This bill modifies the Defense Department's authority to spend money on defense laboratory modernization projects. Specifically, it expands what types of construction and facility projects the Secretary of Defense can approve by clarifying that modernization efforts can include work related to developing, producing, and sustaining military combat capabilities. The change affects defense laboratories across the military and gives the Pentagon slightly broader flexibility in how it can use existing construction authority for these facilities. The bill does not authorize new funding or establish specific timelines, but rather adjusts the scope of how existing defense laboratory modernization resources can be deployed.
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