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for Fiscal Year 2005 (division B of Public Law 108–375;
118 Stat. 2116), the authorizations set forth in the tables
in subsection (b), as provided in section 2601 of that Act,
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2008, or the date
of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military
construction for fiscal year 2009, whichever is later.
(b) TABLES.—The tables referred to in subsection (a)
are as follows:
Army National Guard: Extension of 2005 Project Authorizations
Installation or Location
Project
Amount
Dublin, California ......................................
Readiness center .................
$11,318,000
Gary, Indiana ............................................
Reserve center .....................
$9,380,000
Army Reserve: Extension of 2005 Project Authorization
Installation or Location
Project
Amount
Corpus Christi (Robstown), Texas ............
Storage facility ...................
$9,038,000
SEC. 2610. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN
FISCAL YEAR 2004 PROJECTS.
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2701 of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2004 (division B of Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1716),
the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b),
as provided in section 2601 of that Act and extended by
section 2702 of the Military Construction Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–364;
120 Stat. 2464), shall remain in effect until October 1,
2008, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing
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funds for military construction for fiscal year 2009, which-
ever is later.
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is
as follows:
Army National Guard: Extension of 2004 Project Authorizations
Installation or Location
Project
Amount
Albuquerque, New Mexico ....................
Readiness center .......................
$2,533,000
Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania
Multipurpose training range ...
$15,338,000
SEC. 2611. RELOCATION OF UNITS FROM ROBERTS UNITED
STATES ARMY RESERVE CENTER AND NAVY-
MARINE CORPS RESERVE CENTER, BATON
ROUGE, LOUISIANA.
For the purpose of siting an Army Reserve Center and
Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center for which funds are au-
thorized to be appropriated in this Act in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, the Secretary of the Army may use land under
the control of the State of Louisiana adjacent to, or in the
vicinity of the Baton Rouge airport, Baton Rouge, Lou-
isiana at a location determined by the Secretary to be in
the best interest of national security and in the public inter-
est.
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TITLE XXVII—BASE CLOSURE
AND REALIGNMENT ACTIVITIES
SEC. 2701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR BASE
CLOSURE 
AND 
REALIGNMENT 
ACTIVITIES
FUNDED THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 1990.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2007, for base clo-
sure and realignment activities, including real property ac-
quisition and military construction projects, as authorized
by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990
(part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C.
2687 note) and funded through the Department of Defense
Base Closure Account 1990 established by section 2906 of
such Act, in the total amount of $220,689,000, as follows:
(1) 
For 
the 
Department 
of 
the 
Army,
$73,716,000.
(2) For the Department of the Air Force,
$143,260,000.
(3) For the Defense Agencies, $3,713,000.
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SEC. 2702. AUTHORIZED BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGN-
MENT ACTIVITIES FUNDED THROUGH DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AC-
COUNT 2005.
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2703, the Secretary of
Defense may carry out base closure and realignment activi-
ties, including real property acquisition and military con-
struction projects, as authorized by the Defense Base Closure
and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Pub-
lic Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and funded through
the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005 es-
tablished by section 2906A of such Act, in the amount of
$8,718,988,000.
SEC. 2703. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR BASE
CLOSURE 
AND 
REALIGNMENT 
ACTIVITIES
FUNDED THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 2005.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2007, for base clo-
sure and realignment activities, including real property ac-
quisition and military construction projects, as authorized
by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990
(part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C.
2687 note) and funded through the Department of Defense
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Base Closure Account 2005 established by section 2906A of
such Act, in the total amount of $8,174,315,000, as follows:
(1) 
For 
the 
Department 
of 
the 
Army,
$4,015,746,000.
(2) 
For 
the 
Department 
of 
the 
Navy,
$733,695,000.
(3) For the Department of the Air Force,
$1,183,812,000.
(4) For the Defense Agencies, $2,241,062,000.
SEC. 2704. AUTHORIZED COST AND SCOPE OF WORK VARI-
ATIONS.
For military construction projects carried out using
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in sections 2701 and 2703 of this title and
section 2405(a)(8) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (division B of Public Law
109–364; 120 Stat. 2460), section 2853 of title 10, United
States Code, shall apply for variations to the cost and scope
of work for each military construction project requested to
the congressional defense committees as part of the budget
justification materials submitted to Congress in support of
the Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2007 and
2008 (as submitted with the budget of the President under
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code).
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TITLE 
XXVIII—MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION GENERAL PROVI-
SIONS
Subtitle A—Effective Date and
Expiration of Authorizations
SEC. 2801. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Titles XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII,
and XXIX shall take effect on the later of—
(1) October 1, 2007; or
(2) the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 
2802. 
EXPIRATION 
OF 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
AND
AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE SPECIFIED BY
LAW.
(a) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AFTER THREE
YEARS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), all author-
izations contained in titles XXI through XXVI and title
XXIX for military construction projects, land acquisition,
family housing projects and facilities, and contributions to
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Invest-
ment Program (and authorizations of appropriations there-
for) shall expire on the later of—
(1) October 1, 2010; or
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing funds for military construction for fiscal year
2011.
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(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to au-
thorizations for military construction projects, land acqui-
sition, family housing projects and facilities, and contribu-
tions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security
Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations
therefor), for which appropriated funds have been obligated
before the later of—
(1) October 1, 2010; or
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing funds for fiscal year 2011 for military construc-
tion projects, land acquisition, family housing
projects and facilities, or contributions to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment
Program.
Subtitle B—Military Construction
Program and Military Family
Housing Changes
SEC. 2811. GENERAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.—
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon a determination by the
Secretary of a military department, or with respect
to the Defense Agencies, the Secretary of Defense, that
such action is necessary in the national interest, the
Secretary concerned may transfer amounts of author-
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izations made available to that military department
or Defense Agency in this division for fiscal year
2008 between any such authorizations for that mili-
tary department or Defense Agency for that fiscal
year. Amounts of authorizations so transferred shall
be merged with and be available for the same pur-
poses as the authorization to which transferred.
(2) AGGREGATE LIMIT.—The aggregate amount
of authorizations that the Secretaries concerned may
transfer under the authority of this section may not
exceed $200,000,000.
(b) LIMITATION.—The authority provided by this sec-
tion to transfer authorizations may only be used to fund
increases in the cost or scope of military construction
projects that have been authorized by law.
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans-
fer made from one account to another under the authority
of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au-
thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred
by an amount equal to the amount transferred.
(d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary concerned
shall promptly notify Congress of each transfer made by
that Secretary under subsection (a).
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SEC. 2812. MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITY TO LEASE MILI-
TARY FAMILY HOUSING.
(a) INCREASED MAXIMUM LEASE AMOUNT APPLICA-
BLE
TO CERTAIN DOMESTIC ARMY FAMILY HOUSING
LEASES.—Subsection (b) of section 2828 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘paragraphs
(3) and (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3), (4), and
(7)’’;
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘paragraphs
(2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and
(7)’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(7)(A) Not more than 600 housing units may be
leased by the Secretary of the Army under subsection (a)
for which the expenditure for the rental of such units (in-
cluding the cost of utilities, maintenance, and operation)
exceeds the maximum amount per unit per year in effect
under paragraph (2) but does not exceed $18,620 per unit
per year, as adjusted from time to time under paragraph
(5).
‘‘(B) The maximum lease amount provided in sub-
paragraph (A) shall apply only to Army family housing
in areas designated by the Secretary of the Army.
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‘‘(C) The term of a lease under subparagraph (A) may
not exceed 2 years.’’.
(b) INCREASED MAXIMUM LEASE AMOUNT APPLICA-
BLE TO FOREIGN MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING LEASES.—
Subsection (e) of such section is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘(1)’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘(1)(A)’’;
(B) by striking the second sentence; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(B)(i) Subject to clause (ii), the maximum lease
amounts in subparagraph (A) may be waived and increased
up to a maximum of $100,000 per unit per year.
‘‘(ii) The Secretary concerned may not exercise the
waiver authority under clause (i) until the Secretary has
notified the congressional defense committees of such pro-
posed waiver and the reasons therefor and a period of 21
days has elapsed or, if over sooner, 14 days after such notice
is provided in an electronic medium pursuant to section
480 of this title.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Secretary
of the Navy may lease not more than 2,800 units of
family housing in Italy, and the Secretary of the
Army may lease not more than 500 units of family
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housing in Italy’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretaries of
the military departments may lease not more than
3,300 units of family housing in Italy’’; and
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘$35,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$35,050’’.
(c) INCREASED THRESHOLD FOR CONGRESSIONAL NO-
TIFICATION
FOR FOREIGN MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
LEASES.—Subsection (f) of such section is amended by
striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000’’.
SEC. 2813. INCREASE IN THRESHOLDS FOR UNSPECIFIED
MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
(a) INCREASE.—Section 2805(a)(1) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$2,500,000’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$4,000,000’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2007.
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SEC. 2814. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY,
LIMITED AUTHORITY TO USE OPERATION
AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS FOR CONSTRUC-
TION 
PROJECTS 
OUTSIDE 
THE 
UNITED
STATES.
Section 2808 of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (division B of Public Law
108–136; 117 Stat. 1723), as amended by section 2810 of
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2005 (division B of Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2128),
section 2809 of the Military Construction Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2006 (division B of Public Law 109–163;
119 Stat. 3508), and section 2802 of the Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (division B
of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2466), is further
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2008’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1) The
total’’ and inserting ‘‘The total’’; and
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3).