DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LABORATORY REVITALIZATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 2892. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LABORATORY REVITALIZATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) Program Authorized.— The Secretary of Defense may carry out a program (to be known as the “Department of Defense Laboratory Revitalization Demonstration Program”) for the revitalization of Department of Defense laboratories. Under the program, the Secretary may carry out minor military construction projects in accordance with subsection (b) and other applicable law to improve Department of Defense laboratories covered by the program. (b) Increased Maximum Amounts Applicable to Minor Construction Projects.— For purpose of any military construction project carried out under the program— (1) the amount provided in the second sentence of subsection (a)(1) of section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, shall be deemed to be $3,000,000; (2) the amount provided in subsection (b)( 1) of such section shall be deemed to be $1,500,000; and (3) the amount provided in subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section shall be deemed to be $1,000,000. (c) Program Requirements.— (1) Not later than 30 days before commencing the program, the Secretary shall— (A) designate the Department of Defense laboratories at which construction may be carried out under the program; and (B) establish procedures for the review and approval of requests from such laboratories to carry out such construction. (2) The laboratories designated under paragraph (1)(A) may not include Department of Defense laboratories that are contractor owned. (3) The Secretary shall notify Congress of the laboratories designated under paragraph (1)(A). (d) Report.— Not later than February 1, 1998, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the program. The report shall include the Secretary’s conclusions and recommendations regarding the desirability of extending the authority set forth in subsection (b) to cover all Department of Defense laboratories. 110 STAT. 591 (e) Exclusivity of Program.— Nothing in this section may be construed to limit any other authority provided by law for any military construction project at a Department of Defense laboratory covered by the program. (f) Definitions.— In this section: (1) The term “laboratory” includes— (A) a research, engineering, and development center; (B) a test and evaluation activity owned, funded, and operated by the Federal Government through the Department of Defense; and (C) a supporting facility of a laboratory. (2) The term “supporting facility”, with respect to a laboratory, means any building or structure that is used in support of research, development, test, and evaluation at the laboratory. (g) Expiration of Authority.— The Secretary may not commence a construction project under the program after September 30, 1998.