Sec. 2821. Authorized land and facilities transfer to support contracts with Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
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Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2668a the following new section: The Secretary of a military department may lease, for no consideration, land, facilities, and improvements to a covered FFRDC if the lease is to further the purposes of a contract between the Department of Defense and the covered FFRDC. A lease entered into under paragraph
(1)shall terminate on the earlier of the following dates: The date that is 50 years after the date on which the Secretary enters into the lease. The date of the termination or non-renewal of the contract between the Department of Defense and the covered FFRDC. The Secretary of a military department may convey, for no consideration, ownership of facilities and improvements located on land leased to a covered FFRDC to further the purposes of a contract between the Department of Defense and the covered FFRDC. The ownership of any facilities and improvements conveyed under this subsection shall revert to the United States upon the termination or non-renewal of the underlying land lease. In this section, the term covered FFRDC means a federally-funded research and development center that is sponsored by, and has entered into a contract with, the Department of Defense. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2668a the following new item: 2669. Transfer of land and facilities to support contracts with federally-funded research and development centers. .