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(b) TABLES.—The tables referred to in subsection (a) 
are as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2002 Project Authorizations 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Alaska ....................
Fort Wainwright ..
Power plant cool-
ing tower ..........
$23,000,000 
Hawaii ...................
Pohakuloa Train-
ing Area ...........
Parker Ranch 
land acquisition 
$1,500,000 
Air Force: Extension of 2002 Project Authorizations 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Colorado .................
Buckley Air Force 
Base ..................
Family housing 
(55 Units) ........
$11,400,000 
Louisiana ..............
Barksdale Air 
Force Base ........
Family housing 
(56 Units) ........
$7,300,000 
SEC. 2703. EXTENSION AND RENEWAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS 
OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2001 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION AND RENEWAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 2701 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2001 (division B of the Floyd D. Spence 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 
(as enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 
1654A–407)), authorizations set forth in the tables in sub-
section (b), as provided in section 2102 or 2401 of that Act 
and, in the case of the authorization set forth in the first 
table in subsection (b), extended by section 2702 of the Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004
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(division B of Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1716), shall 
remain in effect until October 1, 2005, or the date of the 
enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military con-
struction for fiscal year 2006, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLES.—The tables referred to in subsection (a) 
are as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2001 Project Authorization 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
South Carolina ......
Fort Jackson ........
Family housing (1 
unit) ..................
$250,000 
Defense Agencies: Extension of 2001 Project 
Authorizations 
Agency 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Defense Finance 
and Accounting 
Service ...............
Kleber Kaserne, 
Germany ...........
Building renova-
tion ...................
$7,400,000 
Defense Education 
Activity ..............
Osan Air Base, 
Korea ................
Osan Elementary 
School addition 
$843,000 
SEC. 2704. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Titles XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, and XXVI of 
this Act shall take effect on the later of— 
(1) October 1, 2004; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of this Act.
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TITLE XXVIII—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Construction 
Program and Military Family 
Housing Changes 
SECTION 2801. INCREASE IN CERTAIN THRESHOLDS FOR 
CARRYING OUT UNSPECIFIED MINOR MILI-
TARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) ADVANCE APPROVAL AND CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFI-
CATION THRESHOLD.—Subsection (b)(1) of section 2805 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘$750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000’’. 
(b) USE OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS 
THRESHOLD.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), 
the Secretary concerned may spend from appropriations 
available for operation and maintenance amounts necessary 
to carry out an unspecified minor military construction 
project costing not more than $1,500,000.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘limitations’’ 
and inserting ‘‘limitation’’.
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SEC. 2802. ASSESSMENT OF VULNERABILITY OF MILITARY 
INSTALLATIONS TO TERRORIST ATTACK AND 
ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY CONSTRUC-
TION 
REQUIREMENTS 
RELATED 
TO 
ANTITERRORISM AND FORCE PROTECTION. 
(a) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT
AND REPORT.—Section 
2808 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ANTITERRORISM AND FORCE PROTECTION AS-
SESSMENTS
AND
MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall develop com-
mon guidance and criteria to be used by the Secretary con-
cerned— 
‘‘(A) to assess the vulnerability of military in-
stallations located inside and outside of the United 
States to terrorist attack; 
‘‘(B) to develop construction standards designed 
to reduce the vulnerability of structures to terrorist 
attack and improve the security of the occupants of 
such structures; 
‘‘(C) to prepare and carry out military construc-
tion projects, such as gate and fenceline construction, 
to improve the physical security of military installa-
tions; and
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‘‘(D) to assist in prioritizing such projects with-
in the military construction budget of each of the 
armed forces. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall require vulner-
ability assessments of military installations to be con-
ducted, at regular intervals, using the criteria developed 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) As part of the budget materials submitted to Con-
gress in connection with the submission of the budget for 
a fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, but in 
no case later than March 15 of each year, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit a report describing— 
‘‘(A) the location and results of the vulnerability 
assessments conducted during the preceding fiscal 
year; 
‘‘(B) the military construction requirements an-
ticipated to be necessary during the next three fiscal 
years to improve the physical security of military in-
stallations; and 
‘‘(C) the extent to which funds are not requested 
in the Department of Defense budget for the next fis-
cal year to meet those requirements. 
‘‘(4) In the case of the report required under para-
graph (3) to be submitted in 2006, the Secretary of Defense 
shall include a certification by the Secretary that since Sep-
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tember 11, 2001, vulnerability assessments have been under-
taken at all major military installations. The Secretary 
shall indicate the basis by which the Secretary differen-
tiated between major and nonmajor military installations 
for purposes of making the certification.’’. 
(b) STYLISTIC AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The 
heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2808. Construction authority related to declaration 
of war or national emergency; construc-
tion requirements related to antiterrorism 
and force protection’’. 
(2) Such section is further amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘CONSTRUC-
TION AUTHORITY; LIMITATION.—’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘CONGRES-
SIONAL NOTIFICATION.—’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘TERMI-
NATION.—’’ after ‘‘(c)’’. 
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 
169 of such title is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 2808 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘2808. Construction authority related to declaration of war or national emer-
gency; construction requirements related to antiterrorism and 
force protection.’’.
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SEC. 2803. CHANGE IN THRESHOLD FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
NOTIFICATION REGARDING USE OF OPER-
ATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS FOR FACIL-
ITY REPAIR. 
Section 2811(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$7,500,000’’. 
SEC. 2804. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS REGARDING MILI-
TARY FAMILY HOUSING REQUIREMENTS FOR 
GENERAL OFFICERS AND FLAG OFFICERS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT ON COST OF GENERAL AND FLAG 
OFFICERS QUARTERS.—Section 2831 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT OF COST OF GENERAL OFFI-
CERS AND FLAG OFFICERS QUARTERS.—As part of the 
budget materials submitted to Congress in connection with 
the submission of the budget for a fiscal year pursuant to 
section 1105 of title 31, but in no case later than March 
30 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a 
report— 
‘‘(1) identifying family housing units used, or 
intended for use, as quarters for general officers or 
flag officers for which the total operation and mainte-
nance costs, utility costs, and repair costs are antici-
pated to exceed $20,000 in the next fiscal year; and
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‘‘(2) specifying the total of such costs for each 
unit of family housing identified under paragraph 
(1).’’. 
(b) REPORT ON NEED FOR SUCH QUARTERS IN NA-
TIONAL CAPITAL REGION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prepare a report analyzing anticipated needs in the Na-
tional Capital Region for family housing units for general 
officers and flag officers. In conducting the analysis, the 
Secretary shall consider the extent of available housing in 
the National Capital Region and the necessity of providing 
housing for general officers and flag officers in secure loca-
tions. 
(c) REPORT ON WORLD-WIDE INVENTORY OF SUCH 
QUARTERS.—The Secretary of Defense shall prepare a re-
port containing a worldwide inventory of family housing 
units for general officers and flag officers and identifying 
annual expenditures for each such unit for operation and 
maintenance, utilities, and repair for each for the fiscal 
years 2000 through 2004. 
(d) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.—The reports required 
by subsections (b) and (c) shall be submitted to the congres-
sional defense committees not later than March 30, 2005. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The terms ‘‘general officer’’ and ‘‘flag officer’’ 
have the meanings given such terms in section 101(b) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2674(f) of such 
title. 
SEC. 2805. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF DEVIATIONS 
FROM AUTHORIZED COST VARIATIONS FOR 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND 
MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS. 
Section 2853(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or, if over sooner, a period of 14 days has elapsed 
after the date on which a copy of the notification is pro-
vided in an electronic medium pursuant to section 480 of 
this title’’. 
SEC. 2806. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON USE OF ALTER-
NATIVE AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION AND 
IMPROVEMENT OF MILITARY FAMILY HOUS-
ING. 
Effective October 1, 2005, subsection (g) of section 2883 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) LIMITATION ON USE OF AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE 
OR CONSTRUCT MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING.—
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(1) in section 2912(c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘cri-
teria prepared under section 2913’’ and inserting 
‘‘criteria specified in section 2913’’; and 
(2) in section 2914(a), by striking ‘‘criteria pre-
pared by the Secretary under section 2913’’ and in-
serting ‘‘criteria specified in section 2913’’. 
SEC. 2824. REQUIREMENT FOR UNANIMOUS VOTE OF DE-
FENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT 
COMMISSION TO ADD TO OR OTHERWISE EX-
PAND CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT REC-
OMMENDATIONS MADE BY SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE. 
Section 2914(d) of the Defense Base Closure and Re-
alignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 
101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), as added by section 3003 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2002 (division B of Public Law 107–107; 155 Stat, 
1346) and amended by section 2854 of the Bob Stump Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Pub-
lic Law 107–314; 116 Stat. 2728), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘TO ADD’’ and 
inserting ‘‘TO CONSIDER ADDITIONS’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: