§2669 Transfer of land and facilities to support contracts with federally funded research and development centers

Summary

Lets the Secretary of a military department give or lease, for no charge, land, buildings, infrastructure, and other improvements to a covered FFRDC to support a Defense Department contract. A lease ends on whichever comes first: 50 years after it starts, or when the related DoD contract ends or is not renewed. The Secretary may also transfer ownership of facilities on leased land for no charge, but those buildings can be returned to the United States when the land lease ends and may have to be torn down by the covered FFRDC as the Secretary decides. New buildings may be built to commercial standards with needed force protection. These leases and transfers are not subject to 10 U.S.C. 2667, 40 U.S.C. 1302, or section 501 of the McKinney‑Vento Act (42 U.S.C. 11411). Sections 2662 and 2802 do not apply to improvements the covered FFRDC builds on such land. Competitive selection rules and certain procurement laws (chapter 33 of title 41, chapter 221 of title 10, and related parts of the Federal Acquisition Regulation) do not apply. A "covered FFRDC" means a federally funded research and development center that DoD sponsors and has a contract with.