Sec. 2814. Sense of Congress regarding need to consult with State and local officials prior to acquisitions of real property
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It is the sense of Congress that, prior to acquiring real property in a State for use of the Department of Defense (including through purchase, lease, or any other arrangement), the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned should consult with the chief executive of the State and representatives of units of local government with jurisdiction over the property, with the goal of resolving potential conflicts regarding the use of the property before such conflicts arise.
In this section, the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.