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PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 2203 SEC. 2804. PURCHASE OF BUILD-TO-LEASE I'^AMILY HOUSING AT EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, ALASKA. (a) AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE. —The Secretary of the Air Force may purchase the entire interest of the developer in the mihtary family housing project at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, described in subsection (b) if the Secretary determiness that the purchase is in the best economic interests of the Air Force. (b) DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT.— The military family housing project referred to in this section is the 366-unit military family housing project at Eielson Air Force Base that was constructed by the developer and is being leased by the Secretary under the authority of former subsection (g) of section 2828 of title 10, United States Code (now section 2835 of such title), as added by section 801 of the Mihtary Construction Authorization Act, 1984 (Public Law 98-115; 97 Stat. 782). (c) PURCHASE PRICE. —The purchase price to be paid by the Secretary under this section for the interest of the developer in the military family housing project may not exceed an amount equal to the amount of the outstanding indebtedness of the developer to the lender for the project that would have remained at the time of the purchase under this section if the developer had paid down its indebtedness to the lender for the project in accordance with the original debt instruments for the project. (d) TIME FOR PURCHASE.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may elect to make the purchase authorized by subsection (a) at any time during or after the term of the lease for the military family housing project. (2) The Secretary may not make the purchase until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary notifies the congressional defense committees of the Secretary's election to make the purchase under paragraph (1). SEC. 2805. REPORT RELATING TO IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING FOR UNACCOMPANIED MEMBERS. (a) REPORT REQUIRED. —(1) Not later than April 1, 1999, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on— (A) the plans of each of the military departments to improve the condition, suitability, and availability of housing for members of the Armed Forces who are unaccompanied by dependents; and (B) the costs associated with the implementation of the plans. (2) The Secretary of Defense shall prepare the report in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments. (b) ELEMENTS. —The report under subse(;tion (a) shall include the following: (1) The plans and programs of each of the military departments to improve housing on military installations for unaccompanied members of the Armed Forces, including an assessment of the requirement, a schedule to implement such plans and programs, and an explanation of the standards used to determine the adequacy, suitability, and availability of housing outside of military installations. (2) A justification for the initiative to build single occupancy rooms with a shared bath (commonly known as the "1 Plus 1 Initiative"), including—