LONG-TERM BUILD TO LEASE AUTHORITY FOR MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING.

SEC. 2806. LONG-TERM BUILD TO LEASE AUTHORITY FOR MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING. (a) Modification and Permanent Extension of Test Program.—(1) Subchapter II of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 2835. Longterm leasing of military family housing to be constructed “(a) Build and Lease Authorized.—Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of a military department, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, may enter into a contract for the lease of family housing units to be constructed or rehabilitated to residential use near a military installation within the United States under the Secretary’s jurisdiction at which there is a shortage of family housing. Housing units leased under this section shall be assigned, without rental charge, as family housing to members of the armed forces who are eligible for assignment to military family housing. “(b) Submission and Authorization of Proposed Lease Contracts.—(1) The Secretary of a military department, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, may enter into a lease contract under subsection (a) for such military housing as is authorized by law for the purposes of this section. “(2) The budget material submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, in connection with the budget submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31 for each fiscal year shall include materials that identify the military housing projects for which lease contracts are proposed to be entered into under subsection (a) in such fiscal year. “(c) Competitive Process.—Each contract under subsection (a) shall be awarded through the use of publicly advertised, competitively bid, or competitively negotiated, contracting procedures as provided in chapter 137 of this title. In accordance with such procedures, the Secretary of a military department, or the Secretary of Transportation, as the case may be, shall solicit bids or proposals for a contract for the lease of military housing authorized in accordance with subsection (b)(1). Such a contract may provide for the contractor of the housing facilities to operate and maintain such housing facilities during the term of the lease. “(d) Conditions on Obligation of Funds.—A lease contract entered into for a military housing project under subsection (a) shall include the following provisions: “(1) A statement that the obligation of the United States to make payments under the contract in any fiscal year is subject to appropriations being provided specifically for that fiscal year and specifically for that project. “(2) A commitment to obligate the necessary amount for each fiscal year covered by the contract when and to the extent that funds are appropriated for that project for that fiscal year. “(3) A statement that such a commitment entered into under the authority of this section does not constitute an obligation of the United States. “(4) A requirement that housing units constructed pursuant to the contract shall be constructed— 105 STAT. 1540 “(A) to Department of Defense specifications, in the case of a Department of Defense contract; and “(B) to Department of Transportation specifications, in the case of a contract for the Coast Guard. “(e) Lease Term.—A contract under this section may be for any period not in excess of 20 years (excluding the period required for construction of the housing facilities). “(f) Right of First Refusal to Acquire.—A contract under this section shall provide that, upon the termination of the lease period, the United States shall have the right of first refusal to acquire all right, title, and interest to the housing facilities constructed and leased under the contract. “(g) Notice and Wait Requirements.—A contract may not be entered into for the lease of housing facilities under this section until— “(1) the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, submits to the appropriate committees of Congress, in writing, an economic analysis (based upon accepted life cycle costing procedures) which demonstrates that the proposed contract is cost-effective when compared with alternative means of furnishing the same housing facilities; and “(2) a period of 21 calendar days has expired following the date on which the economic analysis is received by those committees. “(h) Support Buildings.—A contract for the lease of family housing under this section may include provision for the lease of a child care center, civic center building, and similar type buildings constructed for the support of family housing.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “2835. Longterm leasing of military family housing to be constructed.”. (b) Conforming Amendment.—Section 2828 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out subsection (g); and (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g). (c) Application of Amendments.—Section 2835 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to contracts entered into under that section on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. The amendment made by subsection (b)(1) shall not affect the validity of any contract entered into before that date under section 2828(g) of such title, as in effect on the day before that date.