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 117 STAT. 1724

10 USC 2805 note.

PUBLIC LAW 108–136—NOV. 24, 2003

during that quarter of appropriated funds available for operation and maintenance for construction projects. (e) RELATION TO OTHER AUTHORITIES.—The temporary authority provided by this section, and the limited authority provided by section 2805(c) of title 10, United States Code, to use appropriated funds available for operation and maintenance to carry out a construction project are the only authorities available to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments to use appropriated funds available for operation and maintenance to carry out construction projects. (f) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The congressional committees referred to in this section are the following: (1) The Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittees on Defense and Military Construction of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. (2) The Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittees on Defense and Military Construction of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. SEC. 2809. REPORT ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS TO SUPPORT NEW HOMELAND DEFENSE MISSIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

Deadline.

Not later than February 15, 2004, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report describing all military construction projects carried out to support new homeland defense missions of the Armed Forces undertaken since September 11, 2001, and containing an assessment of the military construction requirements anticipated to be necessary during fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007 to support such missions.

Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities Administration SEC. 2811. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LOW-COST INTERESTS IN LAND.

(a) INCREASE IN ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.—Section 2672 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (a)(2) and (b) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively; (2) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$750,000’’; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2): ‘‘(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 safety-threatening; and ‘‘(B) does not cost more than $1,500,000, exclusive of administrative costs and the amounts of any deficiency judgments.’’; and (3) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$750,000, in the case of an acquisition under subsection (a)(1), or $1,500,000, in the case of an acquisition under subsection (a)(2)’’.

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