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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 9153

Introduced

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 to exempt certain military installations from guidance regarding the maintenance of the aggregate square footage of facilities of the Department of Defense.

Sponsor
RFrank D. Lucas· Oklahoma
Introduced
June 4, 2026
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.June 4, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9153 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9153

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 to 
exempt certain military installations from guidance regarding the 
maintenance of the aggregate square footage of facilities of the 
Department of Defense.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 4, 2026

Mr. Lucas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services

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A BILL

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 to 
exempt certain military installations from guidance regarding the 
maintenance of the aggregate square footage of facilities of the 
Department of Defense.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS FROM GUIDANCE 
WITH RESPECT TO AGGREGATE SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS.

Section 2849(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 10 U.S.C. 2802 note) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(5) Military installations undergoing a mission 
transition as of the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph.''.
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