§2820 Development of infrastructure improvement plan for each military department

Summary

Each military department secretary must send Congress’s defense committees a long-term plan for fixing and improving the department’s infrastructure. The first plan is due by the date the President’s budget for fiscal year 2027 is sent to Congress, and then one plan must be sent every five years. The plan must cover the next 20 years and include a summary of major efforts, milestones and goals, and objectives to manage and improve things like utility systems (electric, water and wastewater, energy distribution, transportation, and communications) and all physical buildings and structures on military bases. The secretary must also certify that the President’s budget and the future-years defense program fund planning, design, and construction enough to meet the plan’s schedule. Each plan must list estimated costs and say how the Department of Defense budget and the future-years defense program will address those costs. The plan must assess how the department is accounting for facility sustainment and the needed improvements. Plans must use results-focused management: analytic goals, clear performance measures, identified resources, risks and stakeholders, and regular progress reports to decision makers. Each service chief must review the plan and certification and send an unedited copy of that review to the same congressional defense committees when the secretary submits the plan.