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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4424

Making appropriations for military construction and family housing for the 

Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 20, 2004

Mr. EDWARDS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 

Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL

Making appropriations for military construction and family 

housing for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2005, 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 

5 military construction and family housing functions admin6 istered by the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 

7 ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes, 

8 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, $2,567,743,000, to re10 main available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That 

11 of this amount not to exceed $223,740,000 shall be avail12 able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 

13 services and host nation support, as authorized by law, 

14 unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional 

15 obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies 

16 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con17 gress of his determination and the reasons therefor. 

18 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY

19 For acquisition, construction, installation and equip20 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in21 stallations, facilities and real property for the Navy as cur22 rently authorized by law, including personnel in the Naval 

23 Facilities Engineering Command and other personal serv24 ices necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, 

25 $1,377,577,000 to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2009: Provided, That of this amount not to exceed 

2 $115,896,000 shall be available for study, planning, de3 sign, architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 

4 unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional 

5 obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies 

6 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con7 gress of his determination and the reasons therefor. 

8 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

9 For acquisition, construction, installation and equip10 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

11 installations, facilities and real property for the Air Force 

12 as currently authorized by law, $915,733,000, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That of this 

14 amount not to exceed $164,924,000 shall be available for 

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

16 as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense de17 termines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

18 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

19 of both Houses of Congress of his determination and the 

20 reasons therefor. 

21 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

22 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita23 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad24 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as currently author25 ized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and 
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1 Military Construction Authorization Acts, $929,483,000, 

2 to remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided,

3 That of this amount not to exceed $164,924,000 shall be 

4 available for study, planning, design, architect and engi5 neer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary 

6 of Defense determines that additional obligations are nec7 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

8 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of his deter9 mination and the reasons therefor. 

10 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

11 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con12 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex13 pansion, extension and alteration, as authorized by law, 

14 $728,112,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2009. 

16 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

17 CORPS

18 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma19 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace20 ment, addition, expansion, extension and alteration, as au21 thorized by law, $159,229,000, to remain available until 

22 September 30, 2009. 

23 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

24 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

25 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
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1 expansion, extension and alteration, as authorized by law, 

2 $969,474,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2009. 

4 OFFSET

5 In the case of taxpayers with adjusted gross income 

6 in excess of $1,000,000 for calendar year 2004, the 

7 amount of the tax reduction resulting from enactment of 

8 the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 

9 2003 (Public Law 108–27) and enactment of the Eco10 nomic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 

11 (Public Law 107–16) shall be reduced by 6.3 percent.

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