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(A) the closure or realignment of the installation for which
housing is provided under the contract;
(B) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installa-
tion; or
(C) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed
at such installation.
(2) Each notice under this subsection shall specify the nature
of the guarantee involved and assess the extent and likelihood,
if any, of the liability of the Federal Government with respect
to the guarantee.
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense committees’’
means the following:
(1) The Committee on Armed Services and the Military
Construction Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate.
(2) The Committee on Armed Services and the Military
Construction Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 126. During the current fiscal year, in addition to any
other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense,
amounts may be transferred from the account established by section
2906(a)(1) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991,
to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration
Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374)
to pay for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance
Program. Any amounts transferred shall be merged with and be
available for the same purposes and for the same time period
as the fund to which transferred.
SEC. 127. Not later than April 30, 2000, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a
report examining the adequacy of special education facilities and
services available to the dependent children of uniformed personnel
stationed in the United States. The report shall identify the fol-
lowing:
(1) The schools on military installations in the United
States that are operated by the Department of Defense, other
entities of the Federal Government, or local school districts.
(2) School districts in the United States that have experi-
enced an increase in enrollment of 20 percent or more in
the past five years resulting from base realignments or consoli-
dations.
(3) The impact of increased special education requirements
on student populations, student-teacher ratios, and financial
requirements in school districts supporting installations des-
ignated by the military departments as compassionate assign-
ment posts.
(4) The adequacy of special education services and facilities
for dependent children of uniformed personnel within the
United States, particularly at compassionate assignment posts.
(5) Corrective measures that are needed to adequately sup-
port the special education needs of military families, including
such improvements as the renovation of existing schools or
the construction of new schools.
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(6) An estimate of the cost of needed improvements, and
a recommended source of funding within the Department of
Defense.
SEC. 128. Notwithstanding this or any other provision of law,
funds appropriated in Military Construction Appropriations Acts
for operations and maintenance of family housing shall be the
exclusive source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family
housing units, including flag and general officer quarters: Provided,
That not more than $25,000 per unit may be spent annually for
the maintenance and repair of any general or flag officer quarters
without 30 days advance prior notification of the appropriate
committees of Congress: Provided further, That beginning January
15, 2000 the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report
annually to the Committees on Appropriations all operations and
maintenance expenditures for each individual flag and general
officer quarters for the prior fiscal year.
SEC. 129. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION TRANSFER FUND’’ in chapter 6 of title II of
the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law
106–31) is amended by inserting ‘‘and to the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Security Investment Program as provided in section
2806 of title 10, United States Code’’ after ‘‘to military construction
accounts’’: Provided, That funds transferred to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization Security Investment Program from the Military
Construction Transfer Fund pursuant to such authority shall be
available for all purposes of the Security Investment Program and
shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 130. The Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force are
directed to submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress
by July 1, 2000, a Family Housing Master Plan demonstrating
how they plan to meet the year 2010 housing goals with traditional
construction, operation and maintenance support, as well as
privatization initiative proposals. Each plan shall include projected
life cycle costs for family housing construction, basic allowance
for housing, operation and maintenance, other associated costs,
and a time line for housing completions each year.
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other
Act may be obligated or expended for any purpose relating to
the construction at Bluegrass Army Depot, Kentucky, of any facility
employing a specific technology for the demilitarization of assembled
chemical munitions until the date on which the Secretary of Defense
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Department
of Defense will complete a demonstration of the six alternatives
to baseline incineration for the destruction of chemical agents and
munitions as identified by the Program Evaluation Team of the
Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction Appropria-
tions Act, 2000’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.