In the Senate of the United States,
September 22, 2005.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2528) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
military quality of life functions of the Department of De-
fense, military construction, the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2006, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the
following
AMENDMENTS:
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 quality of life functions of the Department of Defense,
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
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, $1,640,641,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That of this
amount, not to exceed $179,343,000 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 the deter-
mination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That
of the amount provided for Military Construction, Army,
$8,900,000 shall be available for Phase 1a of a Permanent
Party Barracks at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and
$3,150,000 shall be available for an Airfield Fire Station
at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and
Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including
personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this
appropriation, $1,045,882,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2010: Provided, That of this amount, not to
exceed $32,524,000 shall be available for study, planning,
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized
by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that ad-
ditional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Military
Construction, 
Navy’’ 
under 
Public 
Law 
108–324,
$92,354,000 are hereby rescinded.
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, $1,209,128,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That of this
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amount, not to exceed $83,626,000 shall be available for
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense
determines that additional obligations are necessary for
such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and
the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount
provided for Military Construction, Air Force, $5,721,000
shall be available for a B–2 Conventional Munitions Stor-
age Facility at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, and
$14,000,000 for Phase 1 of Force Protection Enhancement
at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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
departments), 
as 
currently 
authorized 
by 
law,
$1,072,165,000, to remain available until September 30,
2010: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation
as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be
transferred to such appropriations of the Department of De-
fense available for military construction or family housing
as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to
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be available for the same purposes, and for the same time
period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, not to
exceed $133,120,000 shall be available for study, planning,
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized
by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that ad-
ditional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10,
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $467,146,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions
therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts,
$279,156,000, to remain available until September 30,
2010.