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To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 to exempt certain military installations from guidance regarding the maintenance of the aggregate square footage of facilities of the Department of Defense.
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 to exempt certain military installations from guidance regarding the maintenance of the aggregate square footage of facilities of the Department of Defense.
Summary
The bill amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 to provide an exemption for certain military installations. Specifically, military installations undergoing a mission transition as of the bill's enactment date would be exempt from federal guidance that requires the Department of Defense to maintain a specific total amount of facility space. This exemption allows these transitioning installations to adjust their physical footprint without running afoul of aggregate square footage maintenance requirements.
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- Jun 4, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- Jun 4, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 4, 2026
Mr. Lucas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 to exempt certain military installations from guidance regarding the maintenance of the aggregate square footage of facilities of the Department of Defense.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS FROM GUIDANCE WITH RESPECT TO AGGREGATE SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS.
Section 2849(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 10 U.S.C. 2802 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(5) Military installations undergoing a mission transition as of the date of the enactment of this paragraph.”. <all>
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