ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real
property taxes in any foreign nation.
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to initiate a new installation overseas
without prior notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate.
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this
Act 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 mem-
ber country, or in countries bordering the Arabian Sea,
unless such contracts are awarded to United States firms
or United States firms in joint venture with host nation
firms.
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this
Act for military construction in the United States terri-
tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Sea, 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 respon-
sive and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater
than 20 percent: Provided further, That this section shall
not apply to contract awards for military construction on
Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and re-
sponsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor.
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense is to inform the
appropriate committees of Congress, including the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and Senate, of the plans and scope of any proposed mili-
tary exercise involving United States personnel 30 days
prior to its occurring, if amounts expended for construc-
tion, either temporary or permanent, are anticipated to ex-
ceed $100,000.
SEC. 114. Not more than 20 percent of the funds
made available in this Act which are limited for obligation
during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during
the last 2 months of the fiscal year.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the
current session of Congress.
SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec-
tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects
and on subsequent claims, if any.
SEC. 117. 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 ap-
propriated 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. During the 5-year period after appropria-
tions available to the Department of Defense for military
construction and family housing operation and mainte-
nance and construction have expired for obligation, upon
a determination that such appropriations will not be nec-
essary for the liquidation of obligations or for making au-
thorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga-
tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations
may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency 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 trans-
ferred.
SEC. 119. The Secretary of Defense is to provide the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate 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 Sea to assume
a greater share of the common defense burden of such
nations and the United States.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 120. In addition to any other transfer authority
available to the Department of Defense, proceeds depos-
ited to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account
established by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authoriza-
tion 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 Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be
merged with, and to be available for the same purposes
and the same time period as that account.