PILOT PROGRAM ON ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE OF TESTING FACILITIES AT INSTALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.

SEC. 2862. PILOT PROGRAM ON ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE OF TESTING FACILITIES AT INSTALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.(a) Pilot Program Required.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall establish a pilot program to authorize installations of the Department of the Air Force to establish a reimbursable account for the purpose of being reimbursed for the use of testing facilities on such installation. (b) Installations Selected.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall select not more than two installations of the Department of the Air Force to participate in the pilot program from among any such installations that are part of the Air Force Flight Test 135 STAT. 2214 Center construct and are currently funded for Facility, Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization (FSRM) through the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation account of the Department of the Air Force. (c) Oversight of Funds.—(1) Installation commander.—The commander of an installation selected for the pilot program shall have direct oversight over 50 percent of the funds allocated to the installation for Facility, Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization. (2) Air force civil engineer center commander.—The Commander of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center shall have direct oversight over the remaining 50 percent of Facility, Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization funds allocated to an installation selected for the pilot program. (d) Briefing and Report.—(1) Briefing.—Not later than 30 days after establishing the pilot program, the Secretary of the Air Force shall brief the congressional defense committees on the pilot program. (2) Annual report.—Not later than one year after establishing the pilot program under subsection (a), and annually thereafter through the year following termination of the pilot program, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program. (e) Termination.—The pilot program shall terminate on December 1, 2026.