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10 U.S.C. § 480 — Reports to Congress: submission in electronic form
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**(a) Requirement.—** Whenever the Secretary of Defense or any other official of the Department of Defense submits to Congress (or any committee of either House of Congress) a report that the Secretary (or other official) is required by law to submit, the Secretary (or other official) shall provide to Congress (or such committee) a copy of the report in an electronic medium.
**(b) Exception.—** Subsection (a) does not apply to a report submitted in classified form.
**(c) Definition.—** In this section, the term “report” includes any certification, notification, or other communication in writing.
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**(a) Requirement.—** Whenever the Secretary of Defense or any other official of the Department of Defense submits to Congress (or any committee of either House of Congress) a report that the Secretary (or other official) is required by law to submit, the Secretary (or other official) shall provide to Congress (or such committee) a copy of the report in an electronic medium.
**(b) Exception.—** Subsection (a) does not apply to a report submitted in classified form.
**(c) Definition.—** In this section, the term “report” includes any certification, notification, or other communication in writing.
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**(a) Congressional Notification.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), an expenditure or contribution in excess of the amount specified in [section 2805(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2805/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim) may not be made under [section 18233 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section18233&num=0&edition=prelim) for any facility until—
(1) the Secretary of Defense has notified the congressional defense committees of the location, nature, and estimated cost of the facility; and
(2) a period of 21 days has elapsed after the notification has been received by those committees or, if over sooner, a period of 14 days has elapsed after the date on which a copy of the notification is provided in an electronic medium pursuant to [section 480 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section480&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Certain Expenditures or Contributions Exempted.—** Subsection (a) does not apply to expenditures or contributions for the following:
(1) Facilities acquired by lease.
(2) A project for a facility that has been authorized by Congress, if the location and purpose of the facility are the same as when authorized and if, based upon bids received—
(A) the scope of work of the project, as approved by Congress, is not proposed to be reduced by more than 25 percent; and
(B) the current working estimate of the cost of the project does not exceed the amount approved for the project by more than the lesser of the following:
(i) 25 percent.
(ii) 200 percent of the amount specified by [section 2805(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-sect
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**(a) Exchange Authority.—** In addition to the acquisition authority provided by [section 18233 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section18233&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary of Defense may authorize the Secretary of a military department to acquire a facility, or addition to an existing facility, needed to satisfy military requirements for a reserve component by carrying out an exchange of an existing facility under the control of that Secretary through an agreement with an Executive agency (as defined in [section 105 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section105&num=0&edition=prelim)), the United States Postal Service, or a State, local government, local authority, or private entity. The acquisition of a facility or an addition to an existing facility under this section may include the acquisition of utilities, equipment, and furnishings for the facility.
**(b) Facilities Eligible for Exchange.—** Only a facility of a reserve component that is not excess property (as defined in [section 102(3) of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section102/3&num=0&edition=prelim)) may be exchanged using the authority provided by this section.
**(c) Equal Value Exchange.—** In any exchange carried out using the authority provided by this section, the value of the replacement facility, or addition to an existing facility, including any utilities, equipment, and furnishings, to be acquired by the United States shall be at least equal to the fair market value of the facility conveyed by the United States under the agreement. If the values are unequal, the values may not be equalized by any payment of cash consideration by either party to the
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**(a) Authority To Accept Contributions.—** The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of State, may accept cash contributions from any country or regional organization designated for purposes of this section by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, for the purposes specified in subsection (c).
**(b) Accounting.—** Contributions accepted under subsection (a) which are not related to security assistance may be accepted, managed, and expended in dollars or in the currency of the host nation (or, in the case of a contribution from another country or a regional organization, in the currency in which the contribution was provided). Any such contribution shall be placed in an account established for such purpose and shall remain available until expended for the purposes specified in subsection (c). The Secretary of Defense shall establish a separate account for such purpose for each country or regional organization from which such contributions are accepted under subsection (a).
**(c) Availability of Contributions.—** Contributions accepted under subsection (a) shall be available only for the payment of the following costs:
(1) Compensation for local national employees of the Department of Defense in the host nation or another country.
(2) Military construction projects of the Department of Defense in the host nation or another country.
(3) Supplies and services of the Department of Defense in the host nation or another country.
(4) Other logistical and operational support for the armed forces in a deployed or rotational status in a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
**(d) Authorization of Military Construction.—** Contributions placed in an account established under subsection (b) m
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**(a) General Notice and Wait Requirements.—**
(1) The Secretary of a military department or, with respect to a Defense Agency, the Secretary of Defense may not enter into any of the following listed transactions by or for the use of that department until the Secretary concerned submits a report, subject to paragraph (3), to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives:
(A) An acquisition of fee title to any real property, if the estimated price is more than $750,000.
(B) A lease of any real property to the United States, if the estimated annual rental is more than $750,000.
(C) A lease, license, or easement of real property owned by the United States (other than a lease or license entered into under [section 2667(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2667/g&num=0&edition=prelim)), if the estimated annual fair market rental value of the property is more than $750,000.
(D) A transfer of real property owned by the United States to another Federal agency or another military department or to a State, if the estimated value is more than $750,000.
(E) A report of excess real property owned by the United States to a disposal agency, if the estimated value is more than $750,000.
(F) Any termination or modification by either the grantor or grantee of an existing license or permit of real property owned by the United States to a military department, under which substantial investments have been or are proposed to be made in connection with the use of the property by the military department.
(G) Any transaction or contract action that results in, or includes, the acquisition or use by, or the lease or license to, the United States of re
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**(a) Acquisition of Land by Condemnation for Certain Military Purposes.—**
(1) Subject to subsection (f), the Secretary of a military department may have proceedings brought in the name of the United States, in a court of proper jurisdiction, to acquire by condemnation any interest in land, including temporary use, needed for—
(A) the site, construction, or operation of fortifications, coast defenses, or military training camps;
(B) the construction and operation of plants for the production of nitrate and other compounds, and the manufacture of explosives or other munitions of war; or
(C) the development and transmission of power for the operation of plants under subparagraph (B).
(2) In time of war or when war is imminent, the United States may, immediately upon the filing of a petition for condemnation under paragraph (1), take and use the land to the extent of the interest sought to be acquired.
**(b) Acquisition by Purchase in Lieu of Condemnation.—** The Secretary of the military department concerned may contract for or buy any interest in land, including temporary use, needed for any purpose named in subsection (a), as soon as the owner fixes a price for it and the Secretary considers that price to be reasonable.
**(c) Acquisition of Low-Cost Interests in Land.—**
(1) The Secretary of a military department may acquire any interest in land that—
(A) the Secretary determines is needed in the interest of national defense; and
(B) does not cost more than $4,000,000, exclusive of administrative costs and the amounts of any deficiency judgments.
(2) The Secretary of a military department may acquire any interest in land that—
(A) the Secretary determines is needed solely to correct a deficiency that is life-threatening, health-threatening, or s
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**(a) Authorization for Acquisition Required.—** No military department may acquire real property not owned by the United States unless the acquisition is expressly authorized by law. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to the acceptance by a military department of real property acquired under the authority of the Administrator of General Services to acquire property by the exchange of Government property pursuant to subtitle I of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41.
**(b) Commissions on Land Purchase Contracts.—** The maximum amount payable as a commission on a contract for the purchase of land from funds appropriated for the Department of Defense is two percent of the purchase price.
**(c) Cost Limitations.—**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the cost authorized for a land acquisition project may be increased by not more than 25 percent of the amount appropriated for the project by Congress or 200 percent of the amount specified by law as the maximum amount for a minor military construction project, whichever is lesser, if the Secretary concerned determines (A) that such an increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual variations in cost, and (B) that such variations in cost could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time the project was originally approved by Congress.
(2) Until subsection (d) is complied with, a land acquisition project may not be placed under contract if, based upon the agreed price for the land or, in the case of land to be acquired by condemnation, the amount to be deposited with the court as just compensation for the land—
(A) the scope of the acquisition, as approved by Congress, is proposed to be reduced by more than 25 percent;
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**(a) Lease Authority.—** Whenever the Secretary concerned considers it advantageous to the United States, the Secretary concerned may lease to such lessee and upon such terms as the Secretary concerned considers will promote the national defense or to be in the public interest, real or personal property that—
(1) is under the control of the Secretary concerned;
(2) is not for the time needed for public use; and
(3) is not excess property, as defined by [section 102 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section102&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Conditions on Leases.—** A lease under subsection (a)—
(1) may not be for more than five years, unless the Secretary concerned determines that a lease for a longer period will promote the national defense or be in the public interest;
(2) may give the lessee the first right to buy the property if the lease is revoked to allow the United States to sell the property under any other provision of law;
(3) shall permit the Secretary to revoke the lease at any time, unless he determines that the omission of such a provision will promote the national defense or be in the public interest;
(4) shall provide for the payment (in cash or in kind) by the lessee of consideration in an amount that is not less than the fair market value of the lease interest, as determined by the Secretary;
(5) may provide, notwithstanding [section 1302 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section1302&num=0&edition=prelim) or any other provision of law, for the alteration, repair, or improvement, by the lessee, of the property leased as the payment of part or all of the consideration for the lease;
(6) except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), shall require the
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**(a) Maintenance and Repair.—** Subject to subsection (c), the maintenance and repair of a real property facility for an activity or agency of the Department of Defense (other than a military department) financed from appropriations for military functions of the Department of Defense will be accomplished by or through a military department designated by the Secretary of Defense.
**(b) Jurisdiction.—** Subject to subsection (c), a real property facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense which is used by an activity or agency of the Department of Defense (other than a military department) shall be under the jurisdiction of a military department designated by the Secretary of Defense.
**(c) Facilities for Intelligence Collection or for Special Operations Abroad.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) if necessary to provide security for authorized intelligence collection or special operations activities abroad undertaken by the Department of Defense.
(2) Not later than 48 hours after using the waiver authority under paragraph (1) for any facility for intelligence collection conducted under the authorities of the Department of Defense or special operations activity, the Secretary of Defense shall submit, in an electronic medium pursuant to [section 480 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section480&num=0&edition=prelim), to the appropriate congressional committees a notice of the use of the authority, including the justification for the waiver and the estimated cost of the project for which the waiver applies.
(3) In this subsection, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the following:
(A) With respect to a waiver regarding special operat
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**(a) Agreements Authorized.—** The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department may enter into an agreement with an eligible entity or entities described in subsection (b) to address the use or development of real property in the vicinity of, or ecologically related to, a military installation, as well as a State-owned National Guard installation, or military airspace for purposes of—
(1) limiting any development or use of the property that would be incompatible with the mission of the installation;
(2) preserving habitat on the property in a manner that—
(A) is compatible with environmental requirements; and
(B) may eliminate or relieve current or anticipated environmental restrictions that would or might otherwise restrict, impede, or otherwise interfere, whether directly or indirectly, with current or anticipated military training, testing, or operations on the installation;
(3) maintaining or improving military installation resilience; or
(4) protecting Clear Zone Areas from use or encroachment that is incompatible with the mission of the installation.
**(b) Eligible Entities.—** For purposes of this section, an eligible entity is any of the following:
(1) A State or political subdivision of a State.
(2) A private entity that has as its stated principal organizational purpose or goal the conservation, restoration, or preservation of land and natural resources, or a similar purpose or goal, as determined by the Secretary concerned.
**(c) Authority to Coordinate.—**
(1) In entering into an agreement under subsection (a) or undertaking a project under such agreement, the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department, as the case may be, may coordinate with any other covered official with an interest in the activities p
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**(a) Annual Report on Status of Overseas Closures and Realignments and Overseas Military Locations.—**
(1) At the same time that the budget is submitted under [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for a fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on—
(A) the status of overseas base closure and realignment actions undertaken as part of a global defense posture realignment strategy; and
(B) the status of overseas military locations, whether such a location is designated as an enduring location or contingency location.
(2) To satisfy the reporting requirement specified in paragraph (1)(B), a report under paragraph (1) shall contain the following:
(A) A list of overseas military locations. For any overseas military location established during the previous fiscal year, the reasons for the establishment of the overseas military location.
(B) A description of the strategic goal and operational requirements supported by each overseas military location.
(C) A list of each construction or facility improvement project carried out by the Department of Defense regardless of the funding source, and each construction or facility improvement project accepted as a payment-in-kind, at overseas military locations during the previous fiscal year if the construction or facility improvement project was not specifically authorized in a Military Construction Authorization Act or congressional notice of the construction or facility improvement project was not provided by another means. Each construction or
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