Summary: Former Charleston Naval Base Land Exchange Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to exchange specified parcels of land owned by the United States located on the former U.S. Naval Base Complex in North Charleston, South Carolina, (federal land) for specified parcels owned by the South Carolina State Ports Authority (non-federal land). Requires that, upon acceptance of title to the non-federal land by the Secretary: (1) the non-federal land be added to and administered as part of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and (2) the boundaries of the Center be adjusted to exclude the exchanged federal land.

charleston naval base land exchange act authorizes secretary homeland_security dhs exchange specified parcels land owned united_states located naval base complex south_carolina federal land specified parcels owned non federal land requires acceptance title non federal land secretary non federal land added administered federal_law_enforcement_training_center boundaries center adjusted exclude exchanged federal land


Summary: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Title I: Department of Defense - Appropriates funds for FY2013 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing construction and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (5) chemical demilitarization construction; and (6) the Department of Defense Base Closure Accounts of 1990 and 2005. Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title and in other military construction appropriations Acts. (Sec. 110) Prohibits appropriated funds from being used to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notification to the congressional appropriations committees. (Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000. (Sec. 120) Authorizes the transfer of DOD funds for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Metropolitan Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966. (Sec. 123) Places specified restrictions and limitations on the obligation or expenditure of funds made available in this title or in any other military construction appropriations Act to carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or for supporting a function that has been approved for realignment to another installation, in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. (Sec. 124) Provides for the transfer of lapsed unobligated military construction and family housing funds into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account. (Sec. 126) Prohibits appropriated funds from being obligated or expended for the planning, design, and construction of projects at Arlington National Cemetery. Title II: Department of Veterans Affairs - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration; (2) readjustment benefits; (3) veterans insurance and indemnities; (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund; (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program; (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program; (7) the Veterans Health Administration (including for medical and prosthetic research and information technology systems); (8) the National Cemetery Administration; (9) the Office of the Inspector General; (10) construction for major and minor projects; and (11) grants for the construction of state extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries. Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title. (Sec. 210) Makes funds from this title available to reimburse expenses of the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, within specified limits. (Sec. 216) Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary, for purposes of this title) to enter into agreements with certain Indian tribes and tribal organizations in rural Alaska to provide health care, including behavioral health and dental care. (Sec. 219) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to the appropriations committees on the financial status of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). (Sec. 224) Allows certain VA funds to be used to fund operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. Requires written notification from the Secretary to the appropriations committees of any fund transfers for such purpose. (Sec. 228) Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriations committees on all bid savings in major construction projects that total at least $5 million or 5% of the programmed amount, whichever is less. (Sec. 230) Prohibits appropriated funds from being used to enter into a contract using procedures that do not give registered small businesses owned and controlled by veterans any available contract preference, except for a preference given to small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans. (Sec. 231) Extends through 2013 VA authority to operate a regional office in the Republic of the Philippines. (Sec. 232) Provides a contract payment method (in lieu of the procedure currently used) for VA reimbursement to state homes for veterans' nursing home care. Title III: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (3) cemeterial expenses; and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home. Title IV: General Provisions - Specifies restrictions and authorities regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act. (Sec. 406) Prohibits this Act's funds from being used for: (1) maintaining or establishing a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography; (2) constructing, renovating, or expanding any facility in the United States or its territories or possessions in order to house any non-U.S. citizen detained on or after June 24, 2009, at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; (3) paying for the attendance of more than 50 federal employees stationed within the United States at any single conference outside the United States, unless the relevant Secretary certifies in advance to the appropriations committees that such attendance is important to the national interest; and (4) travel and conference activities not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum M-12-12. (Sec. 412) Requires the head of any department, agency, board, or commission (entity) funded by this Act to report quarterly to the Inspector General or other appropriate ethics official on the costs and contracting procedures relating to each conference held by such entity during FY2013 costing more than $20,000.

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Summary: Base Redevelopment and Indemnification Correction Act of 2012 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to expand the indemnification responsibilities of the Department of Defense (DOD) with respect to transferred property at former military installations to include all military installations closed since October 24, 1988, the date of enactment of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act.

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National Emergency Centers Establishment Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish at least six national emergency centers on military installations to use existing infrastructure to provide: (1) temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster; and (2) centralized locations for the training of first responders and the coordination of preparedness, response, and recovery efforts.

Lists minimum requirements for sites for such centers, including that they be capable of: (1) meeting for an extended period the housing, health, transportation, education, public works, humanitarian, and other transition needs of a large number of individuals affected; (2) being scaled up or down to accommodate major disaster preparedness and response drills, operations, and procedures; (3) housing existing permanent structures necessary to meet training and first responders coordination requirements during non-disaster periods; and (4) hosting the infrastructure necessary to rapidly adjust to temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance needs.

Sets forth center location requirements, including requiring the Secretary to designate closed military installations as sites whenever possible and to designate portions of existing military installations as centers otherwise.

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Summary: HUBZone Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to include as a base closure area for purposes of the HUBZONE (historically underutilized business zone) program of the Small Business Administration (SBA) a military installation's municipality, county, census tract, or contiguous census tract having a total population of no more than 50,000, as determined by the most recent census.

hubzone expansion act amends small business act include base closure area purposes hubzone historically underutilized business zone program small_business_administration sba military installation municipality county census tract contiguous census tract having total population determined recent census


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Keep Our Commitment to Veterans Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out specified major medical facility leases in FY2013-FY2014 in New Mexico, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico, Texas, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

Reduces lease amounts authorized in previous fiscal years for VA outpatient clinics in: (1) Johnson County, Kansas; (2) San Diego, California; and (3) Tyler, Texas.

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(Sec. 1) Amends the Sikes Act (conservation programs on federal lands) to allow funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) that are obligated to cooperative agreements with states, local governments, Indian tribes, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals for maintenance and improvement of natural resources located off of military or state-owned National Guard installations (but that are related to current or anticipated military activities) to be: (1) paid in a lump sum and include an amount intended to cover the future costs of the activities under the agreement; and (2) invested by the recipient in accordance with the recipient's own investment management guidelines, with any investment interest or income permitted to be applied for the same purposes as the principal.

Allows such cooperative agreements to be used to acquire property or services for the direct benefit or use of the U.S. government.

Permits amounts available to the DOD that are provided to any federal, state, local, or nongovernmental entity for conservation and rehabilitation of natural resources in an area that is not on a military installation to be used only for payment of direct costs associated with the management of such area. Authorizes payment of up to 3% of total project administrative costs, fees, and management charges.

 Prohibits amounts available to the DOD from being used under such Act to acquire fee title interest in real property for such natural resources projects that are not on a military installation.

Requires the DOD Inspector General to conduct annual audits of natural resources projects funded with amounts available to DOD under such Act that are not on a military installation.

(Sec. 2) Allows the recipient of funds in agreements under the Sikes Act, or other specified agreements with states, political subdivisions, or private entities pursuant to military laws addressing the use or development of real property near or ecologically related to military installations or airspace, to use such funds to satisfy any matching funds or cost-sharing requirement of the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) or the Interior.

(Sec. 3) Declares that this Act expires on October 1, 2019, except that cooperative agreements entered into before such date shall continue as if this Act has not expired.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Formerly Owned Resources for Veterans to Express Thanks for Service Act of 2013 or the FOR VETS Act of 2013 - Authorizes the transfer of federal surplus property to a state agency for distribution through donation within the state for purposes of education or public health for organizations whose membership comprises substantially veterans and whose representatives are recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) in the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims under laws administered by the Secretary.

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Summary: Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, at such time as the Navy vacates the real property known as the DOD Camarillo Airport, to convey such property to Ventura County, California, in order for the County to use such property for airport-related purposes.

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Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Security Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy identified public land in Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties, California, that is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Requires the transferred land to be included as part of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, and authorizes the use of such land for military purposes.

Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) establish a reservation in favor of the United States with respect to any water or water right on lands transferred by this Act, or (2) authorize the appropriation of water on lands transferred by this Act except in accordance with applicable state law. Withdraws from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws and geothermal leasing laws, the public land to be transferred by this Act, so long as such land remains under the Secretary of the Army's administrative jurisdiction.

naval air weapons station china lake security enhancement act directs secretary interior secretary transfer administrative jurisdiction secretary navy identified public land inyo california administered bureau_of_land_management blm requires transferred land included china lake california authorizes use land military purposes declares act shall construed establish reservation favor united_states respect water water right lands transferred act authorize appropriation water lands transferred act accordance applicable state law withdraws forms appropriation public land laws including mining laws geothermal leasing laws public land transferred act long land remains secretary army administrative jurisdiction


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Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy administrative jurisdiction over certain public lands in Imperial and Riverside Counties, California, for inclusion within the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range. Withdraws the mineral estate of such land from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, for as long as the land is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy.

Requires the Secretary of the Navy to prepare an integrated natural resources management plan with respect to the transferred lands.

Requires the Secretary of the Navy, upon determining that there is no longer a military need for the lands transferred, to transfer such lands back to the Secretary of the Interior. Requires appropriate land decontamination preceding the retransfer.

Amends the California Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994 to extend a land withdrawal and reservation period consistent with the above transfer.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall affect existing water rights on the transferred lands.

mountain aerial gunnery range transfer act directs secretary interior transfer secretary navy administrative jurisdiction certain public lands california inclusion withdraws mineral estate land forms appropriation public land laws including mining laws mineral geothermal leasing laws long land administrative jurisdiction secretary navy requires secretary navy prepare integrated natural resources management plan respect transferred lands requires secretary navy determining longer military need lands transferred transfer lands secretary interior requires appropriate land decontamination preceding amends extend land withdrawal reservation period consistent transfer provides act shall affect existing water rights transferred lands


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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Department of Defense - Appropriates funds for FY2014 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing construction and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (5) chemical demilitarization construction; and (6) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account.

(Sec. 101) Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title and in other military construction appropriations Acts.

(Sec. 110) Prohibits appropriated funds (funds) from being used to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notification to the congressional appropriations committees.

(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.

(Sec. 120) Authorizes the transfer of DOD funds for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Metropolitan Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966.

(Sec. 123) Places specified restrictions and limitations on the obligation or expenditure of funds made available in this title or in any other military construction appropriations Act to carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or for supporting a function that has been approved for realignment to another installation, in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.

(Sec. 124) Provides for the transfer of lapsed unobligated military construction and family housing funds into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account.

(Sec. 126) Prohibits funds from being used for planning and design and construction of projects at Arlington National Cemetery.

(Sec. 127) Prohibits funds from being used to decommission the Combined Heat and Power Plant at Clear Air Force Station, Alaska, until the Comptroller General conducts a review of whether such action is the most cost-effective and beneficial option for the day-to-day operations and missions at such installation.

Title II: Department of Veterans Affairs - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration, (2) readjustment benefits, (3) veterans insurance and indemnities, (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund, (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program, (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program, (7) the Veterans Health Administration (including for medical and prosthetic research and information technology systems), (8) the National Cemetery Administration, (9) the Office of the Inspector General, (10) construction for major and minor projects, and (11) grants for the construction of state extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries.

(Sec. 201) Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title.

(Sec. 210) Makes funds from this title available to reimburse expenses of the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, within specified limits.

(Sec. 216) Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary, for purposes of this title) to enter into agreements with certain Indian tribes and tribal organizations in rural Alaska to provide health care, including behavioral health and dental care.

(Sec. 219) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to the appropriations committees on the financial status of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

(Sec. 224) Allows certain VA funds to be used to fund operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. Requires written notification from the Secretary to the appropriations committees of any fund transfers for such purpose.

(Sec. 227) Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriations committees on all bid savings in major construction projects that total at least $5 million or 5% of the programmed amount, whichever is less.

(Sec. 229) Prohibits funds from being used to enter into contracts using procedures that do not give small businesses owned and controlled by veterans any available preference.

(Sec. 230) Directs the Secretary to submit quarterly to the appropriations committees specified information concerning veterans' disability compensation claims, including the number pending, the timeliness of their completion, and error rates.

Title III: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission, (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, (3) cemeterial expenses, and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.

Title IV: General Provisions - (Sec. 401) Specifies restrictions and authorities regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act.

(Sec. 409) Prohibits this Act's funds from being used for: (1) maintaining or establishing a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography; (2) renovating, expanding, or constructing any facility in the United States in order to house any non-U.S. citizen detained at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; (3) sending or paying for the attendance of more than 50 employees from a federal department or agency at any conference outside the United States, unless the relevant Secretary notifies the appropriations committees in advance that such attendance is important to the national interest; or (4) paying for travel and conference activities not in compliance with federal employee travel requirements.

(Sec. 412) Requires the head of any executive branch entity funded by this Act to submit annual reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official regarding the costs and contracting procedures related to each conference held by such entity during FY2014 for which the cost was more than $100,000. Sets forth restrictions on the use of grants or contracts for conference costs.

(Sec. 413) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Senate should immediately request a conference with the House of Representatives on the FY2014 budget, appoint conferees, and convene such conference in order to complete work on a final FY2014 budget conference report.

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Summary:
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey at current state of agricultural use market prices specified lands formerly part of the Fort Bayard Military Reservation, Grant County, New Mexico, to the Village of Santa Clara, the City of Bayard, and Grant County, New Mexico, in tracts of not less than 40 acres, for business and community development.

Requires approval of all parties for any such conveyance.

Provides that the Secretary shall be responsible for the costs and recovery of any historic or prehistoric cultural properties located on such lands.

directs secretary agriculture usda convey current state agricultural use market prices specified lands new_mexico new_mexico tracts acres business community development requires approval parties conveyance provides secretary shall responsible costs recovery historic prehistoric cultural properties located lands


Summary: Veterans' Local Access Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out specified major medical facility leases in: (1) New Mexico, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico, Texas, California, Connecticut, and Massachusetts in FY2013; and (2) Missouri, Tennessee, California, Illinois, Texas, Nebraska, South Carolina, Arizona, and Oklahoma in FY2014.

local access act authorizes secretary veterans_affairs carry specified major medical facility leases new_mexico new_jersey south_carolina georgia hawaii kansas louisiana florida puerto_rico texas california connecticut massachusetts fy2013 missouri tennessee california illinois texas nebraska south_carolina arizona oklahoma fy2014


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Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out specified major medical facility leases (leases) in New Mexico, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico, Texas, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Nebraska, Arizona, and Oklahoma.

Directs the Secretary, in exercising the authority to enter into such leases, to record as the full cost of the contractual obligation at the time a contract is executed either: (1) the amount of total payments under the full lease term; or (2) if the lease specifies payments to be made in the event the lease is terminated before its full term, an amount sufficient to cover the first-year payments plus the specified cancellation costs.

Requires the funding prospectus of a proposed lease to include a detailed analysis of how the lease is expected to comply with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-11 (which provides guidance to federal agencies in meeting statutory requirements for disclosure of the full costs of contracts or leases) and the Anti-Deficiency Act, including an analysis of: (1) the classification of the lease as a lease-purchase, capital lease, or operating lease; (2) the obligation of budgetary resources associated with the lease; and (3) the methodology used in determining the asset cost, fair market value, and cancellation costs of the lease.

Directs the Secretary, at least 30 days before entering into a lease, to submit to the congressional veterans committees: (1) notice of the intention to enter into, and a copy of, such lease; (2) a description and analysis of any differences between the lease prospectus submitted and the proposed lease; and (3) a scoring analysis demonstrating that the proposed lease fully complies with OMB Circular A-11. Requires the Secretary, no more than 30 days after entering into a lease, to report any material differences between the proposed lease and the lease entered.

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Save our Military Shopping Benefits Act - Prohibits, until January 1, 2017, the Secretary of Defense (DOD) from: (1) closing any commissary or exchange store located within the United States, or (2) developing or implementing any plan that would result in the closure of all commissaries in the United States as part of a cost-saving effort.

Defines "close" to include any action that has the effect of: (1) reducing the operating hours or size of a commissary or exchange store below FY2014 levels, or (2) changing the location of such a store. Excepts a change in the size or location of such a store if the Secretary determines that the change is required for upgrading or modifying an existing structure for safety or health reasons.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Bureau of Land Management Withdrawn Military Lands Efficiency and Savings Act - Amends the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to declare that the withdrawal and reservation of certain lands and interests concerning the Naval Air Station Fallon Ranges and the Nellis Air Force Range in Nevada, the Fort Greely East and West Training Ranges and the Yukon Training Range of Fort Wainright in Alaska, and the McGregor Range of Fort Bliss in New Mexico shall not terminate except by an election and a determination of the Secretary of the military department concerned or until the Secretary of the Interior can permanently transfer administrative jurisdiction of the withdrawn and reserved lands to that Secretary.

(Currently the withdrawal and reservation of such lands must terminate, except in certain circumstances, 25 years after November 6, 2001.)

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Summary:
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in certain real property to the city of Copperas Cove, Texas, in order for the city to improve arterial transportation routes in the vicinity of Fort Hood and to promote economic development in the area.

Requires the city, in consideration for such conveyance, to convey all its right, title, and interest in real properties of equal fair market value that are acceptable to the Secretary.

authorizes secretary army convey right title interest united_states certain real property city texas order city improve transportation routes vicinity fort hood promote economic development area requires city consideration conveyance convey right title interest real properties equal fair market value acceptable secretary


Summary:
Amends the Sikes Act (conservation programs on federal lands) to allow funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) that are obligated to cooperative agreements with states, local governments, Indian tribes, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals for maintenance and improvement of natural resources located off of military or state-owned National Guard installations (but that are related to current or anticipated military activities) to be:

 paid in a lump sum and include an amount intended to cover the future costs of the activities under the agreement; invested by the recipient in accordance with the recipient's own investment management guidelines, with any investment interest or income permitted to be applied for the same purposes as the principal; and used only for the direct costs of maintaining and improving the natural resources pursuant to an approved DOD Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan and for certain indirect and administrative costs that do not exceed 10% of the total cost of the project. Allows such cooperative agreements to be used to acquire property or services for the direct benefit or use of the U.S. government.

Prohibits amounts available to DOD from being used under such Act to acquire fee title interest in real property for such natural resources projects that are not on a military installation.

Requires the Inspector General of DOD to: (1) conduct an audit of the natural resources projects funded with amounts available to DOD under the Sikes Act that are not on a military installation, and (2) report to Congress on the audit by October 1, 2018.

Terminates this Act on October 1, 2019, except that any cooperative agreement entered into under this Act on or before September 30, 2019, shall continue.

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Summary:
Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretaries of the Navy and the Interior to enter into an agreement providing for the establishment and operation of a surface danger zone that overlays the Ritidian Unit of the Guam National Wildlife Refuge in order to accommodate the operation of a live-fire training range complex on Andersen Air Force Base-Northwest Field and the management of such Unit.

Requires such agreement to include measures to maintain the purposes of the Refuge and measures funded by the Secretary of the Navy for:

 relocation and reconstruction of Refuge structures and facilities; mitigation of impacts to wildlife species present in, or to be reintroduced into, the Refuge; use of Department of Defense (DOD) personnel to undertake conservation activities within the Unit normally performed by Department of the Interior personnel; and necessary openings and closures of the surface danger zone to the public.

guam military training authorizes secretaries navy interior enter agreement providing establishment operation surface danger zone order accommodate operation live fire training range complex management unit requires agreement include measures maintain purposes refuge measures funded secretary navy relocation reconstruction refuge structures facilities mitigation impacts wildlife species present reintroduced refuge use department_of_defense dod personnel undertake conservation activities unit normally performed department_of_the_interior personnel necessary closures surface danger zone public


Summary:
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Security Enhancement Act - Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 to provide that the withdrawal and reservation of public land located within the boundaries of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, in Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties, California, shall not terminate except pursuant to: (1) an election and determination by the Secretary of the Navy to relinquish such land, or (2) a transfer by the Secretary of the Interior of permanent administrative jurisdiction over such land to the Secretary of the Navy. (Currently the withdrawal and reservation of such land shall terminate on March 31, 2039.)

Withdraws from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, the mineral leasing laws, and the geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, the public land (including interests in land) known as the Cuddeback Lake Air Force Range and additional public land in San Bernardino County, California, identified as the Proposed Navy Acquisition Area (but excluding the parcel identified as "AF Fee Simple"). Requires the Secretary of the Navy to ensure that the owners of the excluded private land continue to have reasonable access to their land and to manage the additional withdrawn lands to protect existing historic, economic, cultural, recreational, hunting, and scientific features and uses.

naval air weapons station china lake security enhancement act amends military construction authorization act fiscal year provide withdrawal reservation public land located boundaries china lake inyo california shall terminate pursuant election determination secretary navy relinquish land transfer secretary interior permanent administrative jurisdiction land secretary navy currently withdrawal reservation land shall terminate march withdraws forms appropriation public land laws including mining laws mineral leasing laws geothermal leasing laws subject valid existing rights public land including interests land known lake air force range additional public land san_bernardino_county california identified excluding parcel identified fee simple requires secretary navy ensure owners excluded private land continue reasonable access land manage additional withdrawn lands protect existing historic economic cultural recreational hunting scientific features uses


Summary:
Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey, without consideration, to the city of Norwalk, California, all U.S. interest in a parcel of real property consisting of up to 15 acres at the former Air Force Norwalk Defense Fuel Supply Point for the purpose of permitting the city to use the property for public purposes. Conditions such conveyance on the city actively assisting the United States in disposing of the residual portion of the Point (approximately 36 acres) using General Services Administration (GSA) disposal authority.

Directs the Secretary to require the city to cover the administrative costs of carrying out such conveyance.

authorizes secretary air_force convey consideration city california interest parcel real property consisting acres defense fuel supply point purpose permitting city use property public purposes conditions conveyance city actively assisting united_states disposing residual portion point approximately acres general_services_administration gsa disposal authority directs secretary require city cover administrative costs carrying conveyance


Summary:
Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 to allow portions of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico, to be utilized for purposes that would require decontamination at the expense of the United States. (Currently, such utilization is prohibited.)

Makes the authority for such utilization applicable to portions of such island identified as having regular public access in the Department of Defense (DOD) study entitled "Study Relating to the Presence of Unexploded Ordnance in a Portion of the Former Naval Bombardment Area of Culebra Island, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico," dated April 20, 2012, which was prepared in accordance with the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011.

amends allow portions area island puerto_rico utilized purposes require decontamination expense united_states currently utilization prohibited makes authority utilization applicable portions island identified having regular public access department_of_defense dod study entitled study relating presence unexploded ordnance portion naval area island commonwealth_of_puerto_rico dated april prepared accordance fiscal year


Summary: Revises the definition of "entitlement land" for which the Secretary of the Interior is required to make payments to local governments in lieu of taxes to: (1) delete land on which are located semi-active or inactive installations that the Secretary of the Army keeps for mobilization and for reserve component training, and (2) include federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense (DOD) or the Secretary of a military department.

revises definition entitlement land secretary interior required payments local governments lieu taxes delete land located semi active inactive installations secretary army keeps mobilization reserve component training include federal land jurisdiction secretary defense dod secretary military department


Summary:
Requires real property of military installations that are closed pursuant to specified base closure laws to be disposed of by conveying all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the property if such property was originally acquired by the United States by donation for the purpose of establishing or expanding the installation.

Allows the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to authorize the retention of a reversionary interest in the conveyed property to ensure that it is used for a public purpose if the property is conveyed by the United States without consideration, or for consideration equal to less than fair market value, to support the property's subsequent use for such a purpose.

Makes this Act applicable retroactively to property conveyed pursuant to certain base closure laws before the enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to convey to the recipient of such a previous conveyance any right, title, or interest that was retained by the United States during the original conveyance.

requires real property military installations closed pursuant specified base closure laws disposed conveying right title interest united_states property property originally acquired united_states donation purpose establishing expanding installation allows secretary defense dod authorize retention reversionary interest conveyed property ensure public purpose property conveyed united_states consideration consideration equal fair market value support property subsequent use purpose makes act applicable retroactively property conveyed pursuant certain base closure laws enactment act requires secretary convey recipient previous conveyance right title interest retained united_states original conveyance


Summary:
Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act - Requires all U.S. interest in and to specified lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity in McKinley County, New Mexico (Activity), transferred to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for: (1) the Zuni Tribe as part of the Zuni Reservation, unless the Tribe elects to have the parcel conveyed to it in restricted fee status; and (2) the Navajo Nation as part of the Navajo Reservation, unless the Navajo Nation elects to have the parcel conveyed to it in restricted fee status.

Subjects the lands of the Activity held in trust or conveyed in restricted fee status to reservation by the United States of such easements as the Secretary of the Army determines are reasonably required to permit access to Activity lands for administrative, environmental cleanup, and environmental remediation purposes.

Requires the lands of the Activity identified as parcel 1 to be held in trust subject to a shared easement for cultural and religious purposes only.

Requires the access road for the Activity that originates at the frontage road for Interstate 40 and leads to the parcel of the administration area to be held in common by both the Zuni Tribe and the Navajo Nation to provide for equal access to the Activity.

Subjects lands held in trust or conveyed in restricted fee status to easements reasonably required to permit access to the Missile Defense Agency facility as needed by the Department of Defense (DOD).

Requires the Zuni Tribe or the Navajo Nation, after a parcel of land has been transferred or conveyed, to notify the Secretary of the Army of the existence or discovery of any contamination or hazardous material on it.

return certain lands fort original inhabitants act requires interest specified lands activity new_mexico activity transferred secretary interior held trust tribe elects parcel conveyed restricted fee status navajo nation navajo nation elects parcel conveyed restricted fee status subjects lands activity held trust conveyed restricted fee status reservation united_states easements secretary army determines reasonably required permit access activity lands administrative environmental cleanup environmental remediation purposes requires lands activity identified parcel held trust subject shared easement cultural religious purposes requires access road activity originates road interstate leads parcel administration area held common navajo nation provide equal access activity subjects lands held trust conveyed restricted fee status easements reasonably required permit access missile_defense_agency facility needed department_of_defense dod requires navajo nation parcel land transferred conveyed notify secretary army existence discovery contamination hazardous material


Summary:
Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act - Amends the program under which the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer excess personal property of the Department of Defense (DOD) to federal and state agencies for law enforcement activities. Excludes counter-drug activities from the categories of law enforcement activities for which DOD property may be transferred under such program.

Requires recipients of DOD property to certify that they: (1) have personnel, technical capacity, and training to operate the property; and (2) will return to the DOD any property that is surplus to the recipient's needs. Requires recipients that are not federal agencies to certify that they have notified their local community of requests for DOD property with a notice on a publicly accessible Internet website and postings at prominent locations in the jurisdiction.

Requires the Secretary to submit annually to Congress a description of property to be transferred along with a certification that the transfers are not prohibited by law. Prohibits transfers of:

 automatic weapons that are not suitable for law enforcement purposes; weapons of .50 caliber or greater; tactical vehicles, including highly mobile multi-wheeled vehicles, armored vehicles, and mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles; armored or weaponized drones; aircraft that are combat configured or combat coded, or that have no established commercial flight application; grenades and similar explosives; silencers; and long range acoustic devices. Prohibits transfers conditioned upon the agency demonstrating the use of any small arms or ammunitions.

Requires the Secretary to ensure that certain items are not transferred from one federal or state agency to another such agency.

 Prohibits obligations or expenditures of appropriations to carry out the DOD's property transfer program unless specified conditions have been met, including requirements to verify: (1) that in-person inventories of transferred property have been conducted at each agency, and (2) that 100% of such property was accounted for during the inventories or that agencies unable to account for such property have been suspended from the program.

Requires the Defense Logistics Agency to maintain an Internet website that makes available publicly a description of: (1) each transfer broken down by state, county, and recipient; and (2) during the 30-day period preceding the date on which any property is transferred, the property to be transferred and the recipient.

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Summary:
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to require state or local law enforcement, firefighting, homeland security, or emergency management agencies that purchase surplus military equipment to demonstrate, as a condition of the sale, that agency personnel have been certified, trained, or licensed in the proper operation of such equipment.

Prohibits the Secretary from transferring or donating excess DOD personal property to law enforcement or firefighting agencies unless the recipient agency demonstrates that personnel have received such certification, training, or licensing.

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Summary: Keep Our Commitment to Veterans Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out specified major medical facility leases in FY2013-FY2014 in New Mexico, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico, Texas, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Reduces lease amounts authorized in previous fiscal years for VA outpatient clinics in: (1) Johnson County, Kansas; (2) San Diego, California; and (3) Tyler, Texas.

commitment veterans act authorizes secretary veterans_affairs carry specified major medical facility leases fy2013 fy2014 new_mexico new_jersey south_carolina georgia hawaii louisiana florida puerto_rico texas connecticut massachusetts reduces lease amounts authorized previous fiscal years outpatient clinics kansas san_diego california tyler texas


Summary: Formerly Owned Resources for Veterans to Express Thanks for Service Act of 2013 or the FOR VETS Act of 2013 - Authorizes the transfer of federal surplus property to a state agency for distribution through donation within the state for purposes of education or public health for organizations whose membership comprises substantially veterans and whose representatives are recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) in the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims under laws administered by the Secretary.

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Summary:
Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out specified major medical facility leases (leases) in New Mexico, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico, Texas, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Nebraska, Arizona, and Oklahoma.

Directs the Secretary, in exercising the authority to enter into such leases, to record as the full cost of the contractual obligation at the time a contract is executed either: (1) the amount of total payments under the full lease term; or (2) if the lease specifies payments to be made in the event the lease is terminated before its full term, an amount sufficient to cover the first-year payments plus the specified cancellation costs.

Requires the funding prospectus of a proposed lease to include a detailed analysis of how the lease is expected to comply with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-11 (which provides guidance to federal agencies in meeting statutory requirements for disclosure of the full costs of contracts or leases) and the Anti-Deficiency Act, including an analysis of: (1) the classification of the lease as a lease-purchase, capital lease, or operating lease; (2) the obligation of budgetary resources associated with the lease; and (3) the methodology used in determining the asset cost, fair market value, and cancellation costs of the lease.

Directs the Secretary, at least 30 days before entering into a lease, to submit to the congressional veterans committees: (1) notice of the intention to enter into, and a copy of, such lease; (2) a description and analysis of any differences between the lease prospectus submitted and the proposed lease; and (3) a scoring analysis demonstrating that the proposed lease fully complies with OMB Circular A-11. Requires the Secretary, no later than 30 days after entering into a lease, to report any material differences between the proposed lease and the lease entered.

department_of_veterans_affairs authorizes secretary veterans_affairs carry specified major medical facility leases leases new_mexico new_jersey south_carolina georgia hawaii kansas louisiana florida puerto_rico texas california connecticut massachusetts missouri tennessee illinois nebraska arizona oklahoma directs secretary exercising authority enter leases record cost contractual obligation time contract executed total payments lease term lease specifies payments event lease terminated term sufficient cover year payments plus specified cancellation costs requires funding prospectus proposed lease include detailed analysis lease expected comply office_of_management_and_budget omb circular a-11 provides guidance federal agencies meeting statutory requirements disclosure costs contracts leases including analysis classification lease lease purchase capital lease operating lease obligation budgetary resources associated lease methodology determining asset cost fair market value cancellation costs lease directs secretary days entering lease submit congressional veterans committees notice intention enter copy lease description analysis differences lease prospectus submitted proposed lease scoring analysis demonstrating proposed lease fully complies omb circular a-11 requires secretary later days entering lease report material differences proposed lease lease entered


Summary: Military Commissary Sustainment Act - Prohibits reducing the monthly amount of funds made available by the Department of Defense (DOD) for the defense commissary system during FY2015 below the average monthly amount made available during FY2014 until the date of the report of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission.

military commissary sustainment act prohibits reducing monthly funds available department_of_defense dod defense commissary system fy2015 average monthly available fy2014 date report


Summary:
Directs the Secretary of Defense to require state or local law enforcement, firefighting, homeland security, or emergency management agencies that purchase surplus military equipment to demonstrate, as a condition of the sale, that agency personnel have been certified, trained, or licensed in the proper operation of such equipment.

Prohibits the Secretary from transferring or donating excess Department of Defense personal property to law enforcement or firefighting agencies unless the recipient agency demonstrates that personnel have received such certification, training, or licensing.

directs secretary defense require state local law enforcement firefighting homeland security emergency management agencies purchase surplus military equipment demonstrate condition sale agency personnel certified trained licensed proper operation equipment prohibits secretary transferring donating excess department_of_defense personal property law enforcement firefighting agencies recipient agency demonstrates personnel received certification training licensing


Summary:
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Protection Act

This bill prohibits the President from modifying, terminating, abandoning, or transferring the lease with the government of Cuba by which the United States acquired 45 square miles of land and waters that currently contain Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless: (1) the President notifies Congress of the proposed lease change, and (2) afterwards Congress enacts a law authorizing the change.

naval station guantanamo bay protection act bill prohibits president modifying terminating abandoning transferring lease government cuba united_states acquired square miles land waters currently contain naval station guantanamo_bay cuba president notifies congress proposed lease change congress enacts law authorizing change


Summary:
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey a parcel of the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard on Azuar Drive in Vallejo, California, to permit the Touro University California to use the parcel for educational and administrative purposes in exchange for the Army acquiring a parking facility for the Mare Island Army Reserve Center.

Directs the Secretary to require the University to cover costs (except environmental remediation costs) incurred by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance.

authorizes secretary army convey parcel island naval shipyard drive california permit california use parcel educational administrative purposes exchange army acquiring parking facility directs secretary require university cover costs environmental remediation costs incurred secretary carry conveyance


Summary:
Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act

 Requires all U.S. interest in and to specified lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity in McKinley County, New Mexico (Activity), transferred to the Department of the Interior to be held in trust for: (1) the Zuni Tribe as part of the Zuni Reservation, unless the Tribe elects to have the parcel conveyed to it in restricted fee status; and (2) the Navajo Nation as part of the Navajo Reservation, unless the Navajo Nation elects to have the parcel conveyed to it in restricted fee status.

Subjects the lands of the Activity held in trust or conveyed in restricted fee status to reservation by the United States of such easements as the Department of the Army determines are reasonably required to permit access to Activity lands for administrative, environmental cleanup, and environmental remediation purposes.

Requires the lands of the Activity identified as parcel 1 to be held in trust subject to a shared easement for cultural and religious purposes only.

Requires the access road for the Activity that originates at the frontage road for Interstate 40 and leads to the parcel of the administration area to be held in common by both the Zuni Tribe and the Navajo Nation to provide for equal access to the Activity.

Subjects lands held in trust or conveyed in restricted fee status to easements reasonably required to permit access to the Missile Defense Agency facility as needed by the Department of Defense.

Requires the Zuni Tribe or the Navajo Nation, after a parcel of land has been transferred or conveyed, to notify the Secretary of the Army of the existence or discovery of any contamination or hazardous material on it.

return certain lands fort original inhabitants act requires interest specified lands activity new_mexico activity transferred department_of_the_interior held trust tribe elects parcel conveyed restricted fee status navajo nation navajo nation elects parcel conveyed restricted fee status subjects lands activity held trust conveyed restricted fee status reservation united_states easements department_of_the_army determines reasonably required permit access activity lands administrative environmental cleanup environmental remediation purposes requires lands activity identified parcel held trust subject shared easement cultural religious purposes requires access road activity originates road interstate leads parcel administration area held common navajo nation provide equal access activity subjects lands held trust conveyed restricted fee status easements reasonably required permit access missile_defense_agency facility needed department_of_defense requires navajo nation parcel land transferred conveyed notify secretary army existence discovery contamination hazardous material


Summary:
Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act

Revises the Department of Defense's (DOD's) authority to transfer excess personal property to federal and state law enforcement agencies. Removes DOD's authority to transfer property for counter-drug activities.

Requires recipients of DOD property to certify that they: (1) have personnel, technical capacity, and training to operate the property; and (2) will return to DOD any property that is surplus to the recipient's needs. Requires recipients that are not federal agencies to certify that they have notified their local community of requests for DOD property with a notice on a publicly accessible Internet website and postings at prominent locations in the jurisdiction.

Requires DOD to submit annually to Congress a description of property to be transferred along with a certification that the transfers are not prohibited by law. Prohibits transfers of:

 controlled (i.e., military grade) firearms, ammunition, grenades, and explosives; controlled vehicles, certain trucks, and other highly mobile or mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles; armored or weaponized drones; controlled aircraft that are combat configured or combat coded, or that have no established commercial flight application; silencers; long range acoustic devices; and items in the Federal Supply Class of banned items. Prohibits transfers conditioned upon the agency demonstrating the use of any small arms or ammunitions.

Prohibits transfers of previously transferred DOD property from one federal or state agency to another such agency.

Allows DOD to waive transfer prohibitions for certain trucks and vehicles (other than mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles) if necessary for disasters, rescues, or other purposes where life and public safety are at risk. Requires notice of such a waiver to be provided to Congress and the public.

Permits DOD to exempt aircraft parts transferred for regular maintenance of aircraft in an existing fleet.

Prohibits obligations or expenditures of appropriations to carry out DOD's property transfer program unless specified conditions have been met, including requirements to verify: (1) that in-person inventories of transferred property have been conducted at each agency, and (2) that 100% of such property was accounted for during the inventories or that agencies unable to account for such property have been suspended from the program.

Prohibits federal or state agencies that receive controlled equipment from taking ownership of the property.

Requires the Defense Logistics Agency to maintain an Internet website to make available to the public: (1) information on each transfer, broken down by state, county, and recipient; (2) during the 30-day period preceding the date on which any property is transferred, information on the property to be transferred and the recipient; and (3) information on any use of controlled equipment by the transfer recipient.

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Summary:
This bill authorizes the Department of the Army to produce, treat, manage, and use natural gas located under Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Natural gas produced may only be used to support activities and operations at Fort Knox, and may not be sold for use elsewhere.

Army may also take ownership of any production and treatment equipment or facilities utilized by a contractor in accordance with the terms of an agreement for the production or use of natural gas.

bill authorizes department_of_the_army produce treat manage use natural gas located fort kentucky natural gas produced support activities operations fort sold use army ownership production treatment equipment facilities utilized contractor accordance terms agreement production use natural gas


Summary:
Military Infrastructure Consolidation and Efficiency Act of 2016

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) develop a force structure plan (plan) for the Armed Forces based on a DOD assessment of threats to U.S. national security for FY2018-FY2038; (2) conduct a comprehensive inventory of military installations world-wide for each military department; and (3) submit a certification of whether the need exists for DOD to consolidate, close, or realign military installations (installation actions).

DOD may begin a round for the selection of installation actions only after Congress has had 90 days to consider such certification. The President may not begin such actions if Congress enacts a joint resolution of disapproval of the plan, inventory, or certification during such period.

DOD must certify that a round of installation actions will result in annual net savings within five years.

In developing its installation action recommendations, DOD shall consider an affected local government's approval of such an action.

The bill prescribes final selection criteria for such recommendations, which shall include military value criteria.

The bill establishes an independent Military Infrastructure Consolidation and Efficiency Commission of 2019 if: (1) DOD certifies that the need exists for a round for the selection of installation actions, and (2) Congress does not enact such a joint resolution of disapproval within the prescribed 90 days. The bill provides for: (1) commission review of, and authority to make changes to, DOD recommendations; and (2) presidential review of commission recommendations for the consolidation, closure, and realignment of military installations inside the United States.

DOD may provide economic adjustment assistance to an affected community.

DOD shall establish a new Field Activity to act as the executive agent for the management and disposal of excess real property resulting from installation actions. The General Services Administration shall delegate to DOD the authority to utilize excess property and dispose of surplus property located at a military installation closed or realigned under this Act.

The bill sets forth: (1) provisions governing the transfer of property located at an affected installation, (2) the responsibilities of the redevelopment authorities for such installations, and (3) the duties of the Department of Housing and Urban Development s regarding how redevelopment plans address the needs of the homeless.

The bill provides for establishment of the Military Infrastructure Consolidation and Efficiency 2019 account to be used for approved installation actions.

 This bill shall be the exclusive authority for selecting or carrying out installation actions inside the United States until April 15, 2020, excluding specified closures and realignments carried out for reasons of national security or a military emergency.

military infrastructure consolidation efficiency act bill requires department_of_defense dod develop force structure plan plan armed_forces based dod assessment threats national security conduct comprehensive inventory military installations world wide military department submit certification need exists dod consolidate close realign military installations installation actions dod begin round selection installation actions congress days consider certification president begin actions congress enacts joint resolution disapproval plan inventory certification period dod certify round installation actions result annual net savings years developing installation action recommendations dod shall consider affected local government approval action bill prescribes final selection criteria recommendations shall include military value criteria bill establishes independent military infrastructure consolidation efficiency commission dod certifies need exists round selection installation actions congress enact joint resolution disapproval prescribed days bill provides commission review authority changes dod recommendations presidential review commission recommendations consolidation closure realignment military installations inside united_states dod provide economic adjustment assistance affected community dod shall establish new field activity act executive agent management disposal excess real property resulting installation actions general_services_administration shall delegate dod authority utilize excess property dispose surplus property located military installation closed realigned act bill sets forth provisions governing transfer property located affected installation responsibilities redevelopment authorities installations duties department_of_housing_and_urban_development redevelopment plans address needs homeless bill provides establishment account approved installation actions bill shall exclusive authority selecting carrying installation actions inside united_states april excluding specified closures realignments carried reasons national security military emergency


Summary:
This bill amends the Veterans' Benefits Programs Improvement Act of 1991 to authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to sell for fair market value Pershing Hall, in Paris, France, and transfer to the purchaser all right, title, and interest of the United States in the property.

 The VA shall return to the entity from which the United States acquired Pershing Hall any personal property in the VA's possession, including memorabilia regarding General Pershing and the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I.

The Pershing Hall Revolving Fund shall be abolished one year after such sale and its funds, as well as funds received from such sale, shall be deposited in the VA's Construction, Major Projects account.

bill amends veterans benefits programs improvement act authorize department_of_veterans_affairs sell fair market value hall france transfer purchaser right title interest united_states property shall return entity united_states acquired personal property possession including france world war shall abolished year sale funds funds received sale shall deposited major projects account


Summary:
PFOS and PFOA Right to Know Act of 2016

This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide health screenings for conditions relating to perfluorooctanesuflonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) exposure in communities near formerly used defense sites that have been identified by DOD as sources of PFOS and PFOA.

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Summary:
This bill authorizes the military department concerned, in the case of a military manufacturing arsenal, depot, or plant (a government-owned, government-operated defense plant of the Department of the Army that manufactures weapons, weapon components, or both), to authorize leases of and contracts for non-excess military property for a term of up to 25 years if it determines that such a lease or contract will promote the national defense or be in the public interest for the purpose of:

 helping to maintain the viability of such arsenal, depot, or plant and any military installations on which it is located; eliminating, or at least reducing, the cost of government ownership of the arsenal, depot, or plant; and leveraging private investment at the arsenal, depot, or plant through long-term facility use contracts, property management contracts, leases, or other agreements that support and advance the preceding purposes. The department concerned may delegate such authority to the commander of the major subordinate command of the Army responsible for the arsenal, depot, plant, or installation. The commander may approve such a lease or contract on a case-by-case or class basis. Any lease or contract approved utilizing such authority is subject to a 90-day hold period so that the Army real property manager may review it. If such manager disapproves of it, the agreement shall be null and void upon transmittal to the delegating authority of a written disapproval, including a justification, within the hold period. If no such disapproval is transmitted within such period, the agreement shall be deemed approved.

 If, by 60 days after receiving a disapproval, the delegating authority submits a new contract or lease that addresses the manager's concerns, it shall be deemed approved unless the manager transmits a disapproval within 30 days of submission.

 The authority under this bill shall terminate at the close of September 30, 2019.

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Summary:
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to transfer certain property within the exterior boundaries of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation within North Dakota that was acquired by the United States for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project to the Department of the Interior to be held in trust for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota.

The Corps of Engineers shall convey to North Dakota all right of the United States to certain property in Burleigh County, Emmons County, or Morton County in North Dakota that was acquired by the United States for such project and and that is located above the top of the exclusive flood pool of the project.

The transfer of such land shall not interfere with any of the authorized purposes of such project, any project of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program, or any applicable law. The Corps of Engineers shall retain: (1) the right to inundate with water or cause erosion to the transferred lands as necessary for the operation of such projects; and (2) any land, structures, easements or other property interests necessary to carry out such projects.

 The Tribe and North Dakota shall be responsible for the payment of costs and administrative expenses associated with the transfers and for any coordination necessary with respect to requirements related to endangered species, cultural resources, and clean air.

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Summary:
Sell the VA's Hotel Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to sell Pershing Hall for fair market value, transfer to the purchaser all right, title, and interest of the United States to the property, and return to the American Legion any personal property in the VA's possession that was located in or otherwise associated with Pershing Hall on the date of such sale, including memorabilia regarding General Pershing and the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I.

The Pershing Hall Revolving Fund shall be abolished and its funds shall be deposited in the General Fund.

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Summary:
Military Facilities Force Protection Act of 2015

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to station military police or other military personnel armed with firearms at military recruiting and reserve component facilities for the exclusive purpose of force protection.

 DOD is authorized to enter into memoranda of understanding with state or local law enforcement agencies or National Guards to provide such protection if military personnel are not available.

DOD shall:

 implement a training program for all force protection personnel stationed under this Act; implement measures to improve the security of existing military recruitment and reserve component facilities, including installation of bullet-proof glass and enhanced video surveillance equipment; and relocate a facility for which adequate security improvements cannot be made to a location consistent with required security improvements.

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Summary:
Enhancing Security for Military Personnel Act of 2015

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) submit to Congress a plan to enhance security of military personnel at DOD installations in the United States; and (2) implement the plan recommendations within 90 days after enactment of this Act, and after briefing Congress.

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Summary: This bill directs the Department of the Army to submit to Congress a report that outlines plans to extend the runway at Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, and that indicates whether such project is an Army priority.

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Summary: This bill amends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to provide that such Act shall cease to be effective on the date the President certifies to Congress that the International Atomic Energy Agency has reached a broader conclusion that all nuclear material in Iran remains in peaceful activities.

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