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United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive
and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than
20 per centum.
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense is to inform the
Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on
Armed Services of the plans and scope of any proposed
military exercise involving United States personnel thirty
days prior to its occurring, if amounts expended for con-
struction, either temporary or permanent, are anticipated
to exceed $100,000.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 114. Unexpended balances in the Military Fam-
ily Housing Management Account established pursuant to
section 2831 of title 10, United States Code, as well as
any additional amounts which would otherwise be trans-
ferred to the Military Family Housing Management Ac-
count, shall be transferred to the appropriations for Fam-
ily Housing, as determined by the Secretary of Defense,
based on the sources from which the funds were derived,
and shall be available for the same purposes, and for the
same time period, as the appropriation to which they have
been transferred.
SEC. 115. Not more than 20 per centum of the appro-
priations in Military Construction Appropriations Acts
which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal
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year shall be obligated during the last two months of the
fiscal year.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 116. Funds appropriated to the Department of
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the
current session of Congress.
SEC. 117. For military construction or family housing
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec-
tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects
and on subsequent claims, if any.
SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any funds appropriated to a military department or
defense agency for the construction of military projects
may be obligated for a military construction project or
contract, or for any portion of such a project or contract,
at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after
the fiscal year for which funds for such project were ap-
propriated if the funds obligated for such project (1) are
obligated from funds available for military construction
projects, and (2) do not exceed the amount appropriated
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for such project, plus any amount by which the cost of
such project is increased pursuant to law.
SEC. 119. Of the funds appropriated in this Act for
Operation and maintenance of Family Housing, no more
than $13,000,000 may be obligated for contract cleaning
of family housing units.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 120. During the five-year period after appro-
priations available to the Department of Defense for mili-
tary construction and family housing operation and main-
tenance and construction have expired for obligation, upon
a determination that such appropriations will not be nec-
essary for the liquidation of obligations or for making au-
thorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga-
tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations
may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’ to be merged
with and to be available for the same time period and for
the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred.
SEC. 121. The Secretary of Defense is to provide the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives with an annual report by Feb-
ruary 15, containing details of the specific actions pro-
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posed to be taken by the Department of Defense during
the current fiscal year to encourage other member nations
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Japan and
Korea to assume a greater share of the common defense
burden of such nations and the United States.
SEC. 122. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary of the Army shall transfer, no later
than September 30, 1994, without reimbursement or
transfer of funds, to the Architect of the Capitol, a portion
of the real property, including improvements thereon,
known as the Army Research Laboratory, Woodbridge Re-
search Facility, located in Prince William County, Vir-
ginia, consisting of approximately 100 acres, more or less,
as determined under subsection (c).
(b) The Architect of the Capitol shall, upon comple-
tion of the survey performed pursuant to subsection (c)
and the transfer effected pursuant to subsection (a), uti-
lize the property to be transferred to provide facilities to
accommodate the varied long term storage and service
needs of the Library of Congress and Legislative Branch.
(c) The exact acreage, legal description and appor-
tionment as to the portions of the property to be trans-
ferred under this section shall be determined by a survey
satisfactory to the Architect of the Capitol and the Sec-
retary of the Army.
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SEC. 123. Proceeds received by the Secretary of the
Navy pursuant to section 2840 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public
Law 102–190) are appropriated and shall be available for
the purposes authorized in that section.
SEC. 124. Defense access roads for Camp Dodge,
Iowa, (86th Street improvements) shall be considered as
fully meeting the certification requirements specified in
section 210 of title 23 of the United States Code.
SEC. 125. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.
No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in ex-
pending the assistance the entity will comply with sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
SEC. 126. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING NOTICE.
(a) PURCHASE
OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or prod-
ucts that may be authorized to be purchased with financial
assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of the
Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in
expending the assistance, purchase only American-made
equipment and products.
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(b) NOTICE
TO RECIPIENTS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec-
retary of Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the
assistance a notice describing the statement made in sub-
section (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 127. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a fraudulent
label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in
or shipped to the United States that was not made in the
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive
any contract or subcontract made with funds provided
pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligiblity procedures described in section 9.400
through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction
Appropriations Act, 1994’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 1993.
Attest:
Clerk.
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