Title: Responsible DOD Leasing Act of 2018
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Responsible DOD Leasing Act of 2018
This bill prohibits a military department from entering into a lease of real property unless it first certifies that facilities in property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense (DOD) cannot be reconfigured to support the purpose of the proposed lease in an appropriate and cost-effective manner. DOD and the Government Accountability Office must provide information and reports on such leases.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5320 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5320

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of a 
military department from entering into a lease of real property for the 
    use of the department unless the Secretary first certifies that 
   facilities of real property owned by the United States may not be 
    reconfigured to support the purpose of the proposed lease in an 
appropriate and cost-effective manner, to require the Secretary of the 
 Defense to provide more accurate information on the costs incurred in 
leasing real property for the use of the Department of Defense, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2018

  Mr. Meadows (for himself and Mrs. Bustos) 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 prohibit the Secretary of a 
military department from entering into a lease of real property for the 
    use of the department unless the Secretary first certifies that 
   facilities of real property owned by the United States may not be 
    reconfigured to support the purpose of the proposed lease in an 
appropriate and cost-effective manner, to require the Secretary of the 
 Defense to provide more accurate information on the costs incurred in 
leasing real property for the use of the Department of Defense, 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 ``Responsible DOD Leasing Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING CERTIFICATION BY SECRETARIES OF MILITARY DEPARTMENTS 
              PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO LEASES THAT PROPERTY OWNED BY 
              UNITED STATES IS NOT AVAILABLE TO CARRY OUT PURPOSE OF 
              LEASE.

    (a) Additional Requirement in Reports on Leases of Real Property.--
Section 2662(a)(5)(B) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by 
section 2812 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2018 (Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1849), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (ii);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                    ``(iv) facilities in property under the 
                jurisdiction of the Department of Defense may not be 
                reconfigured to support the purpose of the proposed 
                lease in an appropriate and cost-effective manner.''.
    (b) Effective Date; Notice of Compliance.--
            (1) Effective date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
        shall apply with respect to leases entered into or renewed on 
        or after the expiration of the 60-day period which begins on 
        the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Report on steps taken to ensure future compliance.--
        Upon the completion of any general steps necessary to ensure 
        that the Department of Defense will be able to meet the 
        requirements of subsection (a)(5) of section 2662 of title 10, 
        United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)) with respect 
        to all leases entered into or renewed after the expiration of 
        the period described in paragraph (1), including the 
        promulgation of any regulations or the issuance of other 
        guidance, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a one-time 
        report to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
        Representatives and Senate and shall post a copy of the report 
        on the public website of the Department of Defense.

SEC. 3. IMPROVING ACCURACY OF INFORMATION IN REPORTS BY SECRETARY OF 
              DEFENSE ON REAL PROPERTY LEASES.

    (a) Information on Costs of Leases.--In preparing any inventory or 
report on real property leased by the Department of Defense, including 
information on property included in a Base Structure Report and 
information in the Real Property Asset Database of the Department of 
Defense, the Secretary of Defense shall--
            (1) in the case of a lease which covers multiple assets of 
        the Department, provide a separate breakdown of the rent and 
        other costs (including parking) associated with each such 
        asset; and
            (2) in the case of real property which is subject to 
        multiple leases entered into by the Department, provide a 
        separate breakdown for each such lease and the costs associated 
        with each such lease.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, or at the time of publishing the next Base Structure 
Report prepared after the date of the enactment of this Act (whichever 
occurs earlier), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and Senate 
a report detailing the steps the Secretary has taken to ensure 
compliance with the requirements of subsection (a).

SEC. 4. REVIEW BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.

    Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary of 
Defense submits the one-time report required under paragraph (2) of 
section 2(b), the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
prepare and submit to Congress a report on--
            (1) the extent to which the Department is in compliance 
        with subsection (a)(5) of section 2662 of title 10, United 
        States Code (as amended by section 2(a)), including the 
        regulations and guidance promulgated and issued by the 
        Secretary to ensure compliance with such subsection, as of the 
        date on which the Secretary submits the report; and
            (2) the extent to which the Secretary is including the 
        information required under section 3 in inventories and reports 
        on real property leased by the Department, as of the date on 
        which the Secretary submits the report.
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