Title: Department of Defense Check Before You Rent Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Department of Defense Check Before You Rent Act
This bill requires a military department, before leasing or acquiring new property, to certify that it evaluated the feasibility of using space under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense (DOD) and determined that: (1) such space is not reasonably available, (2) acquiring or leasing the new property would be more cost effective than the use of the DOD property, or (3) the use of the DOD property would interfere with the ongoing military mission of the property.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4046 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4046

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of a 
military department to make certifications regarding the feasibility of 
    using existing space in property under the jurisdiction of the 
  Department of Defense prior to entering into certain agreements to 
acquire or lease real property for the use of such military department, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 12, 2017

Mrs. Bustos (for herself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Meadows, and Mr. 
    Gosar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of a 
military department to make certifications regarding the feasibility of 
    using existing space in property under the jurisdiction of the 
  Department of Defense prior to entering into certain agreements to 
acquire or lease real property for the use of such military department, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense Check Before 
You Rent Act''.

SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION RELATED TO CERTAIN ACQUISITIONS OR LEASES OF REAL 
              PROPERTY FOR USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) Certification.--Section 2662(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end of 
        the first sentence and inserting the following: ``, as well as 
        the certification described in paragraph (5).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) For purposes of paragraph (2), the certification described in 
this paragraph with respect to an acquisition or lease of real property 
is a certification that the Secretary concerned--
            ``(A) evaluated the feasibility of using space in property 
        under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense to satisfy 
        the purposes of the acquisition or lease; and
            ``(B) determined that--
                    ``(i) space in property under the jurisdiction of 
                the Department of Defense is not reasonably available 
                to be used to satisfy the purposes of the acquisition 
                or lease;
                    ``(ii) acquiring the property or entering into the 
                lease would be more cost effective than the use of the 
                Department of Defense property; or
                    ``(iii) the use of the Department of Defense 
                property would interfere with the ongoing military 
                mission of the property.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to transactions occurring during fiscal year 2018 
and each succeeding fiscal year.
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