILITY SYSTEMS. 
In the case of a utility system that is conveyed under 
section 2688 of title 10, United States Code, and that only 
provides utility services to a military installation, notwith-
standing subchapters I and III of chapter 169 and chap-
ters 221 and 223 of title 10, United States Code, the Sec-
retary of Defense or the Secretary of a military depart-
ment may authorize a contract with the conveyee of the 
utility system to carry out the military construction 
projects set forth in the following table: 
Improvement of Conveyed Utility Systems 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Georgia ...................
Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Air-
field ........................................
Power Generation and 
Microgrid 
Kansas ....................
Fort Riley ..................................
Power Generation and 
Microgrid 
Texas ......................
Fort Hood ..................................
Power Generation and 
Microgrid
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TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization 
Security 
Invest-
ment Program 
SEC. 2501. AUTHORIZED NATO CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
The Secretary of Defense may make contributions for 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Invest-
ment Program, as provided in section 2806 of title 10, 
United States Code, in an amount not to exceed the sum 
of the amount authorized to be appropriated for this pur-
pose in section 2502 and the amount collected from the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a result of con-
struction previously financed by the United States. 
SEC. 2502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NATO. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2023, for con-
tributions by the Secretary of Defense under section 2806 
of title 10, United States Code, for the share of the United 
States of the cost of projects for the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization Security Investment Program authorized by 
section 2501 as specified in the funding table in section 
4601.
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Subtitle B—Host Country In-Kind 
Contributions 
SEC. 2511. REPUBLIC OF KOREA FUNDED CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS. 
Pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Korea 
for required in-kind contributions, the Secretary of De-
fense may accept military construction projects for the in-
stallations or locations in the Republic of Korea, and in 
the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Republic of Korea Funded Construction Projects 
Component 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Army ..............
Camp Bonifas .....
Vehicle Maintenance Shop 
$7,700,000 
Army ..............
Camp Carroll ......
Humidity Controlled Ware-
house .............................
$189,000,000 
Army ..............
Camp Humphreys 
Airfield Services Storage 
Warehouse .....................
$7,100,000 
Army ..............
Camp Walker ......
Consolidated Fire and 
Military Police Station ..
$48,000,000 
Army ..............
Pusan ..................
Warehouse Facility ...........
$40,000,000 
Navy ...............
Chinhae ...............
Electrical Switchgear 
Building .........................
$6,000,000 
Air Force ........
Osan Air Base ....
Consolidated Operations 
Group and Maintenance 
Group Headquarters .....
$46,000,000 
Air Force ........
Osan Air Base ....
Flight Line Dining Facility 
$6,800,000 
Air Force ........
Osan Air Base ....
Reconnaissance Squadron 
Operations and Avionics 
Facility ..........................
$30,000,000 
Air Force ........
Osan Air Base ....
Repair Aircraft Mainte-
nance Hangar B1732 ....
$8,000,000 
Air Force ........
Osan Air Base ....
Upgrade Electrical Dis-
tribution East, Phase 2
$46,000,000 
Air Force ........
Osan Air Base ....
Water Supply Treatment 
Facility ..........................
$22,000,000 
SEC. 2512. REPUBLIC OF POLAND FUNDED CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS. 
Pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Poland 
for required in-kind contributions, the Secretary of De-
fense may accept military construction projects for the in-
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stallations or locations in the Republic of Poland, and in 
the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Republic of Poland Funded Construction Projects 
Component 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Army ..............
Powidz ................
Barracks and Dining Fa-
cility ...............................
$93,000,000 
Army ..............
Powidz ................
Rotary Wing Aircraft 
Apron .............................
$35,000,000 
Army ..............
Swietoszow ..........
Bulk Fuel Storage ............
$35,000,000 
Army ..............
Swietoszow ..........
Rail Extension and Rail-
head ...............................
$7,300,000 
Air Force ........
Wroclaw ..............
Aerial Port of Debarkation 
Ramp .............................
$59,000,000 
Air Force ........
Wroclaw ..............
Taxiways to Aerial Port of 
Debarkation Ramp ........
$39,000,000 
Defense-Wide
Lubliniec .............
Special Operations Forces 
Company Operations 
Facility ..........................
$16,200,000 
TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND 
RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
SEC. 2601. AUTHORIZED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CON-
STRUCTION 
AND 
LAND 
ACQUISITION 
PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the Army National Guard locations inside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol-
lowing table: 
Army National Guard: Inside the United States 
State 
Location 
Amount 
Arizona ..................
Surprise Readiness Center .......................
$15,000,000 
Florida ...................
Camp Blanding ........................................
$11,000,000
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Army National Guard: Inside the United States—Continued 
State 
Location 
Amount 
Idaho .....................
Jerome County Regional Site ..................
$17,000,000 
Illinois ....................
North Riverside (National Guard Mainte-
nance Center) .......................................
$24,000,000 
Kentucky ...............
Burlington ................................................
$16,400,000 
Missouri .................
Belle Fontaine ..........................................
$28,000,000 
New Hampshire .....
Littleton ...................................................
$23,000,000 
New Mexico ...........
Rio Rancho Training Site ........................
$11,000,000 
New York ..............
Lexington Avenue Armory .......................
$90,000,000 
Ohio .......................
Camp Perry Joint Training Center .........
$19,200,000 
Oregon ...................
Washington County Readiness Center .....
$26,000,000 
Pennsylvania ..........
Hermitage Readiness Center ...................
$13,600,000 
South Carolina ......
Aiken County Readiness Center ...............
$20,000,000 
McCrady Training Center ........................
$7,900,000 
Virginia ..................
Sandston RC & FMS 1 ............................
$20,000,000 
Wisconsin ...............
Viroqua .....................................................
$18,200,000 
SEC. 2602. AUTHORIZED ARMY RESERVE CONSTRUCTION 
AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the Army Reserve locations inside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Army Reserve 
State or Territory 
Location 
Amount 
Alabama ..............................
Birmingham ............................................
$57,000,000 
Arizona ...............................
Queen Creek ............................................
$12,000,000 
California ............................
Fort Hunter Liggett ...............................
$40,000,000 
Georgia ...............................
USMC Logistics Base Albany .................
$40,000,000
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SEC. 2603. AUTHORIZED NAVY RESERVE AND MARINE 
CORPS RESERVE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 
locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, 
set forth in the following table: 
Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Amount 
Michigan .................
Battle Creek ..............................
$24,549,000 
Virginia ...................
Dam Neck ..................................
$12,400,000 
SEC. 2604. AUTHORIZED AIR NATIONAL GUARD CONSTRUC-
TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force 
may acquire real property and carry out military construc-
tion projects for the Air National Guard locations inside 
the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the 
following table:
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Air National Guard 
State 
Location 
Amount 
Alabama ..............................
Montgomery Regional Airport .................
$7,000,000 
Alaska .................................
Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson ..........
$7,000,000 
Arizona ...............................
Tucson International Airport ..................
$11,600,000 
Arkansas .............................
Ebbing Field ...........................................
$75,542,000 
Colorado .............................
Buckley Air National Guard Base ..........
$12,000,000 
Indiana ...............................
Fort Wayne International Airport ..........
$8,900,000 
Oregon ................................
Portland International Airport ...............
$71,500,000 
Pennsylvania .......................
Harrisburg International Airport ............
$8,000,000 
Wisconsin ............................
Truax Field .............................................
$5,200,000 
SEC. 2605. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE RESERVE CONSTRUC-
TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 
the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force 
may acquire real property and carry out military construc-
tion projects for the Air Force Reserve locations inside 
the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the 
following table: 
Air Force Reserve 
State or Territory 
Location 
Amount 
Arizona ..............................
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base ............
$8,500,000 
California ..........................
March Air Reserve Base .......................
$226,500,000 
Georgia ..............................
Dobbins Air Reserve Base ....................
$22,000,000 
Guam ................................
Joint Region Marianas .........................
$27,000,000 
Louisiana ..........................
Barksdale Air Force Base ....................
$7,000,000 
Texas .................................
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base 
Fort Worth .......................................
$16,000,000 
SEC. 2606. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NA-
TIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2023, for the 
costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services,
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and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve 
Forces, and for contributions therefor, under chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code (including the cost 
of acquisition of land for those facilities), as specified in 
the funding table in section 4601. 
SEC. 2607. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS-
CAL YEAR 2018 PROJECT AT HULMAN RE-
GIONAL AIRPORT, INDIANA. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 
1817), the authorization set forth in the table in sub-
section (b), as provided in section 2604 of that Act (131 
Stat. 1836) and extended by section 2608 of the Military 
Construction Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Pub-
lic Law 117–263), shall remain in effect until October 1, 
2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 
funds for military construction for fiscal year 2025, which-
ever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 
is as follows: 
National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2018 Project 
Authorization 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Indiana ...........
Hulman Regional Air-
port ..........................
Construct Small 
Arms Range ........
$8,000,000
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SEC. 2608. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS-
CAL YEAR 2019 PROJECT AT FRANCIS S. 
GABRESKI AIRPORT, NEW YORK. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 
2240), the authorization set forth in the table in sub-
section (b), as provided in sections 2604 of that Act (132 
Stat. 2255), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, 
or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds 
for military construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever 
is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 
is as follows: 
National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2019 Project 
Authorization 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
New York .......
Francis S. Gabreski 
Airport .....................
Security Forces/ 
Comm. Training 
Facility ................
$20,000,000 
SEC. 2609. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2021 NATIONAL GUARD 
AND 
RESERVE 
MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal
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Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 
4294), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub-
section (b), as provided in sections 2601, 2602, and 2604 
of that Act (134 Stat. 4312, 4313, 4314), shall remain 
in effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enact-
ment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction 
for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 
is as follows: 
National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2021 Project 
Authorizations 
State or 
Territory 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Original 
Authorized 
Amount 
Arkansas ........
Fort Chaffee ................
National Guard 
Readiness Center
$15,000,000 
California .......
Bakersfield ...................
National Guard Ve-
hicle Maintenance 
Shop. ...................
$9,300,000 
Colorado .........
Peterson Space Force 
Base .........................
National Guard 
Readiness Center
$15,000,000 
Guam ..............
Joint Region Marianas 
Space Control Facil-
ity #5 ..................
$20,000,000 
Ohio ................
Columbus .....................
National Guard 
Readiness Center
$15,000,000 
Massachusetts 
Devens Reserve Forces 
Training Area ..........
Automated Multi-
purpose Machine 
Gun Range. .........
$8,700,000 
North Carolina 
Asheville .......................
Army Reserve Cen-
ter/Land ..............
$24,000,000 
Puerto Rico ....
Fort Allen ....................
National Guard 
Readiness Center
$37,000,000 
South Carolina 
Joint Base Charleston
National Guard 
Readiness Center
$15,000,000 
Texas ..............
Fort Worth ..................
Aircraft Mainte-
nance Hangar Ad-
dition/Alt. ............
$6,000,000 
Joint Base San Antonio 
F–16 Mission Train-
ing Center ...........
$10,800,000 
Virgin Islands
St. Croix ......................
Army Aviation Sup-
port Facility 
(AASF) ................
$28,000,000 
St. Croix ......................
CST Ready Building 
$11,400,000
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SEC. 2610. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
FISCAL YEAR 2023 PROJECT AT CAMP PEN-
DLETON, CALIFORNIA. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table 
in section 2602 of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117– 
263; 136 Stat. 2987) for Camp Pendleton, California, for 
construction of an area maintenance support activity, the 
Secretary of the Army may construct a 15,000 square foot 
facility. 
TITLE 
XXVII—BASE 
REALIGN-
MENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVI-
TIES 
SEC. 2701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVI-
TIES FUNDED THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2023, for base 
realignment and closure activities, including real property 
acquisition and military construction projects, as author-
ized by 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) and funded through the Department 
of Defense Base Closure Account established by section
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2906 of such Act as specified in the funding table in sec-
tion 4601. 
TITLE 
XXVIII—MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION GENERAL PROVI-
SIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Construction 
Programs 
SEC. 2801. MODIFICATIONS TO DEFENSE COMMUNITY IN-
FRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM. 
Section 2391(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘PILOT’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (5). 
SEC. 2802. MODIFICATION TO AUTHORITY FOR UNSPEC-
IFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) INCLUSION OF DEMOLITION IN DEFINITION OF 
UNSPECIFIED
MINOR
MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECT.—Section 2805(a)(2) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or a demolition project’’ 
after ‘‘is a military construction project’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION TO DOLLAR THRESHOLDS FOR 
UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION.—Section 2805 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking the dollar 
figure and inserting ‘‘$9,000,000’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking the dollar fig-
ure and inserting ‘‘$4,000,000’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
the 
dollar 
figure 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$9,000,000’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the 
dollar 
figure 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$9,000,000’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the dollar 
figure and inserting ‘‘$9,000,000’’. 
(c) MODIFICATION
TO ADJUSTMENT
OF DOLLAR 
LIMITATIONS FOR LOCATION.—Section 2805(f) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking the dollar fig-
ure and inserting ‘‘$14,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3). 
(d) REPORT.—No later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the impacts of inflation over time on the utility 
of the authority to carry out unspecified minor military
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construction projects under section 2805 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 2803. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
DEFENSE 
LABORATORY 
MODERNIZATION 
PROGRAM. 
Section 2805(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended in subparagraph (D) by inserting ‘‘or develop-
ment, production, and sustainment of combat capabilities’’ 
before the period at the end. 
SEC. 2804. EXPANSION OF MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FUNDS 
AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN DEFENSE LABORA-
TORY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 
Section 2805(g) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘$150,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$250,000,000’’. 
SEC. 2805. PRIORITIZATION OF CERTAIN MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION PROJECTS TO IMPROVE INFRA-
STRUCTURE AT CERTAIN FACILITIES DETER-
MINED TO BE CRITICAL TO NATIONAL SECU-
RITY. 
Section 2815 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and
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(2) by inserting after subsection (d), the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) PRIORITIZATION.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary concerned shall prioritize projects that im-
prove federally owned infrastructure that provides the sole 
means of ingress to and egress from a facility determined 
to be critical to the national security interests of the 
United States, as determined by the Secretary of De-
fense.’’. 
SEC. 2806. EXPANSION OF AMOUNT OF CERTAIN FUNDS 
SECRETARY CONCERNED MAY OBLIGATE AN-
NUALLY FOR MILITARY INSTALLATION RE-
SILIENCE PROJECTS. 
Paragraph (3) of section 2815(f) of title 10, United 
States Code, as redesignated by section 2805, is amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$100,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$200,000,000’’. 
SEC. 2807. CERTIFICATION OF CONSIDERATION OF CER-
TAIN 
METHODS 
OF 
CONSTRUCTION 
FOR 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; AN-
NUAL REPORT. 
Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:
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‘‘§ 2817. Certification of consideration of certain 
methods of construction for covered mili-
tary construction projects; annual report 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—A covered official may not, be-
fore submitting to the appropriate Assistant Secretary the 
certification described in subsection (b)— 
‘‘(1) advance a covered military construction 
project from the design phase of such project to a 
subsequent phase of such project; or 
‘‘(2) solicit bids for the construction phase of a 
covered military construction project. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—The certification 
described in this subsection is a certification that a cov-
ered official, with respect to a covered military construc-
tion project under subsection (a), has considered all rel-
evant construction materials and methods of construction 
included in the Unified Facilities Criteria/DoD Building 
Code (UFC 1–200–01). 
‘‘(c) MODIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
modify Department of Defense Form 1391 to require the 
inclusion of the certification described in subsection (b). 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
on which such Secretary makes the modification required 
under subsection (c), the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Energy, Installations, and Environment, in consulta-
tion with each covered official, shall submit to the congres-
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sional defense committees a report on the processes, if 
any, developed by covered officials to consider all relevant 
construction materials and methods of construction in-
cluded in the Unified Facilities Criteria/DoD Building 
Code (UFC 1–200–01). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate Assistant Secretary’ 
means the following: 
‘‘(A) The Assistant Secretary of the Army 
(Installations, Energy and Environment). 
‘‘(B) The Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
for Energy, Installations and Environment. 
‘‘(C) The Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force Energy, Installations, and Environment. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered military construction 
project’ means a military construction project with 
an estimated total cost that exceeds $9,000,000. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘covered official’ means the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) The Chief of Engineers of the Army 
Corps of Engineers. 
‘‘(B) The Commander of the Naval Facili-
ties Engineering System Command. 
‘‘(C) The Commander of the Air Force 
Civil Engineer Center.’’.
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SEC. 2808. AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS IN FRIENDLY FOREIGN COUN-
TRIES. 
Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 10, United States 
Code, as amended by section 2807, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2818. Authority for certain construction projects in 
friendly foreign countries 
‘‘(a) CONSTRUCTION
AUTHORIZED.—Using funds 
available for operations and maintenance, the Secretary 
of Defense may carry out a construction project in a 
friendly foreign country, and perform planning and design 
to support such a project, that the Secretary determines 
meets each of the following conditions: 
‘‘(1) The commander of the geographic combat-
ant command in which the construction project will 
be carried out identified the construction project as 
necessary to support vital United States military re-
quirements at an air port of debarkation, sea port 
of debarkation, or rail or other logistics support lo-
cation. 
‘‘(2) The construction project will not be car-
ried out at a military installation. 
‘‘(3) The funds made available under the au-
thority of this section for the construction project— 
‘‘(A) will be sufficient to—
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‘‘(i) construct a complete and usable 
facility or make an improvement to a facil-
ity; or 
‘‘(ii) complete the repair of an existing 
facility or improvement to a facility; and 
‘‘(B) will not require additional funds from 
other Department of Defense accounts. 
‘‘(4) The level of construction for the construc-
tion project may not exceed the minimum necessary 
to meet the military requirements identified under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(5) Deferral of the construction project pend-
ing inclusion of the construction project proposal in 
the national defense authorization Act for a subse-
quent fiscal year is inconsistent with the military re-
quirements identified under paragraph (1) and other 
national security or national interests of the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION
REQUIRED.—Upon deter-
mining to carry out a construction project under this 
section that has an estimated cost in excess of the 
amounts authorized for unspecified minor military 
construction projects under section 2805(c) of this 
title, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
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specified congressional committees a notification of 
such determination. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The notification required by 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) A certification that the conditions 
specified in subsection (a) are satisfied with re-
gard to the construction project. 
‘‘(B) A justification for such project. 
‘‘(C) An estimate of the cost of such 
project. 
‘‘(3) NOTICE AND WAIT.—The Secretary of De-
fense may carry out a construction project only after 
the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 
the notice required by paragraph (1) is received by 
the specified congressional committees in an elec-
tronic medium pursuant to section 480 of this title. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL LIMITATIONS ON USE OF AUTHOR-
ITY.— 
‘‘(1) TOTAL COST LIMITATION.—The Secretary 
of 
Defense 
may 
not 
obligate 
more 
than 
$200,000,000 in any fiscal year under the authority 
provided by this section. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
OBLIGATION
AUTHORITY.— 
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary of De-
fense may authorize the obligation under this section
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of not more than an additional $10,000,000 from 
funds available for operations and maintenance for 
a fiscal year if the Secretary determines that the ad-
ditional funds are needed for costs associated with 
contract closeouts for all construction projects dur-
ing such fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) PROJECT
LIMITATION.—The maximum 
amount that the Secretary may obligate for a single 
construction project is $15,000,000. 
‘‘(d) SPECIFIED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘specified congressional 
committees’ means— 
‘‘(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Subcommittee on Defense and the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Subcommittee on Defense and the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives.’’.
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SEC. 2809. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND CONGRES-
SIONAL NOTIFICATION FOR CERTAIN MILI-
TARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) SUPERVISION
OF
MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.—Section 2851 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘or appro-
priated’’ after ‘‘funds authorized’’ each place such 
term appears; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 
deadline for bid submissions,’’ after ‘‘solicita-
tion date’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘(including the address of such recipient)’’ after 
‘‘contract recipient’’. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION
OF COVERED 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 
169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after section 2851a the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 2851b. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF COVERED 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. 
‘‘(a) NOTICE.—Upon award of a covered military 
construction contract with an estimated value greater than
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or equal to $9,000,000, the Secretary concerned shall no-
tify any applicable Member of Congress representing the 
covered State or territory in which that covered military 
construction contract is to be performed of such award 
in a timely manner. 
‘‘(b) EXCLUSION OF CLASSIFIED PROJECTS.—This 
section does not apply to a classified covered military con-
struction project. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED MILITARY CONSTRUCTION CON-
TRACT.—The term ‘covered military construction 
contract’ means a contract for work on a military 
construction project, military family housing project, 
or Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Mod-
ernization project carried out in a covered State or 
territory. 
‘‘(2) COVERED
STATE
OR
TERRITORY.—The 
term ‘covered State or territory’ means any of the 
several States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 
the United States Virgin Islands, or the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(3) MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—The term ‘Mem-
ber of Congress’ has the meaning given in section 
2106 of title 5.’’.
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(2) APPLICABILITY.—Section 2851b of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), 
shall apply with respect to a covered military con-
struction contract, as defined in such section, en-
tered into on or after the date of the enactment of 
this section. 
Subtitle B—Military Housing 
Reforms 
SEC. 2821. AUTHORITY TO OPERATE CERTAIN TRANSIENT 
HOUSING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
TRANSFERRED TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 
DEFENSE FOR ENERGY, INSTALLATIONS, AND 
ENVIRONMENT. 
(a) TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY.— 
(1) ASSIGNMENT.—Paragraph (7) of section 
138(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘The Assistant Secretary is responsible, subject to 
the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary 
of Defense, for all matters relating to lodging in-
tended to be occupied by members of the armed 
forces that require such lodging due to a temporary 
duty assignment or a permanent change of station 
order.’’. 
(2) TRANSFER.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall transfer each duty or 
responsibility relating to covered transient hous-
ing to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Energy, Installations, and Environment. 
(B) CERTIFICATION.—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 certifi-
cation that the transfer required under sub-
paragraph (A) has been completed. 
(3) COORDINATION
ON
COVERED
TRANSIENT 
HOUSING.— 
(A) ARMY TRANSIENT HOUSING.—On mat-
ters relating to covered transient housing of the 
Department of the Army, the Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and 
Environment shall coordinate with the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, 
and Environment. 
(B) NAVY TRANSIENT HOUSING.—On mat-
ters relating to covered transient housing of the 
Department of the Navy, the Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and
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Environment shall coordinate with the Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations, 
and Environment). 
(C) AIR FORCE TRANSIENT HOUSING.—On 
matters relating to covered transient housing of 
the Department of the Air Force, the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, 
and Environment shall coordinate with the As-
sistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, 
Installations and Environment. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in law, regulation, 
guidance, instruction, or other document of the Federal 
Government to the Under Secretary of Defense for Per-
sonnel and Readiness with respect to covered transient 
housing shall be deemed to refer to the Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environ-
ment. 
(c) COVERED TRANSIENT HOUSING DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘covered transient housing’’ means 
lodging intended to be occupied by members of the Armed 
Forces that require such lodging due to— 
(1) a temporary duty assignment; 
(2) or a permanent change of station order.
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SEC. 2822. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY HOUSING 
READINESS COUNCIL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subchapter I of chapter 88 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 1781c the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1781d. Department of Defense Military Housing 
Readiness Council 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Department of 
Defense the Department of Defense Military Housing 
Readiness Council (in this section referred to as the 
‘Council’). 
‘‘(b) MEMBERS.—(1) The Council shall be composed 
of the following members: 
‘‘(A) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Energy, Installations, and Environment, who shall 
serve as chair of the Council and who may designate 
a representative to chair the Council in the absence 
of the Assistant Secretary. 
‘‘(B) One representative of each of the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force— 
‘‘(i) each of whom shall be a member of 
the armed force to be represented; and 
‘‘(ii) not fewer than two of whom shall be 
enlisted members. 
‘‘(C) One spouse of a member of each of the 
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space
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Force on active duty, not fewer than two of whom 
shall be the spouse of an enlisted member. 
‘‘(D) One representative that possesses exper-
tise in State and Federal housing standards from 
each of the following areas: 
‘‘(i) Plumbing. 
‘‘(ii) Electrical. 
‘‘(iii) Heating, ventilation, and air condi-
tioning. 
‘‘(iv) Certified home inspection. 
‘‘(v) Roofing. 
‘‘(vi) Structural engineering. 
‘‘(vii) Window fall prevention and safety. 
‘‘(E) Two representatives of organizations that 
advocate on behalf of military families with respect 
to military housing. 
‘‘(F) One individual appointed by the Secretary 
of Defense among representatives of the Inter-
national Code Council. 
‘‘(G) One individual appointed by the Secretary 
of Defense among representatives of the Institute of 
Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification. 
‘‘(H) One individual appointed by the Secretary 
of Defense among representatives of a voluntary 
consensus standards body that develops construction
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standards (such as building, plumbing, mechanical, 
or electrical). 
‘‘(I) One individual appointed by the Secretary 
of Defense among representatives of a voluntary 
consensus standards body that develops personnel 
certification standards for building maintenance or 
restoration. 
‘‘(J) Two individuals appointed by the Chair of 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 
each of whom is not described in subparagraph (B), 
(C), or (D) and is not a representative of an organi-
zation specified in subparagraph (E), (F), (G), (H), 
or (I). 
‘‘(K) Two individuals appointed by the Ranking 
Member of the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate, each of whom is not described in subpara-
graph (B), (C), or (D) and is not a representative 
of an organization specified in subparagraph (E), 
(F), (G), (H), or (I). 
‘‘(L) Two individuals appointed by the Chair of 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives, each of whom is not described in 
subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) and is not a rep-
resentative of an organization specified in subpara-
graph (E), (F), (G), (H), or (I).
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‘‘(M) Two individuals appointed by the Ranking 
Member of the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives, each of whom is not de-
scribed in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) and is not 
a representative of an organization specified in sub-
paragraph (E), (F), (G), (H), or (I). 
‘‘(2) The term on the Council of the members speci-
fied under subparagraphs (B) through (M) of paragraph 
(1) shall be two years and may be renewed by the Sec-
retary of Defense. 
‘‘(3) The chair of the Council shall extend an invita-
tion to all landlords for one representative of each landlord 
to attend such meetings of the Council as the chair con-
siders appropriate. 
‘‘(4) Each member of the Council under paragraph 
(1)(D) may not be affiliated with— 
‘‘(A) any organization that provides privatized 
military housing; or 
‘‘(B) the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(c) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet two times 
each year. 
‘‘(d) DUTIES.—The duties of the Council shall in-
clude the following: 
‘‘(1) To review and make recommendations to 
the Secretary of Defense regarding policies for
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privatized military housing, including inspections 
practices, resident surveys, landlord payment of 
medical bills for health conditions of residents of 
housing units resulting from lack of maintenance of 
minimum standards of habitability, and access to 
maintenance work order systems. 
‘‘(2) To monitor compliance by the Department 
of Defense with, and effective implementation by the 
Department of, statutory and regulatory improve-
ments to policies for privatized military housing, in-
cluding the Military Housing Privatization Initiative 
Tenant Bill of Rights developed under section 2890 
of this title and the complaint database established 
under section 2894a of this title. 
‘‘(3) To make recommendations to the Sec-
retary of Defense to improve collaboration, aware-
ness, and promotion of accurate and timely informa-
tion about privatized military housing, accommoda-
tions available through the Exceptional Family 
Member Program of the Department, and other sup-
port services among policymakers, service providers, 
and targeted beneficiaries. 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC REPORTING.—(1) Subject to section 
552 of title 5 (commonly known as the ‘Freedom of Infor-
mation Act’), the records, reports, transcripts, minutes,
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appendices, working papers, drafts, studies, agenda, and 
other documents made available to or prepared for or by 
the Council shall be available for public inspection and 
copying at a single location in a publicly accessible format 
on a website of the Department of Defense until the Coun-
cil ceases to exist. 
‘‘(2)(A) Detailed minutes of each meeting of the 
Council shall be kept and shall contain— 
‘‘(i) a record of the individuals present; 
‘‘(ii) a complete and accurate description of 
matters discussed and conclusions reached; and 
‘‘(iii) copies of all reports received, issued, or 
approved by the Council. 
‘‘(B) The chair of the Council shall certify the accu-
racy of the minutes of each meeting of the Council. 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTS.—(1) Not later than March 
1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Council shall submit 
to the Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense 
committees a report on privatized military housing readi-
ness. 
‘‘(2) Each report under this subsection shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(A) An assessment of the adequacy and effec-
tiveness of the provision of privatized military hous-
ing and the activities of the Secretary of Defense in
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meeting the needs of military families relating to 
housing during the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) A description of activities of the Council 
during the preceding fiscal year, including— 
‘‘(i) analyses of complaints of tenants of 
privatized military housing; 
‘‘(ii) data received by the Council on main-
tenance response time and completion of main-
tenance requests relating to privatized military 
housing; 
‘‘(iii) assessments of dispute resolution 
processes; 
‘‘(iv) assessments of overall customer serv-
ice for tenants; 
‘‘(v) assessments of results of housing in-
spections conducted with and without notice; 
and 
‘‘(vi) any survey results conducted on be-
half of or received by the Council. 
‘‘(C) Recommendations on actions to be taken 
to improve the capability of the provision of 
privatized military housing and the activities of the 
Department of Defense to meet the needs and re-
quirements of military families relating to housing,
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including actions relating to the allocation of fund-
ing and other resources. 
‘‘(3) Each report under this subsection shall be made 
available in a publicly accessible format on a website of 
the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The terms ‘landlord’ and ‘tenant’ have the 
meanings given, respectively, in section 2871 of this 
title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘privatized military housing’ 
means housing provided under subchapter IV of 
chapter 169 of this title.’’. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 1, 2024, the 
Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional de-
fense committees a briefing on the annual report required 
under subsection (f) of section 1781d of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a). 
SEC. 2823. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO 
COMPLIANCE WITH MILITARY HOUSING PRI-
VATIZATION INITIATIVE TENANT BILL OF 
RIGHTS IN CERTAIN NOTIFICATIONS SUB-
MITTED TO CONGRESS. 
Section 2878(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
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‘‘(E) An assessment by the Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environ-
ment of the extent to which the lessor, with respect 
to such ground lease, complied with the rights con-
tained in the Military Housing Privatization Initia-
tive Tenant Bill of Rights developed under section 
2890 of this title.’’. 
SEC. 2824. ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS 
FOR A MILITARY HOUSING COMPLAINT DATA-
BASE. 
Section 2894a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘regarding 
housing units’’ and inserting ‘‘by a tenant regarding 
covered dwelling units’’; 
(2) in subsections (c) and (d) by striking ‘‘hous-
ing unit’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘cov-
ered dwelling unit’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Deputy Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense for Housing shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, and make available to
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each Secretary of a military department, an annual 
report that includes, during the year covered by such 
report— 
‘‘(A) a summary of the data collected 
using the database established under subsection 
(a); 
‘‘(B) an aggregation of the complaints cat-
egorized by type, in accordance with paragraph 
(2), and military installation, if applicable; and 
‘‘(C) the actions taken to remedy com-
plaints received during the period covered by 
such report. 
‘‘(2) TYPE
OF
COMPLAINTS.—In categorizing 
complaints by type pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), 
the Secretary shall aggregate complaints based on 
the following categories: 
‘‘(A) 
Physiological 
hazards, 
including 
dampness and mold growth, lead-based paint, 
asbestos 
and 
manmade 
fibers, 
radiation, 
biocides, carbon monoxide, and volatile organic 
compounds. 
‘‘(B) Psychological hazards, including ease 
of access by unlawful intruders, faulty locks or 
alarms, and lighting issues. 
‘‘(C) Safety hazards.
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‘‘(D) Maintenance timeliness. 
‘‘(E) Maintenance quality. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered dwelling unit’ means a 
unit of accompanied family housing, unaccompanied 
housing, or barracks— 
‘‘(A) in which a member of the armed 
forces resides; and 
‘‘(B) that the member does not own. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘tenant’ means any of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) A member of the armed forces who 
resides in a covered dwelling unit. 
‘‘(B) A dependent of a member described 
in subparagraph (A) who resides in a covered 
dwelling unit.’’. 
SEC. 2825. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO GRANT CER-
TAIN WAIVERS RELATING TO CONFIGURA-
TION AND PRIVACY STANDARDS FOR MILI-
TARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING; LIMITA-
TIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any waiver of covered minimum 
standards for military unaccompanied housing shall have 
no force or effect without the approval of the appropriate 
Secretary of a military department.
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(b) QUARTERLY BRIEFING.—Not later than April 1, 
2024, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Energy, Installations, and Envi-
ronment, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, 
Installations, and Environment, and the Assistant Sec-
retary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and En-
vironment, shall provide to the congressional defense com-
mittees a briefing on each waiver described in subsection 
(a) approved by each Secretary of a military department 
during the period covered by the briefing that includes— 
(1) an identification of the military installation 
on which the military unaccompanied housing to 
which such waiver is applicable is located; 
(2) an identification of the number of members 
of the Armed Forces that reside in such military un-
accompanied housing; 
(3) a description of the military necessity un-
derlying such waiver; and 
(4) an statement of the period such waiver is 
effective. 
(c) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—Not later than July 1, 
2024, and annually thereafter in conjunction with the sub-
mission of the budget of the President to Congress pursu-
ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy, Installations,
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and Environment, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Energy, Installations, and Environment, and the Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and 
Environment, shall provide to the congressional defense 
committees a briefing on waivers described in subsection 
(a) approved by each Secretary of a military department 
that includes— 
(1) the number of such waivers that were 
granted during the period covered by the briefing; 
(2) a strategy to remedy issues, if any, caused 
by military unaccompanied housing that does not 
comply with covered minimum standards; 
(3) a strategy to remedy the factors, if any, 
that require the submission to such Secretary of a 
military department for approval of consecutive 
waivers described in subsection (a) that includes a 
timeline for the implementation of such strategy; 
and 
(4) an analysis of strategies to remedy the fac-
tors described in paragraph (3), including— 
(A) projects to modernize existing military 
unaccompanied housing to comply with such 
covered minimum standards; 
(B) projects to construct new military un-
accompanied housing; and
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(C) modifications to relevant policies of the 
Department of Defense, excluding such policies 
related to infrastructure. 
(d) LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
(1) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY.— 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 2024 for 
operations and maintenance, Army, not more than 
75 percent may be obligated or expended until the 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy, Instal-
lations, and Environment provides the first respec-
tive briefing described in subsection (c). 
(2) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY.— 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 2024 for 
operations and maintenance, Navy, not more than 
75 percent may be obligated or expended until the 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Instal-
lations, and Environment provides the first respec-
tive briefing described in such subsection. 
(3) OPERATIONS
AND
MAINTENANCE, 
AIR 
FORCE.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
2024 for operations and maintenance, Air Force, not 
more than 75 percent may be obligated or expended
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until the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Energy, Installations, and Environment provides the 
first respective briefing described in such subsection. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered minimum standards’’ 
means the minimum standards for configuration and 
privacy applicable to military unaccompanied hous-
ing described in Department of Defense Manual 
4165.63 titled ‘‘DoD Housing Management’’ and 
dated October 28, 2010 (or a successor document). 
(2) The term ‘‘military installation’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2801 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘military unaccompanied hous-
ing’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
2871 of such title. 
(4) The term ‘‘military department’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of such 
title.
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SEC. 2826. REVISION OF CERTAIN MINIMUM STANDARDS 
RELATING TO HEALTH, SAFETY, AND CONDI-
TION FOR MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUS-
ING; TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO GRANT 
CERTAIN WAIVERS. 
(a) REVISION OF STANDARDS.—Not later than Janu-
ary 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with each Secretary of a military department, shall update 
applicable minimum standards to include minimum stand-
ards relating to— 
(1) sanitary facilities; 
(2) environmental hazards; 
(3) electrical safety; 
(4) water; 
(5) wastewater; 
(6) air quality and fire alarm systems; and 
(7) fire safety. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY; TERMI-
NATION.— 
(1) MODIFICATION.—Any waiver of applicable 
minimum standards for military unaccompanied 
housing shall have no force or effect without the ap-
proval of the appropriate Secretary of a military de-
partment.
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(2) TERMINATION
DATE.—The authority to 
waiver such applicable minimum standards shall ter-
minate on January 1, 2028. 
(c) QUARTERLY BRIEFING.—Not later than April 1, 
2024, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Energy, Installations, and Envi-
ronment, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, 
Installations, and Environment, and the Assistant Sec-
retary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and En-
vironment, shall provide to the congressional defense com-
mittees a briefing on each waiver described in subsection 
(b) approved by each Secretary of a military department 
during the period covered by the briefing that includes— 
(1) an identification of the military installation 
on which the military unaccompanied housing to 
which such waiver is applicable is located; 
(2) an identification of the number of members 
of the Armed Forces that reside in such military un-
accompanied housing; 
(3) a description of the military necessity un-
derlying such waiver; and 
(4) an statement of the period such waiver is 
effective. 
(d) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—Not later than July 1, 
2024, and annually thereafter in conjunction with the sub-
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mission of the budget of the President to Congress pursu-
ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy, Installations, 
and Environment, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Energy, Installations, and Environment, and the Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and 
Environment, shall provide to the congressional defense 
committees a briefing on waivers described in subsection 
(b) approved by each Secretary of a military department 
that includes— 
(1) the number of such waivers that were 
granted during the period covered by the briefing; 
(2) a strategy to remedy issues, if any, caused 
by military unaccompanied housing that does not 
comply with applicable minimum standards; 
(3) a strategy to remedy the factors, if any, 
that require the submission to the appropriate Sec-
retary of a military department for approval of con-
secutive waivers described in subsection (b) that in-
cludes a timeline for the implementation of such 
strategy; and 
(4) an analysis of strategies to remedy the fac-
tors described in paragraph (3), including—
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(A) projects to modernize existing military 
unaccompanied housing to comply with such ap-
plicable minimum standards; 
(B) projects to construct new military un-
accompanied housing; and 
(C) modifications to relevant policies of the 
Department of Defense, excluding such policies 
related to infrastructure. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘applicable minimum standards’’ 
means minimum standards for health, safety, and 
condition described in the Department of Defense 
Manual 4165.63 titled ‘‘DoD Housing Management’’ 
and dated October 28, 2010 (or a successor docu-
ment). 
(2) The term ‘‘military installation’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2801 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘military unaccompanied hous-
ing’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
2871 of such title. 
(4) The term ‘‘military department’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of such 
title.
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SEC. 2827. REPORT ON CAPACITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE TO PROVIDE SURVIVORS OF NATURAL 
DISASTERS WITH EMERGENCY SHORT-TERM 
HOUSING. 
Not later than 220 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report analyzing 
the capacity of the Department of Defense to provide sur-
vivors of natural disasters with emergency short-term 
housing. 
Subtitle C—Real Property and 
Facilities Administration 
SEC. 2831. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO ACCESS TO MILI-
TARY INSTALLATIONS IN UNITED STATES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES FOR EXPEDITED AC-
CESS.—Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2698. Access to military installations: standards for 
entry to military installations in United 
States 
‘‘(a) ACCESS
TO
MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS
IN 
UNITED STATES.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall de-
velop and maintain access standards applicable to all mili-
tary installations in the United States. Such access stand-
ards shall require screening standards appropriate to the 
type of installation involved, the security level of the in-
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‘‘(4) The guidance issued pursuant to paragraph 
(2)(B) shall— 
‘‘(A) identify the categories of covered individ-
uals eligible for such unescorted access; 
‘‘(B) include a list of credentials that can be 
used for such unescorted access to such a military 
installation that are, to the extent practical, the cre-
dentials described in paragraph (3); 
‘‘(C) be consistent across such military installa-
tions; 
‘‘(D) be in accordance with any privileges or 
benefits accorded under, procedures developed pur-
suant to, or requirements of, each covered provision 
and paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(E) be provided to the commanders of each 
such military installation. 
‘‘(5) Upon publication in the Federal Register of ac-
cess standards described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall publish such access standards on a publicly accessible 
website of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(6) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary 
shall seek to use existing identification screening tech-
nology to validate federally-recognized access credentials 
and develop additional technology only to the extent nec-
essary to assist commanders of military installations in the
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United States in implementing the access standards under 
paragraph (1) at points of entry for such military installa-
tions. 
‘‘(b) PRE-ARRIVAL PROTOCOL FOR ACCESS TO MILI-
TARY INSTALLATIONS
IN UNITED STATES.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that the access standards under sub-
section (a) include a specific protocol for the voluntary 
pre-arrival registration and screening of individuals antici-
pating a need for access to a military installation in the 
United States to establish the fitness of such individual 
and the purpose of such access. Under such protocol— 
‘‘(1) such a registration and screening shall 
occur not less than 24 hours and not more than 14 
days prior to the time of such access; and 
‘‘(2) if an individual is determined fit to enter 
the installation pursuant to the pre-arrival registra-
tion and screening, access may only be granted upon 
arrival at the military installation for the stated pur-
pose following a verification of the identity of the in-
dividual. 
‘‘(c) REVIEWS AND SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not 
less frequently than once every five years, the Secretary 
shall—
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‘‘(1) review the access standards and guidance 
under this section, and make such updates as may 
be determined appropriate by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(2) submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
the most recently reviewed and, as applicable, up-
dated version of such access standards and guid-
ance. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered individual’ means the 
following: 
‘‘(A) A member of the armed forces or ci-
vilian employee of the Department of Defense, 
or an employee or family member of such mem-
ber or employee, who resides, attends school, re-
ceives health care services, or shops at a com-
missary or exchange store on a military instal-
lation in the United States. 
‘‘(B) A retired member of the armed 
forces, including the reserve components, or a 
family member of such retired member, who re-
sides, attend schools, receives health care serv-
ices, or shops at a commissary or exchange 
store on such an installation.
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‘‘(C) An individual performing work at 
such an installation under a contract or sub-
contract (at any tier), including a military con-
struction 
project, 
military 
family 
housing 
project, or a facilities sustainment, restoration, 
and modernization project. 
‘‘(D) A motor carrier or household goods 
motor carrier (as such terms are defined in sec-
tion 13102 of title 49) providing transportation 
services for the United States Transportation 
Command. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered provision’ means the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Chapter 54 of this title. 
‘‘(B) Section 202 of the REAL ID Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109–13; 49 U.S.C. 30301 
note). 
‘‘(C) Section 2812 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public 
Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2150; 10 U.S.C. 113 
note). 
‘‘(D) Sections 346 and 1050 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 
113 note).
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‘‘(E) Section 626 of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 
1802; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 
‘‘(F) Section 1090 of the William M. 
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
116–283; 134 Stat. 3879; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 
‘‘(G) Section 2833 of the James M. Inhofe 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 
3003). 
‘‘(3) The term ‘federally-recognized access cre-
dential’ means a credential authorized by Federal 
law or otherwise issued by the head of a department 
or agency of the Federal Government that requires 
the vetting of an individual for access to a facility, 
area, or program. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘military installation’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2801 of this 
title. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘State’ means any of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin
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Islands of the United States, or the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘United States’ includes each 
State, as such term is defined in this subsection.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR FIRST REVIEW AND SUBMISSION 
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall— 
(1) conduct the first review of the access stand-
ards and guidance required under section 2698 of 
title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection 
(a)); and 
(2) submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
the reviewed and, as applicable, updated version of 
such access standards and guidance. 
(c) MODIFICATION TO CERTAIN NOTIFICATION RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 1090(b)(2)(B) of the William M. 
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3879; 
10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by striking ‘‘is’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and, as appropriate, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, are’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) REPEAL OF DUPLICATE PROVISION.—Sec-
tion 1069 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 
Stat. 326) is repealed. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO PRIOR NA-
TIONAL
DEFENSE
AUTHORIZATION
ACT.—Section 
1050 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (10 U.S.C. 113 note; 130 Stat. 
2396) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DEPART-
MENT
OF
DEFENSE
INSTALLATIONS’’ and 
inserting ‘‘MILITARY INSTALLATIONS’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense installations’’ and inserting 
‘‘military installations in the United States’’; 
(C) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense facilities’’ and inserting ‘‘mili-
tary installations in the United States’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘mili-
tary installation’ and ‘United States’ have the meanings 
given such terms, respectively, in section 2698(e) of title 
10, United States Code.’’.
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SEC. 2832. REAL PROPERTY USAGE IN THE NATIONAL CAP-
ITAL REGION. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2024, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the use of organic Depart-
ment of Defense facilities and facilities leased by the De-
partment located in the National Capital Region. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) Daily access rates by individuals at the Pen-
tagon, disaggregated by military personnel, civilian 
personnel, and contractor personnel. 
(2) Daily access rates at the Mark Center Cam-
pus, disaggregated by military personnel, civilian 
personnel, and contractor personnel. 
(3) Workforce capacity at the Pentagon. 
(4) Workforce capacity at the Mark Center 
Campus. 
(5) Current telework guidance for individuals 
working at organic Department of Defense facilities 
and facilities leased by the Department located in 
the National Capital Region. 
(6) Existing lease agreements for facilities lo-
cated in the National Capital Region, including— 
(A) the length and cost of each such agree-
ment; and
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(B) the number of workstations included in 
each such agreement. 
(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be in an unclassified form but may contain a classi-
fied annex. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘Mark Center Campus’’, ‘‘Na-
tional Capital Region’’, and ‘‘Pentagon’’ have the 
meanings given, respectively, in section 2674 of title 
10, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘organic Department of Defense 
facility’’ means a facility that is wholly owned and 
operated by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 2833. REVISION TO UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA ON 
USE OF LIFE SAFETY ACCESSIBILITY HARD-
WARE FOR COVERED DOORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
amend the Unified Facilities Criteria/DoD Building Code 
(UFC 1–200–01) to update applicable specifications, guid-
ance, and technical documentation relating to the con-
struction, renovation, replacement, or other retrofit of a 
covered door to ensure that life safety accessibility hard-
ware is used for such construction, renovation, replace-
ment, or other retrofit. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘covered door’’ means a door to— 
(A) a sensitive compartmented information 
facility, including a sensitive compartmented in-
formation facility in which information des-
ignated as sensitive compartmented information 
is stored and processed; or 
(B) any other room or facility in which in-
formation designated as sensitive compart-
mented information— 
(i) is used, handled, discussed, or 
processed; or 
(ii) is stored in approved security con-
tainers. 
(2) The term ‘‘life safety accessibility hard-
ware’’ means a secure locking device that requires 
less than five pounds of force to open. 
SEC. 2834. AUTHORITY TO CONVEY THE ARMY AND NAVY 
GENERAL 
HOSPITAL, 
HOT 
SPRINGS 
NA-
TIONAL PARK, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, TO 
THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army may 
convey to the State of Arkansas by quitclaim deed, without 
consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the covered property if, not later than 
five years after the date of the enactment of this Act—
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(1) the Governor of Arkansas submits to such 
Secretary a request for such conveyance; and 
(2) such Secretary, in consultation with the Ad-
ministrator of the General Services Administration, 
determines such conveyance is appropriate notwith-
standing the requirements under section 3 of the Act 
of September 12, 1959 (Public Law 86–323). 
(b) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Director of the Office of Local Defense Com-
munity Cooperation, shall designate the State of Arkansas 
as the local redevelopment authority with respect to the 
covered property. 
(c) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the Director of the Office of Local Defense 
Community Cooperation, may make a grant (including a 
supplemental grant) or enter into a cooperative agreement 
to assist the local redevelopment authority designated pur-
suant to subsection (b) in planning community adjust-
ments and economic diversification, including site care-
taker services, security services, and fire protection serv-
ices, required under the conveyance under subsection (a). 
(d) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Army shall provide to the congressional defense 
committees a briefing that includes—
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(1) with respect to the conveyance under sub-
section (a), a summary of the coordination among 
affected stakeholders including— 
(A) the Director of the Office of Local De-
fense Community Cooperation; 
(B) the Administrator of the General Serv-
ices Administration; 
(C) the National Park Service; 
(D) the Governor of Arkansas; 
(E) the Mayor of Hot Springs, Arkansas; 
and 
(F) the Secretary of the Navy; 
(2) a summary of— 
(A) any environmental investigations con-
ducted at the covered property as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act; 
(B) the response actions required under 
any such environmental investigation; 
(C) an estimate of the cost to each such 
response action; and 
(D) an identification of potentially respon-
sible parties, if any, for any hazardous sub-
stance identified under an environmental inves-
tigation described in subparagraph (A); 
(3) an estimation of the total cost to—
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(A) stabilize each structure on the covered 
property; and 
(B) demolish each such structure; and 
(4) an assessment of necessary steps for the 
covered property to be eligible for a grant under the 
Arkansas Brownfields Program and recommenda-
tions with respect to such steps. 
(e) COVERED PROPERTY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered property’’ means the approximately 
twenty-one acres, more or less, of land located at Hot 
Springs National Park, Arkansas, which comprise facili-
ties previously occupied by the Army and Navy General 
Hospital conveyed by quitclaim deed to the State of Ar-
kansas pursuant to the Act of September 12, 1959. 
Subtitle D—Land Conveyances 
SEC. 2841. EXTENSION OF SUNSET FOR LAND CONVEYANCE, 
SHARPE 
ARMY 
DEPOT, 
LATHROP, 
CALI-
FORNIA. 
Section 2833(g) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116–283) is amended by striking ‘‘three 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘five years’’.
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SEC. 2842. LAND CONVEYANCE, EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, 
FLORIDA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
the Air Force may convey to the Air Force Enlisted Vil-
lage, a nonprofit corporation (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Village’’), all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to a parcel of real property, including im-
provements thereon, consisting of approximately 80 acres 
located adjacent to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for the 
purpose of independent-living and assisted-living apart-
ments for veterans. The conveyance under this subsection 
is subject to valid existing rights. 
(b) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—The conveyance 
under subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) subject to valid existing rights; 
(2) made without consideration; and 
(3) subject to any other terms and conditions 
as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary may 
require the Village to cover all costs (except costs for 
environmental remediation of the property) to be in-
curred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Sec-
retary for costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry 
out the conveyance under this section, including sur-
vey costs, costs for environmental documentation,
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and any other administrative costs related to the 
conveyance. If amounts are collected from the Vil-
lage in advance of the Secretary incurring the actual 
costs, and the amount collected exceeds the costs ac-
tually incurred by the Secretary to carry out the 
conveyance, the Secretary shall refund the excess 
amount to the Village. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received under paragraph (1) as reim-
bursement for costs incurred by the Secretary to 
carry out the conveyance under subsection (a) shall 
be credited to the fund or account that was used to 
cover the costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying 
out the conveyance, or to an appropriate fund or ac-
count currently available to the Secretary for the 
purposes for which the costs were paid. Amounts so 
credited shall be merged with amounts in such fund 
or account and shall be available for the same pur-
poses, and subject to the same conditions and limita-
tions, 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.
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SEC. 2843. LAND ACQUISITION, WESTMORELAND STATE 
PARK, VIRGINIA. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Navy may ac-
quire, by purchase or lease from the Commonwealth of 
Virginia ((in this section referred to as the ‘‘Common-
wealth’’), a real property interest in approximately 225 
square feet of land, including ingress and egress, at West-
moreland State Park, Virginia, for the purpose of install-
ing, operating, maintaining, and protecting equipment to 
support research and development activities by the De-
partment of the Navy for national security purposes. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The acquisition of 
property under this section shall be subject to the fol-
lowing terms and conditions: 
(1) The Secretary shall pay the Commonwealth 
fair market value for the interest to be acquired, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
(2) Such other terms and conditions considered 
appropriate by the Secretary. 
(c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The legal descrip-
tion of the property to be acquired under this section shall 
be determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the Sec-
retary and the Commonwealth. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF THE LAND AND WATER CON-
SERVATION FUND ACT.—The provisions of chapter 2003
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of title 54, United States Code, shall not apply to the ac-
quisition of property under this section. 
(e) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Secretary shall reim-
burse the Commonwealth for reasonable and documented 
administrative costs incurred by the Commonwealth to 
execute the acquisition by the Secretary authorized by this 
section. 
(f) TERMINATION OF REAL PROPERTY INTEREST.— 
The real property interest acquired by the Secretary shall 
terminate, and be released without cost to the Common-
wealth, when the Secretary determines this real property 
interest is no longer required for national security pur-
poses. 
SEC. 2844. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE TO CONDUCT CERTAIN 
MILITARY ACTIVITIES AT NEVADA TEST AND 
TRAINING RANGE. 
(a) SPECIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED MILITARY AC-
TIVITIES.—Paragraph (1) of section 3011(b) of the Mili-
tary Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000; 
Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 886) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘, subject to the conditions set forth in
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subsection (a) of section 3014’’ after ‘‘Secretary of 
the Air Force’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C); 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (G); and 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(D) for emergency response; 
‘‘(E) for the establishment and use of ex-
isting or new electronic tracking and commu-
nications sites, including the construction of up 
to 15 equipment pads, no larger than 150-by- 
150 feet in size, along existing roads to allow 
placement and operation of threat emitters; 
‘‘(F) for the use and maintenance of roads 
in existence as of January 1, 2024, to allow ac-
cess to threat emitters and repeaters for instal-
lation, maintenance, and periodic relocation; 
and’’. 
(b) 
INTERAGENCY
COMMITTEE.—Section 
3011(b)(5)(G), as added by paragraph (1) of section 
2844(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
116–283; 134 Stat. 4351), is further amended—
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(1) by amending clause (i) to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
the Interior and the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall jointly establish an interagency 
committee (referred to in this subpara-
graph as the ‘interagency committee’) to— 
‘‘(I) facilitate coordination, man-
age public access needs and require-
ments, and minimize potential conflict 
between the Department of the Inte-
rior and the Department of the Air 
Force with respect to joint operating 
areas within the Desert National 
Wildlife Refuge; and 
‘‘(II) discuss the activities au-
thorized in paragraph (1) and provide 
input to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service and the Department 
of the Air Force when assessing 
whether these activities may be con-
ducted on the joint operating areas 
within the Desert National Wildlife 
Refuge that are under the primary ju-
risdiction of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior in a manner that is consistent
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with the National Wildlife Refuge 
System 
Administration 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and other appli-
cable law.’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including a designee of 
the Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service’’ before the period at the end of 
subclause (I); and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, including a designee of 
the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Energy, Installations, and Environment’’ before 
the period at the end of subclause (II). 
(c) ADDITIONAL PURPOSE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—Section 3011(b)(H)(5)(ii), as 
added by paragraph (2) of such section 2844(b), is amend-
ed in clause (ii)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause 
(I); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
clause (II) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
clause: 
‘‘(III) discussing and making rec-
ommendations to the interagency com-
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mittee established under subpara-
graph (G) with respect to any pro-
posal by the Secretary of the Air 
Force to undertake any of the activi-
ties authorized in paragraph (1) on 
the joint operating areas within the 
Desert National Wildlife Refuge.’’. 
SEC. 2845. REMOVAL OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN 
AREAS IN CULEBRA, PUERTO RICO. 
The first sentence of section 204(c) of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act, 1974 (Public Law 93– 
166; 87 Stat. 668) is amended by striking the first sen-
tence. 
SEC. 2846. LAND CONVEYANCE, PAINE FIELD AIR NATIONAL 
GUARD 
STATION, 
EVERETT, 
SNOHOMISH 
COUNTY, WASHINGTON. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
the Air Force (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may convey to Snohomish County, a political sub-
division of the State of Washington (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘County’’) all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to three parcels of real property, 
including any improvements thereon and any related ease-
ments, consisting of approximately 14.23 acres, collec-
tively, located on the Washington Air National Guard
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Base at Paine Field, Everett, Washington, for the pur-
poses of— 
(1) removing the property from the boundaries 
of the Air National Guard Base and accommodating 
the operational needs of the Snohomish County Air-
port - Paine Field; and 
(2) the development of the parcels and build-
ings for economic purposes. 
(b) CONDITIONS OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance 
under subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) subject to valid existing rights; 
(2) subject to the condition that the County ac-
cept the real property, and any improvements there-
on, in its condition at the time of the conveyance 
(commonly known as a conveyance ‘‘as is’’); 
(3) subject to any other terms and conditions 
as agreed to by the Secretary and the County; and 
(4) subject to any other terms and conditions 
as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 
interests of the United States. 
(c) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) CONSIDERATION REQUIRED.—As consider-
ation for the conveyance under subsection (a), the 
County shall pay to the United States in cash an 
amount that is not less than the fair market value
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of the right, title, and interest conveyed under sub-
section (a), as determined by the Secretary based on 
an appraisal of the property. 
(2) 
TREATMENT
OF
CONSIDERATION
RE-
CEIVED.—Consideration received by the United 
States under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the 
special account in the Treasury established under 
subsection (b) of section 572 of title 40, United 
States Code, and shall be available in accordance 
with paragraph (5)(B)(ii) of such subsection. 
(d) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT
REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
the Air Force may require the County to cover all 
costs (except costs for environmental remediation of 
the property) to be incurred by the Secretary, or to 
reimburse the Secretary for costs incurred by the 
Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under sub-
section (a), including costs related to real estate due 
diligence, and any other administrative costs related 
to the conveyance. If amounts paid by the County to 
the Secretary in advance exceed the costs actually 
incurred by the Secretary to carry out the convey-
ance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall refund 
the excess amount to the County.
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(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received under paragraph (1) as reim-
bursement for costs incurred by the Secretary to 
carry out the conveyance under subsection (a) shall 
be credited to the fund or account that was used to 
cover the costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying 
out the conveyance or to an appropriate fund or ac-
count currently available to the Secretary for the 
purposes for which the costs were paid. Amounts so 
credited shall be merged with amounts in such fund 
or account and shall be available for the same pur-
poses, and to the same conditions and limitations, as 
amounts in such fund or account. 
(e) 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. 
SEC. 2847. NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN NAVY INSTRUC-
TION 
TO 
JOHNSON 
VALLEY, 
SAN 
BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 
Section 2945(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and notwithstanding the instruc-
tion number 11011.47D of the Secretary of the Navy
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issued on June 26, 2019 (or a subsequent similar instruc-
tion),’’ after ‘‘subtitle,’’. 
SEC. 2848. LAND CONVEYANCE, NAVAL WEAPONS STATION 
EARLE, NEW JERSEY. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
the Navy may convey to Colts Neck Township, New Jersey 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Township’’ ), all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel 
of real property, including any improvements thereon, con-
sisting of approximately 3.13 acres and currently used by 
the Township for school bus parking. 
(b) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT
REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
the Navy shall require the Township to cover costs 
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), in-
cluding survey costs, costs for environmental docu-
mentation related to the conveyance, and any other 
administrative costs related to the conveyance. If 
amounts are collected from the Township in advance 
of the Secretary incurring the actual costs, and the 
amount collected exceeds the costs actually incurred 
by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the
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Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the 
Township. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received as reimbursement under para-
graph (1) shall be credited to the fund or account 
that was used to cover the costs incurred by the Sec-
retary in carrying out the land conveyance under 
subsection (a) or, if the period of availability of obli-
gations for that appropriation has expired, to the 
appropriations of a fund that is currently available 
to the Secretary for the same purpose. Amounts so 
credited shall be merged with amounts in such fund 
or account and shall be available for the same pur-
poses, and subject to the same conditions and limita-
tions, as amounts in such fund or account. 
(c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the parcel of real property to be 
conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by sur-
veys satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy. 
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Secretary of the Navy may require such additional terms 
and conditions in connection with the conveyance under 
subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
protect the interests of the United States.
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SEC. 2849. CLOSURE AND DISPOSAL OF THE PUEBLO CHEM-
ICAL DEPOT, PUEBLO COUNTY, COLORADO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army shall 
close Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo County, Colorado 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Depot’’), not later than 
one year after the completion of the chemical demilitariza-
tion mission in such location in accordance with the Chem-
ical Weapons Convention Treaty. 
(b) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary of the Army shall 
carry out the closure and subsequent related property 
management and disposal of the Depot, including the 
land, buildings, structures, infrastructure, and associated 
equipment, installed equipment, material, and personal 
property that comprise the Chemical Agent-Destruction 
Pilot Plant, in accordance with the procedures and au-
thorities for the closure, management, and disposal of 
property under the appropriate base closure laws (as de-
fined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code). 
(c) OFFICE OF LOCAL DEFENSE COMMUNITY CO-
OPERATION ACTIVITIES.—The Office of Local Defense 
Community Cooperation of the Department of Defense 
may make grants and supplement other Federal funds 
pursuant to section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, 
to support closure and reuse activities of the Depot. 
(d) TREATMENT OF EXISTING PERMITS.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to prevent the removal or
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demolition by the Program Executive Office, Assembled 
Chemical Weapons Alternatives of the Department of the 
Army of existing buildings, structures, infrastructure, and 
associated equipment, installed equipment, material, and 
personal property of the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot 
Plant at the Depot in accordance with the existing Haz-
ardous Waste Permit Number CO-20-09-02-01 under the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) (com-
monly known as the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act of 1976) issued by the State of Colorado, or any asso-
ciated or follow-on permits under such Act. 
(e) HOMELESS USE.—Given the nature of activities 
undertaken at the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant 
at the Depot, such land, buildings, structures, infrastruc-
ture, and associated equipment, installed equipment, ma-
terial, and personal property comprising the Chemical 
Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant is deemed unsuitable use 
to assist the homeless, and in carrying out any closure, 
management, or disposal of property under this section, 
need not be screened for use to assist the homeless pursu-
ant to section 2905(b) 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).
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Subtitle E—Pilot Programs and 
Reports 
SEC. 2851. CLARIFICATION ON AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR 
PROJECTS UNDER CERTAIN PILOT PROGRAM 
RELATING TO TESTING FACILITIES AT IN-
STALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
AIR FORCE. 
Section 2862 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 
as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b), the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—The commander of an 
installation selected for the pilot program may obligate or 
expend the following amounts for projects under such pilot 
program relating to testing facilities on such installation: 
‘‘(1) Subject to subsection (d), amounts allo-
cated to such installation for Facility, Sustainment, 
Restoration, and Modernization. 
‘‘(2) Fees charged for the use of such testing 
facilities on such installation.’’.
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SEC. 2852. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE AIR PURIFI-
CATION TECHNOLOGY IN MILITARY HOUS-
ING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out a pilot program to— 
(1) provide commercially available off-the-shelf 
items (as defined in section 104 of title 41, United 
States Code) for air purification and covered sensors 
to landlords; and 
(2) monitor and measure the effect of such 
items on environmental and public health of tenants 
of military housing. 
(b) SELECTION OF INSTALLATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army, 
the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the 
Air Force shall each select one military installation 
to carry out the pilot program under subsection (a). 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—Each Secretary shall 
ensure that the military installation selected under 
this section— 
(A) contains military unaccompanied hous-
ing in which the items described in subsection 
(a) may be used; and 
(B) is engaged in efforts to modernize mili-
tary housing.
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(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of 
the Air Force shall each provide to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a briefing on the pilot program established under 
this section, including a description of the items described 
in subsection (a) used under such program. The briefing 
shall include— 
(1) a description of any cost savings identified 
from use of such items relating to— 
(A) extending the life and habitability of 
military housing; and 
(B) reducing maintenance frequency; and 
(2) with respect to cost savings identified in 
paragraph (1), a plan to expand the use of the cov-
ered sensors in new military housing. 
(d) DEVICES.—An air purification device or covered 
sensor provided under this section shall use technology 
proven to reduce indoor air risks and yield measurable en-
vironmental and public health outcomes. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered sensor’’ means a com-
mercially available product manufactured in the
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United States that detects the conditions for poten-
tial mold growth before mold is present. 
(2) The term ‘‘military housing’’ includes 
privatized military housing (as defined in section 
3001(a) of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (division B of Public Law 
116–92; 133 Stat. 1916; 10 U.S.C. 2821 note)). 
SEC. 2853. QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS ON MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION 
RELATED 
TO 
THE 
SENTINEL 
INTERCONTINENTAL 
BALLISTIC 
MISSILE 
WEAPON SYSTEM PROGRAM. 
(a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 
days thereafter until the date that is five years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Air Force shall provide to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
briefing on contracts for covered construction projects re-
lating to the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile 
weapon system program. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—These briefings shall include at a 
minimum the following information: 
(1) An update on timelines and costs for cov-
ered construction projects, including details on land 
acquisitions for such projects.
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(2) With respect to any contract or subcontract 
(at any tier) for a covered construction project that 
is not a fixed-price contract, a description of the lo-
cation of performance for such contract or sub-
contract. 
(3) With respect to any contract or subcontract 
(at any tier) for a covered construction project that 
is a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, a description of 
the following for performance of the contract or sub-
contract: 
(A) The target cost. 
(B) The target incentive fee. 
(C) The minimum and maximum incentive 
fee amounts. 
(D) A description of the incentive fee ad-
justment formula (including allowable costs). 
(E) A description of the incentive fee 
structure. 
(F) An analysis of any change to the ele-
ments in subparagraphs (A) through (E) since 
the previous quarter. 
(4) A summary of Government actions to miti-
gate cost growth of covered construction projects. 
(5) A review of conditions observed at the site 
for performance of the covered construction project
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contract during the previous quarter and how those 
conditions may impact the cost of such contract and 
subsequent 
contracts 
for 
covered 
construction 
projects at such site. 
(6) The most recent construction schedule, in-
cluding any anticipated delays and mitigation meas-
ures for each such delay, requests for equitable ad-
justment, and any changes to the schedule since the 
previous quarter. 
(7) Updated estimated cost to complete the cov-
ered construction project. 
(c) COVERED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘covered construction project’’ 
means a below-ground military construction project or 
other infrastructure project in connection with the devel-
opment and fielding of the Sentinel intercontinental bal-
listic missile weapon system program. 
SEC. 2854. PLAN FOR USE OF EXCESS BORDER WALL CON-
STRUCTION MATERIALS. 
(a) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to Congress a plan to use, transfer, or donate to 
States on the southern border of the United States all ex-
isting excess border wall construction materials, including 
bollards.
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A list of contracts in the process of per-
formance to store excess border wall construction 
materials, identified by location and cost to date. 
(2) A detailed proposal for the disposition of 
such excess border wall construction materials, in-
cluding a timeline for disposition and the authorities 
under which such disposition shall occur. 
(3) An assessment of the condition of such ma-
terials being stored, including (if applicable) a de-
scription of materials that have depreciated in value, 
become damaged, or been lost. 
(c) EXECUTION OF PLAN.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of submission of the plan required by sub-
section (a), the Secretary of Defense shall commence exe-
cution of such plan until the date on which the Depart-
ment of Defense is no longer incurring any costs to main-
tain, store, or protect the materials specified under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 2855. JOINT HOUSING REQUIREMENTS AND MARKET 
ANALYSIS FOR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN 
HAWAII. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local stake-
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holders (to the maximum extent practicable) shall conduct 
a joint Housing Requirements and Market Analysis for 
each military installation in Hawaii. 
(b) DEADLINE.— Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
each joint Housing Requirements and Market Analysis 
conducted under subsection (a) that includes— 
(1) an analysis of the extent to which military 
installations in Hawaii have affected the availability 
of housing in communities in proximity to such mili-
tary installations; 
(2) the number of members of the Armed 
Forces and their dependents residing in privately- 
owned housing located outside of such military in-
stallations; 
(3) a cost-benefit analysis of implementing a re-
quirement for each member of the Armed Forces as-
signed to a duty station in Hawaii to reside in hous-
ing located on the military installation to which such 
member is assigned; 
(4) an assessment of strategies to reduce the ef-
fect of members of the Armed Forces and depend-
ents of such members on the availability of rental 
housing in such communities, including strategies to
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provide such members and dependents with alter-
native housing options; 
(5) the optimal stock and occupancy rate of 
military housing units in Hawaii, as determined by 
the Secretary; 
(6) an estimate of the cost to the United States 
to maintain such optimal stock and occupancy rate; 
(7) an assessment of the feasibility of expand-
ing housing located on military installations in Ha-
waii to create housing intended to be occupied by ci-
vilian employees and contractors of the Department 
of Defense; 
(8) an identification of limitations and chal-
lenges, if any, to data collection and analysis in car-
rying out such joint Housing Requirements and 
Market Analysis; 
(9) strategies to— 
(A) address such limitations and chal-
lenges; and 
(B) standardize methods of data collection 
and analysis for conducting a Housing Require-
ments and Market Analysis under section 2837 
of title 10, United States Code; 
(10) an assessment of the feasibility and value 
of the Secretary conducting a joint Housing Re-
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quirements and Market Analysis for each military 
installation in Hawaii every two years; and 
(11) other relevant information, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
(c) HOUSING REQUIREMENTS AND MARKET ANAL-
YSIS.—In this section, the term ‘‘Housing Requirements 
and Market Analysis’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 2837 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 2856. REPORT RELATING TO THE CHILD DEVELOP-
MENT CENTER AT SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE IN 
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on expenditures of 
amounts appropriated for, and nonappropriated funds 
used for, in fiscal year 2023 and for the Child Develop-
ment Center at Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair County, 
Illinois, and an assessment of the needs of the Child De-
velopment Center for fiscal year 2024 and subsequent fis-
cal years. 
SEC. 2857. REPORT ON AGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN SUP-
PORT OF AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS. 
The Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees— 
(1) an assessment of aging infrastructure in di-
rect support of mobility aircraft operations (as de-
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termined by the Secretary), including aging run-
ways, ramps, and control towers; and 
(2) a plan to remediate such infrastructure, 
prioritized by military installation. 
SEC. 2858. REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS THAT 
THREATEN TO ENDANGER MILITARY INSTAL-
LATIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report assessing the risks relating to flooding 
and other natural weather phenomenon, that threaten to 
endanger military installations. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following; 
(1) Potential mitigation strategies for such en-
vironmental risks. 
(2) An assessment of the Mississippi Delta. 
SEC. 2859. SURVEY OF CERTAIN COUNTIES FOR PLACE-
MENT OF FACILITIES. 
(a) SURVEY REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
afer the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress the results of a survey 
of the counties described in subsection (b) to assess poten-
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tial placement of operational, training, or other facilities 
for use by the military departments in such counties. 
(b) COUNTIES DESCRIBED.—The counties described 
in this subsection are located in the State of North Caro-
lina and are as follows: 
(1) Buncombe County. 
(2) Cherokee County. 
(3) Clay County. 
(4) Graham County. 
(5) Haywood County. 
(6) Henderson County. 
(7) Jackson County. 
(8) Macon County. 
(9) Madison County. 
(10) McDowell County. 
(11) Polk County. 
(12) Rutherford County. 
(13) Swain County. 
(14) Transylvania County. 
(15) Yancey County. 
(c) SURVEY REQUIREMENTS.—The survey required 
under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the mountainous and var-
ied terrains in the areas described in subsection (b) 
and the feasibility of programs that use this geog-
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raphy, including programs for basic survival skills, 
dam and reservoir exercises, whitewater rafting exer-
cises, thick vegetation exercises, air drop exercises, 
and mountainous warfare exercises. 
(2) An evaluation of defense assets located in 
the State of North Carolina and the lack of defense 
assets in the area described in subsection (b). 
(d) SURVEY CONSIDERATIONS.—The survey shall as-
sesses the feasibility of the placement of operational, train-
ing, and other facilities as follows: 
(1) Consideration of relevant civilian assets in 
the area described in subsection (b). 
(2) Consideration of assets of Department of 
Defense contractors in such area. 
(3) Proximity of such to current defense assets, 
including Fort Liberty. 
(4) Consideration of the geographic similarities 
of such area to geographic regions critical to United 
States defense policy, including the Indo-Pacific re-
gion, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 2861. EXPANSION OF CERTAIN EXEMPTION RELATING 
TO FUNDING REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN 
DEFENSE 
COMMUNITY 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROJECTS. 
Section 2391(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or an insu-
lar area’’ after ‘‘a rural area’’. 
SEC. 2862. DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF MARINE 
CORPS HERITAGE CENTER AND NATIONAL 
MUSEUM OF THE MARINE CORPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 861 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8617 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 8618. Marine Corps Heritage Center and National 
Museum of the Marine Corps at Marine 
Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia 
‘‘(a) JOINT VENTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND CON-
TINUED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.—The Secretary 
of the Navy may enter into a joint venture with the Marine 
Corps Heritage Foundation (in this section referred to as 
the ‘Foundation’), a not-for-profit entity, for the design, 
construction, and maintenance and operation of a multi-
purpose facility to be used for historical displays for public 
viewing, curation, and storage of artifacts, research facili-
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ties, classrooms, offices, and associated activities con-
sistent with the mission of the Marine Corps University. 
The facility shall be known as the Marine Corps Heritage 
Center and the National Museum of the Marine Corps. 
‘‘(b) DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.—For each phase 
of development of the facility described in subsection (a), 
the Secretary may— 
‘‘(1) permit the Foundation to contract for the 
design, construction, or both of such phase of devel-
opment; or 
‘‘(2) accept funds from the Foundation for the 
design, construction, or both of such phase of devel-
opment. 
‘‘(c) ACCEPTANCE AUTHORITY.—Upon completion of 
construction of any phase of development of the facility 
described in subsection (a) by the Foundation to the satis-
faction of the Secretary, and the satisfaction of any finan-
cial obligations incident thereto by the Foundation, the fa-
cility shall become the real property of the Department 
of the Navy with all right, title, and interest in and to 
facility being in the United States. 
‘‘(d) MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND SUPPORT.— 
(1) The Secretary may, for the purpose of maintenance 
and operation of the Marine Corps Heritage Center and 
the National Museum of the Marine Corps—
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‘‘(A) enter into contracts or cooperative agree-
ments, on a sole-source basis, with the Foundation 
for the procurement of property or services for the 
direct benefit or use of the Marine Corps Heritage 
Center and the National Museum of the Marine 
Corps; and 
‘‘(B) notwithstanding the requirements of sub-
section (h) of section 2667 of this title and under 
such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers 
appropriate for the joint venture authorized by sub-
section (a), lease in accordance with such section 
2667 portions of the facility developed under sub-
section (a) to the Foundation for use in generating 
revenue for activities of the facility and for such ad-
ministrative purposes as may be necessary for sup-
port of the facility. 
‘‘(2) In making a determination of fair market value 
under section 2667(b)(4) of this title for payment of con-
sideration pursuant to a lease described in paragraph 
(1)(B), the Secretary may consider the entirety of the edu-
cational efforts of the Foundation, support to the Marine 
Corps Heritage Center history division by the Foundation, 
or the funding of museum programs and exhibits by the 
Foundation, or other support related to the Marine Corps 
Heritage Center and the National Museum of the Marine
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Corps, in addition to the types of in-kind consideration 
provided under section 2667(c) of this title. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may authorize the Foundation to 
use real or personal property within the Marine Corps 
Heritage Center and National Museum of the Marine 
Corps to conduct additional revenue-generating activities, 
as the Secretary considers appropriate considering the 
work of the Foundation and needs of the Marine Corps 
Heritage Center and National Museum of the Marine 
Corps. The Secretary shall only authorize the use of such 
property for a revenue-generating activity if the Secretary 
determines the activity will not interfere with military ac-
tivities and personnel or the activities of the Marine Corps 
Heritage Center and National Museum of the Marine 
Corps. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall retain lease payments re-
ceived under this section, other than in-kind consideration 
authorized under paragraph (2) or under section 2667(c) 
of this title, solely for use in support of the Marine Corps 
Heritage Center and the National Museum of the Marine 
Corps, and funds received as lease payments shall remain 
available until expended. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of the Navy may accept, hold, administer, and 
spend any gift, devise, or bequest of real property, per-
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sonal property, or money made on the condition that the 
gift, devise, or bequest be used for the benefit, or in con-
nection with, the establishment, operation, or mainte-
nance, of the Marine Corps Heritage Center or the Na-
tional Museum of the Marine Corps. Section 2601 (other 
than subsections (b), (c), and (e)) of this title shall apply 
to gifts accepted under this subsection. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may display at the Marine Corps 
Heritage Center or the National Museum of the Marine 
Corps recognition for an individual or organization that 
contributes money to a partner organization, or an indi-
vidual or organization that contributes a gift directly to 
the Navy, for the benefit of the Marine Corps Heritage 
Center or the National Museum of the Marine Corps, 
whether or not the contribution is subject to the condition 
that the recognition be provided. The Secretary shall pre-
scribe regulations governing the circumstances under 
which contributor recognition may be provided, appro-
priate forms of recognition, and suitable display stand-
ards. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may authorize the sale of donated 
property received under paragraph (1). A sale under this 
paragraph need not be conducted in accordance with dis-
posal requirements that would otherwise apply, so long as
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the sale is conducted at arms-length and includes an 
auditable transaction record. 
‘‘(4) Any money received under paragraph (1) and 
any proceeds from the sale of property under paragraph 
(3) shall be deposited into a fund established in the Treas-
ury to support the Marine Corps Heritage Center and the 
National Museum of the Marine Corps. 
‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
tions in connection with the joint venture authorized by 
subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
protect the interests of the United States.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 2884 of the 
Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106–398) is repealed. 
SEC. 2863. PROHIBITION ON JOINT USE OF HOMESTEAD 
AIR RESERVE BASE WITH CIVIL AVIATION. 
Section 2874 of the James M. Inhofe National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 
117–263; 136 Stat. 3014) is amended by striking ‘‘On or 
before September 30, 2026, the Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘The Secretary’’.
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SEC. 2864. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE MIGHTY EIGHTH 
AIR FORCE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The National Museum of the 
Mighty Eighth Air Force located at 175 Bourne Avenue, 
Pooler, Georgia (or any successor location), is designated 
as the official National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air 
Force of the United States (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘National Museum’’). 
(b) RELATION TO NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.—The 
National Museum shall not be included as a unit of the 
National Park System. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not 
be construed to appropriate, or authorize the appropria-
tion of, Federal funds for any purpose related to the Na-
tional Museum. 
SEC. 2865. RECOGNITION OF MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GAR-
DEN, AND K9 MEMORIAL OF THE NATIONAL 
NAVY UDT-SEAL MUSEUM IN FORT PIERCE, 
FLORIDA, AS A NATIONAL MEMORIAL, MEMO-
RIAL GARDEN, AND K9 MEMORIAL, RESPEC-
TIVELY, OF NAVY SEALS AND THEIR PREDE-
CESSORS. 
The Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial 
of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, located at 
3300 North Highway A1A, North Hutchinson Island, in 
Fort Pierce, Florida, are recognized as a national memo-
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rial, memorial garden, and K9 memorial, respectively, of 
Navy SEALs and their predecessors. 
SEC. 2866. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN 
FUNDS RELATING TO THE LOCATION OF THE 
HEADQUARTERS FOR UNITED STATES SPACE 
COMMAND. 
(a) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.—None of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise 
made available for fiscal year 2024 for the Air Force may 
be obligated or expended for a military construction 
project (as described in section 2801(b) of title 10, United 
States Code) for the construction or modification of facili-
ties for temporary or permanent use by United States 
Space Command for headquarters operations until the re-
port required under subsection (c) is submitted. 
(b) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
TRAVEL EXPENDITURES.—Of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2024 to the Office of the Secretary of the Air 
Force for travel expenditures, not more than 50 percent 
may be obligated or expended until the report required 
under subsection (c) is submitted. 
(c) REPORT.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
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on the justification for the selection of a permanent loca-
tion for headquarters of the United States Space Com-
mand. 
SEC. 2867. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CLOSURE 
OF COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTERS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2024 for the Air Force may be obligated 
or expended to close, or prepare to close, any combat read-
iness training center. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Air Force may 
waive the limitation under subsection (a) with respect to 
a combat readiness training center if the Secretary sub-
mits to the congressional defense committees, not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the following: 
(1) A certification that— 
(A) the closure of the center would not be 
in violation of section 2687 of title 10, United 
States Code; and 
(B) the support capabilities provided by 
the center will not be diminished as a result of 
the closure of the center. 
(2) A report that includes—
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(A) a detailed business case analysis for 
the closure of the center; and 
(B) an assessment of the effects the clo-
sure of the center would have on training units 
of the Armed Forces, including any active duty 
units that may use the center. 
SEC. 2868. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN 
FUNDS UNTIL SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN RE-
PORT ON MILITARY HOUSING. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for 
the Department of Defense for travel by the Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environ-
ment, not more than 5 percent may be obligated or ex-
pended for such travel until the date on which the Sec-
retary of Defense submits the report required under sec-
tion 3041 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92). 
SEC. 2869. GUIDANCE ON ENCROACHMENT THAT IMPACTS 
COVERED SITES. 
(a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary 
of a military department shall issue guidance to estab-
lish—
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(1) a process to identify encroachment with re-
spect to a covered site; 
(2) a method to mitigate such encroachment; 
and 
(3) a procedure to certify that such encroach-
ment does not directly result in a national security 
risk to the covered site. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the guidance 
required by this section, each Secretary of a military de-
partment shall consider the following: 
(1) The process by which a commander or head 
of a covered site identifies and reports encroachment 
with respect to such covered site. 
(2) Methods to track data relating to processes, 
methods, and procedures described in subsection (a). 
(3) Coordination processes to track and miti-
gate encroachment— 
(A) within each military department; and 
(B) between the military departments and 
the Assistant Secretaries of Defense for 
Sustainment and Industrial Base Policy. 
(c) FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENCROACHMENT.—Such 
guidance shall include a requirement that if a Secretary 
of a military department determines that encroachment
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described in subsection (a) involves or may involve foreign 
investment, such Secretary shall— 
(1) report information about encroachment re-
lating to foreign investment to the Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy; and 
(2) coordinate with the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Industrial Base Policy on efforts to 
mitigate such encroachment or potential encroach-
ment. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the guidance required by subsection (a) is issued, 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment, in co-
ordination with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments, shall submit a report to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
on the guidance required by this section, including— 
(1) the extent to which such guidance has been 
implemented within the Department of Defense; 
(2) a description of methods to update any lists 
of covered sites; and 
(3) an assessment of the procedure described in 
subsection (a)(3). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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Operations for the Army Corps of Engineers shall estab-
lish a continuing education curriculum for contracting of-
ficers and program managers responsible for managing 
military construction and planning and design projects 
within the Department of Defense. Such curriculum shall 
include training on— 
(1) cost estimating and cost control mecha-
nisms, including analyses of contract types; 
(2) standards relating to antiterrorism force 
protection, lateral wind, seismic activity, and fire 
performance; 
(3) life-cycle sustainability and renewability; 
and 
(4) use of innovative products and construction 
methods. 
(b) PROVISION OF TRAINING.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that— 
(1) the continuing education curriculum under 
subsection (a) is made available to such contracting 
officers and program managers not later than 180 
days after completion of the curriculum; and 
(2) such curriculum is updated each time an in-
novative product or construction method is included 
in the Unified Facilities Criteria.
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2025, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Committees on Armed Services for 
the House and Senate a report containing— 
(1) an update on the status of the continuing 
education curriculum required under subsection (a); 
and 
(2) a plan for executing such curriculum for 
such contracting officers and program managers. 
SEC. 2871. REPORT ON EASEMENTS FOR ENERGY INFRA-
STRUCTURE. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees, the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Energy Natural Resources 
of the Senate a report on the policies and procedures of 
the Department of Defense regarding the consideration 
and approval of easements for energy infrastructure that 
could provide military installations with access to hydro-
gen pipelines and support United States energy distribu-
tion and export.