[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2450 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2450

To establish a demonstration program at a military installation in the 
    United States to evaluate the feasibility and benefits of using 
  innovative technologies and systems to assist in the management of 
            military installations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2019

Mr. Carter of Texas (for himself and Mr. Vela) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a demonstration program at a military installation in the 
    United States to evaluate the feasibility and benefits of using 
  innovative technologies and systems to assist in the management of 
            military installations, 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 ``Military Base Operations and 
Infrastructure Innovative Management Act''.

SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL OPERATIONAL 
              EFFICIENCIES AND COST SAVINGS OF USING INNOVATIVE 
              TECHNOLOGIES ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

    (a) Demonstration Program Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish a demonstration program at a military installation in the 
United States, selected as provided in subsection (c), to evaluate the 
feasibility and benefits of employing innovative technologies, systems, 
and sensors to assist in the management of military installations to 
enhance operations services, communications, safety, energy use, 
traffic management, air quality, and related operational and community 
services.
    (b) Elements of Demonstration Program.--Under the demonstration 
program, the Secretary shall evaluate innovative technologies, systems, 
and sensors--
            (1) to identify systems and service operations of a 
        military installation that can be monitored and managed 
        remotely using sensors or software;
            (2) to promote the quality and performance of operations at 
        a military installation by improved systems and services 
        performance to manage installation safety and security 
        vehicles, improve installation traffic flows, and establish 
        maintenance schedules that maximize the expected life of an 
        item and eliminate costly break-fix responses;
            (3) to assist installation commanders and other 
        installation managers in using technologies that are readily 
        available to improve, enhance, and modernize methods and 
        technologies to manage installations; and
            (4) to develop a framework and model plan to expand the use 
        of innovative technologies to other military installations that 
        results in readiness operational improvements and identifiable 
        cost savings to the Department of Defense.
    (c) Minimum Criteria for Selection of Military Installation.--In an 
effort to determine the capacity and capability of using innovative 
technologies, systems, and sensors at military installations, the 
Secretary of Defense shall select as the site of the demonstration 
program a military installation that--
            (1) has a combined day-time, on-site population (including 
        dependents and civilian personnel) of at least 65,000 persons;
            (2) provides both ground training and expeditionary 
        aviation training activities; and
            (3) is located within 75 miles of a military command 
        headquarters focused on the use of advanced technology.
    (d) Covered Systems.--The military installation operations to be 
evaluated under the demonstration program shall include--
            (1) emergency response;
            (2) building energy use;
            (3) traffic control;
            (4) waste management;
            (5) street lighting and other security lighting;
            (6) air quality monitoring;
            (7) perimeter security integrity and access control;
            (8) maintenance of family recreational facilities;
            (9) aviation operations, including the scheduling of 
        training operations consistent with weather minimums; and
            (10) managing scheduled maintenance of installation 
        infrastructure and mechanical systems.
    (e) Evaluation Criteria.--The use of innovative technologies, 
systems, and sensors to manage military installation operations 
described in subsection (d) shall be evaluated on the basis of their--
            (1) operational benefits and efficiencies over current 
        methods of management;
            (2) cost savings;
            (3) enhancement of safety;
            (4) enhancement of service life;
            (5) energy savings; and
            (6) enhancements to training, readiness, and morale.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Defense to carry out the demonstration 
program--
            (1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and
            (2) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.
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