ASSESSMENT OF VULNERABILITY OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS TO TERRORIST ATTACK AND ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO ANTITERRORISM AND FORCE PROTECTION.

SEC. 2804. ASSESSMENT OF VULNERABILITY OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS TO TERRORIST ATTACK AND ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO ANTITERRORISM AND FORCE PROTECTION. (a) Annual Assessment and Report.—(1) Chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2858 the following new section:“§ 2859. Construction requirements related to antiterrorism and force protection“(a) Antiterrorism and Force Protection Guidance and Criteria.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop common guidance and criteria to be used by each Secretary concerned—“(1) to assess the vulnerability of military installations located inside and outside of the United States to terrorist attack;“(2) to develop construction standards designed to reduce the vulnerability of structures to terrorist attack and improve the security of the occupants of such structures;“(3) to prepare and carry out military construction projects, such as gate and fenceline construction, to improve the physical security of military installations; and“(4) to assist in prioritizing such projects within the military construction budget of each of the armed forces.“(b) Vulnerability Assessments.—The Secretary of Defense shall require vulnerability assessments of military installations to be conducted, at regular intervals, using the criteria developed under subsection (a).118 STAT. 2122“(c) Military Construction Requirements.—As part of the budget materials submitted to Congress in connection with the submission of the budget for a fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, but in no case later than March 15 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report, in both classified and unclassified form, describing—“(1) the location and results of the vulnerability assessments conducted under subsection (b) during the most recently completed fiscal year;“(2) the military construction requirements anticipated to be necessary during the period covered by the then-current future-years defense plan under section 221 of this title to improve the physical security of military installations; and“(3) the extent to which funds to meet those requirements are not requested in the Department of Defense budget for the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted.” .(2) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter III of chapter 169 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2858 the following new item: “2859. Construction requirements related to antiterrorism and force protection.”. (b) Special Requirement for 2006 Report.—In the case of the report required to be submitted in 2006 under section 2859(c) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall include a certification by the Secretary that since September 11, 2001, assessments regarding the vulnerability of military installations to terrorist attack have been undertaken for all major military installations. The Secretary shall indicate the basis by which the Secretary differentiated between major and nonmajor military installations for purposes of making the certification.