[Appendix, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1999]
[Page 314-316]
[DOCID:1999_app_mil-12]
From the Budget of the U.S., FY 1999 Online via GPO Access
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GENERAL PROVISIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
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] 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: [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] 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;
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 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] 111. 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
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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] 112. Not more than 20 [per centum] 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 two months of the fiscal year.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. [115] 113. 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] 114. 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] 115. 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] 116. 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] 117. 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] 118. (a) Subject to thirty days prior notification to the
Committees on Appropriations, such additional amounts as may be
determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to the
Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund from amounts
appropriated for construction in ``Family Housing'' accounts and from
amounts contained in the account established by section 2906(a)(1) of
the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-510),
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:
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.
(b) Subject to thirty days prior notification to the Committees on
Appropriations, such additional amounts as may be determined by the
Secretary of Defense may be transferred to the Department of Defense
Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund from amounts
appropriated for the acquisition or construction of military
unaccompanied housing in ``Military Construction'' 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: 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 unaccompanied housing and
ancillary supporting facilities.
Sec. [124] 119. 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 Housing
Revitalization Support Office 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. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Act, the
following accounts are hereby reduced by the specified amounts--
``Military Construction, Army'', $7,900,000;
``Military Construction, Navy'', $5,600,000;
``Military Construction, Air Force'', $7,600,000;
``Military Construction, Defense-wide'', $6,100,000;
``North Atlantic Treaty Organization 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;
``Family Housing, Army'', $36,700,000;
``Family Housing, Navy and Marine Corps'', $13,100,000;
``Family Housing, Air Force'', $14,700,000; and
``Family Housing, Defense-wide'', $100,000.]
[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.--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.
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(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 ordnance 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 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] 120. (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 Military
Construction Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate.
(2) The Committee on National Security and the Military
Construction Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives.
Sec. 121. 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. 122. During the current fiscal year, upon a determination by
the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national
interest, he may, with the approval of the Office of Management and
Budget, transfer not to exceed $200,000,000 of funds appropriated in
this Act, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes,
and for the same time period, as the appropriation, fund, or account to
which transferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be
used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military
requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no
case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by
Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify
the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority.
Sec. 123. Payments received by the Secretary of the Navy pursuant to
subsection (b)(1) of section 2842 of the National Defense Authorization
Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-484) are appropriated and shall be available
for the purposes authorized in subsection (d) of that section. (Military
Construction Appropriations Act, 1998.)