Requirements relating to funds for construction and improvement of commissary store facilities

Section 2685 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from using proceeds from commissary store sales or appropriated funds to acquire, lease, construct, convert, expand, improve, repair, maintain, or equip the physical infrastructure of commissary stores and central product processing facilities of the defense commissary system. (g) Annual report on unfunded commissary priorities (1) Annually and not later than ten days after the date on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Director of the Defense Commissary Agency shall submit to the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on unfunded priorities of the Department of Defense related to commissary facilities. (2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, for each unfunded priority covered by such report, the following: (A) A summary description of such priority, including the objectives to be achieved if such priority were to be funded in whole or in part. (B) The additional amount of funds recommended in connection with the objectives identified under subparagraph (A). (C) Account information with respect to such priority. (3) The Director of the Defense Commissary Agency shall ensure that the unfunded priorities covered by a report under paragraph (1) are listed in the order of urgency, as determined by the Director. (4) In this subsection, the term unfunded priority, with respect to a fiscal year, means an activity related to commissary facilities that— (A) is not funded in the budget of the President for that fiscal year; (B) is necessary to address commissary facilities safety, capacity, usability, and reliability needs; and (C) would have been recommended for funding through such budget if additional resources had been available..