[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1551 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1551

  To provide for the use of Department of Defense golf courses by the 
                general public, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 15 (legislative day, October 13), 1993

 Mr. DeConcini introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the use of Department of Defense golf courses by the 
                general public, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Fairway Fairness Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GOLF COURSES BY THE GENERAL 
              PUBLIC.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 134 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2246. Department of Defense golf courses: use by the general 
              public
    ``(a) Limitation.--Except as provided in subsection (b), each golf 
course equipped, owned, operated, or maintained at a facility or 
installation of the Department of Defense shall be open to use by the 
general public.
    ``(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply to a golf course at 
a facility or installation outside the United States or at a facility 
or installation inside the United States at a location designated by 
the Secretary of Defense as a remote and isolated location.
    ``(c) Use of Generated Revenues.--(1) Not more than 10 per centum 
of any gross revenues generated during a fiscal year from the operation 
of a golf course to which subsection (a) applies may be retained by the 
operator of the golf course. Any such gross revenues that are retained 
under this paragraph may be used only to maintain such course or to 
support morale, welfare, or recreation activities of the military 
personnel at the facility or installation. Any such gross revenues 
generated during a fiscal year that are not retained under this 
paragraph shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury and 
used only for Federal budget deficit reduction.
    ``(2) The Secretary of Defense shall annually submit to the 
Congress a report that identifies in detail how the revenues retained 
under paragraph (1) have been expended.
    ``(d) Fees.--The Secretary of Defense may subsidize for active and 
retired military personnel any fees imposed by the Secretary for the 
use of the golf course and give priority access to the golf course for 
such personnel. Fees imposed for nonmilitary persons for the use of the 
golf course shall be based on rates that are competitive with golf fee 
rates in effect in the relevant local community.
    ``(e) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``2246. Department of Defense golf courses: use by the general 
                            public.''.

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