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Expanding Defense Community Partnerships Act

To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand authorities for intergovernmental support agreements for the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jul 10, 2025

Latest action (Jul 10, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Referred to
Armed Services Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Issues
Defense

Summary
  • Expands Department of Defense authority to enter into intergovernmental support agreements with state, local, and tribal governments.
  • Allows DOD to partner or collaborate with other federal agencies when providing or sharing installation-support services.
  • Expands the types of funds that DOD can use to pay for installation-support services to include operation and maintenance, research and development, ammunition procurement, and military construction funds.
  • Extends the authorization for intergovernmental support agreements through September 30, 2030.
  • Authorizes a pilot program allowing the Secretary of Defense to enter into agreements with up to one each for the Army, Navy, and Air Force for terms up to 20 years.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Actions (2)
  1. Jul 10, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
  2. Jul 10, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 10, 2025

Mr. Moran introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand authorities for intergovernmental support agreements for the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Expanding Defense Community Partnerships Act”.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS.

(a) In General.—Section 2679 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (4), by striking “provided in subsection (a)” and inserting “under paragraph (1)”; and

(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(5) In entering into or carrying out an intergovernmental support agreement under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned or the State, local, or tribal government, as the case may be, may agree to partner or collaborate with another Federal agency or agencies to provide, receive, or share installation-support services.”;

(2) in subsection (c), by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: “To pay the costs of installation- support services under an intergovernmental support agreement under this section, the Secretary concerned may use funds available to the Secretary concerned for operation and maintenance, research, development, test, and evaluation, procurement of ammunition, or military construction and may use non-appropriated funds available to the Secretary concerned.”;

(3) in subsection (e)(4), by striking “September 30, 2025” and inserting “September 30, 2030”; and

(4) in subsection (f)(1), by inserting “, including those for repair, construction, maintenance, or operation of a facility,” after “for its own needs”.

(b) Pilot Program.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary may enter into not more than one intergovernmental support agreement under section 2679 of title 10, United States Code, for each of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force for a term not to exceed 20 years, notwithstanding the limitation under subsection (a)(2)(A) of such section. <all>

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