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             MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995

  Mr. HEFNER. Madam Speaker, I move that the House resolve itself into 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 4453) making appropriations for 
military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes; and pending that 
motion Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that general debate on 
the bill be limited to not to exceed 1 hour, the time to be equally 
divided and controlled by the gentlewoman from Nevada [Mrs. Vucanovich] 
and myself.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from North Carolina?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Hefner].
  The motion was agreed to.

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                     in the committee of the whole

  Accordingly the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 
4453), with Mr. Cardin in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  By unanimous consent, the bill was considered as having been read the 
first time.
  The CHAIRMAN. Under the unanimous consent agreement, the gentleman 
form North Carolina [Mr. Hefner] will be recognized for 30 minutes, and 
the gentlewoman from Nevada [Mrs. Vucanovich] will be recognized for 30 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Hefner].
  Mr. HEFNER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, it is my pleasure to present to the House, H.R. 4453, 
the fiscal year 1995 military construction appropriations bill.
  The bill we are recommending totals $8.8 billion which is below the 
subcommittee 602(b) allocation for both budget authority and outlays. 
The bill is over the President's request by $470 million but under last 
year's level by $647 million. I should also mention that last year, we 
were forced to reduce military construction by $1.3 billion. So in 2 
years, military construction was reduced by almost $2 billion, which is 
a significant cut. What this means is that projects get deferred but 
the requirement remains.
  The comparative numbers for the major components of the bill are 
shown on page 2 of the report. The comparison of the bill with last 
year's level shows that the military construction portion has been 
reduced by $1.1 billion or 31 percent. The base closure recommendation, 
on the other hand, is $500 above last year's level. The family housing 
recommendation remains at almost last year's level.
  With regard to base closure, the bill provides $2.7 billion for base 
realignment and closure as requested by the President. Of the $2.7 
billion, the committee recommends that at least $500 million be 
allocated for environmental restoration.
  I cannot stress enough how important family housing is to quality of 
life of our military families. The Department currently operates and 
maintains about 400,000 units of housing. Many of the units are old, 
some in excess of 32 years. The committee continues to support the 
housing program as an essential element to readiness as well as 
retention. For that reason, the committee is recommending $706 million 
for construction of about 3600 new and replacement units and $2.8 
billion to operate and maintain the existing 400,000 units of housing.

  With regard to authorization, the recommendations in this bill 
conform to the House armed services authorization, as reported.
  Let me just go over some of the other special features of the bill:
  It provides $450 million for new barracks.
  It provides over $200 million for environmental compliance type 
projects.
  It provides $29 million for child development centers.
  It reduces the President's request for NATO funding by $100 million 
in line with the authorization.
  It provides $50 million as an ongoing effort to reduce energy costs.
  It provides $300 million for medical facilities such as hospitals and 
clinics.
  It provides for $51 million as initial phase funding for chemical 
weapons destruction facilities at two locations.
  Mr. Chairman, before I conclude my remarks, I want to express my 
appreciation to all the members of the subcommittee and especially the 
gentlelady from Nevada [Mrs. Vucanovich]. It's a pleasure to work with 
the gentlelady from Nevada. This is why we are presenting to you a 
bipartisan bill and a good bill given the budget constraints we have to 
work with.
  Mr. chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. VUCANOVICH. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I am delighted today to bring to the floor, along with my chairman 
and friend, Mr. Hefner, the bill making appropriations for military 
construction for fiscal year 1995.
  There is no question that this is a tough year for all of us but I 
believe, in this bill, we have done the best job possible under our 
allocation, and in difficult budgetary circumstances, to address the 
needs of our military.
  Mr. Hefner has outlined the bill and I won't be redundant. I want to 
emphasize, however, that the Mil Con account has taken significant 
reductions since last year. With this reduced funding level, quality of 
life projects, readiness, replacement and environmental compliance 
will, unfortunately, be deferred while the important requirement 
remains.
  Military construction is an investment program that has significant 
payback in economic terms, but also as it relates to environmental 
restoration and in better living and working conditions for our 
personnel. Quality of life issues are important to these men and women, 
as well as their families, and we must strive to provide the best 
possible infrastructure for their well being.
  The subcommittee has worked very hard to balance these needs with 
this reduced allocation. I support this bill, it is a truly bipartisan 
bill and a very balanced and fair bill.
  I would also like to thank the members of the subcommittee for their 
hard work and cooperation during our hearing process. And, I want to 
commend the hard work and assistance of our staff--their work has been 
exemplary.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HEFNER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania [Mr. Foglietta].
  (Mr. FOGLIETTA asked and was given permission to revise and extend 
his remarks.)
  Mr. FOGLIETTA. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the bill, 
H.R. 4453, military construction appropriations for fiscal year 1995.
  I would like to congratulate my chairman, the gentleman from North 
Carolina [Mr. Hefner], on his outstanding effort in putting together a 
military construction bill which strives to meet our defense priorities 
under these very difficult fiscal conditions. In doing so, our 
subcommittee was able to drastically reduce spending by $620 million. 
We made the tough choices to fund our defense infrastructure 
requirements in this changing world.
  This bill improves the quality of life for our military personnel and 
their families stationed at home and overseas.
  It cleans up military facilities scheduled for closure so that 
affected communities can move quickly to redevelop these sites and 
create jobs.
  Finally, it meets our defense needs so that American men and women in 
uniform are prepared to meet any threat to our national security.
  Again, I congratulate my chairman and the ranking member, and urge 
the Members to vote ``yes'' on this bill.
  Mrs. VUCANOVICH. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman 
from California [Mr. Hunter].
  Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlemwoman for yielding time 
to me. I want to commend her and the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. 
Hefner] for a well-crafted bill.
  I have noticed a few concerns that the committee voiced and I echo 
those concerns from the Mil Con side on the Committee on Armed 
Services.
  We are spending now an inordinate amount of money on environmental 
compliance. In fact, the Navy's military construction budget of $320 
million consisted of 27 percent environmental compliance projects 
versus 24 percent for essential mission support projects. Some of that 
comes about because if a base commander does not meet his environmental 
compliance requirements and the EPA is after him, he may go to jail if 
he does not spend defense dollars on environmental compliance. If he 
fails to spend defense dollars on mission essential military 
construction projects and readiness, some of his troops may die in 
battle. But those projects are always deferred because of environmental 
compliance projects.
  I would suggest that we need to get a handle on environmental 
compliance projects. I think this committee is very, very interested in 
doing that. We are interested in doing that on the authorization side.
  Lastly, in the hearings that we developed, I know the committee has 
had the same problems. The average base commander now has to understand 
and be aware of about 10,000 pages of Federal regulation on 
environmental compliance, which puts a massive, massive burden on him. 
I would hope that as we get into this process next year, we can look at 
some way to alleviate that massive burden that is now being shifted to 
base commanders and taking away their precious time from readiness and 
training.
  I thank both the chairman and the ranking member for their very 
excellent job on this bill.

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  Mr. HEFNER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
Florida [Mrs. Meek], a member of the subcommittee.
  (Mrs. MEEK of Florida asked and was given permission to revise and 
extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to be a member of 
the Subcommittee on Military Construction of the Committee on 
Appropriations. The way they conduct their work is exemplary, and the 
people on the committee are committed to the lives of our military men.
  I think it is very fitting 2 or 3 days before Memorial Day that the 
military construction budget comes before the Congress, because this 
appropriation is so important to the quality of life of the young men 
and young women who have dedicated their lives to the military.
  I compliment my chairman because of the way he conducts the work of 
this committee. I compliment our ranking minority member, the 
gentlewoman from Nevada [Mrs. Vucanovich]. The gentleman from North 
Carolina [Mr. Hefner] and the gentlewoman from Nevada have given the 
leadership to this committee which all committees need, and that is 
giving the direction we need to do a good job. I want to thank the 
chairman of the committee and the ranking member for the fact that they 
had a budget which was much under budget from last year, and they used 
their resources to spread this money around so that the military could 
receive the kind of help it needs.
  Mrs. VUCANOVICH. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman 
from Indiana [Mr. Burton].
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman from 
Nevada [Mrs. Vucanovich] for yielding time to me.
  Mr. Chairman, I had an amendment that I was going to offer to reduce 
the appropriation for the military construction, but I think if I get 
some answers on this that are reasonable, I probably will not introduce 
it.
  Mr. Chairman, this is about $647.2 million below fiscal year 1994, so 
it is about 7 percent below last year's appropriation, but it is about 
$470.47 million or 5.6 percent above President Clinton's request.
  I went through this list, Mr. Chairman, and started looking State by 
State at all the new projects, or all the projects that money was being 
appropriated for. It is very difficult to find out whether or not those 
are really absolutely necessary, so I would just like to talk to my 
colleagues, the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Hefner] and the 
gentlewoman from Nevada [Mrs. Vucanovich], to find out how these 125 
projects which were added by the Committee on Appropriations, how they 
came up with this list and whether or not they are absolutely 
necessary.
  Mr. HEFNER. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina.
  Mr. HEFNER. Mr. Chairman, I could not stand up here and take an oath 
that every one of these projects is absolutely critical to the 
existence of this country, but they were all authorized. There was not 
one project in this bill that is not authorized. There was some $1.5 
billion requested for add-ons, and we did not have money to even come 
close to doing those. Every one of those projects is authorized.
  To the very best of our ability, we went through all these projects 
as best we could and determined that they were all viable projects. 
With the limited funds we had, we think that the committee as a whole 
and the staff did a very good job of screening all these projects. They 
are all viable and they deserve the Members' support.
  I thank the gentleman for not offering his amendment.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. If I might ask the gentleman another question 
or two, Mr. Chairman, were some of these projects necessitated because 
of the cutbacks in the active duty force, active military?
  Mr. HEFNER. If the gentleman will continue to yield, some of them 
were due to the fact that we are bringing forces back from Europe. 
Certainly that had some bearing on the overall picture of the bill.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, there were 125 projects, 
according to my staff, that were added by the Committee on 
Appropriations that were not requested by the President. If I can ask 
one more question, could you give me a rough idea of thee 125 projects 
added by the Committee on Appropriations that were not asked for by the 
President, why those were added?
  Mr. HEFNER. If the gentleman will continue to yield, we funded four 
barracks projects in Korea where our soldiers are in a high-stressed 
environment. We cut back on NATO spending. We had a real need in Korea. 
General Luck came from Fort Bragg, one of our more distinguished 
people, and it was absolutely necessary that we have this money for the 
quality of life for the men in Korea.
  We had requests from Members from the appropriations committees and 
authorizing committees and all the other committees. We looked at all 
the projects, we looked at where they were 35 percent design, whether 
they were critical to whatever service component the Guard or Reserve 
and whether they were viable projects.
  Again, I think we have done an excellent job of putting together this 
bill.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, because I am very concerned 
about the strength of our military and because I have confidence in 
both the gentleman from North Carolina and the gentlewoman from Nevada, 
I will withdraw my amendment.
  Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Chairman, I would like to express my support for the 
military construction appropriations bill. In the face of severe fiscal 
constraints, the subcommittee has successfully crafted a balanced 
spending bill for the next fiscal year. I urge my colleagues to support 
this bill.
  I would particularly like to recognize the chairman, Bill Hefner, and 
ranking member Barbara Vucanovich for their invaluable assistance to 
include funding for a major military installation in my district. 
Funding provided in the bill goes a long way to provide the base with 
the facilities they need to adequately carry out the base's readiness 
mission. I greatly appreciate the consideration and attention given by 
the chairman and ranking member to these needs.
  Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 4453, 
military construction appropriations for fiscal year 1995, and to thank 
the distinguished chairman, Bill Hefner, the ranking member, Barbara 
Vucanovich, and all the members of the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction for their efforts on behalf of American military personnel 
and their families. I also want to express my appreciation to the 
subcommittee staff and the associate staff for their hard work in 
support of the product before us today.
  The bill contains projects vital to the morale, recruitment, and 
retention of U.S. military personnel across the country and around the 
world. Not only does the bill relate to critical construction projects, 
but also contains provisions important to our ability to field new 
weapon systems, environmental concerns, family housing, child care 
facilities, and the educational and recreational needs of military 
families. Finally, it also addresses the important issues related to 
base realignment and closure.
  I also want to thank the subcommittee for its consideration and 
inclusion of construction activities at Fort Bliss, TX, located in my 
congressional district, and home of the Army's Air Defense Artillery 
Center. All of the projects included in the legislation were authorized 
by the Department of Defense authorization bill, and I want to thank my 
colleagues on the House Armed Services Committee for their hard work as 
well.
  The President's fiscal year 1995 budget recommendations contained 
family housing improvements at Fort Bliss, and I appreciate the 
inclusion of these critical quality of life projects for military 
families in my district. These were among the priority projects I am 
supporting in the pending legislation. Others include expansion of the 
Sergeant Majors' Academy, construction of a child development center, 
and construction of a maintenance facility. I also want to point out 
for the Record that the report accompanying H.R. 4453 directs the Army 
to accelerate efforts to replace or modernize barracks at Fort Bliss 
and to request funds for this purpose as part of the fiscal year 1996 
budget submission in order to continue with the barracks upgrade 
program on post.
  In closing, let me once again thank the committee and urge my 
colleagues to support the bill.
  Mrs. BENTLEY. Mr. Chairman, each year, the military construction 
appropriation is referred to as the quality of life bill for our 
troops.
  This bill is $647 million less than last year's bill, but still $470 
million more than the President requested.
  In my opinion, our troops deserve more, but we are constrained by our 
committee's 602(b) allocation.
  This bill is a classic example of the administration's priorities 
which consider military funds a piggy bank for an ambitious social 
agenda.
  During our hearings, Members from both sides of the aisle asked the 
Army, Navy, and Air Force whether the requested funds were sufficient. 
The services--good soldiers that they are--all answered in the 
affirmative.
  I agree with my colleagues on the committee that DOD has asked for 
too little.
  I am heartened that the bill contains money for improving the living 
conditions for our troops stationed just below the DMZ in Korea. We 
heard testimony that our troops must walk outside to use latrines. This 
is not acceptable--especially considering the brutal winters in Korea.
  The bill also contains money for a fire station at the Naval Academy. 
Current law mandates that DOD facilities must maintain on post 
capabilities to fight fires--and that this cannot be contracted out. 
This bill provides money for a much-needed fire station.
  Other projects have been included, but not enough to address the 
needs of our military.
  I find it ironic that so many Members are calling for intervention 
around the world and yet at the same time are continuing to vote for 
cutbacks to our military.
  If we do not want a hollow military then we must reorder our 
priorities and start funding military programs. We must also ensure 
that our troops have adequate housing.
  I urge an ``aye'' vote for this bill.
  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, this Member would express his thanks to 
the distinguished chairman of Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Hefner], and the distinguished 
ranking member, the gentlelady from Nevada [Mrs. Vucanovich], for their 
efforts in presenting an appropriations bill that addresses the 
construction needs of our armed forces while exhibiting considerable 
fiscal restraint. This Member is fully aware of the budgetary 
constraints that the subcommittee faced, and he applauds the 
constructive and bipartisan approach that is reflected in H.R. 4453.
  In particular, this Member is particularly appreciative of the 
subcommittee's continued support of the Nebraska Air National Guard. 
The Nebraska Air Guard is in the midst of a conversion from a 
reconnaissance unit to an air refueling squadron. The Nebraska Air 
Guard has enthusiastically embraced this new mission, and is anxious to 
assume this critical support role.
  As the subcommittee knows, however, the new KC-135 tankers are much 
larger than the squadron's old RC-4 photo-reconnaissance aircraft, and 
the refueling tankers require a new support system. This year's 
appropriation contains much-needed funding for underground fuel storage 
tanks and for a hydrant refueling system. Appropriation of these funds 
helps to ensure that the conversion will occur on time, and without 
unnecessary hardship.
  This Member thanks the subcommittee for their support, and urges 
approval of H.R. 4453.

                                NEBRASKA                                
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                                                   Budget       House   
           Installation and project               request    recommended
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Air Force Offutt AFB:                                                   
    Storm drainage facilities.................        1,500        1,500
    Underground fuel storage tanks............          760          760
Air National Guard Lincoln Map:                                         
    Parking apron and hydrant refueling system       14,274       14,274
    Replace underground fuel storage tanks....          500          500
                                               -------------------------
      Total, Nebraska.........................       17,034       17,034
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  Mrs. VUCANOVICH. Mr. Chairman, I have no further requests for time, 
and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HEFNER. Mr. Chairman, I have no further requests for time, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. All time for general debate has expired.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:
       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, 1995, for military construction 
     functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for 
     other purposes, namely:

                      Military Construction, Army

       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, $623,511,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 1999: Provided, That of this amount, not to 
     exceed $67,700,000 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, 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, 
     $462,701,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999: 
     Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed $47,900,000 
     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

       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, $514,977,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That of this 
     amount, not to exceed $55,900,000 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, Defense-wide


                     (including transfer of funds)

       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, $467,169,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 1999: 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 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 $45,960,000 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, Army National Guard

       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, 
     $134,235,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999.

               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, 
     $209,843,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999.

                  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, $39,121,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 1999.

                  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, 
     $12,348,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999.

                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, $56,378,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 1999.

           North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure

       For the United States share of the cost of North Atlantic 
     Treaty Organization Infrastructure programs 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 Acts and section 2806 of title 10, United States 
     Code, $119,000,000, 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, 
     $160,602,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999; 
     for Operation and maintenance, and for debt payment, 
     $1,121,208,000; in all $1,281,810,000.

                 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, $269,035,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 1999; for Operation and maintenance, and for 
     debt payment, $853,599,000; in all $1,122,634,000.

                       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, 
     $276,482,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999; 
     for Operation and maintenance, and for debt payment, 
     $801,345,000 of which not more than $14,200,000 may be 
     obligated for the acquisition of family housing units at 
     Comiso AB, Italy; in all $1,077,827,000.

                      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, $350,000, to remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 1999; for Operation and maintenance, 
     $29,031,000; in all $29,381,000.

              Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part I

       For deposit into 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), $87,600,000, to remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 1995: Provided, That none of 
     these funds may be obligated for base realignment and closure 
     activities under Public Law 100-526 which would cause the 
     Department's $1,800,000,000 cost estimate for military 
     construction and family housing related to the Base 
     Realignment and Closure Program to be exceeded: Provided 
     further, That not less than $66,800,000 of the funds 
     appropriated herein shall be available solely for 
     environmental restoration.

             Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part II


                     (including transfer of funds)

       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), $265,700,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That not less than $138,700,000 of the funds 
     appropriated herein shall be available solely for 
     environmental restoration: Provided further, That, in 
     addition, not to exceed $133,000,000 may be transferred from 
     ``Homeowners Assistance Fund, Defense'' to ``Base Realignment 
     and Closure Account, Part II'', to be merged with, and to be 
     available for the same purposes and the same time period as 
     that account.

             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), $2,322,858,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That not less than $302,700,000 of the funds 
     appropriated herein shall be available solely for 
     environmental restoration.

                           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.
       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 
     or in any NATO member country, 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 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 
     Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on Armed 
     Services 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.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 114. Unexpended balances in the Military Family 
     Housing Management Account established pursuant to section 
     2831 of title 10, United States Code, as well as any 
     additional amounts which would otherwise be transferred to 
     the Military Family Housing Management Account, shall be 
     transferred to the appropriations for Family Housing, as 
     determined by the Secretary of Defense, based on the sources 
     from which the funds were derived, and shall be available for 
     the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the 
     appropriation to which they have been transferred.
       Sec. 115. 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. 116. 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. 117. 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. 118. 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. 119. 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. 120. 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 and Japan and Korea to assume a greater 
     share of the common defense burden of such nations and the 
     United States.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 121. 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.
       Sec. 122. The second paragraph under the heading, ``Family 
     Housing, Navy and Marine Corps'' in title XI of Public Law 
     102-368, is amended by inserting ``and the August 8, 1993 
     earthquake in Guam'' immediately after ``Typhoon Omar''.
       Sec. 123. (a) Of the budgetary resources available to the 
     Department of Defense for military construction and family 
     housing accounts during fiscal year 1995, $10,421,000 are 
     permanently canceled.
       (b) The Secretary of Defense shall allocate the amount of 
     budgetary resources canceled among the Department's military 
     construction and family housing accounts available for 
     procurement and procurement-related expenses. Amounts 
     available for procurement and procurement-related expenses in 
     each such account shall be reduced by the amount allocated to 
     such account.
       (c) For the purposes of this section, the definition of 
     ``procurement'' includes all stages of the process of 
     acquiring property or services, beginning with the process of 
     determining a need for a product or services and ending with 
     contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 
     403(2).

     SEC. 124. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.

       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'').

     SEC. 125. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE.

       (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--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.
       (b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--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.

     SEC. 126. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.

       If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal 
     agency that any person intentionally affixed a fraudulent 
     label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any 
     inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or 
     shipped to the United States that was not made in the United 
     States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any 
     contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to 
     this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and 
     ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through 
     9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

  Mr. HEFNER (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent that the remainder of the bill through page 18, line 17, be 
considered as read, printed in the Record, and open to amendment at any 
point.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
North Carolina?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN. Are there amendments to the bill?
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       This Act may be cited as the ``Military Construction 
     Appropriations Act, 1995.''

  Mr. HEFNER. Mr. Chairman, I move that the committee do now rise and 
report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the bill 
do pass.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Bilbray) having assumed the chair, Mr. Cardin, Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 4453) 
making appropriations for military construction for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other 
purposes, had directed him to report the bill back to the House with 
the recommendation that the bill do pass.

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  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bilbray). Without objection, the 
previous question is ordered.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. HEFNER. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a 
quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not 
present.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently a quorum is not present.
  The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 380, 
nays 42, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 193]

                               YEAS--380

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Andrews (ME)
     Andrews (NJ)
     Andrews (TX)
     Applegate
     Armey
     Bacchus (FL)
     Bachus (AL)
     Baesler
     Baker (CA)
     Baker (LA)
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Beilenson
     Bentley
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Bevill
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blackwell
     Bliley
     Blute
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boucher
     Brewster
     Brooks
     Browder
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Byrne
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Canady
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carr
     Castle
     Chapman
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clinger
     Clyburn
     Coleman
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (IL)
     Collins (MI)
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Coppersmith
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Darden
     de la Garza
     Deal
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Derrick
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Dooley
     Dornan
     Durbin
     Edwards (CA)
     Edwards (TX)
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fazio
     Fields (LA)
     Filner
     Fingerhut
     Fish
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Ford (MI)
     Ford (TN)
     Fowler
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (CT)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gallegly
     Gallo
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Geren
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gingrich
     Glickman
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Grams
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gunderson
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamburg
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Hefley
     Hefner
     Herger
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hoagland
     Hobson
     Hochbrueckner
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hoyer
     Huffington
     Hughes
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hutto
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Inhofe
     Inslee
     Istook
     Jacobs
     Jefferson
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kennedy
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kim
     King
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klein
     Klink
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kopetski
     Kreidler
     Kyl
     LaFalce
     Lambert
     Lancaster
     Lantos
     LaRocco
     Laughlin
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Levy
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (FL)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lightfoot
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     Lloyd
     Long
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Machtley
     Maloney
     Mann
     Manton
     Margolies-Mezvinsky
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mazzoli
     McCandless
     McCloskey
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McCurdy
     McDade
     McDermott
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McMillan
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Meyers
     Mfume
     Mica
     Michel
     Miller (CA)
     Mineta
     Mink
     Moakley
     Molinari
     Mollohan
     Montgomery
     Moorhead
     Moran
     Morella
     Murphy
     Murtha
     Myers
     Nadler
     Neal (MA)
     Neal (NC)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Orton
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Parker
     Pastor
     Payne (NJ)
     Payne (VA)
     Pelosi
     Peterson (FL)
     Petri
     Pickett
     Pickle
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quillen
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Ravenel
     Reed
     Regula
     Reynolds
     Richardson
     Ridge
     Roberts
     Roemer
     Rogers
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rose
     Rostenkowski
     Roukema
     Rowland
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanders
     Sangmeister
     Santorum
     Sarpalius
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schaefer
     Schenk
     Schiff
     Schroeder
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sharp
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shepherd
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slattery
     Slaughter
     Smith (IA)
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Snowe
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Studds
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sundquist
     Swift
     Synar
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Tejeda
     Thomas (CA)
     Thomas (WY)
     Thompson
     Thornton
     Torkildsen
     Torres
     Torricelli
     Towns
     Traficant
     Tucker
     Unsoeld
     Valentine
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Volkmer
     Vucanovich
     Walsh
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weldon
     Wheat
     Whitten
     Williams
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Zeliff
     Zimmer

                                NAYS--42

     Allard
     Archer
     Barca
     Bunning
     Burton
     Buyer
     Camp
     Coble
     Cox
     DeFazio
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Fawell
     Fields (TX)
     Goss
     Hancock
     Hoke
     Johnston
     Klug
     Linder
     Manzullo
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Nussle
     Paxon
     Penny
     Peterson (MN)
     Quinn
     Ramstad
     Rohrabacher
     Roth
     Royce
     Sensenbrenner
     Solomon
     Stark
     Thurman
     Upton
     Walker
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Barlow
     Barrett (WI)
     DeLay
     Grandy
     Horn
     Houghton
     Lehman
     Matsui
     Ortiz
     Swett
     Washington

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  Messrs. BURTON of Indiana, QUINN, and BARCA of Wisconsin, and Mrs. 
THURMAN changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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