118 STAT. 2123 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 intended method of participation of the United States in the contract, conveyance, or lease, including a justification of the intended method of participation. ‘‘(C) A statement of the scored cost of the contract, convey ance, or lease, as determined by the Office of Management and Budget. ‘‘(D) A statement of the United States funds required for the contract, conveyance, or lease and a description of the source of such funds. ‘‘(E) An economic assessment of the life cycle costs of the contract, conveyance, or lease, including an estimate of the amount of United States funds that would be paid over the life of the contract, conveyance, or lease from amounts derived from payments of government allowances, including the basic allowance for housing under section 403 of title 37, if the housing affected by the project were fully occupied by military personnel over the life of the contract, conveyance, or lease.’’. (b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new para graph (5): ‘‘(5) A report setting forth, by armed force— ‘‘(A) an estimate of the amounts of basic allowance for housing under section 403 of title 37 that will be paid, during the current fiscal year and the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted, to members of the armed forces living in housing provided under the authorities in this subchapter; and ‘‘(B) the number of units of military family housing and military unaccompanied housing upon which the esti mate under subparagraph (A) for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year is based.’’. SEC. 2807. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO ACCELERATE DESIGN EFFORTS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS CARRIED OUT USING DESIGN BUILD SELECTION PROCEDURES. Section 2305a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(f) SPECIAL AUTHORITY FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.—(1) The Secretary of a military department may use funds available to the Secretary under section 2807(a) or 18233(e) of this title to accelerate the design effort in connection with a military construction project for which the two phase selection procedures described in subsection (c) are used to select the con tractor for both the design and construction portion of the project before the project is specifically authorized by law and before funds are appropriated for the construction portion of the project. Notwith standing the limitations contained in such sections, use of such funds for the design portion of a military construction project may continue despite the subsequent authorization of the project. The advance notice requirement of section 2807(b) of this title shall continue to apply whenever the estimated cost of the design portion of the project exceeds the amount specified in such section. ‘‘(2) Any military construction contract that provides for an accelerated design effort, as authorized by paragraph (1), shall include as a condition of the contract that the liability of the
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