[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7814-S7821]
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             MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the clerk will 
report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2016) making appropriations for military 
     construction, family housing, and base realignment and 
     closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported 
from the Committee on Appropriations, with amendments; as follows:
  (The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface 
brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in 
italic.)

                               H.R. 2016

       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, 1998, 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

       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, [$721,027,000] $652,046,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That of this 
     amount, not to exceed [$71,577,000] $77,646,000 shall be 
     available for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 
     services, and host nation support, 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, 
     [$685,306,000] $605,756,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2002: Provided, That of this amount, not to 
     exceed [$46,659,000] $46,489,000 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, [$662,305,000] 
     $662,305,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002: 
     Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed [$45,880,000] 
     $48,880,000 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, [$613,333,000] 
     $690,889,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002: 
     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

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     appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided further, 
     That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed [$34,350,000] 
     $52,450,000 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, 
     [$45,098,000] $234,614,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2002.

               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, 
     [$137,275,000] $185,115,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2002.

                  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, [$77,731,000] $96,079,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2002.

                  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, 
     [$40,561,000] $21,111,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2002.

                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, [$27,143,000] $31,830,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2002.

                   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, [$166,300,000] $152,600,000, 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, 
     [$202,131,000] $167,100,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2002; for Operation and Maintenance, and for 
     debt payment, [$1,148,937,000] $1,149,937,000; in all 
     [$1,351,068,000] $1,317,037,000.

                 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, [$409,178,000] $362,619,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2002; for Operation and 
     Maintenance, and for debt payment, $976,504,000; in all 
     [$1,385,682,000] $1,339,123,000.

                       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, 
     [$341,409,000] $296,633,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2002; for Operation and Maintenance, and for 
     debt payment, $830,234,000; in all [$1,171,643,000] 
     $1,126,867,000.

                      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, $4,950,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2002; for Operation and Maintenance, $32,724,000; in all 
     $37,674,000.

             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), $116,754,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That not more than $105,224,000 of the funds 
     appropriated herein shall be available solely for 
     environmental restoration, 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.

             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), $768,702,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That not more than $398,499,000 of the funds 
     appropriated herein shall be available solely for 
     environmental restoration, 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.

             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), $1,175,398,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That not more than $353,604,000 of the funds 
     appropriated herein shall be available solely for 
     environmental restoration, 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.

                           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 (1) where there 
     is a determination of value by a Federal court, or (2) 
     purchases negotiated by the Attorney General or his designee, 
     or (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000, or (4) 
     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

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     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: Provided further, That this 
     section shall not apply to contract awards for military 
     construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest 
     responsive and responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese 
     contractor.
       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 
     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.
       [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'').
       [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.
       [(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.


                          [(transfer of funds)

       [Sec. 123. During the current fiscal year, in addition to 
     any other transfer authority available to the Department of 
     Defense, amounts may be transferred from the account 
     established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Department of 
     Defense Authorization Act, 1991, to the fund established by 
     section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 
     Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses 
     associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program. Any 
     amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available for 
     the same purposes and for the same time period as the fund to 
     which transferred.]
       Sec. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     appropriations made available to the Department of Defense 
     Family Housing Improvement Fund shall be the sole source of 
     funds available for planning, administrative, and oversight 
     costs incurred by the Department of Defense relating to 
     military family housing initiatives and military 
     unaccompanied housing initiatives undertaken pursuant to the 
     provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169, title 10, United 
     States Code, pertaining to alternative means of acquiring and 
     improving military family housing, military unaccompanied 
     housing, and supporting facilities.
       Sec. 125. (a) In addition to any reductions required by 
     this Act, the following funds are hereby reduced from the 
     following accounts in this Act in the specified amounts--
       ``Military Construction, Army'', $2,000,000;
       ``Military Construction, Navy'', $3,000,000;
       ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $4,000,000;
       ``Military Construction, Defense-wide'', $5,000,000;
       ``NATO Security Investment Program'', $1,000,000;
       ``Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part III'', 
     $8,000,000;
       ``Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part IV'', 
     $8,000,000.
       (b) The reductions taken pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
     be applied on a pro-rata basis by project and activity.
       Sec. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
     the funds appropriated in this Act for Military Construction, 
     Army, the Secretary of the Army is directed to complete, 
     using an Unspecified Minor Construction project, the Special 
     Forces (Diver) Training Facility at Key West Naval Air 
     Station, Florida, as authorized in the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 
     101-189).
       Sec. 127. (a) Lease of Property Authorized.--(1) 
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
     the Navy (hereinafter referred to as the ``Secretary'') may 
     lease, without monetary consideration, to the city and county 
     of Honolulu (hereinafter referred to as the ``city'') a 
     parcel of land consisting of approximately 300 acres on 
     Waipio Peninsula, Honolulu, Hawaii (hereinafter referred to 
     as the ``parcel'').
       (b) Related Easement.--The Secretary may also grant, 
     without monetary consideration, an easement on, over, under 
     and across that certain real property known as Waipio Point 
     Access Road for access to and operation of the parcel.
       (c) Term.--The term of the lease and easement authorized 
     under this section shall be fifty (50) years.
       (d) Condition of Use.--The lease and easement authorized 
     under subsections (a) and (b) shall be subject to the 
     following conditions:
       (1) The city shall use the parcel for development and 
     operation of a public soccer park and related recreational 
     facilities, and for other civic and public purposes as may be 
     approved by the Secretary.
       (2) Facilities developed on the parcel shall be for public 
     use and benefit; however, usage fees may be charged to defray 
     facility operating and maintenance costs.
       (3) The city shall comply with all explosive safety 
     criteria affecting the city's use of the lease and easement 
     areas, as established by the Secretary in connection with the 
     explosive safety areas supporting the ordinance handling 
     wharves located at West Loch Branch, Naval Magazine, 
     Lualualei, Hawaii.
       (4) The city shall, at its own cost and to the satisfaction 
     of the Secretary, make any and all improvements to Waipio 
     Point Access Road which the city determines are necessary to 
     provide onstreet parking along said road, and adequate access 
     to the parcel, including, but not limited to, any necessary 
     appurtenant utility and drainage improvements. During the 
     term of said easement, the cost of maintenance, repair and 
     replacement of said road and improvements shall be borne by 
     the city.
       (5) The city shall install a non-potable irrigation water 
     delivery system to service the parcel, and in doing so, the 
     city shall size transmission lines capable of delivering 
     approximately 2.5 million additional gallons of irrigation 
     water per day to agricultural lands on Waipio Peninsula under 
     the control of the Secretary.
       (e) Termination.--If the Secretary determines at any time 
     that the parcel is not being used for a purpose specified in 
     subsection (d)(1), the lease and easement authorized under 
     subsections (a) and (b) may be terminated, and all

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     right, title, and interest in and to such real property, 
     including any improvements thereon, shall revert to the 
     United States, and the United States shall have the right of 
     immediate entry thereon.
       (f) Effect of Expiration of Lease.--Unless otherwise 
     specifically provided for in this section, at the end of the 
     lease and easement term, the city shall either convey, 
     without reimbursement, to the United States, all right, 
     title, and interest of the city in and to the improvements 
     subject to said lease and easement, or restore, to the extent 
     practicable, the lease and easement areas to the satisfaction 
     of the Secretary.
       (g) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the property subject to this section shall be 
     determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The 
     cost of such survey shall be borne by the city.
       (h) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the lease and easement to be granted under this section 
     as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 
     interests of the United States.
       Sec. 128. (a) Not later than 60 days before issuing any 
     solicitation for a contract with the private sector for 
     military family housing or military unaccompanied housing, 
     the Secretary of the military department concerned shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees the notice 
     described in subsection (b).
       (b)(1) A notice referred to in subsection (a) is a notice 
     of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental 
     payments) proposed to be made by the Secretary to the private 
     party under the contract involved in the event of--
       (A) the closure or realignment of the installation for 
     which housing is provided under the contract;
       (B) a reduction in force of units stationed at such 
     installation; or
       (C) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at 
     such installation.
       (2) Each notice under this subsection shall specify the 
     nature of the guarantee involved and assess the extent and 
     likelihood, if any, of the liability of the Federal 
     Government with respect to the guarantee.
       (c) In this section, the term ``congressional defense 
     committees'' means the following:
       (1) The Committee on Armed Services and the Defense 
     Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
       (2) The Committee on National Security and The National 
     Security Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Military Construction 
     Appropriations Act, 1998''.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, each manager will 
have control of 10 minutes for debate time followed by a rollcall vote.
  The Senator from Montana.


                         Privilege of the Floor

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Kelly 
Hartline, an Appropriations Committee staff member, be granted the 
privilege of the floor during consideration of this bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Montana.
  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I am pleased to bring before the Senate the 
military construction appropriation bill and report for fiscal year 
1998. This bill reflects the bipartisan approach that the ranking 
member, Senator Murray of Washington, and I have tried to maintain 
regarding military construction and this subcommittee. It has been a 
pleasure to work with Senator Murray, her staff, and the members of the 
subcommittee throughout this process. I very much appreciate all of 
their support.
  Mr. President, this bill was reported out of the full Appropriations 
Committee last Thursday by a unanimous vote of 28 to 0. The bill 
recommended by the full Committee on Appropriations is for 
$9,182,900,000. This is $799 million over the budget request and almost 
equal to the corresponding House bill. The bill provides $610 million 
less than what was appropriated last year--a reduction of 6 percent in 
overall spending authority for the committee from fiscal year 1997. 
Further, the bill reflects a reduction of 21 percent since fiscal year 
1996--almost $2 billion less from just 2 years ago.
  We have sought to recommend a balanced bill to the Senate, and we 
believe it addresses key, military construction requirements for 
readiness, family housing, barracks, quality of life and the Guard and 
Reserve components. This bill honors the commitment we have to our 
Armed Forces. It helps ensure that the housing and infrastructure needs 
of the military are given proper recognition. Also, I am pleased to 
report to the Senate that the bill is within the committee's 602(b) 
budget allocation for both budget authority and outlays.
  Mr. President, this bill has some points I want to mention. We added 
$152 million to provide better and more modern family housing for our 
service personnel and their families. On another quality of life 
measure, we have added substantially to the budget request for medical 
and hospital facilities, increasing the request by almost 50 percent. 
We have provided $660 million for barracks construction to provide 
single service members a more favorable living environment. The 
committee also fully funds the budget request of $104 million for 
funding 24 class I violation environmental projects.

  We also addressed the shortfalls that continue to plaque our Reserve 
components. The Department continues to walk away from the total force 
concept. Recognizing this, we have again lent support by adding $395 
million to the Guard and Reserve accounts. In each case, the funds will 
help satisfy essential mission, quality of life or readiness 
requirements.
  Mr. President, 22 percent of the bill, or $2.1 billion, is for 
downsizing defense infrastructure, or better known as the Base 
Realignment and Closure Program. This includes funding for the last 
three rounds of BRAC. Almost a quarter of all military construction 
dollars goes toward the base closure and realignment process.
  All of the projects that we have recommended are included in either 
the Senate- or House-passed versions of the defense authorization 
bills. We will work very closely with the Armed Services Committee, as 
we put together a conference package for military construction.
  We have tried to accommodate the sizable administration request for 
overseas projects in such places as Korea, Germany, and the Middle 
East. Mr. President, 24 percent of the administration's budget request 
for military construction projects is for overseas areas. This seems 
out of proportion when only about 16 percent of our total force is 
actually stationed overseas. We have funded only the essential of those 
projects.
  We are also concerned about the recent decision made at Madrid to 
expand NATO and the additional costs required to implement that 
decision. With future defense spending constrained, this expansion has 
the potential to degrade the U.S. military construction and defense 
program seriously. I have requested a detailed report that lays out the 
additional funding requirements associated with the expansion, 
including logistical, communications, construction and other needs 
anticipated for the NATO infrastructure account. This will help us 
understand the potential costs to the U.S. taxpayer of NATO expansion.
  There are many other issues that I could speak about at this time. I 
urge the Members of the Senate to support this bill and move it forward 
expeditiously.
  I would say, also, we are finding in the BRAC, or base closures, that 
we are spending dollars that were unexpected just in environmental 
cleanup. The environmental cost of cleanup of these bases so they could 
be moved into either contract hands or private hands has been very, 
very high.
  So I appreciate my ranking member, the work she has done, and now I 
yield to my ranking member, Senator Murray.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I am pleased to recommend this bill to 
the Senate. The recommended amount, $9.18 billion, is within the 602(b) 
allocation for the Military Construction Subcommittee and is frugal, 
some $600 million, or 6 percent below last year's appropriated level.
  Nevertheless, we have added nearly $800 million to the amount 
requested by the administration, primarily to correct serious 
shortfalls in the budget request for National Guard and Reserve forces, 
and for quality-of-life initiatives in housing and medical care for 
U.S. military personnel.
  In order to keep our Guard and Reserve forces healthy, we have again, 
as in the past, had to add substantial sums, some $392 million, to an 
inadequate request.
  As for housing, we have added approximately $152 million for family 
housing, and despite this increase, we are still about $301 million 
below last year's level. The added funds, however, are in the new area 
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the money acts as seed capital which is multiplied over some three or 
four times with infusions of private developer funds, so the funds we 
have added carry an added punch.
  On another quality-of-life measure, we have added substantially to 
the request for medical and hospital facilities, increasing the request 
by nearly 50 percent, for a total of $208 million.
  These initiatives have been put together in a truly bipartisan 
fashion, in close cooperation with the distinguished chairman, Senator 
Burns and his staff. It is a good product, worthy of strong Senate 
support. I appreciate the courtesies that have been extended to me by 
the chairman and his staff, and believe this close working relationship 
has created a product which is balanced and fair to all Senators.
  We appropriated money for nearly all the projects authorized by the 
Senate Armed Services Committee, and have attempted to evaluate and 
satisfy the requests of all members fairly, and fund worthy projects, 
through design or minor construction if they have not been authorized. 
We have made every effort to include report language that members have 
suggested to us.
  We fully funded the BRAC request, some 22 percent of the bill, fully 
funded environmental projects, and we have tried to accommodate the 
sizable construction request for overseas projects, such as barracks in 
Europe and Korea. Overseas construction constitutes 24 percent of the 
overall construction request.
  The committee is concerned over the amounts that will be needed for 
additional costs of NATO expansion, based on the decisions at the 
Madrid summit, and for the funds requested for Southwest Asia 
propositioning of equipment in the nation of Qatar. We have asked for a 
report on NATO expansion costs by mid-October, hopefully in time for 
the Senate debate on this matter.
  We have also asked the administration to execute a burdensharing 
agreement with the Government of Qatar, whose population of 550,000 
people enjoy a $21,000 per capita income and has, in fact, offered to 
help defray our expenses in our prepositioning program.
  This legislation is extremely important to our military personnel for 
many reasons. One of the most important for me is the messages we are 
able to send our active duty personnel serving abroad separated from 
family. We are providing for families--housing, day care, community 
support facilities--providing for families so our active duty personnel 
can focus on the task at hand when serving a tour on the U.S.S. Lincoln 
or patrolling near the DMZ in Korea.
  I am particularly pleased the committee was able to fund several 
authorized projects in Washington State. At Fairchild Air Force Base, 
we were able to meet the base's priority need for alterations to the 
fire station and provide moneys for an education center and a library. 
The committee was able to provide moneys for barracks replacement and a 
medical/dental clinic at Fort Lewis, and important C-17 facilities at 
McChord Air Force Base. I do appreciate the committee's willingness to 
be responsive to the needs of Washington State.
  I, again, thank the chairman for his help in making this a truly 
bipartisan bill, and I commend staff on both sides of the aisle for 
their outstanding professional work on this legislation. I join 
Chairman Burns in recommending that the Senate adopt this legislation 
with strong bipartisan support.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time?
  Mr. BURNS addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.


                           Amendment No. 946

(Purpose: To clarify the availability of funds for activities under the 
 lease of building No. 1, Lexington, Blue Grass Station, Lexington, KY)

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk on behalf 
of Senators Ford and McConnell.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Montana [Mr. Burns], for Mr. Ford, for 
     himself and Mr. McConnell, proposes an amendment numbered 
     946.

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
       Sec.   . Section 303(e) of the 1997 Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and 
     for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those in Bosnia 
     (Public Law 105-18; 111 Stat. 168) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(e) Availability of Funds.--The Secretary may use funds 
     available in the Defense Working Capital Fund for the payment 
     of the costs of utilities, maintenance and repair, and 
     improvements entered into under the lease under this 
     section.''.

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, this amendment will clarify the 
availability of what specific funding sources are available for 
activities under the lease of facilities at Lexington, Blue Grass 
Station, KY. I believe this amendment has been cleared.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Yes, it has.
  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I do not believe I have seen the 
amendment. I ask that action on it be suspended until such time as I, 
or my staff, have had a chance to examine the amendment.
  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  Mr. McCAIN addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona.


                         Privilege of the Floor

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Ron 
Moranville, a fellow on my staff, be granted the privilege of the floor 
during the remainder of debate on H.R. 2016.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, for 3 straight years now, the Clinton 
administration has inadequately funded the national security interests 
of this Nation. In response, Congress added slightly more than $20 
billion to the defense budget for fiscal years 1996 to 1998, arguing 
that future readiness would be put at risk if we did not increase 
funding for military modernization.
  We did add significant funds to the procurement and R&D accounts to 
ensure that our forces would maintain their current technological edge 
over potential adversaries well into the future. At the same time, 
however, we managed to set aside more than 10 percent of the total 
defense budget add-on over these 3 years, about $2.3 billion for 
unrequested low-priority military construction projects.
  This year, we added only $2.6 billion to the defense budget, much 
less than in each of the previous years, but then the Appropriations 
Committee earmarked $800 million of that increase for military 
construction add-ons. Almost one-third of the total defense budget 
increase this year is unrequested and unnecessary.
  This military construction bill before the Senate today contains 
funding for unrequested low-priority projects totaling more than $799 
million. These projects were added because Members of this body asked 
for them. The services did not ask for them. The Department of Defense 
did not ask for them. But Members wanted funding for these projects in 
their States, and the Appropriations Committee gave it to them.
  I note that the bill sets aside almost $400 million of the overall 
increase for construction projects for the National Guard and Reserves. 
The bill includes over $111 million for the construction of 13 
readiness and Reserve centers for the Guard and Reserve, at a time when 
Guard and Reserve end strength is being cut by over 54,000 personnel.
  I wonder what decisionmaking process was used to determine that the 
priorities of the Guard and Reserve for military construction so 
greatly outweigh the priorities of the active duty military. This bill 
gives the Army National Guard a 500-percent increase in project 
funding, or $189.5 million in unrequested projects. This decision was 
made by the committee despite the fact that the Army and the Army Guard 
agreed that the Guard's military construction requirements needed about 
$50 million. I wonder what criteria were used to determine that $50 
million was not enough for the Guard and Reserve and how the add-on of 
$189.5 million was determined.
  I understand that last year the Appropriations Committee directed the 
Army to budget $75 million from Army Guard military construction in 
fiscal

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year 1998. I also understand that the Army failed to follow the 
committee's direction and request only $45 million for the Army Guard 
military construction budget. Does this then justify a 500-percent 
increase in Army Guard construction funding?
  In addition to the excessive amount of add-ons in this bill, the 
report contains earmarks for the following projects: $1.4 million to 
provide refrigeration equipment and improvements at the Fort 
Wainwright, AK, skating facility; $300,000 for the design of a 
centralized vehicle wash facility at Fort Wainwright, AK; $2 million 
for the design of the Saddle Road improvement in Hawaii; $550,000 for a 
library and adult education center at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, 
NC; $3.1 million for planning and design of an intelligence center in 
Charlottesville, VA; $470,000 for design of a warfighting center at the 
Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
  I find it startling that Members are no longer content with 
earmarking actual construction projects. We now have begun the 
unfortunate process of earmarking portions of the planning and design 
money which has traditionally been provided in a lump sum to be used at 
the discretion and prioritization of the services.
  Where will this earmarking stop? I note, without further comment, the 
five States receiving the largest share of these construction add-ons: 
Mississippi, $58.4 million; Virginia, $48.1 million; Alabama, $37 
million; Kentucky, $33.1 million; and New Mexico, $32.3 million. This 
bill even includes an add-on for Arizona.
  Finally, I point out that this bill, like many others that have come 
before the Senate in the past week, contains restrictive Buy America 
provisions which limit awards of contracts to U.S. companies only. 
These two sections, 111 and 112, of the bill are anticompetitive and 
will ensure that U.S. taxpayers do not get the best price, in many 
instances, because foreign firms will not be able to compete with U.S. 
companies.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate add-ons in the 
military construction bill list be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the list was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                      SENATE ADD-ONS TO THE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 1998                     
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                In millions     
         State and installation                       Project title              Budget  -----------------------
                                                                                 request   Change   Appropriated
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama:                                                                                                        
  Redstone Arsenal......................  Missile ENG Annex...................         0     $27.0       $27.0  
  Dannelly Field........................  Munitions Complex...................         0       4.8         4.8  
  Maxwell AFB...........................  Aircfaft Maint Facility.............         0       5.2         5.2  
Alaska:                                                                                                         
  Elmendorf AFB.........................  Electrical System Upgrade...........         0       6.1         6.1  
  Eielson AFB...........................  Potable Water Storage...............         0       6.0         6.0  
  Bethel \1\ \2\........................  OPS Facility........................         0       4.6         4.6  
Arizona: Papago Military Res \1\........  Support Maint Shop..................         0      11.0        11.0  
Arkansas: Little Rock...................  Control Tower.......................         0       3.4         3.4  
California: Pasadena \1\................  Marine Corps Reserve Center.........         0       6.7         6.7  
Colorado:                                                                                                       
  Fort Carson...........................  Mates Expansion.....................         0       2.9         2.9  
  Greeley...............................  Mobile Ground Maint Complex.........         0       4.7         4.7  
Connecticut:                                                                                                    
  New London............................  Child Development Center............         0       3.7         3.7  
  New London............................  Fire Protection System..............         0       1.6         1.6  
Delaware: New Castle Airport \1\........  Squadron OPS Facility...............         0       7.0         7.0  
Florida:                                                                                                        
  Eglin AFB Aux Field...................  Assault Strip Runway................         0       5.1         5.1  
  Ellyson Field \1\.....................  Readines Center.....................         0       3.8         3.8  
  Eglin AFB Aux Field \1\...............  Renovate Visiting Quarters..........         0       7.3         7.3  
Georgia: Moody AFB......................  HH60 Rescue OPS Facility............         0       6.8         6.8  
Hawaii:                                                                                                         
  Fort Derussey.........................  Asian Pacific Center................         0       9.5         9.5  
  Pearl Harbor..........................  Seal Delivey System Facility........         0       7.4         7.4  
  Hickman AFB \1\.......................  Maint Complex.......................         0       4.5         4.5  
  Bellows AFB \1\ \2\...................  Training Facility...................         0       5.2         5.2  
Idaho:                                                                                                          
  Mt Home AFB...........................  B-1B Avionics Building..............         0       9.2         9.2  
  Mt Home AFB...........................  F-15 Squadron OPS Facility..........         0       3.8         3.8  
  Gowen Field \1\.......................  Aviation Readiness Center...........         0       3.7         3.7  
  Boise Airport \1\.....................  C-130 Squadron OPS..................         0       8.8         8.8  
Indiana:                                                                                                        
  Hulman Reg Airport \1\................  Fire Station........................         0       5.4         5.4  
  Fort Wayne IAP \1\....................  Medical Trng Facility...............         0       5.9         5.9  
Kansas:                                                                                                         
  McConnell AFB.........................  KC-135 Squadron OPS.................         0       9.7         9.7  
  McConnell AFB.........................  Transportation Complex..............         0       2.9         2.9  
  McConnell AFB \1\.....................  Maint Shop..........................         0       2.0         2.0  
Kentucky:                                                                                                       
  Fort Knox.............................  Training Range......................         0       7.2         7.2  
  Greenville \1\........................  Training Range......................         0       9.3         9.3  
  Fort Campbell \2\.....................  Equipment Shop......................         0       9.9         9.9  
  Fort Campbell.........................  Education Center....................         0       6.7         6.7  
Louisiana: Camp Beauregard \1\..........  Machine Gun Range...................         0       1.3         1.3  
Maine: Bangor IAP \1\...................  Upgrade Base Facilities.............         0       6.5         6.5  
Maryland: Annapolis \1\.................  Readiness Center....................         0       2.9         2.9  
Massachusetts: Barnes ANGB \1\..........  Dining Hall/Fitness Center..........         0       3.0         3.0  
Michigan:                                                                                                       
  Augusta \1\...........................  Readiness Center....................         0       6.4         6.4  
  Selfridge AGB \1\.....................  Vehicle Maint/Comm Complex..........         0       9.0         9.0  
  Walker \1\............................  Readiness Center....................         0       9.4         9.4  
Mississippi:                                                                                                    
  Gulfport NCBC Base....................  Bachelor Enlisted Qrts..............         0      22.4        22.4  
  Miss Army Ammun Plt...................  OPS and Maint Facility..............         0       9.9         9.9  
  Senatobia \1\.........................  Readiness Center....................         0       4.4         4.4  
  Key Field \1\.........................  KC-135 SIM Training Center..........         0       2.0         2.0  
  Key Field \1\.........................  Dining Hall.........................         0       3.2         3.2  
  Nas Meridian..........................  Bachelor Enlisted Quarters..........         0       7.0         7.0  
  Gulfport-Biloxi \1\...................  Training Quarters...................         0       9.5         9.5  
Missouri: Macon \1\.....................  Armory..............................         0       3.2         3.2  
Montana:                                                                                                        
  Malstrom AFB..........................  Dining Facility.....................         0       4.5         4.5  
  Billings \1\..........................  Reserve Center......................         0      14.6        14.6  
Nevada:                                                                                                         
  Nellis AFB............................  Land Acquisition....................         0       5.9         5.9  
  Reno/Tahoe IAP \1\....................  C-130 Training Facility.............         0       2.9         2.9  
Nebraska: Offutt AFB....................  Dormitories.........................         0       6.9         6.9  
New Mexico:                                                                                                     
  Kirtland AFB..........................  Simulation Training Facility........         0      14.0        14.0  
  Kirtland AFB..........................  Bridge..............................         0       6.3         6.3  
  Cannon AFB............................  F-16 Missile Maint Shop.............         0       2.9         2.9  
  Taos \1\..............................  Readiness Center....................         0       3.2         3.2  
  Kirtland AFB \1\......................  Squadron OPS Facility...............         0       2.8         2.8  
  Kirtland AFB \1\......................  Composite Support Facility..........         0       3.1         3.1  

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New York:                                                                                                       
  Grabeski Airport \1\..................  Vehicle Maint Complex...............         0       4.3         4.3  
  Niagara Falls IAP \1\.................  Training Facility...................         0       2.1         2.1  
North Carolina:                                                                                                 
  Fort Bragg............................  Mout Training Complex...............         0       7.7         7.7  
  Fort Bragg............................  Medical Training Barracks...........         0       8.3         8.3  
North Dakota: Minot AFB.................  Fire/Crash Rescue Station...........         0       5.2         5.2  
Ohio:                                                                                                           
  Wright-Patterson......................  Management Complex..................         0      22.0        22.0  
  Rickenbacker ANGB \1\.................  Fuel/Corrosion Control Facility.....         0       5.7         5.7  
  Springfield-Beckley Map \1\...........  Base Supply Complex.................         0       4.4         4.4  
Oklahoma:                                                                                                       
  Altus AFB.............................  Land Purchase.......................         0      11.0        11.0  
  Vance AFB.............................  Base Engineering Complex............         0       7.7         7.7  
  Will Rogers Airpot \1\................  Aeromedical Training Facility.......         0       3.1         3.1  
  Fort Sill.............................  Barracks Renewal....................         0       8.0         8.0  
Oregon: Salem \1\.......................  Reserve Center......................         0      11.8        11.8  
Pennsylvania: Oakdale \1\...............  Reserve Center......................         0      24.9        24.9  
South Carolina:                                                                                                 
  Leesburg Training Site \1\............  Simultation Center..................         0       3.8         3.8  
  McEntire AGS \1\......................  Fuel/Corrosion Control Facility.....         0       7.0         7.0  
South Dakota:                                                                                                   
  Ellsworth AFB.........................  Fire/Crash Rescue Station...........         0       6.6         6.6  
  Rapid City \1\........................  Aviation Support Facility...........         0       5.2         5.2  
Texas:                                                                                                          
  Dyess AFB.............................  B-1B Squadron OPS...................         0      10.0        10.0  
  Rapid City \1\........................  Aviation Support Facility...........         0      12.8        12.8  
Utah: Fort Douglas \1\..................  USARC & OMS.........................         0      12.7        12.7  
Vermont: Camp Johnson \1\...............  Maint Shop..........................         0       6.7         6.7  
Virginia:                                                                                                       
  Norfolk NS............................  Berthing Pier.......................         0      13.5        13.5  
  Portsmouth Hospital...................  Hospital Replacement................         0      34.6        34.6  
Washington:                                                                                                     
  Fairchild AFB.........................  Fire Station........................         0       4.8         4.8  
  Fairchild AFB.........................  Education Center....................         0       8.2         8.2  
  Fairchild AFB.........................  Training Academy....................         0       3.7         3.7  
  Fort Lewis............................  Medical Clinic......................         0       5.0         5.0  
West Virginia: Camp Dawson \1\..........  Readiness Center....................         0       6.8         6.8  
Wisconsin: Mitchel ARS \1\..............  Aerial Training Facility............         0       4.2         4.2  
Wyoming: Camp Guernsey \1\..............  Vehicle Maint Shop..................         0      13.9        13.9  
                                                                               ---------------------------------
      42 Unrequested Active Duty Milcon Add-Ons Totaling......................  ........                        
(1)382.9                                                                                                        
      50 Unrequested Reserve/Guard Milcon Add-Ons Totaling....................  ........                        
(1)299.5                                                                                                        
      92 Unrequested U.S. Based Milcon Add-Ons Totaling.......................  ........                        
(1)681.7                                                                                                        
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Denotes Reserve/National Guard Construction Projects.                                                       
\2\ Denotes Projects No Included on Senate or House Authorization Bills.                                        


                     MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 1998 FAMILY HOUSING ADD-ONS                     
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                Budget                          
         State and installation                      Project title              request   Change   Authorization
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alaska..................................                                                                        
  Fort Richardson.......................  Neighborhood Revitalization........         0      $9.6         $9.6  
  Fort Wainwright.......................  Neighborhood Revitalization........         0       8.3          8.3  
Georgia.................................                                                                        
  Robins AFB............................  Family Housing.....................         0       5.2          5.2  
Hawaii..................................                                                                        
  Pearl Harbor..........................  Family Housing.....................         0      17.9         17.9  
Kentucky................................                                                                        
  Fort Campbell.........................  Family Housing Improvements........         0       8.5          8.5  
Montana.................................                                                                        
  Malmstrom AFB.........................  Military Housing...................         0      16.6         16.6  
North Carolina..........................                                                                        
  Camp Lejeune..........................  Renovate Family Housing............         0       2.9          2.9  
South Carolina..........................                                                                        
  Charleston AFB........................  Improve Family Housing.............         0      14.3         14.3  
Texas:                                                                                                          
  NAS Corpus Christi....................  Replace Family Housing.............         0       6.5          6.5  
  Lackland AFB..........................  Replace Family Housing.............         0       7.4          7.4  
Washington:                                                                                                     
  NAS Whidbey Island....................  Replace Family Housing.............         0      32.3         32.3  
  Bangor................................  Replace Family Housing.............         0      15.7         15.7  
                                                                              ----------------------------------
      Total family housing add-ons...........................................         0     145.2        145.2  
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, in closing, let me say I am sure there are 
many good projects on this list. Many projects will serve to improve 
the quality of life of our military personnel and will provide 
facilities improvements that will enhance mission readiness, but the 
real reason these projects are funded in this bill is that they provide 
economic benefit to certain States. Even with the congressionally 
mandated increases in the defense budget, military training exercises 
continue to be cut, backlogs in aircraft and ship maintenance are 
growing, flying-hours shortfalls still exists, military health care is 
underfunded by $600 million and 11,787 service members are reportedly 
on food stamps and many more are eligible for food stamps, Mr. 
President. We simply have higher priorities for defense spending and 
pork-barrel construction projects.
  There are many stories that are illustrative of our need for spending 
on priority items, and this kind of earmarking is really harming the 
men and women in the military. Over the weekend, there was a story in 
the Washington Post about enlisted sailors who are stationed in San 
Diego who now live in Mexico. They have to drive to Mexico because 
there is not affordable housing or base housing for them in San Diego, 
yet, we will fund these projects that are on this list. At the same 
time, there are 11,787 service members who are on food stamps and 
thousands more eligible, and we will instead fund these kinds of 
projects.
  Mr. President, it is not an admirable practice that we are seeing 
continued and even increase over the years. I intend very strongly to 
urge the President of the United States to exercise the line-item veto 
on some of these projects because there is no more compelling reason 
for the line-item veto than some of the projects that I have talked 
about today. I will be engaged in urging him to do so.
  I yield the floor, but before I yield the floor, I would like to take 
a look at the amendment and any other amendments that will be proposed 
at this time on the bill. Mr. President, I yield the floor.

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  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, in response to Senator McCain, there are 
over 891,000 men and women in uniform who serve in one of the six 
Reserve organizations. They represent 38 percent of the total force.
  For these Reserve forces, the President's budget request contained a 
total of $173 million--less than 2 percent of the total military 
construction bill allocated to the Reserve components.
  More specifically, the National Guard military construction program 
supports over 474,673 soldiers and airmen in communities throughout the 
Nation. They constitute approximately 20 percent of our total Armed 
Forces and represent all 50 States and 4 territories.
  The units and the missions of the Reserve components have changed 
significantly in the last 30 to 40 years. The mission and the equipment 
is much more complex and requires larger working bays and parking 
areas. The increased lethality and range of modern weapons restrict 
indirect firing ranges and training areas and creates new requirements 
necessary to ensure safety.
  The Army Guard alone has more than 23,360 facilities, with a current 
plant replacement value of $17.3 billion. Over 50 percent of these 
facilities are inadequate by current Army criteria. There is a 
construction backlog of $2.3 billion, which as a direct impact on 
modernization and readiness.
  The Pentagon requested only $45 million for the Army National Guard 
for military construction in the fiscal year 1998 budget. There are 
367,000 soldiers in the Army National Guard--$45 million does not go 
very far in meeting their mission and quality of life requirements.
  If the Congress did not act to provide additional military 
construction funding to the Reserve components each year, these forces 
would be severely handicapped as far as their ability to achieve full 
operational capability and their objective readiness level. Just 
because a project is for the Guard or Reserve does not mean it is not 
meritorious, it signifies that the Pentagon has decided to let the 
Congress foot the bill for building and maintaining the Reserve 
components' infrastructure.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under a previous agreement, the Senator from 
Arizona has 2 minutes, 15 seconds remaining.
  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I yield back the remainder of my time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has yielded back his time.
  Mr. BURNS addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.


                           Amendment No. 946

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, the amendment that is now under 
consideration has been cleared on the Democratic side, and I ask that 
it be accepted at this time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the question 
is on agreeing to amendment No. 946.
  The amendment (No. 946) was agreed to.
  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
amendment was agreed to.
  Mrs. MURRAY. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask for third reading of the bill. Have 
the yeas and nays been ordered?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays have not been requested on 
final passage.
  Mr. BURNS. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  Mr. D'AMATO. I wonder if the Chairman of the Military Construction 
Subcommittee, Senator Burns, would yield for a question.
  Mr. BURNS. Certainly.
  Mr. D'AMATO. I appreciate all that the chairman has done to 
accommodate the specific needs of military installations in New York. 
As you know, New York has been devastated by its losses from the last 
two BRAC rounds. However, the one positive effect of this paring down 
is that the remaining bases in New York are among the most efficient 
and effective in the world. That is why these military construction 
dollars are so important to New York State.
  One military base of particular concern to both Senator Moynihan and 
myself is Fort Drum in Watertown, NY. Fort Drum is home to the 10th 
Mountain Division. The mission of the 10th Mountain Division is to 
deploy rapidly anywhere in the world and be prepared to fight and win 
upon arrival.
  The 10th Mountain Division stands ready to depart Fort Drum and 
conduct operations anywhere in the world with minimal notice. The 
cornerstone to Fort Drum's preparedness is its high state of mission 
readiness. This readiness is sustained through intensive training and 
the most up-to-date, modern facilities.
  America continually asks our soldiers around the world to respond and 
they are always there for us. The 10th Mountain Division is the most 
frequently deployed division in the Army. It is only fair that Congress 
appropriate the necessary dollars to ensure that our troops remain the 
best in the world.
  Fort Drum has requested two very important projects that would 
greatly enhance readiness on the base and contribute to the 10th 
Mountain Division's extremely high response time. The first is an 
aerial gunnery range, funded at $17.5 million in the House. The 
proposed range will be an adequately sized and properly configured 
aerial gunnery range for Army rotary wing and Air National Guard fixed 
wing joint mission requirements. The facility and range area will 
enable the Air National Guard and Fort Drum range division to employ 
operations under the joint air attack team concept [JAAT] as well as 
consolidate existing operations to the northeast side of Fort Drum 
property for safe operations. Currently, rotary wing and fixed wing 
operations are conducted on separate sites across the Fort Drum 
installation.
  The second project is a military training and education center, 
funded at $6.9 million, to replace a number of widely scattered 
temporary 50-year old, inefficient and marginal World War II wood 
facilities.
  The center would make a valuable contribution to improving quality of 
life for soldiers, dependents and civilians at Fort Drum. Without the 
center, the condition of aging facilities will become less able to 
support the function and eventually continuing education opportunities 
for the population of Fort Drum will be negatively impacted. Last year, 
the Senate included this project in its version of the fiscal year 1997 
defense authorization bill.
  I would hope that the House--Senate Conference Committee would 
include both of these important projects in the final conference report 
for fiscal year 1998.
  Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, my friend and colleague, Senator 
D'Amato, has clearly set out the reasons why Fort Drum needs these two 
projects. They are essential to the training and readiness we and the 
Army have come to expect from the 10th Mountain Division. It seems 
whenever there has been a deployment in recent years, the 10th has been 
part of it. I simply add my support and my hope that the gunnery range 
and the training and education center will be included when the Senator 
from Montana and his conferees reach an agreement on military 
construction projects.
  Mr. BURNS. I can assure both Senators from New York that both 
projects will be given every due consideration when the conferees meet.

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