AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT REPLACEMENT FAMILY HOUSING UNITS.

SEC. 2802. AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT REPLACEMENT FAMILY HOUSING UNITS. (a) Authority To Construct Replacement Units.— Section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: “(c) (1) The Secretary concerned may construct replacement military family housing units in lieu of improving existing military family housing units if— “(A) the improvement of the existing housing units has been authorized by law; 106 STAT. 2606 “(B) the Secretary determines that the improvement project is no longer cost-effective after a review of post-design or bid cost estimates; “(C) the Secretary submits to the committees referred to in subsection (b)(1) a notice containing— “(i) an economic analysis demonstrating that the improvement project would exceed 70 percent of the cost of constructing replacement housing units intended for members of the armed forces in the same pay grade or grades as those members who occupy the existing housing units; and “(ii) if the replacement housing units are intended for members of the armed forces in a different pay grade or grades, a justification of the need for the replacement housing units based upon the long-term requirements of the armed forces in the location concerned; and “(D) a period of 21 days elapses after the date on which the Secretary submite the notice required by subparagraph (C). “(2) The amount that may be expended to construct replacement military family housing units under this subsection may not exceed the amount that is otherwise available to carry out the previously authorized improvement project.”. (b) Conforming Amendment.— Section 2822(b) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) Replacement housing unite constructed under section 2825(c) of this title”.