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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3283

To provide for the use of Department of Defense golf courses by the general

public, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 14, 1993

Mr. KLECZKA (for himself, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. KLUG, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. BARCA of Wisconsin, Miss COLLINS of Michigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To provide for the use of Department of Defense golf courses

by the general public, 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Fairway Fair5 ness Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GOLF COURSES

2 BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 134 of

4 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the

5 end the following new section:

6 ‘‘§ 2246. Department of Defense golf courses: use by

7 the general public

8 ‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection

9 (b), each golf course equipped, owned, operated, or main10 tained at a facility or installation of the Department of

11 Defense shall be open to use by the general public.

12 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply to

13 a golf course at a facility or installation outside the United

14 States or at a facility or installation inside the United

15 States at a location designated by the Secretary of De16 fense as a remote and isolated location.

17 ‘‘(c) USE OF GENERATED REVENUES.—(1) Not more

18 than 10 percent of any gross revenues generated during

19 a fiscal year from the operation of a golf course to which

20 subsection (a) applies may be retained by the operator of

21 the golf course. Any such gross revenues that are retained

22 under this paragraph may be used only to maintain such

23 course or to support morale, welfare, or recreation activi24 ties of the military personnel at the facility or installation.

25 Any such gross revenues generated during a fiscal year

26 that are not retained under this paragraph shall be depos-
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1 ited in the General Fund of the Treasury and used only

2 for Federal budget deficit reduction.

3 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall annually submit

4 to the Congress a report that identifies in detail how the

5 revenues retained under paragraph (1) have been ex6 pended.

7 ‘‘(d) FEES.—The Secretary of Defense may subsidize

8 for active and retired military personnel any fees imposed

9 by the Secretary for the use of the golf course and give

10 priority access to the golf course for such personnel. Fees

11 imposed for nonmilitary persons for the use of the golf

12 course shall be based on rates that are competitive with

13 golf fee rates in effect in the relevant local community.

14 ‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall

15 prescribe regulations to carry out this section.’’.

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

17 at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding

18 at the end the following new item:

‘‘2246. Department of Defense golf courses: use by the general public.’’.

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