Sec. 1203. INCREASE IN SMALL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION LIMIT AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPACITY

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## SEC. 1203 INCREASE IN SMALL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION LIMIT AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPACITY ###

(a)Definition of Small-scale Construction Section 301(8) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “$1,500,000” and inserting “$2,000,000”. ###

(b)Equipment Disposition Section 333 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: > > ### “(h) Equipment Disposition; Notice and Wait > > > #### “(1) > > The Secretary of Defense may treat as stocks of the Department of Defense— > > > ##### “(A) > > equipment procured to carry out a program pursuant to subsection

(a)that has not yet been transferred to a foreign country and is no longer needed to support such program or any other program carried out pursuant to such subsection; and > > > ##### “(B) > > equipment that has been transferred to a foreign country to carry out a program pursuant to subsection

(a)and is returned by the foreign country to the United States. > > > #### “(2) Notice and wait > > Not later than 15 days before initiating activities under a program under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a written and electronic notice of the following: > > > ##### “(A) > > The foreign country, and specific unit, whose capacity was intended to be built under the program, and the amount, type, and purpose of the equipment that was to be provided. > > > ##### “(B) > > An explanation why the equipment is no longer needed to support such program or another program carried out pursuant to such subsection.” > . ###

(c)International Agreements Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following: > > ### “(i) International Agreements > > > #### “(1) In general > > The Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, may— > > > ##### “(A) > > allow a foreign country to provide sole-source direction for assistance in support of a program carried out pursuant to subsection (a); and > > > ##### “(B) > > enter into an agreement with a foreign country to provide such sole-source direction. > > > #### “(2) Notification > > Not later than 72 hours after the Secretary of Defense enters into an agreement under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a written notification that includes the following: > > > ##### “(A) > > A description of the parameters of the agreement, including types of support, objectives, and duration of support and cooperation under the agreement. > > > ##### “(B) > > A description and justification of any anticipated use of sole-source direction pursuant to such agreement. > > > ##### “(C) > > An assessment of the extent to which the equipment to be provided under the agreement— > > > ###### “(i) > > responds to the needs of the foreign country; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > can be sustained by the foreign country. > > > ##### “(D) > > A determination as to whether the anticipated costs to be incurred under the agreement are fair and reasonable. > > > ##### “(E) > > A certification that the agreement is in the national security interests of the United States. > > > ##### “(F) > > Any other matter relating to the agreement, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.” > .