AUTHORITY OF BASE COMMANDERS OVER CONTRACTING FOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

SEC. 1111. AUTHORITY OF BASE COMMANDERS OVER CONTRACTING FOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES (a) Authority.—The Secretary of Defense shall direct that the commander of each military installation (under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary) shall have the authority and the responsibility to carry out the following: (1) Prepare an inventory each fiscal year of commercial activities carried out by Government personnel on the military installation. (2) Decide which commercial activities shall be reviewed under the procedures and requirements of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 (or any successor administrative regulation or policy). (3) Conduct a solicitation for contracts for those commercial activities selected for conversion to contractor performance under the Circular A-76 process. (4) To the maximum extent practicable, assist in finding suitable employment for any employee of the Department of Defense who is displaced because of a contract entered into with a contractor for performance of a commercial activity on the military installation. (b) Deadline for Regulations.—The Secretary shall prescribe the regulations required by subsection (a) no later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Definition.—In this section, the term “military installation” means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department which is located within any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or Guam. (d) Termination of Authority.—The authority provided for commanders of military installations by subsection (a) shall terminate on October 1, 1989.