CLARIFICATION OF OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY FOR INSTALLATION OR FACILITY PROTOTYPING.

SEC. 822. CLARIFICATION OF OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY FOR INSTALLATION OR FACILITY PROTOTYPING. (a) In General.—Section 4022(i) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “except for projects carried out for the purpose of repairing a facility,” before “not more”; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking “$200,000,000” and inserting “$300,000,000”; (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: “(3) Use of amounts.—The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department may carry out prototype projects under the pilot program established under paragraph (1) using amounts available to the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department (as applicable) for military construction, operation and maintenance, or research, development, test, and evaluation, notwithstanding— “(A) subchapters I and III of chapter 169 of this title; and “(B) chapters 221 and 223 of this title.” . (b) [10 U.S.C. 4022 note] Applicability.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to transactions entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.