Sec. 2807. Certification of consideration of certain methods of construction for military construction projects; annual report
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Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: A covered official may not, before submitting to the appropriate Assistant Secretary the certification described in subsection (b)— advance a covered military construction project from the design phase of such project to a subsequent phase of such project; or solicit bids for the construction phase of a covered military construction project. The certification described in this subsection is a certification that a covered official, with respect to a covered military construction project under subsection (a), has considered all relevant construction materials and methods of construction included in the Unified Facilities Criteria/DoD Building Code (UFC 1–200–01).
The Secretary of Defense shall modify Department of Defense Form 1391 to require the inclusion of the certification described in subsection (b). Not later than 90 days after the date on which such Secretary makes the modification required under subsection (c), the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, in consultation with each covered official, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the processes, if any, developed by covered officials to consider all relevant construction materials and methods of construction included in the Unified Facilities Criteria/DoD Building Code (UFC 1–200–01).
In this section: The term appropriate Assistant Secretary means the following: The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment). The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment. The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Energy, Installations, and Environment. The term covered military construction project means a military construction project with an estimated total cost that exceeds $9,000,000. The term covered official means the following:
The Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers. The Commander of the Naval Facilities Engineering System Command. The Commander of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. .