MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITY TO LEASE MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING.

SEC. 2806. MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITY TO LEASE MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING.(a) Increased Maximum Lease Amount Applicable to Certain Domestic Army Family Housing Leases.—Subsection (b) of section 2828 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) in paragraph (2), by striking “paragraphs (3) and (4)” and inserting “paragraphs (3), (4), and (7)”;(2) in paragraph (5), by striking “paragraphs (2) and (3)” and inserting “paragraphs (2), (3), and (7)”; and(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(7)(A) Not more than 600 housing units may be leased by the Secretary of the Army under subsection (a) for which the expenditure for the rental of such units (including the cost of utilities, maintenance, and operation) exceeds the maximum amount per unit per year in effect under paragraph (2) but does not exceed 122 STAT. 541 $18,620 per unit per year, as adjusted from time to time under paragraph (5).“(B) The maximum lease amount provided in subparagraph (A) shall apply only to Army family housing in areas designated by the Secretary of the Army.“(C) The term of a lease under subparagraph (A) may not exceed 2 years.”.(b) Foreign Military Family Housing Leases.—Subsection (e)(2) of such section is amended by striking “the Secretary of the Navy may lease not more than 2,800 units of family housing in Italy, and the Secretary of the Army may lease not more than 500 units of family housing in Italy” and inserting “the Secretaries of the military departments may lease not more than 3,300 units of family housing in Italy”.(c) Increased Threshold for Congressional Notification for Foreign Military Family Housing Leases.—Subsection (f) of such section is amended by striking “$500,000” and inserting “$1,000,000”.(d) Report Required.—Not later than March 1, 2008, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the rental of family housing in foreign countries (including the costs of utilities, maintenance, and operations) that exceed $60,000 per unit per year. The report shall include a list and description of rental units (including total gross square feet and number of bedrooms), location, rental cost, the requirement for the rental, and the options that the Secretary has available to decrease the costs associated with the rentals.