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the Fund: Provided, That appropriations made available
to the Funds shall be available to cover the costs, as defined
in section 502(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
of direct loans or loan guarantees issued by the Department
of Defense pursuant to the provisions of subchapter IV of
chapter 169, title 10, United States Code, pertaining to al-
ternative means of acquiring and improving military fam-
ily housing, military unaccompanied housing, and sup-
porting facilities.
SEC. 121. None of the funds appropriated or made
available by this Act may be obligated for Partnership for
Peace Programs in the New Independent States of the
former Soviet Union.
SEC. 122. (a) Not later than 60 days before issuing
any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for
military family housing the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees the notice described in subsection (b).
(b)(1) A notice referred to in subsection (a) is a notice
of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or
rental payments) proposed to be made by the Secretary to
the private party under the contract involved in the event
of—
(A) the closure or realignment of the installation
for which housing is provided under the contract;
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(B) a reduction in force of units stationed at
such installation; 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.
SEC. 123. 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 De-
fense Authorization Act, 1991, to the fund established by
section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropoli-
tan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for
expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Pro-
gram. Any amounts transferred shall be merged with and
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be available for the same purposes and for the same time
period as the fund to which transferred.
SEC. 124. Notwithstanding this or any other provision
of law, funds appropriated in Military Construction Ap-
propriations 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 general
or flag officer quarters: Provided, That not more than
$35,000 per unit may be spent annually for the mainte-
nance and repair of any general or flag officer quarters
without 30 days advance prior notification to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, except that an after-the-fact
notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded
solely due to costs associated with environmental remedi-
ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time
of the budget submission: Provided further, That the Under
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually to
the Committees on Appropriations all operations and
maintenance expenditures for each individual general or
flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year.
SEC. 125. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
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SEC. 126. No funds appropriated in this Act under
the heading ‘‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security
Investment Program’’, and no funds appropriated for any
fiscal year before fiscal year 2005 for that program that
remain available for obligation, may be obligated or ex-
pended for the conduct of studies of missile defense.
SEC. 127. Section 128(b)3(A) of Public Law 108–132
is amended by striking the words ‘‘December 31, 2004’’ and
replacing with ‘‘August 15, 2005’’.
SEC. 128. During the current fiscal year, amounts con-
tained in the Ford Island Improvement Account established
under 10 U.S.C. 2814(h) are appropriated and shall be
available until expended for the purposes specified in 10
U.S.C. 2814(i)(1) or until transferred pursuant to the pro-
visions of 10 U.S.C. 2814(i)(3).
SEC. 129. (a) TRANSFER OF CERTAIN EXCESS PROP-
ERTY AT FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, CALIFORNIA.—
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
whenever the Secretary of the Army determines that
any portion of real property consisting of approxi-
mately 165,000 acres at Fort Hunter Liggett, Cali-
fornia, is excess to the military needs of the Army, the
Secretary of the Army shall first offer the property to
the Secretary of Agriculture.
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(2) If the Secretary of Agriculture determines,
pursuant to negotiations with the Secretary of the
Army, to accept any property offered under para-
graph (1), the Secretary of the Army shall transfer
administrative jurisdiction of such property to the
Secretary of Agriculture.
(b) MANAGEMENT OF TRANSFERRED PROPERTY.—
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture shall manage
any property transferred under subsection (a) as part
of the National Forest System under the Act of March
1, 1911 (commonly known as ‘‘Weeks Law’’) (16
U.S.C. 480 et seq.), and other laws relating to the Na-
tional Forest System.
(2) Any property managed under paragraph (1)
shall be subject to the concurrent jurisdiction of the
State of California.
(c) ADJUSTMENT OF BOUNDARIES.—
(1) Effective upon the transfer of property under
subsection (a), the boundaries of Los Padres National
Forest shall be modified to incorporate such property.
The Chief of the United States Forest Service shall
file and make available for public inspection in the
Office of the Chief of the United States Forest Service
in Washington, District of Columbia, a map reflect-