S.Amdt. 2784

SA 2784. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Vance) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2857. PILOT PROGRAM ON SHORT TERM ACQUISITION OF SECURE
SPACE FOR EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES FOR DEFENSE
ACQUISITION MISSIONS.

(a) Pilot Program Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may
carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and
advisability of using the leasing authority described in
subsection (b) to assist the military departments in securing
modern, flexible, and accessible facilities.
(b) Leasing Authority.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of a military department may
enter into full-service leases to address exigent
circumstances, as specified under subsection (e)(2), of the
principal acquisition organizations of the Department of
Defense.
(2) Limitations.--The Secretary concerned may exercise the
leasing authority under paragraph (1) on the following
conditions:
(A) No more than 5 leases under this section for each
military department may be in effect at any given time.
(B) The duration of any such lease may not exceed 5 years.
(C) The premises being leased by the Secretary concerned
may not exceed 100,000 square feet of usable space.
(3) Delegation.--The Secretary concerned may delegate the
leasing authority under paragraph (1) to a commander or an
equivalent commanding officer at a principal acquisition
organization of the Department of Defense.
(c) Procedures.--The Secretary concerned--
(1) shall establish procedures to limit lease payments to
not more than the fair market value of the lease; and
(2) in exigent circumstances, as determined by the
Secretary concerned, may utilize other than competitive
procedures to adequately protect the interests of the United
States.
(d) Source Funds.--The Secretary concerned, in using the
authority under this section, may spend amounts available to
the Secretary concerned for operation and maintenance,
research, development, test, and evaluation, or procurement.
(e) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
execution of a lease under this section, the Secretary
concerned shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report that includes--
(1) the details of the lease, including--
(A) the location;
(B) the size of the premises;
(C) the duration of the lease;
(D) the annual cost; and
(E) the total cost; and

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(2) a description of the exigent circumstances of the
principal acquisition organizations of the Department of
Defense that warrant the exercise of leasing authority under
subsection (b)(1).
(f) Termination.--
(1) In general.--The authority to enter into a lease under
this section shall terminate on October 1, 2030.
(2) Effect of termination of authority.--The termination of
authority under paragraph (1) will not affect leases enter
into before the termination date.
(g) Principal Acquisition Organizations of the Department
of Defense Defined.--In this section, the term ``principal
acquisition organization of the Department of Defense''
means--
(1) the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center;
(2) the United States Army Contracting Command;
(3) the Naval Air Systems Command;
(4) the Naval Information Warfare Center; or
(5) the Naval Surface Warfare Center.
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