ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LOW-COST INTERESTS IN LAND.

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)”.117 STAT. 1725(b) Clerical Amendments.—(1) Such section is further amended—(A) in subsection (a), by inserting “Acquisition Authority.—” before “(1)”;(B) in subsection (b), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), by inserting “Acquisition of Multiple Parcels.—” before “This section”; and(C) in subsection (c), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), by inserting “Survey and Acquisition Methods.—” before “The authority”.(2) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:“§ 2672. Authority to acquire low-cost interests in land” .(3) The item relating to section 2672 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 159 of such title is amended to read as follows: “2672. Authority to acquire low-cost interests in land.”.