Department of Defense pilot program for development and use of online real estate inventory tool

Section 2866 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 7771 note prec.) is amended to read as follows: 2866. Pilot program of Department of Defense for development and use of online real estate inventory tool (a) Pilot program required (1) Establishment The Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program for the development of an online real estate tool to identify the existing inventory of space available at the installations of the Department of Defense selected by the Secretary under paragraph (2) for the purposes specified in subsection (b) (in this section referred to as the pilot program). (2) Selection of pilot locations The Secretary shall evaluate the online inventory tool developed under the pilot program at installations of the Department selected by the Secretary as appropriate locations for evaluation of the online inventory tool, which shall include— (A) not less than five, but not more than 10, installations of the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Space Force; and (B) all installations selected by the Secretary of the Army under this section as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. (3) Consultation The Secretary shall establish the pilot program and develop the online inventory tool under the pilot program in consultation with the Administrator of General Services and each Secretary of a military department. (b) Purposes The purposes of the online inventory tool developed under the pilot program are— (1) to achieve efficiencies in real estate property management consistent with the goal under the national defense strategy under section 113(g) of title 10, United States Code, of finding greater efficiencies within operations of the Department and leveraging commercial off-the-shelf technologies to better support members of the Armed Forces; and (2) to provide a means to better quantify existing space available at installations of the Department and how it is utilized for current missions and requirements. (c) Considerations To establish the pilot program, the Secretary shall— (1) consider innovative approaches, including the use of other transaction authorities consistent with section 4021 of title 10, United States Code, and the use of commercial off-the-shelf technologies; (2) develop appropriate protections of sensitive or classified information from being included with the online inventory tool developed under the pilot program; (3) develop appropriate levels of access for private sector users of the online inventory tool; and (4) in developing the online inventory tool and the protections, levels of access, and other considerations under this subsection, include lessons learned from the Secretary of the Army on the development of the pilot program under this section before the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Establishment of use policy (1) In general In connection with the development of the online inventory tool under the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall develop policy requiring the use of the online inventory tool at all installations of the Department selected under subsection (a)(2) to query for existing inventory at such installations before any military construction or off-post leases are agreed to for such installations. (2) Guidelines The Secretary shall prescribe guidelines to be implemented by each Secretary of a military department in using the online inventory tool under the pilot program. (3) Notifications The Secretary shall ensure that all relevant notifications to the congressional defense committees include a certification that the online inventory tool developed under the pilot program was used. (e) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the application of title V of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411 et seq.). (f) Reporting requirement (1) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report evaluating the success of the pilot program in achieving the purposes specified in subsection (b). (2) Elements At a minimum, the report required under paragraph (1) shall identify and contain the following: (A) An identification of the installations selected under subsection (a)(2) to participate in the pilot program broken out by respective military department. (B) The number of real estate agreements entered into by each Secretary of a military department that were facilitated by use of the online inventory tool developed under the pilot program, including for each agreement the installation, amount of space, value, and purpose of the agreement. (C) An evaluation of the extent to which use of the online inventory tool reduced the need for military construction or off-post leases. (D) An evaluation of any impediments to efficient use of the online inventory tool. (E) The recommendations of the Secretary regarding whether the pilot program should be extended, expanded, or made permanent. (g) Online inventory tool defined In this section, the term online inventory tool means the online real estate tool developed under the pilot program to identify existing inventory of space available at installations of the Department of Defense selected to participate in the pilot program. (h) Duration The authority of the Secretary of Defense to conduct the pilot program shall expire on September 30, 2031..