At a glance
Possible toolIND-44 · Property & leases
Authority holder: Secretary of Defense or military department
Property & leases
Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.
Availability and verificationConditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.
Program process and intake
Checked 2026-10-04 · program documented. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.
REPI offers an authority-specific, installation-coordinated cost-sharing route; the 2027 Challenge preproposal deadline has already passed.
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration / REPI Challenge
- Who this route serves
- Eligible government, conservation and other partners under the chosen statutory authority
- Administering office / routing lead
- OSD REPI Program under installations/environment leadership, with Military Service and installation partners
Direct implementationThe RFP names § 2684a directly, alongside separate § 2679 and Sikes Act authority; these routes must not be treated as identical.
What this evidence label means Published preproposal deadline passedPreproposals for the 2027 Challenge were due July 2, 2026 at 8 p.m. Eastern; later invitation status was not established.
Status reference date: 2026-10-04 · research checked 2026-10-04
REPI Challenge:2027 competition · 2027 RFP release, eligible entities and July 2, 2026 preproposal deadlineofficial program/competition page · Evidence record Program eligibility
Steps and preparation
Funding, limits and authority relationship
Funding and financial terms
- announced competition amount · 2027 cycle
2027 RFP states up to$20 million may be provided; this is prospective competition funding, not a present award.
2027 REPI Challenge Request for Proposals · Printed p.1, Goal and Background; § 2684a/§ 2679/§ 670c-1 authority listofficial funding solicitation · Evidence record - announced awards/partner leverage · 2026 cycle
2026 recipients were announced with over$20 million REPI funding and over$43 million partner contributions.
REPI program current announcements · 2026 REPI Challenge funding recipients; program administrationofficial program status page · Evidence record
Exclusions and limits
Authority relationship source
2027 REPI Challenge Request for Proposals · Printed p.1, Goal and Background; § 2684a/§ 2679/§ 670c-1 authority listofficial funding solicitation · Evidence recordREPI Challenge requirements and portal links →
competition information: The July 2, 2026 preproposal round is closed by its published deadline; next-stage invitation or future cycle must be verified.
Source access and verification notes
Research scope and sources checked
Searched currentREPI cycles and exact2684a linkage; distinguished announced2026 awards from prospective2027 funding and dated preproposal intake.
What remains unverified
- Full invitation-stage deadline, site-specific service approval and exact cost-share terms were not verified; direct PDF/page access was blocked despite rich official indexed text.
A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →
Funding conditions
- O&M, or RDT&E for primarily RDT&E installations, as expressly permitted; partner match and long-term management terms documented.
Read the funding and execution guide
Who contributes what
Need & planning
- Installation commander and Service facilities/real-estate staff
- Service installation secretariat / ASD(EI&E) policy
Resources
- Military Department installation budgets / project sponsor
Approval
- Secretary concerned or properly delegated real-estate/construction official
Execution
- USACE district real-estate/construction offices
- NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands
- AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates
Partners & review
- Landowners / developers / local governments
- Environmental regulators and real-estate counsel
Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.
Coordination pathwayRequirement sponsor → named planning office → resource owner and counsel → statutory approving official → authorized executing/contracting office.
Actor and execution-role sources
What this research establishes
Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedO&M, or RDT&E for primarily RDT&E installations, as expressly permitted; partner match and long-term management terms documented. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument. Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent. EngagementProcess sourcedREPI offers an authority-specific, installation-coordinated cost-sharing route; the 2027 Challenge preproposal deadline has already passed. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status. Confidence: High on statutory permission; execution roles are organizational routing, not verified individual delegations.
Currentness: 2024 official U.S. Code operative text read; relevant amendments in Pub. L. 119-60 (Dec. 18, 2025), 119-21 and 119-103 examined. Rolling OLRC source consulted where retrievable; transaction-specific later-law and delegation confirmation remains necessary.
Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.