SUPPORT FOR REALIGNMENT OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND RELOCATION OF MILITARY PERSONNEL ON GUAM.

SEC. 2824. SUPPORT FOR REALIGNMENT OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND RELOCATION OF MILITARY PERSONNEL ON GUAM.(a) Establishment of Account.—There is established on the books of the Treasury an account to be known as the “Support for United States Relocation to Guam Account” (in this section referred to as the “Account”).(b) Credits to Account.—(1) Amounts in fund.—There shall be credited to the Account all contributions received during fiscal year 2009 and subsequent fiscal years under section 2350k of title 10, United States Code, for the realignment of military installations and the relocation of military personnel on Guam.(2) Notice of receipt of contributions.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees written notice of the receipt of contributions referred to in paragraph (1), including the amount of the contributions, not later than 30 days after receiving the contributions.122 STAT. 4731(c) Use of Account.—(1) Authorized uses.—Subject to paragraph (2), amounts in the Account may be used as follows:(A) To carry out or facilitate the carrying out of a transaction authorized by this section in connection with the realignment of military installations and the relocation of military personnel on Guam, including military construction, military family housing, unaccompanied housing, general facilities constructions for military forces, and utilities improvements.(B) To carry out improvements of property or facilities on Guam as part of such a transaction.(C) To obtain property support services for property or facilities on Guam resulting from such a transaction.(D) To develop military facilities or training ranges in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.(2) Compliance with guam master plan.—Transactions authorized by paragraph (1) shall be consistent with the Guam Master Plan, as incorporated in decisions made in the manner provided in section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332).(3) Limitation regarding military housing.—To extent that the authorities provided under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, are available to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary shall use such authorities to acquire, construct, or improve family housing units or ancillary supporting facilities in connection with the relocation of military personnel on Guam.(4) Special requirements regarding use of contributions.—(A) Treatment of contributions.—Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the use of contributions referred to in subsection (b)(1) shall not be subject to conditions imposed on the use of appropriated funds by chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, or contained in annual military construction appropriations Acts.(B) Notice of obligation.—Contributions referred to in subsection (b)(1) may not be obligated for a transaction authorized by paragraph (1) until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees notice of the transaction, including a detailed cost estimate, and a period of 21 days has elapsed after the date on which the notification is received by the committees or, if earlier, a period of 14 days has elapsed after the date on which a copy of the notification is provided in an electronic medium.(C) Cost and scope of work variations.—Section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, shall apply to the use of contributions referred to in subsection (b)(1).(d) Transfer Authority.—(1) Transfer to housing funds.—The Secretary of Defense may transfer funds from the Account to the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund established by section 2883(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code.(2) Treatment of transferred amounts.—Amounts transferred under paragraph (1) to a fund referred to in that paragraph shall be available in accordance with the provisions 122 STAT. 4732 of section 2883 of title 10, United States Code for activities on Guam authorized under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of such title.(e) Report Regarding Guam Military Construction.—Not later than February 15 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report containing information on each military construction project included in the budget submission for the next fiscal year related to the realignment of military installations and the relocation of military personnel on Guam. The Secretary shall present the information in manner consistent with the presentation of projects in the military construction accounts for each of the military departments in the budget submission. The report shall also include projects associated with the realignment of military installations and relocation of military personnel on Guam that are included in the future-years defense program pursuant to section 221 of title 10, United States Code.(f) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that the use of the Account to facilitate construction projects associated with the realignment of military installations and the relocation of military personnel on Guam, as authorized by subsection (c)(1), provides a great opportunity for business enterprises of the United States and its territories to contribute to the United States strategic presence in the western Pacific by competing for contracts awarded for such construction. Congress urges the Secretary of Defense to ensure maximum participation by business enterprises of the United States and its territories in such construction.