118 STAT. 2121 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 the National Capital Region and the necessity of providing housing for general officers and flag officers in secure locations. (d) REPORT ON CURRENT WORLD WIDE INVENTORY OF GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS QUARTERS.—Not later than March 30, 2005, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report— (1) containing a worldwide inventory of family housing units used, or intended for use, for general officers and flag officers; and (2) identifying annual expenditures for fiscal years 2002, 2003, and 2004 for operation and maintenance, utilities, leases, and repairs of each unit. (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) The terms ‘‘general officer’’ and ‘‘flag officer’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 101(b) of title 10, United States Code. (2) The term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ has the meaning given such term in section 2674(f) of such title. SEC. 2803. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF DEVIATIONS FROM AUTHORIZED COST VARIATIONS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS. Section 2853(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘or, if over sooner, a period of 14 days has elapsed after the date on which a copy of the notification is provided in an electronic medium pursuant to section 480 of this title’’. SEC. 2804. ASSESSMENT OF VULNERABILITY OF MILITARY INSTALLA TIONS TO TERRORIST ATTACK AND ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO ANTITERRORISM AND FORCE PROTECTION. (a) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.—(1) Chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2858 the following new section: ‘‘§ 2859. Construction requirements related to antiterrorism and force protection ‘‘(a) ANTITERRORISM AND FORCE PROTECTION GUIDANCE AND CRITERIA.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop common guid ance and criteria to be used by each Secretary concerned— ‘‘(1) to assess the vulnerability of military installations located inside and outside of the United States to terrorist attack; ‘‘(2) to develop construction standards designed to reduce the vulnerability of structures to terrorist attack and improve the security of the occupants of such structures; ‘‘(3) to prepare and carry out military construction projects, such as gate and fenceline construction, to improve the physical security of military installations; and ‘‘(4) to assist in prioritizing such projects within the mili tary construction budget of each of the armed forces. ‘‘(b) VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall require vulnerability assessments of military installations to be conducted, at regular intervals, using the criteria developed under subsection (a).
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