Calendar No. 512

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4453

[Report No. 103–312]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for military construction for

poses.ending September 30, 1995, and for other purthe Department of Defense for the fiscal year

MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on

Appropriations

JUNE 14 (legislative day, JUNE 11), 1994

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 521

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4453

[Report No. 103–312]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

JULY 14 (legislative day, JULY 11), 1994

Reported by Mr. SASSER, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September

30, 1995, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, for military con6 struction functions administered by the Department of

7 Defense, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

2 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip3 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military

4 installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as

5 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the

6 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec7 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con8 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func9 tions of the Commander in Chief, $623,511,000

10 $489,076,000, to remain available until September 30,

11 1999: Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed

12 $67,700,000 $62,926,000 shall be available for study,

13 planning, design, architect and engineer services, as au14 thorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deter15 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such

16 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations

17 of both Houses of Congress of his determination and the

18 reasons therefor.

19 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY

20 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip21 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in22 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy as

23 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the

24 Naval Facilities Engineering Command and other per25 sonal services necessary for the purposes of this appropria-
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1 tion, $462,701,000 $340,455,000, to remain available until

2 September 30, 1999: Provided, That of this amount, not

3 to exceed $47,900,000 $43,380,000 shall be available for

4 study, planning, design, architect and engineer services,

5 as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense de6 termines that additional obligations are necessary for such

7 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations

8 of both Houses of Congress of his determination and the

9 reasons therefor.

10 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

11 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip12 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military

13 installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force

14 as currently authorized by law, $514,977,000

15 $525,863,000, to remain available until September 30,

16 1999: Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed

17 $55,900,000 $53,886,000 shall be available for study,

18 planning, design, architect and engineer services, as au19 thorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deter20 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such

21 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations

22 of both Houses of Congress of his determination and the

23 reasons therefor.
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip4 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa5 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen6 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military

7 departments), as currently authorized by law,

8 $467,169,000 $561,039,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 1999: Provided, That such amounts of this ap10 propriation as may be determined by the Secretary of De11 fense may be transferred to such appropriations of the De12 partment of Defense available for military construction or

13 family housing as he may designate, to be merged with

14 and to be available for the same purposes, and for the

15 same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which

16 transferred: Provided further, That of the amount appro17 priated, not to exceed $45,960,000 $51,960,000 shall be

18 available for study, planning, design, architect and engi19 neer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary

20 of Defense determines that additional obligations are nec21 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on

22 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of his deter23 mination and the reasons therefor.
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

2 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita3 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad4 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu5 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10,

6 United States Code, and military construction authoriza7 tion Acts, $134,235,000 $170,479,000, to remain available

8 until September 30, 1999.

9 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

10 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita11 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad12 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions

13 therefor, as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United

14 States Code, and military construction authorization Acts,

15 $209,843,000 $257,825,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 1999.

17 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

18 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita20 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad21 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter

22 133 of title 10, United States Code, and military construc23 tion authorization Acts, $39,121,000 $40,870,000, to re24 main available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That

25 of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Military Construction, Army
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1 Reserve, 1992/1996’’, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to

2 ‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard, 1992/1996’’

3 for the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans4 ferred.

5 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVAL RESERVE

6 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita7 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad8 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and

9 Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10,

10 United States Code, and military construction authoriza11 tion Acts, $12,348,000 $18,355,000, to remain available

12 until September 30, 1999.

13 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

14 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita15 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad16 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by

17 chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, and mili18 tary construction authorization Acts, $56,378,000

19 $45,840,000, to remain available until September 30,

20 1999.

21 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

22 INFRASTRUCTURE

23 For the United States share of the cost of North At24 lantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure programs for

25 the acquisition and construction of military facilities and
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1 installations (including international military head2 quarters) and for related expenses for the collective de3 fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized in

4 military construction Acts and section 2806 of title 10,

5 United States Code, $119,000,000 $219,000,000, to re6 main available until expended.

7 FAMILY HOUSING, ARMY

8 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con9 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex10 pansion, extension and alteration and for operation and

11 maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor con12 struction, principal and interest charges, and insurance

13 premiums, as authorized by law, as follows: for Construc14 tion, $160,602,000 $173,502,000, to remain available until

15 September 30, 1999; for Operation and maintenance, and

16 for debt payment, $1,121,208,000 $1,065,708,000; in all

17 $1,281,810,000 $1,239,210,000.

18 FAMILY HOUSING, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

19 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma20 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace21 ment, addition, expansion, extension and alteration and

22 for operation and maintenance, including debt payment,

23 leasing, minor construction, principal and interest

24 charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law,

25 as follows: for Construction, $269,035,000 $229,295,000,
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1 to remain available until September 30, 1999; for Oper2 ation and maintenance, and for debt payment,

3 $853,599,000 $937,599,000; in all $1,122,634,000

4 $1,166,894,000.

5 FAMILY HOUSING, AIR FORCE

6 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for

7 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition,

8 expansion, extension and alteration and for operation and

9 maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor con10 struction, principal and interest charges, and insurance

11 premiums, as authorized by law, as follows: for Construc12 tion, $276,482,000 $273,355,000, to remain available until

13 September 30, 1999; for Operation and maintenance, and

14 for debt payment, $801,345,000 $824,845,000 of which

15 not more than $14,200,000 may be obligated for the ac16 quisition of family housing units at Comiso AB, Italy; in

17 all $1,077,827,000 $1,098,200,000.

18 FAMILY HOUSING, DEFENSE-WIDE

19 For expenses of family housing for the activities and

20 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the

21 military departments) for construction, including acquisi22 tion, replacement, addition, expansion, extension and al23 teration, and for operation and maintenance, leasing, and

24 minor construction, as authorized by law, as follows: for

25 Construction, $350,000, to remain available for obligation
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1 until September 30, 1999; for Operation and maintenance,

2 $29,031,000; in all $29,381,000.

3 BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT, PART I

4 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base

5 Closure Account established by section 207(a)(1) of the

6 Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure

7 and Realignment Act (Public Law 100–526),

8 $87,600,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep9 tember 30, 1995: Provided, That none of these funds

10 may be obligated for base realignment and closure activi11 ties under Public Law 100–526 which would cause the

12 Department’s $1,800,000,000 cost estimate for military

13 construction and family housing related to the Base Re14 alignment and Closure Program to be exceeded: Provided

15 further, That not less than $66,800,000 of the funds ap16 propriated herein shall be available solely for environ17 mental restoration.

18 BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT, PART II

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base

21 Closure Account 1990 established by section 2906(a)(1)

22 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991

23 (Public Law 101–510), $265,700,000, to remain available

24 until expended: Provided, That not less than

25 $138,700,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be
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1 available solely for environmental restoration: Provided

2 further, That, in addition, not to exceed $133,000,000

3 may be transferred from ‘‘Homeowners Assistance Fund,

4 Defense’’ to ‘‘Base Realignment and Closure Account,

5 Part II’’, to be merged with, and to be available for the

6 same purposes and the same time period as that account.

7 BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT, PART III

8 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base

9 Closure Account 1990 established by section 2906(a)(1)

10 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991

11 (Public Law 101–510), $2,322,858,000, to remain avail12 able until expended: Provided, That not less than

13 $302,700,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be

14 available solely for environmental restoration.

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS

16 SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in Military

17 Construction Appropriations Acts shall be expended for

18 payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work,

19 where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be performed

20 within the United States, except Alaska, without the spe21 cific approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense set22 ting forth the reasons therefor.

23 SEC. 102. Funds appropriated to the Department of

24 Defense for construction shall be available for hire of pas25 senger motor vehicles.
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1 SEC. 103. Funds appropriated to the Department of

2 Defense for construction may be used for advances to the

3 Federal Highway Administration, Department of Trans4 portation, for the construction of access roads as author5 ized by section 210 of title 23, United States Code, when

6 projects authorized therein are certified as important to

7 the national defense by the Secretary of Defense.

8 SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

9 may be used to begin construction of new bases inside the

10 continental United States for which specific appropria11 tions have not been made.

12 SEC. 105. No part of the funds provided in Military

13 Construction Appropriations Acts shall be used for pur14 chase of land or land easements in excess of 100 per cen15 tum of the value as determined by the Army Corps of En16 gineers or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, ex17 cept (a) where there is a determination of value by a Fed18 eral court, or (b) purchases negotiated by the Attorney

19 General or his designee, or (c) where the estimated value

20 is less than $25,000, or (d) as otherwise determined by

21 the Secretary of Defense to be in the public interest.

22 SEC. 106. None of the funds appropriated in Military

23 Construction Appropriations Acts shall be used to (1) ac24 quire land, (2) provide for site preparation, or (3) install

25 utilities for any family housing, except housing for which
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1 funds have been made available in annual Military Con2 struction Appropriations Acts.

3 SEC. 107. None of the funds appropriated in Military

4 Construction Appropriations Acts for minor construction

5 may be used to transfer or relocate any activity from one

6 base or installation to another, without prior notification

7 to the Committees on Appropriations.

8 SEC. 108. No part of the funds appropriated in Mili9 tary Construction Appropriations Acts may be used for

10 the procurement of steel for any construction project or

11 activity for which American steel producers, fabricators,

12 and manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to

13 compete for such steel procurement.

14 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart15 ment of Defense for military construction or family hous16 ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real

17 property taxes in any foreign nation.

18 SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated in Military

19 Construction Appropriations Acts may be used to initiate

20 a new installation overseas without prior notification to

21 the Committees on Appropriations.

22 SEC. 111. None of the funds appropriated in Military

23 Construction Appropriations Acts may be obligated for ar24 chitect and engineer contracts estimated by the Govern25 ment to exceed $500,000 for projects to be accomplished
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1 in Japan or in any NATO member country, unless such

2 contracts are awarded to United States firms or United

3 States firms in joint venture with host nation firms.

4 SEC. 112. None of the funds appropriated in Military

5 Construction Appropriations Acts for military construc6 tion in the United States territories and possessions in the

7 Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll may be used to award any

8 contract estimated by the Government to exceed

9 $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That this

10 section shall not be applicable to contract awards for

11 which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a

12 United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive

13 and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than

14 20 per centum.

15 SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense is to inform the

16 Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on

17 Armed Services of the plans and scope of any proposed

18 military exercise involving United States personnel thirty

19 days prior to its occurring, if amounts expended for con20 struction, either temporary or permanent, are anticipated

21 to exceed $100,000.

22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 114. Unexpended balances in the Military Fam24 ily Housing Management Account established pursuant to

25 section 2831 of title 10, United States Code, as well as

26 any additional amounts which would otherwise be trans-
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1 ferred to the Military Family Housing Management Ac2 count, shall be transferred to the appropriations for Fam3 ily Housing, as determined by the Secretary of Defense,

4 based on the sources from which the funds were derived,

5 and shall be available for the same purposes, and for the

6 same time period, as the appropriation to which they have

7 been transferred.

8 SEC. 115. Not more than 20 per centum of the appro9 priations in Military Construction Appropriations Acts

10 which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal

11 year shall be obligated during the last two months of the

12 fiscal year.

13 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 116. Funds appropriated to the Department of

15 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available

16 for construction authorized for each such military depart17 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the

18 current session of Congress.

19 SEC. 117. For military construction or family housing

20 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex21 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may

22 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec23 tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects

24 and on subsequent claims, if any.

25 SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of

26 law, any funds appropriated to a military department or
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1 defense agency for the construction of military projects

2 may be obligated for a military construction project or

3 contract, or for any portion of such a project or contract,

4 at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after

5 the fiscal year for which funds for such project were ap6 propriated if the funds obligated for such project (1) are

7 obligated from funds available for military construction

8 projects, and (2) do not exceed the amount appropriated

9 for such project, plus any amount by which the cost of

10 such project is increased pursuant to law.

11 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 119. During the five-year period after appro13 priations available to the Department of Defense for mili14 tary construction and family housing operation and main15 tenance and construction have expired for obligation, upon

16 a determination that such appropriations will not be nec17 essary for the liquidation of obligations or for making au18 thorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga19 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap20 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations

21 may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur22 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’ to be merged

23 with and to be available for the same time period and for

24 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans25 ferred.
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1 SEC. 120. The Secretary of Defense is to provide the

2 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

3 House of Representatives with an annual report by Feb4 ruary 15, containing details of the specific actions pro5 posed to be taken by the Department of Defense during

6 the current fiscal year to encourage other member nations

7 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Japan and

8 Korea to assume a greater share of the common defense

9 burden of such nations and the United States.

10 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 121. During the current fiscal year, in addition

12 to any other transfer authority available to the Depart13 ment of Defense, proceeds deposited to the Department

14 of Defense Base Closure Account established by section

15 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authorization Amendments and

16 Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100–526)

17 pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) of such Act, may be

18 transferred to the account established by section

19 2906(a)(1) of the Department of Defense Authorization

20 Act, 1991, to be merged with, and to be available for the

21 same purposes and the same time period as that account.

22 SEC. 122. The second paragraph under the heading,

23 ‘‘Family Housing, Navy and Marine Corps’’ in title XI

24 of Public Law 102–368, is amended by inserting ‘‘and the

25 August 8, 1993 earthquake in Guam’’ immediately after

26 ‘‘Typhoon Omar’’.
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1 SEC. 123. (a) Of the budgetary resources available

2 to the Department of Defense for military construction

3 and family housing accounts during fiscal year 1995,

4 $10,421,000 are permanently canceled.

5 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall allocate the

6 amount of budgetary resources canceled among the De7 partment’s military construction and family housing ac8 counts available for procurement and procurement-related

9 expenses. Amounts available for procurement and procure10 ment-related expenses in each such account shall be re11 duced by the amount allocated to such account.

12 (c) For the purposes of this section, the definition

13 of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac14 quiring property or services, beginning with the process

15 of determining a need for a product or services and ending

16 with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41

17 U.S.C. 403(2).

18 SEC. 124. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.

19 No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be

20 expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in ex21 pending the assistance the entity will comply with sections

22 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–

23 10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

24 (INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 SEC. 124. In addition to amounts appropriated or oth26 erwise made available by this Act, $25,100,000 is appro-
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1 priated to the Department of Defense and shall be available

2 only for transfer to the United States Coast Guard, to re3 main available until expended, to defray expenses for the

4 consolidation of United States Coast Guard functions in

5 Martinsburg, West Virginia, including planning, acquisi6 tion, construction, relocation of personnel and equipment

7 and other associated costs: Provided, That of the funds ap8 propriated for ‘‘Military Construction, Naval Reserve’’

9 under Public Law 102–136, $25,100,000 are rescinded.

10 SEC. 125. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD11 ING NOTICE.

12 (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

13 AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or prod14 ucts that may be authorized to be purchased with financial

15 assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of the

16 Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in

17 expending the assistance, purchase only American-made

18 equipment and products.

19 (b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In

20 providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec21 retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of

22 the assistance a notice describing the statement made in

23 subsection (a) by the Congress.
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1 (RESCISSIONS)

2 SEC. 125. Of the funds provided in Military Construc3 tion Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby re4 scinded from the following accounts in the specified

5 amounts:

6 ‘‘Military Construction, Defense Agencies, 1992/

7 1996’’, $30,000,000;

8 ‘‘Military Construction, Defense Agencies, 1993/

9 1997’’, $1,500,000.

10 SEC. 126. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.

11 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal

12 agency that any person intentionally affixed a fraudulent

13 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in14 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in

15 or shipped to the United States that was not made in the

16 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

17 any contract or subcontract made with funds provided

18 pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen19 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section

20 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula21 tions.

22 SEC. 126. LAND CONVEYANCE, NAVAL RESERVE CENTER,

23 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

24 (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the

25 Navy may convey to the City of Seattle, Washington (in
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1 this section referred to as the ‘‘City’’), all right, title, and

2 interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real prop3 erty, together with improvements thereon, consisting of ap4 proximately 5.09 acres, the location of the Naval Reserve

5 Center, Seattle, Washington.

6 (b) CONSIDERATION.—(1) As consideration for the con7 veyance under subsection (a), the City shall pay to the

8 United States an amount equal to the fair market value

9 (as determined by the Secretary) of the portion of the real

10 property to be conveyed under subsection (a) that is de11 scribed in paragraph (2).

12 (2) Paragraph (1) applies to the portion of the parcel

13 of real property referred to in subsection (a) that consists

14 of approximately 3.67 acres and was acquired by the

15 United States from a party other than the City.

16 (c) CONDITION.—The conveyance authorized by sub17 section (a) shall be subject to the condition that the City

18 accept the real property in its condition at the time of con19 veyance.

20 (d) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CONVEYANCE.—(1)

21 The Secretary may not make the conveyance authorized by

22 subsection (a) until the commencement of the use by the

23 Navy of a Naval Reserve Center that is a suitable replace24 ment for the Naval Reserve Center located on the property

25 to be conveyed.
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1 (2) The Secretary may not commence construction of

2 a facility to be the replacement facility under paragraph

3 (1) for the Naval Reserve Center until the Secretary com4 pletes an environmental impact statement with respect to

5 the construction and operation of the facility to be the re6 placement facility.

7 (e) PAYMENT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.—If at any time

8 after the conveyance under this section the City ceases uti9 lizing the real property conveyed under subsection (a) for

10 public purposes, and uses such real property instead for

11 commercial purposes, the City shall pay to the United

12 States an amount equal to the excess, if any, of—

13 (1) an amount equal to the fair market value (as

14 determined by the Secretary) of the real property re15 ferred to in subsection (b)(2), and any improvements

16 thereon, at the time the City ceases utilizing the real

17 property for public purposes, over

18 (2) the amount determined by the Secretary

19 under subsection (b)(1).

20 (f) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Proceeds from the sale shall

21 be deposited in the Treasury of the United States.

22 (g) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage

23 and legal description of the property to be conveyed under

24 this section shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to
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1 the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne by the

2 City.

3 (h) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—(1) The

4 Navy may scope more than one site.

5 (2) The Secretary may require such additional terms

6 and conditions in connection with the conveyance under

7 this section as the Secretary considers appropriate to pro8 tect the interests of the United States.

9 SEC. 127. LAND TRANSFER, WOODBRIDGE RESEARCH FACIL10 ITY, VIRGINIA.

11 (a) REQUIREMENT OF TRANSFER.—Notwithstanding

12 any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Army shall

13 transfer, without reimbursement, to the Department of the

14 Interior, a parcel of real estate consisting of approximately

15 580 acres and comprising the Army Research Laboratory

16 Woodbridge Facility, Virginia, together with any improve17 ments thereon.

18 (b) USE OF TRANSFERRED PROPERTY.—The Secretary

19 of the Interior shall use appropriate parts of this real prop20 erty for (1) incorporation into the Mason Neck Wildlife Ref21 uge and (2) work with the local government and the

22 Woodbridge Reuse Committee to plan any additional usage

23 of the property, including an environmental education cen24 ter: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior provide ap25 propriate public access to the property.
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction

2 Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

Passed the House of Representatives May 24, 1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.