Sec. 2878. Continuing education curriculum for members of the military construction planning and design workforce and acquisition workforce of the Department of Defense
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Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a continuing education curriculum for members of the military construction planning and design workforce of the Department of Defense and the acquisition workforce of the Department responsible for military construction projects. The continuing education curriculum required under subsection (a)— shall be focused on improving the understanding, awareness, and utilization of innovative products for construction systems with increased benefits relating to— construction speed; anti-terrorism force protection; lateral wind, seismic activity, and fire performance standards; designs that factor in military installation resilience and protection against extreme weather events; life-cycle cost effectiveness and sustainability; renewability; and carbon sequestration; and shall include instruction relating to— all sustainable building materials, such as innovative wood products and mass timber systems; and designs to improve military installation resilience using projection data against extreme weather events.
The Secretary shall ensure that— the continuing education curriculum required under subsection
(a)is made available to each element of the military construction community not later than 60 days after completion of the curriculum; and such curriculum is updated whenever a new construction material is approved by the Unified Facilities Criteria of the Department. In developing the continuing education curriculum required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with academic institutions. Not later than January 1, 2025, the Secretary shall ensure that— not less than 75 percent of the workforce described in subsection
(a)has completed the first iteration of the continuing education curriculum required under such subsection; and such workforce receives updated information on innovative construction techniques on a continuing basis. Not later than June 1, 2024, the Secretary shall submit to appropriate committees of Congress a report containing an update on the status of the continuing education curriculum required under subsection (a). In this section: The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. The term military installation resilience has the meaning given that term in section 101(e)(8) of title 10, United States Code.