In the Senate of the United States,
September 20, 2004.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4837) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
military construction, family housing, and base realingment
and closure for the Department of Defense, for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2005.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for mili-
tary construction, family housing, and base realignment
and closure functions administered by the Department of
Defense, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and
for other purposes, namely:
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the
Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $1,977,166,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That of this
amount, not to exceed $187,216,000 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 deter-
mination and the reasons therefor.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy as cur-
rently authorized by law, including personnel in the Naval
Facilities Engineering Command and other personal serv-
ices necessary for the purposes of this appropriation,
$1,016,315,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2009: Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed
$110,277,000 shall be available for study, planning, design,
architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless
the Secretary of Defense determines that additional obliga-
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of his
determination and the reasons therefor.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force
as currently authorized by law, $841,131,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That of this
amount, not to exceed $180,507,000 shall be available for
study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, as
authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines that additional obligations are necessary for such
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress of his determination and the rea-
sons therefor.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military