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CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided 
for, necessary for the destruction of the United States 
stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in ac-
cordance with the provisions of section 1412 of the De-
partment of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 
1521), and for the destruction of other chemical warfare 
materials that are not in the chemical weapon stockpile, 
as currently authorized by law, $81,886,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That such 
amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by 
the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to such ap-
propriations of the Department of Defense available for 
military construction as the Secretary may designate, to 
be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, 
and for the same time period, as the appropriation to 
which transferred. 
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 
Closure Account 1990 established by section 2906(a)(1) 
of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 
(10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $246,116,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 
fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 
exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, 
except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 
the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there-
for. 
SEC. 102. Funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for construction shall be available for hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles. 
SEC. 103. Funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for construction may be used for advances to the 
Federal Highway Administration, Department of Trans-
portation, for the construction of access roads as author-
ized by section 210 of title 23, United States Code, when 
projects authorized therein are certified as important to 
the national defense by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to begin construction of new bases in 
the United States for which specific appropriations have 
not been made. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 
in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by
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the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi-
neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina-
tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 
by the Attorney General or his designee; (3) where the 
estimated value is less than $25,000; or (4) as otherwise 
determined by the Secretary of Defense to be in the public 
interest. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 
preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 
except housing for which funds have been made available 
in annual Military Construction Appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo-
cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for the procurement of steel for any con-
struction project or activity for which American steel pro-
ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 
the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family hous-
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ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 
property taxes in any foreign nation. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 
estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for 
projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any NATO mem-
ber country, or in countries bordering the Arabian Sea, 
unless such contracts are awarded to United States firms 
or United States firms in joint venture with host nation 
firms. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for military construction in the United States terri-
tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Sea, may be 
used to award any contract estimated by the Government 
to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, 
That this section shall not be applicable to contract 
awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid 
of a United States contractor exceeds the lowest respon-
sive and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater 
than 20 percent: Provided further, That this section shall