,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajdhb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,september #ag1      
#bjbf,mr4 ,bacon introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,under          
,secretary of ,defense for ,research and
 ,engineering to establish a dashboard  
for military construction projects for  
,research1 ,development1 ,test1 and     
,evaluation facilities1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,dashboard for      
,,milcon ,projects ,act4  #b4           
,establishment of a dashboard for       
military construction projects for      
,research1 ,development1 ,test1 and     
,evaluation facilities  7a7 ,in general 
,not later than one year after the      
enactment of this section1 the ,under   
,secretary of ,defense for ,research and
 ,engineering1 in coordination with each
 ,secretary of a military department1   
shall establish a central dashboard to  

monitor and track ,research1            
,development1 ,test1 and ,evaluation    
facility data related to military       
construction planning1 design1 and      
execution metrics across the military   
departments4  7b7 ,requirements ,the    
database shall-- 7#a7 use existing      
financial management tools2  7#b7       
display relevant data for ,research1    
,development1 ,test1 and ,evaluation    
facilities including1 at a minimum1     
facility location1 manager of the       
facility1 building number1 plant        
replacement value1 age1 size1 building  
condition index1 mission dependency     
index1 civil engineering projects       
programmed for the facility1 and value  
of each such projects2  7#c7 track      
unfunded facility requirements2  7#d7   
summarize laboratory real property and  
non-real property data and metrics2     
7#e7 use ,real ,property ,unique        
,identifiers 7or a similar identifier   
for real property or other assets       
authorized by the ,secretary of         

,defense7 for ,equipment ,replacement   
,value of equipment that is not real    
property2 and  7#f7 display trends      
across any data included in the         
database4  7c7 ,notification to         
,congress ,not later than #cj days after
 the date on which the dashboard        
required by subsection 7a7 is           
established1 the ,under ,secretary of   
,defense for ,research and ,engineering 
shall submit to the congressional       
defense committees a certification that 
the dashboard is operational and meets  
the requirements of subsection 7b74  7d7
 ,recommendation ,not later than three  
years after the enactment of this       
section1 the ,under ,secretary of       
,defense for ,research and ,engineering 
shall submit to the ,secretary of       
,defense a recommendation on whether use
 of the dashboard should be continued4  
,not later than #ae days after making   
such submission1 the ,under ,secretary  
shall submit to the congressional       
defense committees a notice of such     

recommendation4  7e7 ,termination ,the  
authority under this section terminates 
on ,december #cj1 #bjcj4  7f7           
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the
 term ,research1 ,development1 ,test1   
and ,evaluation facility means a        
laboratory facility or a test and       
evaluation facility4  7#b7 ,the term    
,equipment ,replacement ,value means the
 estimated cost to replace the non-real 
property installed test equipment within
 a ground test infrastructure asset4