[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1817 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 148
104th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1817
[Report No. 104-116]
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 21 (legislative day, June 19), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
July 19 (legislative day, July 10), 1995
Reported by Mr. Burns, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
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AN ACT
Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and
base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, for
military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure
functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for other
purposes, namely:
Military Construction, Army
(including rescissions)
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of
temporary or permanent public works, military installations,
facilities, and real property for the Army as currently authorized by
law, including personnel in the Army Corps of Engineers and other
personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, and
for construction and operation of facilities in support of the
functions of the Commander in Chief, <DELETED>$611,608,000
</DELETED>$496,664,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000:
Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed <DELETED>$50,778,000
</DELETED>$44,034,000 shall be available for study, planning, design,
architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the
Secretary of Defense determines that additional obligations are
necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of his determination and the
reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated for
``Military Construction, Army'' under Public Law 102-143, $6,245,000 is
hereby rescinded.
Military Construction, Navy
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of
temporary or permanent public works, naval installations, facilities,
and real property for the Navy as currently authorized by law,
including personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and
other personal services necessary for the purposes of this
appropriation, <DELETED>$588,243,000 </DELETED>$542,186,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That of this amount, not
to exceed <DELETED>$66,184,000 </DELETED>$49,477,000 shall be available
for study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, as
authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of his
determination and the reasons therefor.
Military Construction, Air Force
(including rescissions)
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of
temporary or permanent public works, military installations,
facilities, and real property for the Air Force as currently authorized
by law, <DELETED>$578,841,000 </DELETED>$532,616,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That of this amount, not
to exceed <DELETED>$49,021,000 </DELETED>$23,894,000 shall be available
for study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, as
authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of his
determination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated for ``Military Construction, Air Force'' under
Public Law 102-136, $2,765,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated for ``Military Construction, Air Force''
under Public Law 102-368, $13,240,000 is hereby rescinded.
Military Construction, Defense-wide
(including transfer of funds and rescissions)
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of
temporary or permanent public works, installations, facilities, and
real property for activities and agencies of the Department of Defense
(other than the military departments), as currently authorized by law,
<DELETED>$728,332,000 </DELETED>$818,078,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2000: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation
as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to
such appropriations of the Department of Defense available for military
construction or family housing as he may designate, to be merged with
and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time
period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided
further, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed
<DELETED>$68,837,000 </DELETED>$83,992,000 shall be available for
study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, as authorized
by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of his determination and
the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
for ``Military Construction, Defense-wide'' under Public Law 101-519,
$3,234,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated for ``Military Construction, Defense-wide'' under Public
Law 102-136, $6,800,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated for ``Military Construction, Defense-wide''
under Public Law 102-380, $8,590,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated for ``Military Construction,
Defense-wide'' under Public Law 103-110, $8,131,000 is hereby
rescinded.
Military Construction, Army National Guard
(including rescissions)
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the
Army National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by
chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, and military construction
authorization Acts, <DELETED>$72,537,000 </DELETED>$93,121,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2000.
Military Construction, Air National Guard
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the Air
National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter
133 of title 10, United States Code, and military construction
authorization Acts, <DELETED>$118,267,000 </DELETED>$134,422,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That of the funds
appropriated for ``Military Construction, Air National Guard'' under
Public Law 103-110, $6,700,000 is hereby rescinded.
Military Construction, Army Reserve
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the
Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United States
Code, and military construction authorization Acts,
<DELETED>$42,963,000 </DELETED>$48,141,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2000.
Military Construction, Naval Reserve
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the
reserve components of the Navy and Marine Corps as authorized by
chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, and military construction
authorization Acts, <DELETED>$19,655,000 </DELETED>$7,920,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2000.
Military Construction, Air Force Reserve
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the Air
Force Reserve as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United States
Code, and military construction authorization Acts,
<DELETED>$31,502,000 </DELETED>$32,297,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2000.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Security Investment Program
For the United States share of the cost of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization Security Investment Program for the acquisition and
construction of military facilities and installations (including
international military headquarters) and for related expenses for the
collective defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized in
military construction authorization Acts and section 2806 of title 10,
United States Code, $161,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Family Housing, Army
For expenses of family housing for the Army for construction,
including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension and
alteration and for operation and maintenance, including debt payment,
leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, and
insurance premiums, as authorized by law, as follows: for Construction,
<DELETED>$126,400,000 </DELETED>$71,752,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2000; for Operation and maintenance, and for debt
payment, <DELETED>$1,337,596,000 </DELETED>$1,339,196,000; in all
<DELETED>$1,463,996,000 </DELETED>$1,410,948,000.
Family Housing, Navy and Marine Corps
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps for
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion,
extension and alteration and for operation and maintenance, including
debt payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and interest
charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, as follows: for
Construction, <DELETED>$531,289,000 </DELETED>$504,467,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2000; for Operation and maintenance, and
for debt payment, <DELETED>$1,048,329,000 </DELETED>$1,051,929,000; in
all <DELETED>$1,579,618,000 </DELETED>$1,556,396,000.
Family Housing, Air Force
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for construction,
including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension and
alteration and for operation and maintenance, including debt payment,
leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, and
insurance premiums, as authorized by law, as follows: for Construction,
<DELETED>$294,503,000 </DELETED>$261,137,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2000; for Operation and maintenance, and for debt
payment, <DELETED>$863,213,000 </DELETED>$850,059,000; in all
<DELETED>$1,150,730,000 </DELETED>$1,111,196,000.
Family Housing, Defense-wide
For expenses of family housing for the activities and agencies of
the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) for
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion,
extension, and alteration, and for operation and maintenance, leasing,
and minor construction, as authorized by law, as follows: for
Construction, $3,772,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2000; for Operation and maintenance, <DELETED>$30,467,000
</DELETED>$42,367,000; in all <DELETED>$34,239,000
</DELETED>$46,139,000.
Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund,
$22,000,000, to remain available until <DELETED>expended
</DELETED>September 30, 2000: Provided, That, subject to thirty days
prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations, such additional
amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be
transferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated in this Act for
Construction in ``Family Housing'' accounts, to be merged with and to
be available for the same purposes and for the same period of time as
amounts appropriated directly to that Fund: Provided further, That
appropriations made available to the Fund in this Act shall be
available to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan guarantees
issued by the Department of Defense pursuant to the provisions of, and
amendments made by, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal
year 1996 pertaining to alternative means of acquiring and improving
military family housing and supporting facilities.
Homeowners Assistance Fund, Defense
For use in the Homeowners Assistance Fund established by section
1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of
1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3374), $75,586,000, to remain available
until expended.
Base Realignment and Closure Account,
Part II
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account
1990 established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-510), $964,843,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not more than
<DELETED>$224,800,000 </DELETED>$325,800,000 of the funds appropriated
herein shall be available solely for environmental restoration.
Base Realignment and Closure Account,
Part III
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account
1990 established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-510), $2,148,480,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not more than
<DELETED>$232,300,000 </DELETED>$236,700,000 of the funds appropriated
herein shall be available solely for environmental restoration.
Base Realignment and Closure Account,
Part IV
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account
1990 established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-510), $784,569,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such funds will be available
for construction only to the extent detailed budget justification is
transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That
such funds are available solely for the approved 1995 base realignments
and closures.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. None of the funds appropriated in Military Construction
Appropriations Acts shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-
fixed-fee contract for work, where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be
performed within the United States, except Alaska, without the specific
approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the
reasons therefor: Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply in the
case of contracts for environmental restoration at an installation that
is being closed or realigned where payments are made from a Base
Realignment and Closure Account.
Sec. 102. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for
construction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles.
Sec. 103. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for
construction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway
Administration, Department of Transportation, for the construction of
access roads as authorized by section 210 of title 23, United States
Code, when projects authorized therein are certified as important to
the national defense by the Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to
begin construction of new bases inside the continental United States
for which specific appropriations have not been made.
Sec. 105. No part of the funds provided in Military Construction
Appropriations Acts shall be used for purchase of land or land
easements in excess of 100 per centum of the value as determined by the
Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
except (a) where there is a determination of value by a Federal court,
or (b) purchases negotiated by the Attorney General or his designee, or
(c) where the estimated value is less than $25,000, or (d) as otherwise
determined by the Secretary of Defense to be in the public interest.
Sec. 106. None of the funds appropriated in Military Construction
Appropriations Acts shall be used to (1) acquire land, (2) provide for
site preparation, or (3) install utilities for any family housing,
except housing for which funds have been made available in annual
Military Construction Appropriations Acts.
Sec. 107. None of the funds appropriated in Military Construction
Appropriations Acts for minor construction may be used to transfer or
relocate any activity from one base or installation to another, without
prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 108. No part of the funds appropriated in Military
Construction Appropriations Acts may be used for the procurement of
steel for any construction project or activity for which American steel
producers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the
opportunity to compete for such steel procurement.
Sec. 109. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense
for military construction or family housing during the current fiscal
year may be used to pay real property taxes in any foreign nation.
Sec. 110. None of the funds appropriated in Military Construction
Appropriations Acts may be used to initiate a new installation overseas
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 111. None of the funds appropriated in Military Construction
Appropriations Acts may be obligated for architect and engineer
contracts estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects
to be accomplished in Japan, in any NATO member country, or in
countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded
to United States firms or United States firms in joint venture with
host nation firms.
Sec. 112. None of the funds appropriated in Military Construction
Appropriations Acts for military construction in the United States
territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or
in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be used to award any
contract estimated by the Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign
contractor: Provided, That this section shall not be applicable to
contract awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of
a United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and
responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 per centum.
Sec. 113. The Secretary of Defense is to inform the appropriate
Committees of Congress, including the Committees on Appropriations, of
the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving United
States personnel thirty days prior to its occurring, if amounts
expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, are
anticipated to exceed $100,000.
Sec. 114. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in
Military Construction Appropriations Acts which are limited for
obligation during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the
last two months of the fiscal year.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for
construction in prior years shall be available for construction
authorized for each such military department by the authorizations
enacted into law during the current session of Congress.
Sec. 116. For military construction or family housing projects that
are being completed with funds otherwise expired or lapsed for
obligation, expired or lapsed funds may be used to pay the cost of
associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering and design on
those projects and on subsequent claims, if any.
Sec. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds
appropriated to a military department or defense agency for the
construction of military projects may be obligated for a military
construction project or contract, or for any portion of such a project
or contract, at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after
the fiscal year for which funds for such project were appropriated if
the funds obligated for such project (1) are obligated from funds
available for military construction projects, and (2) do not exceed the
amount appropriated for such project, plus any amount by which the cost
of such project is increased pursuant to law.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 118. During the five-year period after appropriations
available to the Department of Defense for military construction and
family housing operation and maintenance and construction have expired
for obligation, upon a determination that such appropriations will not
be necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making
authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obligations incurred
during the period of availability of such appropriations, unobligated
balances of such appropriations may be transferred into the
appropriation ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense''
to be merged with and to be available for the same time period and for
the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred.
Sec. 119. The Secretary of Defense is to provide the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives with an
annual report by February 15, containing details of the specific
actions proposed to be taken by the Department of Defense during the
current fiscal year to encourage other member nations of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, Japan, Korea, and United States allies
<DELETED>in </DELETED>bordering the Arabian Gulf to assume a greater
share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United
States.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 120. During the current fiscal year, in addition to any other
transfer authority available to the Department of Defense, proceeds
deposited to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account established
by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base
Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100-526) pursuant to section
207(a)(2)(C) of such Act, may be transferred to the account established
by section 2906(a)(1) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act,
1991, to be merged with, and to be available for the same purposes and
the same time period as that account.
<DELETED> Sec. 121. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the
assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act
of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly known as the ``Buy
American Act'').</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 122. (a) In the case of any equipment or products
that may be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance
provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities
receiving such assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase
only American-made equipment and products.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) In providing financial assistance under this Act, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the
assistance a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by
the Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>(transfer of funds)</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 123. During the current fiscal year, in addition to
any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense,
amounts may be transferred among the Fund established by section
1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of
1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374); the account established by section 2906(a)(1) of
the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991; and appropriations
available to the Department of Defense for the Homeowners Assistance
Program of the Department of Defense. Any amounts so transferred shall
be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the fund, account, or appropriation to which
transferred.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 124. The Army shall use George Air Force Base as the
interim airhead for the National Training Center at Fort Irwin until
Barstow-Daggett reaches Initial Operational Capability as the permanent
airhead.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Sec. 125. (a) In order to ensure the continued protection
and enhancement of the open spaces of Fort Sheridan, the Secretary of
the Army shall convey to the Lake County Forest Preserve District,
Illinois (in this section referred to as the ``District''), all right,
title, and interest of the United States to a parcel of surplus real
property at Fort Sheridan consisting of approximately 290 acres located
north of the southerly boundary line of the historic district at the
post, including improvements thereon.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) As consideration for the conveyance by the Secretary
of the Army of the parcel of real property under subsection (a), the
District shall provide maintenance and care to the remaining Fort
Sheridan cemetery, pursuant to an agreement to be entered into between
the District and the Secretary.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) The Secretary of the Army is also authorized to convey
the remaining surplus property at former Fort Sheridan to the Fort
Sheridan Joint Planning Committee, or its successor, for an amount no
less than the fair market value (as determined by the Secretary of the
Army) of the property to be conveyed.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal
description of the real property (including improvements thereon) to be
conveyed under subsections (a) and (c) shall be determined by surveys
satisfactory to the Secretary. The cost of such surveys shall be borne
by the Lake County Forest Preserve District, and the Fort Sheridan
Joint Planning Committee, respectively.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may
require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the
conveyance under this section as the Secretary considers appropriate to
protect the interests of the United States.</DELETED>
Sec. 125. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be
transferred to or obligated from the Pentagon Reservation Facility
Renovation (Phase I), unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that
the total cost for the planning design, construction and installation
of equipment for the renovation of the Pentagon Reservation will not
exceed $1,218,000,000.
Sec. 126. In addition to amounts appropriated elsewhere in this
Act, $228,098,000 is hereby appropriated, to remain available until
September 30, 2000, to the following accounts in the amounts specified:
Military Construction, Army, 1996/2000, $20,000,000;
Military Construction, Navy, 1996/2000, $10,400,000;
Military Construction, Air Force, 1996/2000, $37,000,000;
Military Construction, Defense-Wide, 1996/2000,
$10,000,000;
Military Construction, Army National Guard, 1996/2000,
$63,236,000;
Military Construction, Army Reserve, 1996/2000,
$35,282,000;
Military Construction, Air National Guard, 1996/2000,
$34,550,000;
Military Construction, Air Force Reserve, 1996/2000,
$3,150,000;
Family Housing, Navy and Marine Corps, 1996/2000,
$8,480,000; and
Family Housing, Air Force, 1996/2000, $6,000,000.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Construction Appropriations
Act, 1996''.
Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
HR 1817 RS----2
Calendar No. 148
104th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1817
[Report No. 104-116]
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and
base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
June 21 (legislative day, June 19), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
July 19 (legislative day, July 10), 1995
Reported with amendments