,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ab1        
#bjag,mrs4 ,bustos 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,jones1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,mr4 ,meadows1  
and ,mr4 ,gosar7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require the ,secretary
 of a military department to make       
certifications regarding the feasibility
 of using existing space in property    
under the jurisdiction of the           
,department of ,defense prior to        
entering into certain agreements to     
acquire or lease real property for the  
use of such military department1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,department of
 ,defense ,check ,before ,you ,rent     
,act4  #b4 ,certification related to    
certain acquisitions or leases of real  
property for use of ,department of      
,defense  7a7 ,certification ,section   

#bffb7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in paragraph  
7#b71 by striking the period at the end 
of the first sentence and inserting the 
following3 1 as well as the             
certification described in paragraph    
7#e742 and  7#b7 by adding at the end   
the following3  7#e7 ,for purposes of   
paragraph 7#b71 the certification       
described in this paragraph with respect
 to an acquisition or lease of real     
property is a certification that the    
,secretary concerned--  7,a7 evaluated  
the feasibility of using space in       
property under the jurisdiction of the  
,department of ,defense to satisfy the  
purposes of the acquisition or lease2   
and  7,b7 determined that-- 7i7 space in
 property under the jurisdiction of the 
,department of ,defense is not          
reasonably available to be used to      
satisfy the purposes of the acquisition 
or lease2  7ii7 acquiring the property  
or entering into the lease would be more
 cost effective than the use of the     

,department of ,defense property2 or    
7iii7 the use of the ,department of     
,defense property would interfere with  
the ongoing military mission of the     
property4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the  
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply with respect to transactions      
occurring during fiscal year #bjah and  
each succeeding fiscal year4