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(2) by inserting before paragraph (2) the following new 
paragraph (1): 
‘‘(1) the term ‘outreach’ means the act or process of reaching 
out in a systematic manner to proactively provide information, 
services, and benefits counseling to veterans, and to the 
spouses, children, and parents of veterans who may be eligible 
to receive benefits under the laws administered by the Sec-
retary, to ensure that such individuals are fully informed about, 
and receive assistance in applying for, such benefits;’’. 
SEC. 1711. DESIGNATION OF FIDUCIARY OR TRUSTEE FOR PURPOSES 
OF TRAUMATIC SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSUR-
ANCE. 
Section 1980A of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) DESIGNATION
OF FIDUCIARY
OR TRUSTEE.—(1) The Sec-
retary concerned, in consultation with the Secretary, shall develop 
a process for the designation of a fiduciary or trustee of a member 
of the uniformed services who is insured against traumatic injury 
under this section. The fiduciary or trustee so designated would 
receive a payment for a qualifying loss under this section if the 
member is medically incapacitated (as determined pursuant to regu-
lations prescribed by the Secretary concerned in consultation with 
the Secretary) or experiencing an extended loss of consciousness. 
‘‘(2) The process under paragraph (1) may require each member 
of the uniformed services who is insured under this section to— 
‘‘(A) designate an individual as the member’s fiduciary 
or trustee for purposes of subsection (a); or 
‘‘(B) elect that a court of proper jurisdiction designate an 
individual as the member’s fiduciary or trustee for purposes 
of subsection (a) in the event that the member becomes medi-
cally incapacitated or experiences an extended loss of conscious-
ness.’’. 
TITLE 
XVIII—NATIONAL 
GUARD 
BU-
REAU MATTERS AND RELATED MAT-
TERS 
Sec. 1801. Short title. 
Subtitle A—National Guard Bureau 
Sec. 1811. Appointment, grade, duties, and retirement of the Chief of the National 
Guard Bureau. 
Sec. 1812. Establishment of National Guard Bureau as joint activity of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
Sec. 1813. Enhancement of functions of the National Guard Bureau. 
Sec. 1814. Requirement for Secretary of Defense to prepare plan for response to 
natural disasters and terrorist events. 
Sec. 1815. Determination of Department of Defense civil support requirements. 
Subtitle B—Additional Reserve Component Enhancement 
Sec. 1821. United States Northern Command. 
Sec. 1822. Council of Governors. 
Sec. 1823. Plan for Reserve Forces Policy Board. 
Sec. 1824. High-level positions authorized or required to be held by reserve compo-
nent general or flag officers. 
Sec. 1825. Retirement age and years of service limitations on certain reserve gen-
eral and flag officers. 
Sec. 1826. Additional reporting requirements relating to National Guard equip-
ment.
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SEC. 1801. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Guard Empowerment 
Act of 2007’’. 
Subtitle A—National Guard Bureau 
SEC. 1811. APPOINTMENT, GRADE, DUTIES, AND RETIREMENT OF THE 
CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU. 
(a) APPOINTMENT.—Subsection (a) of section 10502 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through 
(3) and inserting the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) are recommended for such appointment by their respec-
tive Governors or, in the case of the District of Columbia, 
the commanding general of the District of Columbia National 
Guard; 
‘‘(2) are recommended for such appointment by the Sec-
retary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force; 
‘‘(3) have had at least 10 years of federally recognized 
commissioned service in an active status in the National Guard; 
‘‘(4) are in a grade above the grade of brigadier general; 
‘‘(5) are determined by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, in accordance with criteria and as a result of a process 
established by the Chairman, to have significant joint duty 
experience; 
‘‘(6) are determined by the Secretary of Defense to have 
successfully completed such other assignments and experiences 
so as to possess a detailed understanding of the status and 
capabilities of National Guard forces and the missions of the 
National Guard Bureau as set forth in section 10503 of this 
title; 
‘‘(7) have a level of operational experience in a position 
of significant responsibility, professional military education, and 
demonstrated expertise in national defense and homeland 
defense matters that are commensurate with the advisory role 
of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau; and 
‘‘(8) possess such other qualifications as the Secretary of 
Defense shall prescribe for purposes of this section.’’. 
(b) GRADE.—Subsection (d) of such section is amended by 
striking ‘‘lieutenant general’’ and inserting ‘‘general’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF AGE 64 LIMITATION ON SERVICE.—Subsection 
(b) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘An officer may not 
hold that office after becoming 64 years of age.’’. 
(d) ADVISORY
DUTIES.—Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) ADVISOR
ON NATIONAL GUARD MATTERS.—The Chief of 
the National Guard Bureau is— 
‘‘(1) a principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense, through 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on matters involving 
non-federalized National Guard forces and on other matters 
as determined by the Secretary of Defense; and 
‘‘(2) the principal adviser to the Secretary of the Army 
and the Chief of Staff of the Army, and to the Secretary 
of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, on 
matters relating to the National Guard, the Army National 
Guard of the United States, and the Air National Guard of 
the United States.’’.
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SEC. 1812. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU AS JOINT 
ACTIVITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) JOINT ACTIVITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Sub-
section (a) of section 10501 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘joint bureau of the Department of the Army 
and the Department of the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘joint activity 
of the Department of Defense’’. 
(b) JOINT MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1011 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 10508. National Guard Bureau: general provisions 
‘‘The manpower requirements of the National Guard Bureau 
as a joint activity of the Department of Defense shall be determined 
in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item: 
‘‘10508. National Guard Bureau: general provisions.’’. 
SEC. 1813. ENHANCEMENT OF FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 
BUREAU. 
(a) ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUNCTIONS.—Section 10503 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (14) and 
inserting before such paragraph (14) the following new para-
graph (13): 
‘‘(13)(A) Assisting the Secretary of Defense in facilitating 
and coordinating with the entities listed in subparagraph (B) 
the use of National Guard personnel and resources for oper-
ations conducted under title 32, or in support of State missions. 
‘‘(B) The entities listed in this subparagraph for purposes 
of subparagraph (A) are the following: 
‘‘(i) Other Federal agencies. 
‘‘(ii) The Adjutants General of the States. 
‘‘(iii) The United States Joint Forces Command. 
‘‘(iv) The combatant command the geographic area of 
responsibility of which includes the United States.’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (11) as para-
graphs (3) through (12), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new para-
graph (2): 
‘‘(2) The role of the National Guard Bureau in support 
of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air 
Force.’’. 
(b) CHARTER DEVELOPED AND PRESCRIBED BY SECRETARY OF 
DEFENSE.—Section 10503 of such title is further amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of the Army and the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall jointly develop’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary 
of the Army, and the Secretary of the Air Force, shall 
develop’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘cover’’ in the second sentence and 
inserting ‘‘reflect the full scope of the duties and activities 
of the Bureau, including’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (14), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), 
by striking ‘‘the Secretaries’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 
Defense’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The heading of section 
10503 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 10503. Functions of National Guard Bureau: charter’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 1011 of such title is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 10503 and inserting the following 
new item: 
‘‘10503. Functions of National Guard Bureau: charter.’’. 
SEC. 1814. REQUIREMENT FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO PREPARE 
PLAN FOR RESPONSE TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND TER-
RORIST EVENTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 2008, the Secretary 
of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the com-
mander of the United States Northern Command, and the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, shall prepare and submit 
to Congress a plan for coordinating the use of the National 
Guard and members of the Armed Forces on active duty when 
responding to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other 
man-made disasters as identified in the national planning sce-
narios described in subsection (e). 
(2) UPDATE.—Not later than June 1, 2010, the Secretary, 
in consultation with the persons consulted under paragraph 
(1), shall submit to Congress an update of the plan required 
under paragraph (1). 
(b) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED TO SECRETARY.—To assist 
the Secretary of Defense in preparing the plan, the National Guard 
Bureau, pursuant to its purpose as channel of communications 
as set forth in section 10501(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
shall provide to the Secretary information gathered from Governors, 
adjutants general of States, and other State civil authorities respon-
sible for homeland preparation and response to natural and man- 
made disasters. 
(c) TWO VERSIONS.—The plan shall set forth two versions of 
response, one using only members of the National Guard, and 
one using both members of the National Guard and members of 
the regular components of the Armed Forces. 
(d) MATTERS COVERED.—The plan shall cover, at a minimum, 
the following: 
(1) Protocols for the Department of Defense, the National 
Guard Bureau, and the Governors of the several States to 
carry out operations in coordination with each other and to 
ensure that Governors and local communities are properly 
informed and remain in control in their respective States and 
communities.
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(2) An identification of operational procedures, command 
structures, and lines of communication to ensure a coordinated, 
efficient response to contingencies. 
(3) An identification of the training and equipment needed 
for both National Guard personnel and members of the Armed 
Forces on active duty to provide military assistance to civil 
authorities and for other domestic operations to respond to 
hazards identified in the national planning scenarios. 
(e) NATIONAL PLANNING SCENARIOS.—The plan shall provide 
for response to the following hazards: 
(1) Nuclear detonation, biological attack, biological disease 
outbreak/pandemic flu, the plague, chemical attack-blister 
agent, chemical attack-toxic industrial chemicals, chemical 
attack-nerve agent, chemical attack-chlorine tank explosion, 
major hurricane, major earthquake, radiological attack-radio-
logical dispersal device, explosives attack-bombing using impro-
vised explosive device, biological attack-food contamination, 
biological attack-foreign animal disease and cyber attack. 
(2) Any other hazards identified in a national planning 
scenario developed by the Homeland Security Council. 
SEC. 1815. DETERMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL SUP-
PORT REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) DETERMINATION
OF
REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
shall determine the military-unique capabilities needed to be pro-
vided by the Department of Defense to support civil authorities 
in an incident of national significance or a catastrophic incident. 
(b) PLAN FOR FUNDING CAPABILITIES.— 
(1) PLAN.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop and 
implement a plan, in coordination with the Secretaries of the 
military departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, for providing the funds and resources necessary to 
develop and maintain the following: 
(A) The military-unique capabilities determined under 
subsection (a). 
(B) Any additional capabilities determined by the Sec-
retary to be necessary to support the use of the active 
components and the reserve components of the Armed 
Forces for homeland defense missions, domestic emergency 
responses, and providing military support to civil authori-
ties. 
(2) TERM OF PLAN.—The plan required under paragraph 
(1) shall cover at least five years. 
(c) BUDGET.—The Secretary of Defense shall include in the 
materials accompanying the budget submitted for each fiscal year 
a request for funds necessary to carry out the plan required under 
subsection (b) during the fiscal year covered by the budget. The 
defense budget materials shall delineate and explain the budget 
treatment of the plan for each component of each military depart-
ment, each combatant command, and each affected Defense Agency. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘military-unique capabilities’’ means those 
capabilities that, in the view of the Secretary of Defense— 
(A) cannot be provided by other Federal, State, or 
local civilian agencies; and
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(B) are essential to provide support to civil authorities 
in an incident of national significance or a catastrophic 
incident. 
(2) The term ‘‘defense budget materials’’, with respect to 
a fiscal year, means the materials submitted to Congress by 
the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget for that 
fiscal year. 
(e) STRATEGIC PLANNING GUIDANCE.—Section 113(g)(2) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘contingency plans’’ 
at the end of the first sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘contin-
gency plans, including plans for providing support to civil authori-
ties in an incident of national significance or a catastrophic incident, 
for homeland defense, and for military support to civil authorities’’. 
Subtitle B—Additional Reserve Component 
Enhancement 
SEC. 1821. UNITED STATES NORTHERN COMMAND. 
(a) MANPOWER REVIEW.— 
(1) REVIEW BY CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.— 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit 
to the Secretary of Defense a review of the civilian and military 
positions, job descriptions, and assignments within the United 
States Northern Command with the goal of determining the 
feasibility of significantly increasing the number of members 
of a reserve component assigned to, and civilians employed 
by, the United States Northern Command who have experience 
in the planning, training, and employment of forces for home-
land defense missions, domestic emergency response, and pro-
viding military support to civil authorities. 
(2) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS OF REVIEW.—Not later than 
90 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense 
receives the results of the review under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a copy of the results of 
the review, together with such recommendations as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate to achieve the objectives of the 
review. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘United States 
Northern Command’’ means the combatant command the geographic 
area of responsibility of which includes the United States. 
SEC. 1822. COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS. 
The President shall establish a bipartisan Council of Governors 
to advise the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, and the White House Homeland Security Council on mat-
ters related to the National Guard and civil support missions. 
SEC. 1823. PLAN FOR RESERVE FORCES POLICY BOARD. 
(a) PLAN.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop a plan to 
implement revisions that the Secretary determines necessary in 
the designation, organization, membership, functions, procedures, 
and legislative framework of the Reserve Forces Policy Board. The 
plan— 
(1) shall be consistent with the findings, conclusions, and 
recommendations included in Part III E of the Report of the
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Commission on the National Guard and Reserves of March 
1, 2007; and 
(2) to the extent possible, shall take into account the views 
and recommendations of civilian and military leaders, past 
chairmen of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, private organiza-
tions with expertise and interest in Department of Defense 
organization, and other individuals or groups in the discretion 
of the Secretary. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than July 1, 2008, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the plan 
developed under subsection (a), including such recommendations 
for legislation as the Secretary considers necessary. 
SEC. 1824. HIGH-LEVEL POSITIONS AUTHORIZED OR REQUIRED TO 
BE HELD BY RESERVE COMPONENT GENERAL OR FLAG 
OFFICERS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that, 
whenever officers of the Armed Forces are considered for promotion 
to the grade of lieutenant general, or vice admiral in the case 
of the Navy, on the active duty list, officers in the reserve compo-
nents of the Armed Forces who are eligible for promotion to such 
grade should be considered for promotion to such grade. 
(b) NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER
AS DEPUTY COMMANDER
OF 
UNITED STATES NORTHERN COMMAND.—Section 164(e) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) At least one deputy commander of the combatant command 
the geographic area of responsibility of which includes the United 
States shall be a qualified officer of the National Guard who is 
eligible for promotion to the grade of O–9, unless a National Guard 
officer is serving as commander of that combatant command.’’. 
(c) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF UNIFIED AND SPECIFIED COMBAT-
ANT COMMAND POSITIONS FOR RESERVE COMPONENT OFFICERS.— 
Section 526(b)(2)(A) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘10 general 
and flag officer positions on the staffs of the commanders of’’ and 
inserting ‘‘15 general and flag officer positions in’’. 
SEC. 1825. RETIREMENT AGE AND YEARS OF SERVICE LIMITATIONS 
ON CERTAIN RESERVE GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS. 
(a) RETIREMENT FOR AGE.— 
(1) INCLUSION OF RESERVE GENERALS AND ADMIRALS.—Sec-
tion 14511 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 14511. Separation at age 64: officers in grade of major 
general or rear admiral and above 
‘‘(a) SEPARATION REQUIRED.—Unless retired, transferred to the 
Retired Reserve, or discharged at an earlier date, each reserve 
officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps in the grade of 
major general or above and each reserve officer of the Navy in 
the grade of rear admiral or above shall be separated in accordance 
with section 14515 of this title on the last day of the month 
in which the officer becomes 64 years of age. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR OFFICERS SERVING IN O–9 AND O–10 POSI-
TIONS.—The retirement of a reserve officer of the Army, Air Force, 
or Marine Corps in the grade of lieutenant general or general,
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or a reserve officer of the Navy in the grade of vice admiral or 
admiral, under subsection (a) may be deferred— 
‘‘(1) by the President, but such a deferment may not extend 
beyond the first day of the month following the month in 
which the officer becomes 68 years of age; or 
‘‘(2) by the Secretary of Defense, but such a deferment 
may not extend beyond the first day of the month following 
the month in which the officer becomes 66 years of age. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION FOR OFFICERS HOLDING CERTAIN OFFICES.— 
This section does not apply to an officer covered by section 14512 
of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 1407 of such title is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 14511 and inserting the following 
new item: 
‘‘14511. Separation at age 64: officers in grade of major general or rear admiral and 
above.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS
AND
RESERVE
OFFICERS 
HOLDING CERTAIN OTHER OFFICES.—Section 14512 of such title 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) 
as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense may defer the retirement of 
a reserve officer serving in the position of Chief of the Navy Reserve 
or Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve, but such deferment 
may not extend beyond the first day of the month following the 
month in which the officer becomes 66 years of age. A deferment 
under this paragraph shall not count toward the limitation on 
the total number of officers whose retirement may be deferred 
at any one time under paragraph (1).’’. 
(c) IMPOSITION OF YEARS OF SERVICE LIMITATION.— 
(1) IMPOSITION OF LIMITATION.—Section 14508 of such title 
is amended by inserting after subsection (c), as added by section 
513, the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) FORTY YEARS OF SERVICE FOR GENERALS AND ADMIRALS.— 
Unless retired, transferred to the Retired Reserve, or discharged 
at an earlier date, each reserve officer of the Army, Air Force, 
or Marine Corps in the grade of general and each reserve officer 
of the Navy in the grade of admiral shall be separated in accordance 
with section 14514 of this title on the first day of the first month 
beginning after the date of the fifth anniversary of the officer’s 
appointment to that grade or 30 days after the date on which 
the officer completes 40 years of commissioned service, whichever 
is later.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (b) of section 
10502 of such title, as amended by section 1811, is further 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sentence; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘While holding that office’’ and inserting 
the following:
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‘‘(2) Except as provided in section 14508(d) of this title, while 
holding the office of Chief of the National Guard Bureau’’. 
SEC. 1826. ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
NATIONAL GUARD EQUIPMENT. 
Section 10541 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) Each report under this section concerning equipment of 
the National Guard shall also include the following: 
‘‘(1) A statement of the accuracy of the projections required 
by subsection (b)(5)(D) contained in earlier reports under this 
section, and an explanation, if the projection was not met, 
of why the projection was not met. 
‘‘(2) A certification from the Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau setting forth an inventory for the preceding fiscal year 
of each item of equipment— 
‘‘(A) for which funds were appropriated; 
‘‘(B) which was due to be procured for the National 
Guard during that fiscal year; and 
‘‘(C) which has not been received by a National Guard 
unit as of the close of that fiscal year.’’. 
DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008’’. 
SEC. 
2002. 
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 authorizations contained 
in titles XXI through XXVII and in title XXIX for military construc-
tion projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, 
and contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secu-
rity Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations 
therefor) shall expire on the later of— 
(1) October 1, 2010; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds 
for military construction for fiscal year 2011. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to authorizations 
for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing 
projects and facilities, and contributions to the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization Security Investment Program (and authoriza-
tions 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 authorizing funds 
for fiscal year 2011 for military construction projects, land 
acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, or contribu-
tions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Invest-
ment Program.
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TITLE XXI—ARMY 
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2102. Family housing. 
Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army. 
Sec. 2105. Termination of authority to carry out fiscal year 2007 Army projects for 
which funds were not appropriated. 
Sec. 2106. Technical amendments to Military Construction Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2007. 
Sec. 2107. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2006 project. 
Sec. 2108. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2005 project. 
Sec. 2109. Ground lease, SOUTHCOM headquarters facility, Miami-Doral, Florida. 
SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISI-
TION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
2104(a)(1), the Secretary of the Army may acquire real property 
and carry out military construction projects for the installations 
or locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set 
forth in the following table: 
Army: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Alabama .............
Anniston Army Depot ...................................
$26,000,000 
Redstone Arsenal ...........................................
$22,000,000 
Alaska ................
Fort Richardson .............................................
$92,800,000 
Fort Wainwright ............................................
$114,500,000 
Arizona ..............
Fort Huachuca ...............................................
$129,600,000 
California ...........
Fort Irwin .......................................................
$24,000,000 
Presidio, Monterey ........................................
$28,000,000 
Colorado .............
Fort Carson ....................................................
$156,200,000 
Delaware ............
Dover Air Force Base ....................................
$17,500,000 
Florida ...............
Miami Doral ...................................................
$237,000,000 
Georgia ..............
Fort Benning ..................................................
$189,500,000 
Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Air Field ...........
$123,500,000 
Hawaii ...............
Fort Shafter ...................................................
$31,000,000 
Kahuku Training Area ..................................
$10,200,000 
Schofield Barracks .........................................
$88,000,000 
Wheeler Army Air Field ................................
$51,000,000 
Illinois ................
Rock Island Arsenal ......................................
$3,350,000 
Kansas ...............
Fort Leavenworth ..........................................
$102,400,000 
Fort Riley .......................................................
$140,200,000 
Kentucky ...........
Fort Campbell ................................................
$113,600,000 
Fort Knox .......................................................
$6,700,000 
Louisiana ...........
Fort Polk ........................................................
$15,900,000 
Maryland ...........
Aberdeen Proving Ground ............................
$12,200,000 
Michigan ............
Detroit Arsenal ..............................................
$18,500,000 
Missouri .............
Fort Leonard Wood ........................................
$136,050,000 
Nevada ...............
Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant ..........
$11,800,000 
New Jersey ........
Picatinny Arsenal ..........................................
$9,900,000 
New Mexico .......
White Sands Missile Range ..........................
$71,000,000 
New York ...........
Fort Drum ......................................................
$311,200,000 
North Carolina ..
Fort Bragg ......................................................
$287,200,000 
Oklahoma ..........
Fort Sill ..........................................................
$7,500,000 
South Carolina ..
Fort Jackson ..................................................
$85,000,000 
Texas ..................
Camp Bullis ...................................................
$1,600,000
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SEC. 2103. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING UNITS. 
Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, and 
using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appro-
priations in section 2104(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the Army may 
improve existing military family housing units in an amount not 
to exceed $365,400,000. 
SEC. 2104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after Sep-
tember 30, 2007, for military construction, land acquisition, and 
military family housing functions of the Department of the Army 
in the total amount of $5,106,703,000 as follows: 
(1) For military construction projects inside the United 
States authorized by section 2101(a), $3,198,150,000. 
(2) For military construction projects outside the United 
States authorized by section 2101(b), $254,950,000. 
(3) For unspecified minor military construction projects 
authorized by section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, 
$25,900,000. 
(4) For architectural and engineering services and construc-
tion design under section 2807 of title 10, United States Code, 
$321,983,000. 
(5) For military family housing functions: 
(A) For construction and acquisition, planning and 
design, and improvement of military family housing and 
facilities, $424,400,000. 
(B) For support of military family housing (including 
the functions described in section 2833 of title 10, United 
States Code), $731,920,000. 
(6) For the construction of increment 2 of a barracks com-
plex at Fort Lewis, Washington, authorized by section 2101(a) 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007 (division B of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2445), as 
amended by section 20814 of the Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289), as added 
by section 2 of the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolu-
tion, 2007 (Public Law 110–5; 121 Stat. 41), $102,000,000. 
(7) For the construction of increment 3 of a barracks com-
plex at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, authorized by section 
2101(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006 (division B of Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 
3485), $47,400,000. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.— 
Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 2853 
of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost variation author-
ized by law, the total cost of all projects carried out under section 
2101 of this Act may not exceed the sum of the following: 
(1) The total amount authorized to be appropriated under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a). 
(2) $137,000,000 (the balance of the amount authorized 
under section 2101(a) for construction of the United States 
Southern Command Headquarters, Miami, Florida). 
(3) $63,500,000 (the balance of the amount authorized 
under section 2101(b) for construction of a brigade complex 
operations support facility at Vicenza, Italy).
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(4) $63,500,000 (the balance of the amount authorized 
under section 2101(b) for construction of a brigade complex 
barracks and community support facility at Vicenza, Italy). 
SEC. 2105. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FISCAL YEAR 
2007 ARMY PROJECTS FOR WHICH FUNDS WERE NOT 
APPROPRIATED. 
(a) TERMINATION OF INSIDE THE UNITED STATES PROJECTS.— 
The table in section 2101(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–364; 
120 Stat. 2445), as amended by section 20814 of the Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109– 
289), as added by section 2 of the Revised Continuing Appropria-
tions Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 110–5), is further amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to Redstone Arsenal, Ala-
bama; 
(2) by striking the item relating to Fort Wainwright, 
Alaska; 
(3) in the item relating to Fort Irwin, California, by striking 
‘‘$18,200,000’’ 
in 
the 
amount 
column 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’; 
(4) in the item relating to Fort Carson, Colorado, by striking 
‘‘$30,800,000’’ 
in 
the 
amount 
column 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$24,000,000’’; 
(5) in the item relating to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, by 
striking ‘‘$23,200,000’’ in the amount column and inserting 
‘‘$15,000,000’’; 
(6) in the item relating to Fort Riley, Kansas, by striking 
‘‘$47,400,000’’ 
in 
the 
amount 
column 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$37,200,000’’; 
(7) in the item relating to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, by 
striking ‘‘$135,300,000’’ in the amount column and inserting 
‘‘$115,400,000’’; 
(8) by striking the item relating to Fort Polk, Louisiana; 
(9) by striking the item relating to Aberdeen Proving 
Ground, Maryland; 
(10) by striking the item relating to Fort Detrick, Maryland; 
(11) by striking the item relating to Detroit Arsenal, 
Michigan; 
(12) in the item relating to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 
by striking ‘‘$34,500,000’’ in the amount column and inserting 
‘‘$17,000,000’’; 
(13) by striking the item relating to Picatinny Arsenal, 
New Jersey; 
(14) in the item relating to Fort Drum, New York, by 
striking ‘‘$218,600,000’’ in the amount column and inserting 
‘‘$209,200,000’’; 
(15) in the item relating to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 
by striking ‘‘$96,900,000’’ in the amount column and inserting 
‘‘$89,000,000’’; 
(16) by striking the item relating to Letterkenny Depot, 
Pennsylvania; 
(17) by striking the item relating to Corpus Christi Army 
Depot, Texas; 
(18) by striking the item relating to Fort Bliss, Texas;
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(19) in the item relating to Fort Hood, Texas, by striking 
‘‘$93,000,000’’ 
in 
the 
amount 
column 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$75,000,000’’; 
(20) by striking the item relating to Red River Depot, 
Texas; and 
(21) by striking the item relating to Fort Lee, Virginia. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2104(a) of such Act 
(120 Stat. 2447) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘$3,518,450,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,275,700,000’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$1,362,200,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,119,450,000’’. 
SEC. 2106. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007. 
(a) LOCATION OF PROJECT IN ROMANIA.—The table in section 
2101(b) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 2007 
(division B of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2446) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Babadag Range’’ and inserting ‘‘Mihail Kogalniceanu 
Air Base’’. 
(b) SPELLING ERROR RELATING TO ARMY FAMILY HOUSING.— 
The table in section 2102(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 
2446) is amended by striking ‘‘Fort McCoyine’’ and inserting ‘‘Fort 
McCoy’’. 
SEC. 2107. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2006 PROJECT. 
(a) MODIFICATION.—The table in section 2101(a) of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (division B 
of Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3485) is amended in the item 
relating to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, by striking ‘‘$301,250,000’’ 
in the amount column and inserting ‘‘$308,250,000’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2104(b)(5) of that Act 
(119 Stat. 3488) is amended by striking ‘‘$77,400,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$84,400,000’’. 
SEC. 2108. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 
2005 PROJECT. 
(a) EXTENSION AND RENEWAL.—Notwithstanding section 2701 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 
(division B of Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2116), the authoriza-
tion set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 
2101 of that Act (118 Stat. 2101), 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) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2005 Project Authorization 
Installation or Location 
Project 
Amount 
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii ............
Training facility ...................
$35,542,000
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SEC. 2109. GROUND LEASE, SOUTHCOM HEADQUARTERS FACILITY, 
MIAMI-DORAL, FLORIDA. 
(a) GROUND LEASE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the Army 
may utilize the State of Florida property as described in sublease 
number 4489–01, entered into between the State of Florida and 
the United States (in this section referred to as the ‘‘ground lease’’), 
for the purpose of constructing a consolidated headquarters facility 
for the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). 
(b) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary of the 
Army may carry out the project to construct a new headquarters 
on property leased from the State of Florida when the following 
conditions have been met regarding the lease for the property: 
(1) The United States Government shall have the right 
to use the property without interruption until at least December 
31, 2055. 
(2) The United States Government shall have the right 
to use the property for general administrative purposes in 
the event the United States Southern Command relocates or 
vacates the property. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN GROUND LEASE OF ADJACENT PROP-
ERTY.—The Secretary may obtain the ground lease of additional 
real property owned by the State of Florida that is adjacent to 
the real property leased under the ground lease for purposes of 
completing the construction of the SOUTHCOM headquarters 
facility, as long as the additional terms of the ground lease required 
by subsection (b) apply to such adjacent property. 
(d) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not obligate or expend 
funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 2104(a)(1) for the construction of the SOUTHCOM head-
quarters facility authorized under section 2101(a) until the Sec-
retary transmits to the congressional defense committees a modifica-
tion to the ground lease signed by the United States Government 
and the State of Florida in accordance with subsection (b). 
TITLE XXII—NAVY 
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2202. Family housing. 
Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. 
Sec. 2205. Termination of authority to carry out fiscal year 2007 Navy projects for 
which funds were not appropriated. 
Sec. 2206. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2005 project. 
Sec. 2207. Repeal of authorization for construction of Navy Outlying Landing Field, 
Washington County, North Carolina. 
SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISI-
TION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
2204(a)(1), the Secretary of the Navy may acquire real property 
and carry out military construction projects for the installations 
or locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set 
forth in the following table:
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Navy: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Alabama .............
Outlying Field Evergreen .............................
$9,560,000 
Arizona ..............
Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma .................
$33,720,000 
California ...........
Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar ............
$26,760,000 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton ..........
$264,360,000 
Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms ......
$142,619,000 
Naval Station, San Diego .............................
$3,000,000 
Naval Support Activity, Monterey ...............
$9,780,000 
Submarine Base, San Diego .........................
$23,630,000 
Connecticut ........
Submarine Base, New London .....................
$21,160,000 
Florida ...............
Marine Corps Logistics Base, Blount Island 
$10,240,000 
Naval Support Activity, Cape Canaveral ....
$9,900,000 
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama 
City.
$13,870,000 
Naval Training Center, Corry Field ............
$3,140,000 
Georgia ..............
Marine Corps Logistics Base ........................
$9,980,000 
Hawaii ...............
Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe ............
$37,961,000 
Naval Base, Pearl Harbor .............................
$99,860,000 
Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Wahiawa ........
$65,410,000 
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard ......................
$30,200,000 
Illinois ................
Naval Training Center, Great Lakes ...........
$10,221,000 
Indiana ..............
Naval Support Activity, Crane .....................
$23,800,000 
Maine .................
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard .........................
$9,700,000 
Maryland ...........
Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River 
$38,360,000 
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian 
Head.
$9,450,000 
Mississippi .........
Naval Air Station, Meridian .........................
$6,770,000 
Nevada ...............
Naval Air Station, Fallon .............................
$11,460,000 
New Jersey ........
Naval Air Warfare Center, Lakehurst .........
$4,100,000 
North Carolina ..
Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point .....
$28,610,000 
Marine Corps Air Station, New River .........
$58,700,000 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune .............
$248,930,000 
Rhode Island .....
Naval Station, Newport ................................
$13,760,000 
South Carolina ..
Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort ............
$10,300,000 
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island 
$55,282,000 
Texas ..................
Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi ...............
$14,290,000 
Virginia ..............
Marine Corps Base, Quantico .......................
$50,519,000 
Naval Station, Norfolk ..................................
$79,560,000 
Naval Support Activity, Chesapeake ...........
$8,450,000 
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren ...
$10,000,000 
Washington .......
Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island ..............
$34,520,000 
Naval Station, Bremerton .............................
$190,960,000 
Naval Station, Everett ..................................
$10,940,000 
Naval Station, Kitsap ....................................
$6,130,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
2204(a)(2), the Secretary of the Navy may acquire real property 
and carry out military construction projects for the installations 
or locations outside the United States, and in the amounts, set 
forth in the following table: 
Navy: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Bahrain ............................
Southwest Asia ....................................
$35,500,000 
Diego Garcia ....................
Naval Support Facility, Diego Garcia 
$7,150,000 
Djibouti ............................
Camp Lemonier ...................................
$22,390,000
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(3) For military construction projects at unspecified world-
wide locations authorized by section 2201(c), $11,600,000. 
(4) For unspecified minor military construction projects 
authorized by section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, 
$10,000,000. 
(5) For architectural and engineering services and construc-
tion design under section 2807 of title 10, United States Code, 
$113,017,000. 
(6) For military family housing functions: 
(A) For construction and acquisition, planning and 
design, and improvement of military family housing and 
facilities, $293,129,000. 
(B) For support of military family housing (including 
functions described in section 2833 of title 10, United States 
Code), $371,404,000. 
(7) For the construction of increment 2 of the construction 
of an addition to the National Maritime Intelligence Center, 
Suitland, Maryland, authorized by section 2201(a) of the Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (divi-
sion B of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2448), $52,069,000. 
(8) For the construction of increment 3 of recruit training 
barracks infrastructure upgrade at Recruit Training Command, 
Great Lakes, Illinois, authorized by section 2201(a) of the Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (divi-
sion B of Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3490), $16,650,000. 
(9) For the construction of increment 3 of wharf upgrades 
at Yokosuka, Japan, authorized by section 2201(b) of the Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2006 (divi-
sion B of Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3490), $8,750,000. 
(10) For the construction of increment 2 of the Bachelor 
Enlisted Quarters Homeport Ashore Program at Bremerton, 
Washington (formerly referred to as a project at Naval Station, 
Everett), authorized by section 2201(a) of the Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2006 (division B of Public 
Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3490), $47,240,000. 
(11) For the construction of increment 4 of the limited 
area production and storage complex at Naval Submarine Base, 
Kitsap, Bangor, Washington (formerly referred to as a project 
at the Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific, Bangor), authorized 
by section 2201(a) of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act of Fiscal Year 2005 (division B of Public Law 108–375; 
118 Stat. 2105), as amended by section 2206 of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (division 
B of Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3493), $39,750,000. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.— 
Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 2853 
of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost variation author-
ized by law, the total cost of all projects carried out under section 
2201 of this Act may not exceed the sum of the following: 
(1) The total amount authorized to be appropriated under 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a). 
(2) $50,000,000 (the balance of the amount authorized 
under section 2201(a) for a submarine drive-in magnetic 
silencing facility in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii). 
(3) $50,912,000 (the balance of the amount authorized 
under section 2201(b) for construction of a wharf extension 
in Apra Harbor, Guam).
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(4) $71,200,000 (the balance of the amount authorized 
under section 2201(a) for a nuclear aircraft carrier maintenance 
pier at Naval Station Bremerton, Washington). 
SEC. 2205. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FISCAL YEAR 
2007 NAVY PROJECTS FOR WHICH FUNDS WERE NOT 
APPROPRIATED. 
(a) TERMINATION OF INSIDE THE UNITED STATES PROJECTS.— 
The table in section 2201(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–364; 
120 Stat. 2449) is amended— 
(1) in the item relating to Marine Corps Base, Twentynine 
Palms, California, by striking ‘‘$27,217,000’’ in the amount 
column and inserting ‘‘$8,217,000’’; 
(2) by striking the item relating to Naval Support Activity, 
Monterey, California; 
(3) by striking the item relating to Naval Submarine Base, 
New London, Connecticut; 
(4) by striking the item relating to Cape Canaveral, Florida; 
(5) in the item relating to Marine Corps Logistics Base, 
Albany, Georgia, by striking ‘‘$70,540,000’’ in the amount 
column and inserting ‘‘$62,000,000’’; 
(6) by striking the item relating to Naval Magazine, Pearl 
Harbor, Hawaii; 
(7) by striking the item relating to Naval Shipyard, Pearl 
Harbor, Hawaii; 
(8) by striking the item relating to Naval Support Activity, 
Crane, Indiana; 
(9) by striking the item relating to Portsmouth Naval Ship-
yard, Maine; 
(10) by striking the item relating to Naval Air Station, 
Meridian, Mississippi; 
(11) by striking the item relating to Naval Air Station, 
Fallon, Nevada; 
(12) by striking the item relating to Marine Corps Air 
Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina; 
(13) by striking the item relating to Naval Station, New-
port, Rhode Island; 
(14) in the item relating to Marine Corps Air Station, 
Beaufort, South Carolina, by striking ‘‘$25,575,000’’ in the 
amount column and inserting ‘‘$22,225,000’’; 
(15) by striking the item relating to Naval Special Weapons 
Center, Dahlgren, Virginia; 
(16) in the item relating to Naval Support Activity, Norfolk, 
Virginia, by striking ‘‘$41,712,000’’ in the amount column and 
inserting ‘‘$28,462,000’’; 
(17) in the item relating to Naval Air Station, Whidbey 
Island, Washington, by striking ‘‘$67,303,000’’ in the amount 
column and inserting ‘‘$57,653,000’’; and 
(18) in the item relating to Naval Base, Kitsap, Wash-
ington, by striking ‘‘$17,617,000’’ in the amount column and 
inserting ‘‘$13,507,000’’. 
(b) TERMINATION OF MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS.— 
Section 2204(a)(6)(A) of such Act (120 Stat. 2450) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$308,956,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$305,256,000’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2204(a) of such Act 
(120 Stat. 2450) is amended—
H. R. 4986—512 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘$2,109,367,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,946,867,000’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$832,982,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$674,182,000’’. 
SEC. 2206. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2005 PROJECT. 
(a) MODIFICATION.—The table in section 2201(a) of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (division B 
of Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2105), as amended by section 
2206 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2006 (division B of Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3493) and section 
2205 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007 (division B of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2452), is 
amended— 
(1) in the item relating to Strategic Weapons Facility 
Pacific, Bangor, Washington, by striking ‘‘$147,760,000’’ in the 
amount column and inserting ‘‘$295,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking the amount identified as the total in the 
amount column and inserting ‘‘$972,719,000’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2204 of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (division B 
of Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2107), as amended by section 
2206 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2006 (division B of Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3493) and section 
2205 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007 (division B of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2453), is amended 
in subsection (b)(6), by striking ‘‘$95,320,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$259,320,000’’. 
SEC. 2207. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NAVY 
OUTLYING 
LANDING 
FIELD, 
WASHINGTON 
COUNTY, 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
(a) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION.—The table in section 2201(a) 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 
(division B of Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1704) is amended 
by striking the item relating to Navy Outlying Landing Field, 
Washington County, North Carolina, as added by section 2205(a) 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 
(division B of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2452). 
(b) REPEAL
OF INCREMENTAL FUNDING AUTHORITY.—Section 
2204(b) of that Act (117 Stat. 1706) is amended by striking para-
graph (6). 
(c) EFFECT OF REPEAL.—The amendments made by this section 
do not affect the expenditure of funds obligated, before the effective 
date of this title, for the construction of the Navy Outlying Landing 
Field, Washington County, North Carolina, or the acquisition of 
real property to facilitate such construction. 
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE 
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2302. Family housing. 
Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. 
Sec. 2305. Termination of authority to carry out fiscal year 2007 Air Force projects 
for which funds were not appropriated. 
Sec. 2306. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2006 projects.
H. R. 4986—513 
Sec. 2307. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2005 projects. 
Sec. 2308. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2004 projects. 
SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2304(1), 
the Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property and 
carry out military construction projects for the installations or 
locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth 
in the following table: 
Air Force: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Alaska ......................
Elmendorf Air Force Base .......................
$83,180,000 
Arizona ....................
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base ..............
$11,200,000 
Luke Air Force Base ................................
$5,500,000 
Arkansas .................
Little Rock Air Force Base ......................
$19,600,000 
California ................
Travis Air Force Base ..............................
$37,400,000 
Colorado ..................
Fort Carson ..............................................
$13,500,000 
Schriever Air Force Base ........................
$24,500,000 
United States Air Force Academy ..........
$15,000,000 
District of Columbia 
Bolling Air Force Base ............................
$2,500,000 
Florida .....................
Eglin Air Force Base ...............................
$158,300,000 
MacDill Air Force Base ...........................
$60,500,000 
Patrick Air Force Base ............................
$11,854,000 
Tyndall Air Force Base ...........................
$52,514,000 
Georgia ....................
Moody Air Force Base .............................
$7,500,000 
Robins Air Force Base .............................
$19,700,000 
Hawaii .....................
Hickam Air Force Base ...........................
$31,971,000 
Illinois .....................
Scott Air Force Base ................................
$24,900,000 
Kansas .....................
Fort Riley ..................................................
$12,515,000 
McConnell Air Force Base ......................
$6,300,000 
Massachusetts .........
Hanscom Air Force Base .........................
$12,800,000 
Mississippi ..............
Columbus Air Force Base ........................
$9,800,000 
Missouri ...................
Whiteman Air Force Base .......................
$11,400,000 
Montana ..................
Malmstrom Air Force Base .....................
$7,000,000 
Nebraska .................
Offutt Air Force Base ..............................
$16,952,000 
Nevada ....................
Nellis Air Force Base ...............................
$4,950,000 
New Mexico .............
Cannon Air Force Base ...........................
$1,688,000 
Kirtland Air Force Base ..........................
$15,100,000 
North Dakota ..........
Grand Forks Air Force Base ...................
$13,000,000 
Minot Air Force Base ..............................
$18,200,000 
Oklahoma ................
Altus Air Force Base ...............................
$2,000,000 
Tinker Air Force Base .............................
$34,600,000 
Vance Air Force Base ..............................
$7,700,000 
South Carolina ........
Charleston Air Force Base ......................
$11,000,000 
Shaw Air Force Base ...............................
$9,300,000 
South Dakota ..........
Ellsworth Air Force Base ........................
$16,600,000 
Texas .......................
Goodfellow Air Force Base ......................
$5,800,000 
Lackland Air Force Base .........................
$14,000,000 
Laughlin Air Force Base .........................
$5,200,000 
Randolph Air Force Base ........................
$2,950,000 
Shepard Air Force Base ..........................
$7,000,000 
Utah .........................
Hill Air Force Base ..................................
$25,999,000 
Washington .............
Fairchild Air Force Base .........................
$6,200,000 
Wyoming .................
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base .........
$14,600,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2304(2),
H. R. 4986—514 
the Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property and 
carry out military construction projects for the installations or 
locations outside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth 
in the following table: 
Air Force: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Germany ..........................
Ramstein Air Base ..............................
$48,209,000 
Guam ...............................
Andersen Air Force Base ....................
$15,816,000 
Qatar ................................
Al Udeid Air Base ...............................
$22,300,000 
Spain ................................
Moron Air Base ....................................
$1,800,000 
United Kingdom ..............
Royal Air Force Lakenheath ..............
$17,300,000 
Royal Air Force Menwith Hill Station 
$41,000,000 
(c) UNSPECIFIED WORLDWIDE.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2304(3), 
the Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property and 
carry out military construction projects for unspecified installations 
or locations in the amount set forth in the following table: 
Air Force: Unspecified Worldwide 
Location 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Worldwide Classified ......
Classified Project .................................
$1,500,000 
Classified-Special 
Evaluation 
Pro-
gram.
$12,328,000 
SEC. 2302. FAMILY HOUSING. 
(a) CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
2304(6)(A), the Secretary of the Air Force may construct or acquire 
family housing units (including land acquisition and supporting 
facilities) at the installations or locations, in the number of units, 
and in the amounts set forth in the following table: 
Air Force: Family Housing 
State or Country 
Installation or Location 
Units 
Amount 
Germany ...................
Ramstein Air Base ......................
117 ....
$56,275,000 
(b) PLANNING
AND
DESIGN.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
2304(6)(A), the Secretary of the Air Force may carry out architec-
tural and engineering services and construction design activities 
with respect to the construction or improvement of military family 
housing units in an amount not to exceed $12,210,000. 
SEC. 2303. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING UNITS. 
Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, and 
using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appro-
priations in section 2304(6)(A), the Secretary of the Air Force may 
improve existing military family housing units in an amount not 
to exceed $259,262,000.
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Air Force: Extension of 2005 Project Authorizations—Continued 
Installation or Location 
Project 
Amount 
Housing maintenance facil-
ity.
$1,250,000 
Columbus Air Force Base, Mis-
sissippi.
Housing management facil-
ity.
$711,000 
Whiteman Air Force Base, Mis-
souri.
Family housing (160 units)
$37,087,000 
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, 
North Carolina.
Family housing (167 units)
$32,693,000 
Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas
Family housing (127 units)
$20,604,000 
Ramstein Air Base, Germany ........
USAFE Theater Aerospace 
Operations Support Cen-
ter.
$24,024,000 
SEC. 2308. 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), authorizations set forth 
in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2302 of that 
Act (117 Stat. 1710) 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 funds for military construction for fiscal year 2009, 
whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows: 
Air Force: Extension of 2004 Project Authorizations 
Installation or Location 
Project 
Amount 
Travis Air Force Base, California ..
Family housing (56 units) ...
$12,723,000 
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida ........
Family housing (279 units)
$32,166,000 
TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES 
Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2402. Energy conservation projects. 
Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. 
Sec. 2404. Termination or modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 
2007 Defense Agencies projects. 
Sec. 2405. Munitions demilitarization facilities, Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, 
and Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado. 
Sec. 2406. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2005 projects. 
SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUCTION AND 
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
2403(a)(1), the Secretary of Defense may acquire real property 
and carry out military construction projects for the installations 
or locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set 
forth in the following tables:
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Defense Education Activity 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
North Carolina 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune ....................
$2,014,000 
Defense Intelligence Agency 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
District of Columbia 
Bolling Air Force Base ...............................
$1,012,000 
Defense Logistics Agency 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
California ........
Port Loma Annex .................................................
$140,000,000 
Florida ............
Naval Air Station, Key West ...............................
$1,874,000 
Hawaii .............
Hickam Air Force Base ........................................
$11,900,000 
New Mexico ....
Kirtland Air Force Base .......................................
$1,800,000 
Ohio .................
Defense Supply Center, Columbus .....................
$4,000,000 
Pennsylvania ..
Defense Distribution Depot, New Cumberland
$21,000,000 
Virginia ...........
Fort Belvoir ...........................................................
$5,000,000 
National Security Agency 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Maryland ........
Fort Meade ............................................................
$11,901,000 
Special Operations Command 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
California ........
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton .................
$20,030,000 
Naval Amphibious Base, Coronodo .....................
$12,000,000 
Florida ............
Hurlburt Field ......................................................
$29,111,000 
MacDill Air Force Base ........................................
$47,700,000 
Georgia ............
Fort Benning .........................................................
$35,000,000 
Hunter Army Air Field ........................................
$13,800,000 
Kentucky .........
Fort Campbell .......................................................
$53,500,000 
Mississippi ......
Stennis Space Center ...........................................
$10,200,000 
New Mexico ....
Cannon Air Force Base ........................................
$7,500,000 
North Carolina 
Fort Bragg .............................................................
$47,250,000 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune ....................
$28,210,000 
Virginia ...........
Dam Neck .............................................................
$113,800,000 
Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek ................
$48,000,000 
Washington .....
Fort Lewis .............................................................
$77,000,000 
TRICARE Management Activity 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Florida ............
MacDill Air Force Base ........................................
$5,000,000 
Illinois .............
Naval Hospital, Great Lakes ...............................
$99,000,000 
New York ........
Fort Drum .............................................................
$41,000,000 
Texas ...............
Camp Bullis ..........................................................
$7,400,000
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TRICARE Management Activity—Continued 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Virginia ...........
Naval Station, Norfolk .........................................
$6,450,000 
Washington .....
Fort Lewis .............................................................
$21,000,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
2403(a)(2), the Secretary of Defense may acquire real property 
and carry out military construction projects for the installations 
or locations outside the United States, and in the amounts, set 
forth in the following tables: 
Defense Education Activity 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Belgium ................
Sterrebeek ........................................................
$5,992,000 
Germany ..............
Ramstein Air Base ..........................................
$5,393,000 
Wiesbaden Air Base ........................................
$20,472,000 
Special Operations Command 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Bahrain ................
Southwest Asia ................................................
$19,000,000 
Qatar ....................
Al Udeid AB .....................................................
$52,852,000 
TRICARE Management Activity 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Germany ..............
Spangdahlem Air Base ...................................
$30,100,000 
(c) UNSPECIFIED WORLDWIDE.—Using the amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
2403(a)(3), the Secretary of Defense may acquire real property 
and carry out military construction projects for unspecified installa-
tions or locations in the amount set forth in the following table: 
Defense Agencies: Unspecified Worldwide 
Location 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Worldwide Classified 
Classified Project ........................................
$1,887,000 
SEC. 2402. ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in section 2403(a)(7), the Secretary of Defense may 
carry out energy conservation projects under chapter 173 of title 
10, United States Code, in the amount of $70,000,000. 
SEC. 2403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, DEFENSE AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2007, for
H. R. 4986—521 
military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing 
functions of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments) in the total amount of $1,763,120,000 as follows: 
(1) For military construction projects inside the United 
States authorized by section 2401(a), $791,902,000. 
(2) For military construction projects outside the United 
States authorized by section 2401(b), $133,809,000. 
(3) For the military construction projects at unspecified 
worldwide locations authorized by section 2301(c), $1,887,000. 
(4) For unspecified minor military construction projects 
under section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, $23,711,000. 
(5) For contingency construction projects of the Secretary 
of Defense under section 2804 of title 10, United States Code, 
$5,000,000. 
(6) For architectural and engineering services and construc-
tion design under section 2807 of title 10, United States Code, 
$155,569,000. 
(7) For energy conservation projects authorized by section 
2402 of this Act, $70,000,000. 
(8) For military family housing functions: 
(A) For support of military family housing (including 
functions described in section 2833 of title 10, United States 
Code), $48,848,000. 
(B) For credit to the Department of Defense Family 
Housing 
Improvement 
Fund 
established 
by 
section 
2883(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, $500,000. 
(9) For the construction of increment 3 of the regional 
security operations center at Kunia, Hawaii, authorized by 
section 2401(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
of Fiscal Year 2006 (division B of Public Law 109–163; 119 
Stat. 3497), as amended by section 7017 of the Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War 
on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109– 
234; 120 Stat. 485), $136,318,000. 
(10) For the construction of increment 3 of the regional 
security operations center at Augusta, Georgia, authorized by 
section 2401(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
of Fiscal Year 2006 (division B of Public Law 109–163; 119 
Stat. 3497), as amended by section 7016 of the Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War 
on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109– 
234; 120 Stat. 485), $100,000,000. 
(11) For the construction of increment 2 of the health 
clinic replacement at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, author-
ized by section 2401(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act of Fiscal Year 2007 (division B of Public Law 109– 
364; 120 Stat. 2457), $41,400,000. 
(12) For the construction of increment 2 of the replacement 
of the Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases 
at Fort Detrick, Maryland, authorized by section 2401(a) of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2007 
(division B of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2457), 
$150,000,000. 
(13) For the construction of increment 9 of a munitions 
demilitarization facility at Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado, 
authorized by section 2401(a) of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (division B of Public
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Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2775), as amended by section 2406 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2000 (division B of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 839) and 
section 2407 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2003 (division B of Public Law 107–314; 116 
Stat. 2698), $35,159,000. 
(14) For the construction of increment 8 of a munitions 
demilitarization facility at Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, 
authorized by section 2401(a) of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (division B of Public 
Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 835), as amended by section 2405 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2002 (division B of Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1298) and 
section 2405 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2003 (division B of Public Law 107–314; 116 
Stat. 2698), $69,017,000. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.— 
Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 2853 
of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost variation author-
ized by law, the total cost of all projects carried out under section 
2401 of this Act may not exceed the sum of the following: 
(1) The total amount authorized to be appropriated under 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a). 
(2) $84,300,000 (the balance of the amount authorized for 
the Defense Logistics Agency under section 2401(a) for the 
replacement of fuel storage facilities, Point Loma Annex, Cali-
fornia). 
(3) $47,250,000 (the balance of the amount authorized for 
the Special Operations Command under section 2401(a) for 
a special operations forces operations facility at Dam Neck, 
Virginia). 
SEC. 2404. TERMINATION OR MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY 
OUT CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2007 DEFENSE AGENCIES 
PROJECTS. 
(a) TERMINATION OF PROJECTS FOR WHICH FUNDS WERE NOT 
APPROPRIATED.—The table relating to Special Operations Command 
in section 2401(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 
2457) is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to Stennis Space Center, 
Mississippi; and 
(2) in the item relating to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 
by striking ‘‘$51,768,000’’ in the amount column and inserting 
‘‘$44,868,000’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN BASE 
CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT ACTIVITIES.—Section 2405(a)(7) of that 
Act (120 Stat. 2460) is amended by striking ‘‘$191,220,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$252,279,000’’. 
(c) MODIFICATION OF MUNITIONS DEMILITARIZATION FACILITY 
PROJECT.—Section 2405(a)(15) of that Act (120 Stat. 2461) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$99,157,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$89,157,000’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2405(a) of that Act 
(120 Stat. 2460) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘$7,163,431,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,197,390,000’’; and