Mike D. Rogers
Representative for Alabama · Republican · United States
“(8) An assessment of NATO's deterrence efforts in Romania, including a description and evaluation of-- (A) United States force posture in Romania, including any new rotations to Romania intended to enhance deterrence following the 2025 decision to end the rotational presence of a United States brigade; (B) consultations with NATO allies r…”
“(8) An assessment of NATO's deterrence efforts in Romania, including a description and evaluation of-- (A) United States force posture in Romania, including any new rotations to Romania intended to enhance deterrence following the 2025 decision to end the rotational presence of a United States brigade; (B) consultations with NATO allies r…”
“(a) Requirement for Risk-based Approach.--Section 3843 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ``Sec. 3843. Contractor business systems: monitoring and surveillance standards ``(a) Requirement for Risk-based Approach.--The Secretary shall implement an agile, streamlined risk-based approach to surveillance of contra…”
“(a) Requirement for Risk-based Approach.--Section 3843 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ``Sec. 3843. Contractor business systems: monitoring and surveillance standards ``(a) Requirement for Risk-based Approach.--The Secretary shall implement an agile, streamlined risk-based approach to surveillance of contra…”
“(b) Modification of Certain Certifications and Assessments.-- (1) Certifications.--Section 1249(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is amended-- (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``The certification described'' and inserting following: ``(1) In general.--Except as prov…”
“(b) Objectives.--The Commander shall ensure that the Cognitive Performance Enhancement Program-- (1) improves readiness, resilience, and recovery, using evidence-based holistic and proactive high-performance brain training that has a validated ability to scale cost- effectively across the special operations forces enterprise; [[Page H4842…”
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“For purposes of this subsection, transmission lines supported by above-ground concrete poles shall not be considered to be underground transmission lines. (c) Authorization to Use Operation and Maintenance and Military Construction Funds.-- (1) Amounts described.--The Secretary of Defense may use amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available in fiscal year 2027 or subsequent fiscal years for Operation and Maintenance accounts and for Military Construction accounts to carry out upgrades, repairs, modernization, hardening, or undergrounding of transmission lines, capacity expansion, or other improvements necessary to ensure that power generation infrastructure and power transmission infrastructure in Guam meets the requirements set forth in this section before the Secretary transfers ownership of any such infrastructure to the Guam Power Authority.”
“2864. CONDITIONS ON TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POWER GRID INFRASTRUCTURE IN GUAM. (a) Grid Infrastructure Transfer Pending Requirements.--The Secretary of Defense may not transfer ownership of any power generation infrastructure or power transmission infrastructure located in Guam to the Guam Power Authority until the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that such infrastructure is sufficient to meet projected mission requirements of the Department of Defense for power generation and transmission capacity in Guam through fiscal year 2036. (b) Underground Transmission Requirement.--Not less than 50 percent of the total linear miles of power transmission lines transferred to the Guam Power Authority pursuant to any agreement with the Secretary of Defense shall consist of underground transmission lines.”
“(a) Review.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually until Jan 1, 2031, the Comptroller General of the United States shall review the following: (1) The costs, timeframes, risks, and progress of the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program of the Department of the Navy. (2) The status of each project conducted under the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program. (b) Briefing.--Not later than March 1, 2027, and annually thereafter until March 1, 2031, the Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on findings from the review required under subsection (a). (c) Report.--Not later than June 1, 2031, the Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings from the review required under subsection (a). SEC.”
“(b) Submission.--Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees-- (1) a Baseline Estimate (as defined in section 4371(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code) for the project described in subsection (a); and (2) the report described in section 4351 of title 10, United States Code, for the most recently concluded fiscal year quarter for such project. SEC. 2863. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF SHIPYARD INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM.”
“REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE MULTI-MISSION DRY DOCK MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD, WASHINGTON. (a) Designation.--The Secretary of the Navy shall designate the Multi-Mission Dry Dock military construction project at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington, authorized under section 2201 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, to be a subprogram of a major defense acquisition program (as defined in section 4201 of title 10, United States Code).”
“``(c) Data Submission by Construction Agents.--Not later than 90 days before the deadline for each report required under subsection (a), the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Commander of the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command shall submit to the Secretary of Defense such data as the Secretary determines necessary to prepare such report, in such form as the Secretary determines appropriate. ``(d) Construction Agent Defined.--In this section, the term `construction agent' means-- ``(1) the United States Army Corps of Engineers; ``(2) the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command; or ``(3) any other entity designated to supervise a military construction project pursuant to section 2851 of this title.''. SEC. 2862.”
“``(6) The total amount of any similar overhead cost assessed on operation and maintenance funds used for facility sustainment, restoration, and modernization projects, disaggregated by military department, and a description of the facility sustainment, restoration, and modernization projects for which such operation and maintenance funds were expended. ``(7) Any recommendations of the Secretary with respect to adjustments to the supervision, inspection, and overhead rate for the fiscal year immediately succeeding the fiscal year during which such report is submitted, including the justification for any such recommendations.”
“``(4) If the supervision, inspection, and overhead rate in effect as of the date of the submission of the report is different than the rate described in paragraph (3)-- ``(A) a summary of the changes to such rate; and ``(B) the justification for such changes. ``(5) A summary that compares the total amount of supervision, inspection, and overhead costs accrued to the total amount of supervision, inspection, and overhead funds expended, including-- ``(A) an identification of any surplus or shortfall in such funds; and ``(B) a description of how any surplus of such funds was used.”
“``(b) Elements.--Each report required under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the period covered by the report, the following: ``(1) The total amount of supervision, inspection, and overhead costs accrued, disaggregated by-- ``(A) military department; and ``(B) construction agent. ``(2) A description of how amounts appropriated for supervision, inspection, and overhead for military construction projects were expended during such period, disaggregated by-- ``(A) direct project supervision and inspection costs; ``(B) field office overhead; ``(C) regional office overhead; and ``(D) headquarters overhead. ``(3) The supervision, inspection, and overhead rate in effect during the fiscal year immediately preceding such period.”
“2851b. Annual report on supervision, inspection, and overhead costs of military construction projects ``(a) In General.--Not later than the date on which the budget of the President for fiscal year 2028 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report with respect to supervision, inspection, and overhead costs for military construction projects during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the report is submitted.”
“RECOGNITION OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE NATIONAL NAVY UDT-SEAL MUSEUM IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, AS A NATIONAL MEMORIAL, NATIONAL MEMORIAL GARDEN, AND NATIONAL K9 MEMORIAL. The Secretary of the Navy shall recognize the National Navy SEAL Museum Memorial, the Memorial Garden and Living Beach, and the Naval Special Warfare K9 Memorial of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, located at 3300 North Highway A1A, North Hutchinson Island, in Fort Pierce, Florida, as a national memorial, national memorial garden, and national K9 memorial, respectively, of the Navy SEALs. Subtitle G--Reports and Other Matters SEC. 2861. ANNUAL REPORT ON SUPERVISION, INSPECTION, AND OVERHEAD COSTS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. Subchapter III of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2851a the following new section: ``Sec.”
“(e) Termination.--The authority under this section terminates on December 30, 2030. (f) Definitions.--In this section: (1) The term ``Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation facility'' means a laboratory facility or a test and evaluation facility. (2) The term ``Equipment Replacement Value'' means the estimated cost to replace the non-real property installed test equipment within a ground test infrastructure asset. SEC. 2853. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR DEFENSE SITE REIMBURSEMENT IN THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA. Using amounts authorized to be appropriated on or after the date of enactment of this Act for such purposes, the Department of Defense is authorized to reimburse the Federal States of Micronesia for land acquisition costs for defense sites in Yap. SEC. 2854.”
“(c) Notification to Congress.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the dashboard required by subsection (a) is established, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research [[Page H4906]] and Engineering shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification that the dashboard is operational and meets the requirements of subsection (b). (d) Recommendation.--Not later than three years after the enactment of this section, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a recommendation on whether use of the dashboard should be continued. Not later than 15 days after making such submission, the Under Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a notice of such recommendation.”
“(b) Requirements.--The database shall-- (1) use existing financial management tools; (2) display relevant data for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation facilities including, at a minimum, facility location, manager of the facility, building number, plant replacement value, age, size, building condition index, mission dependency index, civil engineering projects programmed for the facility, and value of each such projects; (3) track unfunded facility requirements; (4) summarize laboratory real property and non-real property data and metrics; (5) use Real Property Unique Identifiers (or a similar identifier for real property or other assets authorized by the Secretary of Defense) for Equipment Replacement Value of equipment that is not real property; and (6) display trends across any data included in the database.”
“``(C) The Raven Rock Mountain Complex. ``(D) Any real property or facility acquired under section 2673 of this title.''. SEC. 2852. ESTABLISHMENT OF A DASHBOARD FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION FACILITIES. (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the enactment of this section, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with each Secretary of a military department, shall establish a central dashboard to monitor and track Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation facility data related to military construction planning, design, and execution metrics across the military departments.”
“``(b) Authorization by Law Required for Above-threshold Acquisition.--If the cost to acquire real property or facilities under subsection (a) exceeds the limitations specified in section 2663(c) of this title for an acquisition of interests in land, the Secretary may acquire the real property or facilities only if the acquisition is specifically authorized by law. ``(c) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `National Capital Region' and `Pentagon Reservation' have the meanings given those terms in section 2674(f) of this title.''. (b) Acquired Real Property Included in Authorities Applicable to Pentagon Reservation.--Section 2674(f)(1) of such title is amended by striking ``means the'' and all that follows and inserting the following: ``means the following: ``(A) The Pentagon. ``(B) The Mark Center Campus.”
“(a) Authority of the Secretary of Defense to Acquire Real Property and Facilities in National Capital Region.--Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before section 2674 the following new section: ``Sec. 2673. Acquisition by Secretary of Defense of real property and facilities in the National Capital Region ``(a) Authority.--Notwithstanding section 2682 of this title, the Secretary of Defense may acquire real property and facilities in the National Capital Region for an element of the Department of Defense other than a military department.”
“(15) the term ``pure public cloud only network management system'' means a network management platform hosted and operated exclusively within a third-party public cloud environment and delivered solely as a cloud-based service, with no capability for deployment, operation, or control within on-premises or private cloud infrastructure. (16) The term ``telecommunications operator'' means an American contracted entity responsible for the design, installation, and ongoing operations and maintenance of the broadband internet access service and P5G mobile network access to be provided on a covered military installation. Subtitle F--Miscellaneous Authorities SEC. 2851. AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO ACQUIRE REAL PROPERTY AND FACILITIES IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION AND TO ADMINISTER SUCH PROPERTY AS PART OF THE PENTAGON RESERVATION.”
“(12) The term ``P5G'' means a private mobile network service using 5G mobile network technology and available only to members of the Armed Forces stationed on covered military installations participating in the pilot program established in subsection (a). (13) The term ``private network management system'' means a network management system that is compliant with the requirements for a cyber security maturity model certification and which is not cloud-based. (14) The term ``public only deployment model'' means a deployment model in which the network management system is hosted exclusively in a third-party public cloud environment, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud and cannot be deployed or operated on customer-owned or on-premises infrastructure.”
“(9) The term ``hybrid-capable network management system'' means a common architectural framework that supports both broadband internet access service and private or hybrid public and P5G mobile connectivity services, as required and is not limited to a public only deployment model or a cloud only deployment model. (10) The term ``integrated connectivity service'' means a fixed, high-speed broadband internet access service, and may include private or hybrid mobile connectivity, including P5G, as required by the Secretary to meet operational requirements. (11) The term ``Mbps'' means one million bits per second.”
“(7) The term ``covered population'' means active duty members of the Armed Forces, as defined in section 101(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, but may be expanded to include employees of a Defense Agency as defined in section 101(a)(11) of title 10, United States Code, by the tenant command of a covered military installation through the telecommunications officer of the covered military installation. (8) The term ``host nation carrier'' means a telecommunications provider that is-- (A) licensed or authorized to operate in the foreign nation in which the covered military installation is located; and (B) provides broadband internet access, data, or mobile communication services within the foreign nation.”
“(4) The term ``broadband internet access service'' has the meaning given such term in section 8.1(b), title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (5) The term ``cloud only deployment model'' means a deployment model in which the network management system is delivered solely as a vendor-managed software-as-a-service offering, with no option for self-hosted, on-premises, or private cloud deployment. (6) The term ``covered military installation'' means a military installation as defined in section 2801 of title 10, United States Code, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Air Force, or the Secretary of the Navy and located in the Middle East.”
“(3) The term ``American contracted entity'' means an entity-- (A) organized in the United States and with its principal place of business located within the United States; (B) majority-owned and controlled by a United States citizen, a lawful permanent resident, or publicly traded on a United States stock exchange and subject to United States laws and jurisdiction; (C) that employs primarily personnel based in the United States to perform management, engineering, operations, and customer support functions, including staffing key operational and decision-making roles within the United States; (D) that procures equipment and technology through a supply chain compliant with sections 889 and 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283), including the avoidance of prohibited or restricted telecommunications and video surveillance equipment and services; and (E) that complies with section 8302 of title 41, United States Code, whenever practicable, prioritizing United States manufactured products, United States sourced components, and United States based subcontractors and suppliers wherever and whenever possible, consistent with project requirements, availability and cost reasonableness.”
“(c) Report.--Not later than five years after the date of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the pilot program carried out under this section, including-- (1) an analysis of the cost; and (2) a determination of which additional military installations located outside the contiguous United States should be provided with integrated connectivity service. (d) Definitions.--In this section: (1) The term ``5G'' means fifth generation mobile network technology, including higher-speed and lower latency device connectivity over mobile radio networks. (2) The term ``Assistant Secretary'' means the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment.”
“(6) Methodology.--When carrying out the pilot program, the Assistant Secretary shall use industry standard life cycle methodologies and broadly adopted practices, including the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-53, Information Technology infrastructure library and the Plan, Prepare, Design, Implement, Operate, Optimize methodology to deliver a cost-effective, secure, sustainable, right-sized network infrastructure. (7) Equipment procurement.--Any articles, materials, or supplies procured by the American contracted entity for the purpose of providing integrated connectivity service, as described under paragraph (1), shall be made in the United States.”
“(5) Cost.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Assistant Secretary shall account for the full life cycle costs of such pilot program, including-- (A) the initial build and setup; (B) a refresh, every five years during the period the authority to carry out the pilot program is effective, of the integrated connectivity service, including a refresh of the underlying infrastructure of the entire integrated connectivity service, to ensure long-term-- (i) availability; (ii) security; and (iii) usability; and (C) monthly recurring costs, including services provided by-- (i) the host nation carrier for bandwidth; and (ii) the telecommunications operator.”
“(3) Goods procured under contract.--Any goods procured under the contract described [[Page H4905]] under paragraph (1) shall be the property of the Department of Defense. (4) Standard.--Infrastructure setup and operation of the integrated connectivity service-- (A) shall be based on National Institute of Standards and Technology standards specified in NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3, or successor standards, including any future revisions, updates, or successor publications to ensure the availability and security of such integrated connectivity service; and (B) shall exclude hybrid-capable network management systems with availability and security risks, such as pure public cloud only network management systems.”
“(2) Integrated connectivity service requirement.--The integrated connectivity service provided under the pilot program established pursuant to subsection (a) shall-- (A) provide broadband internet access service as the baseline service and meet or exceed any speed benchmarks established by the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission for broadband internet access services, including-- (i) a minimum download speed of 100-Mbps; and (ii) a minimum upload speed of 20-Mbps; and (B) support the integration of P5G data services with broadband internet access service over a common integrated connectivity service, where such mobile services are identified as required by the covered military installation tenant command.”
“(b) Program Requirements.-- (1) Service provisioning and ensuring.--The Assistant Secretary shall enter into a contract with an American contracted entity to act as telecommunications operator for the covered military installation-- (A) to provision the integrated connectivity service with a private network management system or a hybrid-capable network management system; (B) to ensure the integrated connectivity service can support multiple tenant commands, or activity present on such covered military installations with individualized commitments, such as separate network slices and security policies that can be tailored to the tenant command requirements; and (C) to provision and ensure operation of the integrated connectivity service.”
“(h) Duration.--The authority of the Secretary of the Defense to carry out the pilot program shall expire on September 30, 2031. SEC. 2844. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED CONNECTIVITY SERVICE. (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, shall establish and carry out a pilot program to provide integrated connectivity service to a covered population-- (1) stationed at five covered military installations in the Middle East, as determined by the Secretary; and (2) at no cost to such covered population.”
“At a minimum, the report also shall identify and contain the following: (1) The Department of Defense military installations selected under subsection (a)(2) to participate in the pilot program broken out by respective service. (2) The number of real estate agreements entered into by each of the respective service secretaries that were facilitated by use of the online inventory tool, including for each agreement the installation, amount of space, value, and purpose of the agreement. (3) An evaluation of the extent to which use of the online inventory tool reduced the need for military construction or off-post leases. (4) An evaluation of any impediments to efficient use of the online inventory tool. (5) The recommendations of the Secretary of Defense regarding whether the pilot program should be extended, expanded, or made permanent.”
“(e) Online Inventory Tool Defined.--In this section, the term ``online inventory tool'' means the online real estate tool developed under the pilot program to identify existing inventory of space available at Department of Defense military installations selected to participate in the pilot program. (f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to effect the application of title V of the McKinney- Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411 et seq.). (g) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than February 15, 2027, the Secretary of the Defense shall submit to Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report evaluating the success of the pilot program in achieving the purposes specified in subsection (b).”
“(d) Establishment of Use Policy.--In connection with the development of the online inventory tool, the Secretary of the Defense shall develop policy requiring the use of the online inventory tool at all Department of Defense military installations selected under subsection (a)(2) to query for existing inventory at such military installations before any military construction or off-post leases are agreed to for such military installations. The Secretary shall prescribe guidelines that will be implemented by each respective service secretary. Further, the Secretary shall ensure that all relevant notifications to congressional defense committees include certification that the online inventory tool was used.”
“(c) Considerations.--To establish the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall-- (1) consider innovative approaches, including the use of other transaction authorities consistent with section 2371 of title 10, United States Code, and the use of commercial off- the-shelf technologies; (2) develop appropriate protections of sensitive or classified information from being included with the online inventory tool; and (3) develop appropriate levels of access for private sector users of the online inventory tool; (4) in developing these considerations shall include lessons learned from the Secretary of the Army on the development of the pilot program for the online real estate tool under 2866 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.”
“(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the online inventory tool are-- (1) to achieve efficiencies in real estate property management consistent with the National Defense Strategy goal of finding greater efficiencies within Department of Defense operations and leveraging commercial off-the-shelf technologies to better enable members of the Armed Forces; (2) to provide a means to better market to the public information regarding space available at all Department of Defense military installations for better utilization of such space; and (3) to provide a means to better quantify existing space available at all Department of Defense military installations and how it is utilized for current missions and requirements.”
“(3) Coordination with army.--In addition to the military installations selected under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall include in the pilot program-- (A) all military installations under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army that participated in the pilot program established under section 2866 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 7771 note prec.); and (B) entries included in the online real estate tool of the Department of Army as of the date on which such pilot program terminated. (4) Consultation.--The Secretary shall establish the pilot program and develop the online inventory tool in consultation with the Administrator of General Services and each of the service Secretaries.”
“(a) Pilot Program Required.-- (1) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program for the development of an online real estate tool to identify the existing inventory of space available at the military installations selected by the Secretary under paragraph (2) for the purposes specified in subsection (b). (2) Selection of pilot locations.--The Secretary shall evaluate the online inventory tool at not less than five, but not more than ten, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Space Force military installations selected by the Secretary as appropriate locations for evaluation of the online inventory tool.”
“(2) Recommendations for interventions or policy changes based on trends observed under the pilot program. (3) An assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot program in enhancing force health protection, readiness, and early pathogen detection. (f) Strategic Plan.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a strategic plan that-- (1) defines requirements for implementing a scalable, pathogen-agnostic monitoring capability; (2) identifies technologies and risk-based methodologies to achieve mission requirements; and (3) demonstrates coordination with the Biodefense Council ensuring compliance with Privacy Act and Department regulations. SEC. 2843. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PILOT PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ONLINE REAL ESTATE INVENTORY TOOL.”
“(c) Technologies and Data System Used.--In carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure all systems developed and implemented under such subsection is comprised of appropriate technologies, standardized analytical tools, and a uniform data system. (d) Duration.--The pilot program shall be carried out during a two-year period beginning on the date of the commencement of the pilot program and the pathogen-agnostic pilot program, respectively. (e) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the termination of the pilot program and the pathogen-agnostic pilot program, respectively, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the following: (1) A summary of the findings from all monitoring systems under the pilot program and pathogen-agnostic pilot program.”
“(b) Pathogen-agnostic Pilot Program.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall carry out a second pilot program under which the Secretary shall develop and implement a pathogen-agnostic monitoring system that leverages emerging biotechnologies for early detection of novel pathogens (in this section referred to as the ``pathogen-agnostic pilot program''). (2) Purposes.--The purpose of the pathogen-agnostic pilot program shall aim to-- (A) improve detection, identification, and analysis of infectious disease prevalence among members of the Armed Forces and other relevant Department of Defense personnel; and (B) strengthen early-warning capabilities for novel pathogens.”
“(a) Pilot Program Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary shall develop and implement a comprehensive wastewater monitoring system at not fewer than four military installations at which the Secretary seeks to identify the prevalence of infectious diseases among members of the Armed Forces at the installation (in this section referred to as the ``pilot program'').”
“(d) Covered Military Installation.--In this section, the term ``covered military installation'' means a military installation that would be critical to a contingency operation in the Indo-Pacific region, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. SEC. 2842. PILOT PROGRAM ON WASTEWATER MONITORING AND PATHOGEN-AGNOSTIC MONITORING SYSTEM OF CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.”
“(c) Use of Models.--The Secretary of Defense shall use such digital twin models to-- (1) conduct an assessment of-- (A) the infrastructure system of each covered military installation represented by such digital twin models; and (B) any public infrastructure systems, including local facilities of the bulk-power system, transportation systems, local systems for the distribution of fuel, and public water systems, that are used by such covered military installations; and (2) to evaluate, during a disruption scenario, the resilience and continuity of operations of such covered military installations, including during-- [[Page H4904]] (A) a cyber attack; (B) a kinetic attack; (C) a natural disaster; or (D) an interruption of the supply chains of such covered military installations.”
“(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall carry out a three-year pilot program to implement digital twin models at not less than five covered military installations for the purposes of identifying any vulnerabilities or interdependencies of such covered military installations. (b) Requirements of Models.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each digital twin model represents a virtual model of the infrastructure systems of the respective covered military installation, including-- (1) the energy systems; (2) the water systems; (3) the transportation systems; (4) the communications systems; and (5) any other critical mission-support systems.”
“(e) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal description of the parcels of real property to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army. (f) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary of the Army may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance authorized by subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. Subtitle E--Pilot Programs SEC. 2841. DIGITAL TWIN MODELS AT CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.”
“(d) Treatment of Amounts Received.-- (1) In general.--Amounts received as reimbursement under subsection (c) or as alternative consideration under subsection (b)(2) shall be credited to the fund or account that was used to pay the costs incurred by the Secretary of the Army in carrying out the conveyance under subsection (a) or, if the period of availability of obligation for appropriations to that fund or account has expired, to the fund or account that is currently available to the Secretary for the same purpose. (2) Merger of amounts.--Amounts credited to a fund or account under paragraph (1) shall be merged with amounts in such fund or account and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such fund or account.”
“(c) Payment of Costs of Conveyance.--The Secretary of the Army shall require the University to pay costs (except costs for environmental remediation of the property) to be incurred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary for such costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the conveyance authorized under subsection (a), including survey costs, appraisal costs, costs for environmental documentation related to the conveyance, and any other administrative costs related to the conveyance.”
“(2) Alternative consideration option.--In lieu of exercising the reversionary interest retained under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Army may accept an offer by the University to pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value of the property conveyed under subsection (a), excluding the value of any improvements on the conveyed property constructed without Federal funds after the date the conveyance is completed, as determined by the Secretary.”
“(b) Revisionary Interest.-- (1) Interest retained.-- (A) In general.--If the Secretary of the Army determines at any time that the property conveyed to the University under subsection (a) is not being used in accordance with the purpose of the conveyance specified in such subsection, all right, title, and interest in and to the conveyed property, including any improvements thereon, shall, at the option of the Secretary, revert to and become the property of the United States, and the United States shall have the right of immediate entry onto the property. (B) Determination.--A determination by the Secretary of the Army under subparagraph (A) shall be made on the record after an opportunity for a hearing.”
“(a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Army may convey, without consideration, to the University of Tennessee System (in this section referred to as the ``University'') all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to parcels of real property, including any improvements thereon, at Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Tennessee, that consist of a total of approximately 5,000 acres for the purpose of permitting the University to use the parcels for education research.”