[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 60 (Tuesday, May 16, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H3069-H3078]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 502 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 4425.

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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. 4425) making appropriations for military construction, family 
housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, 
with Mr. Barrett of Nebraska in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as having 
been read the first time.
  Under the rule, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson) and the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson).
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, it is my pleasure to present to the House the 
recommendation for the military construction appropriations bill for 
fiscal year 2001. This is a bipartisan bill, and I want to thank my 
ranking member, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver), for his 
assistance in putting this bill together this year once again. We have 
tried to work together to solve many of the problems that our military 
faces today. We have gone out and looked at various locations. We have 
gone around the world together a number of times looking at the various 
projects, trying in a learning mode to get a bill that we can all agree 
upon.
  This bill presented to the House today totals $8.6 billion. This 
represents a $293 million, or 3 percent increase from last year's 
appropriation. However, the bill reflects a reduction of $1.3 billion 
or 13 percent from the enacted level just 4 years ago. The bill is 
within the 302(b) allocation for both budget authority and outlays. The 
recommendations before the House are solid, and fully fund priority 
projects for the services and our troops.
  The legislation helps meet the needs of our military families and 
improving our national security infrastructure. It is fiscally 
responsible, while supporting the housing, child care, and medical 
needs of our military.
  Within the $8.6 billion provided, we have been able to address 
quality-of-life issues, including $759 million for

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troop housing, $43 million for child development centers, $141 million 
for hospital and medical facilities, $26 million for environmental 
compliance, $859 million for new family housing units and for 
improvements to existing units, and $2.7 billion for operation and 
maintenance of existing family housing units.
  This year we have worked closely with the authorization committee, 
and I would like to recognize the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Hefley), 
whose chairmanship of the Subcommittee on Military Installations and 
Facilities will end at the conclusion of this Congress. This 
subcommittee has appreciated his cooperation and commitment to funding 
the infrastructure needs of our servicemen and their families the past 
6 years.
  In conclusion, this $8.6 billion is less than 3 percent of the total 
defense budget and only 3 percent above last year's funding level, but 
this $8.6 billion directly supports the men and women of our Armed 
Services. It increases productivity, readiness and recruitment, all 
very vital to a strong national defense.
  Mr. Chairman, I include the following for the Record.

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  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, the major function of this military construction bill 
deals with the training and housing facilities for the men and women 
who serve us in our military forces, but also with the education, the 
health clinics and hospitals and the daycare centers that serve their 
families while they serve us.
  At the very outset of this discussion I want to thank the gentleman 
from Ohio (Chairman Hobson) particularly for the bipartisan spirit in 
which this bill has been prepared, and I wanted to recognize the close 
and cooperative relationship that has existed between the majority and 
minority staffs as the legislation has been prepared.
  The bill before us, I believe, deserves our support. It is a good 
bill, prepared in that bipartisan spirit that I have mentioned. It 
provides for better workplaces and housing for the men and women that 
serve our Nation, but also for better housing for their families.
  The funds that are appropriated in this legislation are between 3 and 
4 percent more than last year, so we are not losing ground in dealing 
with the facilities and housing backlog, which is a severe backlog in 
trying to keep up the quality of life for our personnel.

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  One of the biggest problems that has faced this committee over the 
past several years is the huge need for quality family housing for the 
military, and one of the major efforts to address this has been housing 
privatization in an effort to leverage Federal assets and allow the 
private sector to come to the table with expertise in housing 
construction and management. Implementing that program, however, has 
not been easy. There have been some false starts. It has been slow, but 
with the chairman's very strong leadership we are starting to make some 
real progress.
  As part of his efforts, the committee is asking for the development 
of family housing master plans for each of the military services, and I 
particularly appreciate that these reports will review the economics 
behind the privatization programs and consider the market impact of the 
Defense Department's increase in the basic allowance for housing, which 
is to be fully phased in and implemented over the next several years.
  All in all, I think that we are on the road to improving the quality 
of life for our military families, and I urge all of my colleagues to 
support this bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
North Carolina (Mr. Hayes).
  Mr. HAYES. Mr. Chairman, I rise to express the appreciation of the 
men and women who serve at Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base. The 
chairman and the ranking member have outlined the details of the bill 
which are very important, but I rise to say that these men, 
particularly my chairman, have spent the time in the field listening to 
the concerns and seeing firsthand what the needs are and they have 
responded enthusiastically and in a very effective way with this bill.
  I strongly support it and urge everyone to do the same.
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Lee), for the purposes of a colloquy with the chairman.
  Ms. LEE. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the ranking member, the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver), for yielding me this time.
  Mr. Chairman, I would like to engage the distinguished chairman of 
the subcommittee in a colloquy. I first want to commend the committee 
for their hard work in crafting the bill before us today. I know that 
funding for new initiatives or requested increases would be difficult. 
However, there is a project recently brought to my attention, which is 
vitally important to my district. The East Bay Municipal Water 
District, better known as East Bay MUD, is the water district for much 
of the East Bay, and it is required because of new Federal regulations 
to expand its waste water treatment plant. East Bay MUD is currently 
located adjacent to the bay and adjacent to land acquired by the Army 
Reserves through the 1995 base closure.
  Through almost a year of negotiations, we have arrived at a solution 
to our problem and the Army Reserves is willing to move their entire 
operation to Camp Parks in Dublin, California. This would free up 
approximately 16 acres for East Bay MUD's expansion, and as well 
provide additional development of land for the City of Oakland. So this 
appears to be a very viable solution for our parties.
  We are, therefore, requesting $1.9 million to conduct a feasibility 
study. This would evaluate the alternatives and also plan and design 
for the land transfer. If feasible, the actual relocation would cost 
approximately $18 million, which we would seek in another funding cycle 
if the study proves positive.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Ms. LEE. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.
  Mr. HOBSON. I will be happy to work with the gentlewoman on this 
request. As she knows, we are working with tight funding restraints but 
we will do all we can to accommodate the request.
  Ms. LEE. I thank the chairman and the ranking member for allowing me 
to bring this request to their attention, and I look forward to working 
with the committee on this important project.
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Chairman, I oppose the Military construction 
appropriations bill. This bill effectively appropriates $65 million for 
the initial phase construction of a national ballistic missile system. 
This bill will begin to pave the way for deploying a boondoogle of 
unprecedented size and a hoax of a military strategy, a so-called 
national missile defense system.
  Once we begin down the road of an expanded nuclear defense system, 
there may be no turning back for Washington. If the history of defense 
funding serves, we will be creating policies to promote the use of and 
spending on more missiles. We will create a gravy train for every kooky 
weapons idea, without regard to effectiveness and affordability. We 
will undermine military readiness and we will weaken U.S. defense.
  We need to stop this now before spending billions of dollars on a 
system that has only been previously tested on a computer as a 
simulation. Billions of taxpayers dollars will fund a weapons system 
that simply does not work. Let's really strengthen our military and use 
these funds for programs that work and that really defend against real 
threats.
  According to testimony taken from Dr. David Wright of the Union of 
Concerned Scientists before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign 
Relations:

       There have been no intercept tests of the NMD system, but 
     since 1982 the U.S. has conducted 16 intercept tests of exo-
     atmospheric hit-to-kill interceptors, which operate in a 
     similar manner to the planned NMD interceptor. To date, the 
     test record of such interceptors has been absymmal. Only 2 of 
     these 16 intercept tests scored hits, for a 13 percent 
     success rate. And the test record is not getting better with 
     time: the most recent successful high-altitude test occurred 
     in January 1991 and the last 11 such intercept tests have 
     been failures.

  Moreover, deploying a national missile defense system will have 
devastating effect on United States-Russian arms reduction talks. 
Recently, the Russian Parliament has ratified the START II treaty. I 
think we have a great opportunity to lead by example but not deploying 
this dangerous system. Let's continue the dialog with Russia and 
cooperate on reducing nuclear military threats worldwide. Let us 
continue to fund successful programs, the Cooperative Threat Reduction 
program or the Nunn-Lugar program which aims to assist Russia in the 
denuclearization and demilitarization of the states of the former 
Soviet Union. This program has proven successful and effective in 
reducing nuclear threats, yet this program is due to receive little in 
comparison to the billions that will go to a ballistic missile 
technology which has not been proven to be successful and which can be 
easily defeated with countermeasures.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote against this bill because 
it prematurely approves the construction of national missile defense 
system which has not been fully tested, does not work, and is of 
unprecedented cost.
  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Chairman, I support this bill because on 
balance, it is a good bill. In particular, it provides necessary funds 
for National Guard projects in my State of Colorado.
  I would like to voice my concerns, however, about funding provided 
for the initial construction phase of a national missile defense 
system. I'm glad the committee didn't provide all the funds the 
President requested, and I'm glad the committee's report included 
language expressing concern that to date no site has been selected and 
a decision hasn't been made to go forward with this program.

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  I hope that the appropriation of these funds does not encourage a 
premature decision on the deployment of a national missile defense 
system. As so many have said, the intercept technology is clearly not 
ready for operational application, and I am convinced it would be 
irresponsible--as well as strategically disadvantageous--for us to make 
a unilateral move toward an inadequately tested defense system. I 
continue to believe that a decision to deploy that ignores 
technological and diplomatic considerations cannot possibly yield the 
best outcome.
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Chairman, I thank the Chairman and applaud the 
committee for including funding for a new National Guard Training and 
Community Center in Mankato, MN, in this year's military construction 
bill.
  For the information of Members, the Mankato Training and Community 
Center was included in the 2001 Future Years Defense Plan and is one of 
the highest priorities of the Minnesota National Guard. The United 
States has called on its military for major deployments three times as 
much in the last 10 years as in the previous 40. If we continue to call 
on our military with an ever-increasing frequency we must also commit 
to updating the facilities and equipment which are essential to its 
mission.
  We must not simply pour money into our military, without first 
ensuring that this money is being spent well. Training and community 
centers are a win-win solution, that gives value-added benefit to the 
local community and much greater benefit from the Government dollar. 
These facilities traditionally have been used only by the Guard unit 
and remain unused during the week when no training is conducted. By 
allowing the community to share in the use and cost of the new facility 
the community receives a state-of-the-art community center and the 
Guard benefits from a better facility than without the local 
community's contribution. The 2d battalion 135th Infantry in Mankato, 
MN is certainly in need of a new facility. The current facility is 
outdated and prohibits the Guard from carrying out its mission. The 
building was built in 1922 to hold Army horse cavalry which is needless 
to say, far different from the modern mechanized infantry which 
attempts to use the same facility today. It lacks adequate classrooms, 
administration facilities, training space and equipment storage areas. 
The unit can't even park its military vehicles on location, most are 
parked at the nearest National Guard facility 60 miles away.
  This project is a win-win-win for the Minnesota National Guard, the 
local community, and our Nation's defense infrastructure. I thank the 
members who supported this bill.
  Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Chairman, I am in support of H.R. 4425 the FY2001 
Military Construction Appropriations Act. This bill provides funds to 
support our military men and women.
  Mr. Chairman, the quality of life of our military service men and 
women is paramount to national security. Retaining skilled, talented, 
and hard-working men and women into the armed services cannot be 
guaranteed without ensuring that medical facilities meet medical needs. 
Our efforts to attract bright, gifted young people will struggle 
without military housing that protects and serves the needs of 
families. This bill makes much needed improvements on infrastructure 
and represents our commitment to those who put their lives on the line 
everyday to ensure that our quality of life is protected.
  Mr. Chairman, H.R. 4425 also approves the Department of Defense's 
three-pronged approach to military housing needs which includes: 
eliminating out-of-pocket housing costs by raising the Basic Allowance 
for Housing (BAH), maintaining existing levels of military construction 
funding and continuing privatization projects. This legislation 
recognizes the varying cost-of-living throughout the United States and 
applies creative solutions to military housing needs.
  I encourage my colleagues to support this legislation and continue 
our commitment to our military personnel.
  Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Chairman, I see that the committee's 
report that accompanies this bill encourages the Deputy Under Secretary 
of Defense for Installations to ensure that up to date building control 
technologies are used in the Pentagon as that building is renovated. As 
the chairman of the subcommittee that funds DOD's capital construction 
budget, he understands that installing inadequate building control 
systems can increase the operations costs in future years. I commend 
the chairman for this wisdom.
  However, the report suggests that the funding for this effort be 
taken from unobligated balances in the Energy Conservation Investment 
Program. The report further states that the Energy Conservation 
Investment Program has unobligated balances that total $39 million. I 
have received information that the unobligated balances in that account 
may be much smaller. If that is the case, the funds for the Pentagon 
building controls may not be available. I believe such a result is 
unintended.
  So I hope the Committee will look into this matter.
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the remainder of my time.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the 5-minute rule.
  During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chair may accord 
priority in recognition to a Member offering an amendment that he has 
printed in the designated place in the Congressional Record. Those 
amendments will be considered read.
  The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone a request for 
a recorded vote on any amendment and may reduce to a minimum of 5 
minutes the time for voting on any postponed question that immediately 
follows another vote, provided that the time for voting on the first 
question shall be a minimum of 15 minutes.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 4425

       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 military 
     construction, family housing, and base realignment and 
     closure functions administered by the Department of Defense, 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, 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, $869,950,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2005: Provided, That of this amount, not to 
     exceed $99,961,000 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, 
     $891,380,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005: 
     Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed $67,502,000 
     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, $703,903,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That of this 
     amount, not to exceed $56,949,000 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, $800,314,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That 
     such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by 
     the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to such 
     appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 
     military construction or family housing as he may designate, 
     to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, 
     and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to 
     which transferred: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated, not to exceed $77,505,000 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

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     for the training and administration of the Army National 
     Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter 
     1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
     Construction Authorization Acts, $137,603,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2005.

               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 1803 of title 10, United 
     States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
     $110,585,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005.

                  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 
     1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
     Construction Authorization Acts, $115,854,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2005.

                  Military Construction, Naval Reserve


                        (including rescissions)

       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 1803 of title 10, 
     United States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 
     Acts, $53,004,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2005: Provided further, That the funds appropriated for 
     ``Military Construction, Naval Reserve'' under Public Law 
     105-45, $2,400,000 is hereby rescinded.

                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 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
     Construction Authorization Acts, $43,748,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2005.

                   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, $177,500,000, 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, 
     $198,505,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005; 
     for Operation and Maintenance, and for debt payment, 
     $953,744,000; in all $1,152,249,000.

                 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, $419,584,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2005; for Operation and Maintenance, and for 
     debt payment, $879,208,000; in all $1,298,792,000.

                       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, 
     $241,384,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005; 
     for Operation and Maintenance, and for debt payment, 
     $820,879,000; in all $1,062,263,000.

                      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, for Operation and 
     Maintenance, $44,886,000.

                  Base Realignment and Closure Account

       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), $1,174,369,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That not more than $865,318,000 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 
     construction, 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 percent 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; (2) purchases 
     negotiated by the Attorney General or his designee; (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 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 percent: 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 30 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 percent of the appropriations in 
     Military Construction Appropriations Acts which are limited 
     for obligation during the current fiscal year shall be 
     obligated during the last 2 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

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     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 5-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.

  Mr. HOBSON (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent that the remainder of the bill through page 15 line 3 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 
Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN. Are there any amendments to that portion of the bill?
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment on page 15 after 
line 9.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will report that section of the bill.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       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'').


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Traficant

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment on page 15, after 
line 9, which would be section 121(b), a new section.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Traficant:
       On page 15, line 4, after ``Sec. 121'' insert ``(a)''.
       On page 15, after line 9 insert the following:
       ``(b) No funds made available under this Act shall be made 
     available to any person or entity who has been convicted of 
     violating the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, 
     popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').''

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, we will be participating in building a 
facility in Italy that will be covered by Italian law that will limit 
all contractors to be Italians. My language is not restrictive. All it 
says is, abide by our buy American law and if anybody has been 
convicted of having violated it, they cannot, in fact, receive 
contracts under this bill.
  Now, to the best of my knowledge, there is no one at this point that 
has violated it but it begins to set a precedent for those to 
understand that one shall not violate the Buy American Act even though 
I believe it should be stronger, but they shall not violate it under 
any circumstances.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. TRAFICANT. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, we have no objection to the amendment.
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. TRAFICANT. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts.
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Chairman, we have no objection.
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, I urge an aye vote on the amendment and 
on this fine bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  Mr. BISHOP. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 4425, the Military 
Construction Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2000. I wish to 
commend the gentleman from Ohio (Chairman Hobson) and the gentleman 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) and the Committee on Appropriations for 
crafting a bill which provides the necessary funding to improve the 
quality of life of our men and women in our armed forces.
  I believe that this measure goes a long way in addressing the backlog 
in readiness, revitalization and quality of life projects. The measure 
before us today will fund the planning and construction of several 
barracks, family housing and operational facilities.
  The Second Congressional District of Georgia is home to three 
military installations, Fort Benning, home of the 75th Ranger Regiment 
and this year's winner of the Army Chief-of-Staff's Army Communities of 
Excellence Awards; Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, home of the 347th 
Fighter Wing, and the Marine Corps Logistics Center and Materiel 
Command Base in my hometown of Albany, Georgia.
  I have seen firsthand the excellent work that our fighting men and 
women do, often under very, very difficult circumstances. Our 
responsibility is to make their jobs easier. We cannot expect to 
attract qualified recruits and retain them if we provide inadequate 
facilities for them while they are in.
  This measure would provide Fort Benning with $24 million for Phase 
III of barracks construction and $15.8 million for fixed wing aircraft 
parking aprons. It provides $1.1 million for the renovation of the 
vehicle storage facility at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, 
and it provides $2.5 million for a badly needed water treatment plant 
at Moody Air Force Base.
  The portions of the bill that I just spoke of place a human face on 
this debate for my constituents, Mr. Chairman. We know that we have the 
most technologically advanced military in the world. Therefore, we must 
continue to improve the quality of life for the men and women who are 
the heart and soul of that military. This bill does a very good job of 
doing just that, and, therefore, I strongly urge my colleagues to 
support the measure.
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the remainder 
of the bill through page 20, line 5, 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 
Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill from page 15, line 10, through page 20, line 5, 
is as follows:
       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. Subject to 30 days prior notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations, such additional amounts as may 
     be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred 
     to the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 
     from amounts appropriated for construction in ``Family 
     Housing'' accounts, to be merged with and to be available for 
     the same purposes and for the same period of time as amounts 
     appropriated directly to the Fund:

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     Provided, That appropriations made available to the Fund 
     shall be available to cover the costs, as defined in section 
     502(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct 
     loans or loan guarantees issued by the Department of Defense 
     pursuant to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169, 
     title 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means 
     of acquiring and improving military family housing and 
     supporting facilities.
       Sec. 124. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     by this Act may be obligated for Partnership for Peace 
     Programs in the New Independent States of the former Soviet 
     Union.
       Sec. 125. (a) Not later than 60 days before issuing any 
     solicitation for a contract with the private sector for 
     military family 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 Military 
     Construction Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate.
       (2) The Committee on Armed Services and the Military 
     Construction Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 126. 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. 127. Notwithstanding this or any other provision of 
     law, funds appropriated in Military Construction 
     Appropriations Acts for operations and maintenance of family 
     housing shall be the exclusive source of funds for repair and 
     maintenance of all family housing units, including flag and 
     general officer quarters: Provided, That not more than 
     $25,000 per unit may be spent annually for the maintenance 
     and repair of any general or flag officer quarters without 30 
     days advance prior notification of the appropriate committees 
     of Congress: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees 
     on Appropriations all operations and maintenance expenditures 
     for each individual flag and general officer quarters for the 
     prior fiscal year.
       Sec. 128. The Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force are 
     directed to submit to the appropriate committees of the 
     Congress by July 1, 2001, a Family Housing Master Plan 
     demonstrating how they plan to meet the year 2010 housing 
     goals with traditional construction, operation and 
     maintenance support, as well as privatization initiative 
     proposals. Each plan shall include projected life cycle costs 
     for family housing construction, basic allowance for housing, 
     operation and maintenance, other associated costs, and a time 
     line for housing completions each year.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 129. During fiscal year 2001, in addition to any other 
     transfer authority available to the Department of Defense, 
     funds appropriated in the Military Construction 
     Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-52; 113 Stat. 259) 
     under the heading ``Military Construction, Naval Reserve'' 
     and still unobligated may be transferred to the account for 
     ``Military Construction, Navy''. Amounts transferred under 
     this section shall be merged with, and be available for the 
     same period as, the amounts in the account to which 
     transferred and shall be available to construct, under the 
     authority of section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, an 
     elevated water storage tank at the Naval Support Activity 
     Midsouth, Millington, Tennessee.
       Sec. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of the Navy is authorized to use funds received 
     pursuant to section 2601 of title 10, United States Code, for 
     the construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of the 
     historic residences located at Marine Corps Barracks, 8th and 
     I Streets, Washington, DC: Provided, That the Secretary 
     notifies the appropriate committees of Congress thirty days 
     in advance of the intended use of such funds.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there amendments to that portion of the bill?
  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, I really want to come to the floor to compliment the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson), the chairman of the subcommittee, and 
the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver), the ranking Democratic 
member. The way this process works is when a bill is put together on a 
thorough, careful, fair and bipartisan basis, it brings to it very 
little press attention.
  We will have to talk about this today because in tomorrow's 
newspapers and on the evening news tonight, we will not read about the 
military construction bill. It is sad that Americans will not know what 
has been done here on the House today and what has led up to this fact, 
because the fact is that we owe it to the men and women of this country 
who put on a uniform and put their lives on the line to ensure that 
they can have a quality of life; education for their children; housing 
and health care for their children. Quality of life for military 
servicemen and women and their families is what this military 
construction bill is all about, and because of the fair and bipartisan 
leadership of the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hobson), in his partnership 
with the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver), and the committee, 
this money, these taxpayer dollars, are being spent wisely in a way 
that will improve the readiness of our military forces and give the 
kind of quality of care that our military servicemen and women deserve.

                              {time}  1230

  Just one final note. I was recently on a trip with several other 
Members of the House and met a young Army private who had missed the 
birth, the recent birth, of his first child.
  I do not know how we can ever repay somebody like that. As a father 
of a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old, I cannot imagine what it would have 
been like not to have been there when my wife, Lea Ann, gave birth to 
our children. What a special moment for all of us in this House that 
are fathers, to be there with our wives when our children are born.
  But while we cannot put a dollar value on that sacrifice that that 
young private of the Army gave, what we can do and are doing, under the 
leadership of the chairman and the ranking member today, is saying to 
our service men and women, we do appreciate them. We not only 
appreciate them with our words, but with our deeds.
  I want to compliment the committee leadership for a great effort on 
putting together this fair and bipartisan package that makes sense for 
the taxpayers and for our military.
  The CHAIRMAN. Are there further amendments to the bill?
  If not, the Clerk will read the last 2 lines of the bill.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       This Act may be cited as the ``Military Construction 
     Appropriations Act, 2001''.

  The CHAIRMAN. If there are no further amendments, under the rule, the 
Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Hayes) having assumed the chair, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, 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. 
4425) making appropriations for military construction, family housing, 
and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, pursuant 
to House Resolution 502, he reported the bill back to the House with an 
amendment adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  The question is on the amendment.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  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 the passage of the bill.
  Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 386, 
nays 22, not voting 26, as follows:

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                             [Roll No. 184]

                               YEAS--386

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth-Hage
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (IN)
     Hill (MT)
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Isakson
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuykendall
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larson
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Luther
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCrery
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Napolitano
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Ose
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Phelps
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaffer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Talent
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NAYS--22

     Barrett (WI)
     Capuano
     Conyers
     Duncan
     Frank (MA)
     Klink
     Kucinich
     Lee
     Lofgren
     Markey
     McDermott
     McKinney
     Nadler
     Owens
     Paul
     Payne
     Rivers
     Royce
     Sensenbrenner
     Stark
     Tierney
     Wu

                             NOT VOTING--26

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Campbell
     Clay
     Danner
     Dooley
     Franks (NJ)
     Gutknecht
     Hinchey
     Houghton
     LaFalce
     Largent
     LoBiondo
     Maloney (CT)
     McCollum
     McIntosh
     McNulty
     Neal
     Salmon
     Serrano
     Shows
     Skelton
     Stupak
     Udall (NM)
     Vento
     Weldon (PA)

                              {time}  1251

  Messrs. CAPUANO, OWENS and PAYNE changed their vote from ``yea'' to 
``nay''.
  Mr. McGOVERN changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea''.
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Mr. SALMON. Mr. Speaker, due to an unavoidable absence, I was unable 
to be present for House consideration of H.R. 4425, Military 
Construction Appropriations for FY 2001 (rollcall No. 184). Had I been 
present I would have voted ``yea.''
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained earlier today 
and was not present for rollcall vote No. 184. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``aye.''

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