[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2490 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2490

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the head of a 
department or organization within the Department of Defense to place an 
   order with any other such department or organization for certain 
             construction projects on a reimbursable basis.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 25, 2023

Mr. Rounds (for himself and Mr. Manchin) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the head of a 
department or organization within the Department of Defense to place an 
   order with any other such department or organization for certain 
             construction projects on a reimbursable basis.

    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 ``Taxpayer-Funded Facility Restoration 
Stewardship Act''.

SEC. 2. ORDERING AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND CONSTRUCTION OF 
              FACILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2817. Ordering authority
    ``(a) In General.--The head of a department or organization within 
the Department of Defense may place an order, on a reimbursable basis, 
with any other such department or organization for a project for the 
maintenance and repair of a facility of the Department of Defense or 
for a minor military construction project.
    ``(b) Obligations.--An order placed by the head of a department or 
organization under subsection (a) is deemed to be an obligation of such 
department or organization in the same manner as a similar order or 
contract placed with a private contractor.
    ``(c) Contingency Expenses.--An order placed under subsection (a) 
for a project may include an amount for contingency expenses that shall 
not exceed 10 percent of the cost of the project.
    ``(d) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available to a department or organization of the Department of 
Defense shall be available to pay an obligation of such department or 
organization under this section in the same manner and to the same 
extent as those amounts are available to pay an obligation to a private 
contractor.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``2817. Ordering authority.''.
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