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Calendar No. 448
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3517
[Report No. 104–287]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 3, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committtee on Appropriations
JUNE 20, 1996
Reported by Mr. BURNS, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for military construction, family hous-
ing, and base realignment and closure for the Depart-
ment of Defense for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1997, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, for military con-
struction, family housing, and base realignment and clo-
sure functions administered by the Department of De-
fense, and for other purposes, namely:
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military
installations, 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, $603,584,000
$448,973,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed
$54,384,000 $37,323,000 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 nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of his deter-
mination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Military Construction,
Army’’ under Public Law 103–110, $2,028,000 is hereby
rescinded.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy as
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the
Naval Facilities Engineering Command and other per-
sonal services necessary for the purposes of this appropria-
tion, $724,476,000 $642,484,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2001: Provided, That of this amount, not
to exceed $50,959,000 $53,709,000 shall be available for
study, planning, design, architect and engineer services,
as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense de-
termines that additional obligations are necessary for such
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress of his determination and the
reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated for ‘‘Military Construction, Navy’’ under Public
Law 102–136, $6,900,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Military Con-
struction, Navy’’ under Public Law 102–380, $2,800,000
$9,000,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated for ‘‘Military Construction, Navy’’
under Public Law 103–110, $2,300,000 is hereby re-
scinded.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military
installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force
as 
currently 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$678,914,000
$704,689,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed
$47,387,000 $29,797,000 shall be available for study,
planning, design, architect and engineer services, as au-
thorized 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
reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated for ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’ under Pub-
lic Law 103–307, $2,100,000 is hereby rescinded.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS AND RESCISSIONS)
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,
$772,345,000 $771,758,000, to remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2001: Provided, That such amounts of this ap-
propriation as may be determined by the Secretary of De-
fense may be transferred to such appropriations of the De-
partment of Defense available for military construction or
family housing as he may designate, to be merged with
and to 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 appro-
priated, not to exceed $12,239,000 $17,139,000 shall be
available for study, planning, design, architect and engi-
neer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary
of Defense determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of his deter-
mination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Military Construction, De-
fense-wide’’ under Public Law 104–32, $7,000,000 is hereby
rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED
HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom-
panied Housing Improvement Fund, $10,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That subject to
thirty days prior notification to the Committees on Appro-
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priations, such additional amounts as may be determined
by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to the
Fund from amounts appropriated in this Act for the ac-
quisition or construction of military unaccompanied hous-
ing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ accounts, to be merged
with and to be made available for the same purposes and
for the same period of time as amounts appropriated di-
rectly to the Fund: Provided further, That appropriations
made available for the Fund in this Act shall be available
to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans and loan
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant
to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title
10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means
of acquiring and improving military unaccompanied hous-
ing and ancillary supporting facilities.
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 133 of title 10,
United States Code, and military construction authoriza-
tion Acts, $41,316,000 $142,948,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2001.