(a) The Military Division, Department of Defense is designated as the agency of the state:

(1) To take such steps as may be necessary to develop programs for the expenditure of federal funds and to procure the allotment of such funds as may be provided by or pursuant to any act of Congress for the construction, demolition, reconstruction, improvement, equipping, furnishing, maintenance, and operation of armories, camps, ranges, bases, or any building, structure, or facility for the organized militia; and

(2) To execute and administer such programs and to cooperate with the federal authorities responsible therefor.

(b) The adjutant general, subject to the approval of the Governor, is authorized and empowered to negotiate for, accept, and approve projects, proposals, contracts, and agreements for the construction, reconstruction, expansion, conversion, purchase, lease, repair, rehabilitation, improvement, equipping, furnishing, maintenance, and operation, in whole or in part with federal funds, of armories, camps, ranges, bases, or any building, structure, or facility for the organized militia.

(c) When federal funds are made available or provided to the state either directly or by way of reimbursement for any moneys expended by the state for the construction, demolition, reconstruction, expansion, conversion, purchase, lease, repair, rehabilitation, improvement, equipping, furnishing, maintenance, and operation of any armory, camp, range, base, building, structure, or facility for the organized militia, the adjutant general is authorized to receive such funds on behalf of the state.