H.R. 10482 – Dashboard for MILCON Projects Act

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The bill directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to create a centralized online dashboard that tracks military construction projects for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) facilities. The dashboard must be operational within one year and will provide detailed information on facility location, condition, funding needs, and equipment values. Congress will receive certification that the system works, and a recommendation on whether to keep it will be made within three years. The authority to run the program ends on December 30, 2030.

Key Provisions

Within one year, the Under Secretary, working with each military department, must set up a central dashboard using existing financial tools to monitor RDT&E construction planning, design, and execution.
The dashboard must display data such as facility location, manager, building details, condition indices, mission dependency, ongoing civil engineering projects, project values, and unfunded requirements.
It must also summarize real and non‑real property metrics, use unique identifiers for assets, and show trends across the data.
Within 30 days of the dashboard becoming operational, the Under Secretary must certify to congressional defense committees that it meets the required specifications.
Within three years, the Under Secretary must advise the Secretary of Defense on whether to continue using the dashboard and inform Congress of that recommendation.
The authority to maintain the dashboard expires on December 30, 2030.

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

September 17, 2026

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Introduced in House

September 17, 2026

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

September 17, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued September 17, 2026

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119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 10482

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 17, 2026

Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To require the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to establish a dashboard for military construction projects for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation facilities, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Dashboard for MILCON Projects Act.

2.

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)

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)

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 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.

(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.