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(g) The authority found in this section may not be used at 
existing U.S. Customs and Border Protection-serviced air facilities 
to enter into agreements for costs other than payment of overtime. 
(h) The Commissioner shall notify the appropriate Committees 
of Congress 15 days prior to entering into any agreement under 
the authority of this section and shall provide a copy of the agree-
ment to the appropriate Committees of Congress. 
(i) For purposes of this section the terms: 
(1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection ‘‘services’’ means 
any activities of any employee or contractor of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection pertaining to customs and immigration 
inspection-related matters. 
(2) ‘‘Person’’ means any natural person or any corporation, 
partnership, trust, association, or any other public or private 
entity, or any officer, employee, or agent thereof. 
(3) ‘‘Appropriate Committees of Congress’’ means the 
Committees on Appropriations; Finance; Judiciary; and Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committees on Appropriations; Judiciary; Ways and Means; 
and Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 561. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate 
the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if the Federal 
law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the individual is 
an agent of a drug cartel unless law enforcement personnel of 
the United States continuously monitor or control the firearm at 
all times. 
SEC. 562. Twenty percent of each of the appropriations provided 
in this Act for the ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive Manage-
ment’’, the ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary for Management’’, and 
the ‘‘Office of the Chief Financial Officer’’ shall be withheld from 
obligation until the reports and plans required in this Act to be 
submitted on or before May 1, 2013, are received by the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 563. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or 
any other provision of law, during the period beginning on October 
1, 2013, and ending on September 30, 2014, section 204(a)(1)(I) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(I)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) Each petition to compete for consideration 
for a visa under section 1153(c) of this title shall be 
accompanied by a fee equal to $30. All amounts col-
lected under this clause shall be deposited into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.’’: 
Provided, That the Department of State, in consultation with the 
Department of Homeland Security, shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act 
on the steps being taken to implement the recommendations of 
GAO–07–1174. 
SEC. 564. The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency shall cancel the liquidated balances of all remaining 
uncancelled or partially cancelled loans disbursed under the 
Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–88) and 
the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the 
Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 
109–234), as amended by section 4502 of the U.S. Troop Readiness,
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Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appro-
priations Act, 2007 (Public Law 110–28) to the extent that revenues 
of the local government during the period following the major 
disaster are insufficient to meet the budget of the local government, 
including additional disaster-related expenses of a municipal char-
acter. In calculating a community’s revenues while determining 
cancellation, the Administrator shall exclude revenues for special 
districts and any other revenues that are required by law to be 
disbursed to other units of local government or used for specific 
purposes more limited than the scope allowed by the General Fund. 
In calculating a community’s expenses, the Administrator shall 
include disaster-related capital expenses for which the community 
has not been reimbursed by Federal or insurance proceeds, debt 
service expenses, and accrued but unpaid uncompensated absences 
(vacation and sick pay). In calculating the operating deficit of the 
local government, the Administrator shall also consider all interfund 
transfers. When considering the period following the disaster, the 
Administrator may consider a period of 3, 5, or 7 full fiscal years 
after the disaster, beginning on the date of the declaration, in 
determining eligibility for cancellation. The criteria for cancellation 
do not apply to those loans already cancelled in full. Applicants 
shall submit supplemental documentation in support of their 
applications for cancellation on or before April 30, 2014, and the 
Administrator shall issue determinations and resolve any appeals 
on or before April 30, 2015. Loans not cancelled in full shall be 
repaid not later than September 30, 2035. The Administrator may 
use funds provided under Public Law 109–88 to reimburse those 
communities that have repaid all or a portion of loans, including 
interest, provided as Special Community Disaster Loans under 
Public Law 109–88 or Public Law 109–234, as amended by section 
4502 of Public Law 110–28. Further, the Administrator may use 
funds provided under Public Law 109–88 for necessary expenses 
to carry out this provision. 
SEC. 565. The Inspector General shall review the applications 
for public assistance provided through the Disaster Relief Fund 
with a project cost that exceeds $10,000,000 and the resulting 
decisions issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
for category A debris removal for DR–1786 upon receipt of a request 
from an applicant made no earlier than 90 days after filing an 
appeal with the Federal Emergency Management Agency without 
regard to whether the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency has issued a final agency determination on 
the application for assistance: Provided, That not later than 180 
days after the date of such request, the Inspector General shall 
determine whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
correctly applied its rules and regulations to determine eligibility 
of the applicant’s claim: Provided further, That if the Inspector 
General finds that the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
determinations 
related 
to 
eligibility 
and 
cost 
involved 
a 
misapplication of its rules and regulations, the applicant may 
submit the dispute to the arbitration process established under 
the authority granted under section 601 of Public Law 111–5 not 
later than 15 days after the date of issuance of the Inspector 
General’s finding in the previous proviso: Provided further, That 
if the Inspector General finds that the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency provided unauthorized funding, that the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall take corrective action.
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SEC. 566. None of the funds provided in this or any other 
Act may be obligated to implement the National Preparedness 
Grant Program or any other successor grant programs unless explic-
itly authorized by Congress. 
SEC. 567. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to provide funding for the position of Public Advocate 
within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 
SEC. 568. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to reimburse any Federal department or agency for its 
participation in a National Special Security Event. 
SEC. 569. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 
employees of a single component of the Department of Homeland 
Security, who are stationed in the United States, at a single inter-
national conference unless the Secretary of Homeland Security 
determines that such attendance is in the national interest and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives within at least 10 days of that determina-
tion and the basis for that determination: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean 
a conference occurring outside of the United States attended by 
representatives of the United States Government and of foreign 
governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 
organizations. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 570. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 
the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
(1) $1,800,000 from Public Law 112–74 under the heading 
‘‘Analysis and Operations’’; 
(2) $73,232,000 from funds made available in Public Law 
112–10 and Public Law 112–74 under the heading U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection, ‘‘Border Security Fencing, Infrastruc-
ture, and Technology’’; 
(3) $3,108,311 from unobligated prior year balances from 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ‘‘Construction’’; 
(4) $25,000,000 from Public Law 110–329 under the 
heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’; 
(5) $43,000,000 from Public Law 111–83 under the heading 
Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; 
(6) $63,500,000 from Public Law 112–10 under the heading 
Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; 
(7) $23,000,000 from Public Law 112–74 under the heading 
Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; 
and 
(8) $21,667,000 from Public Law 112–74 under the heading 
Transportation Security Administration, ‘‘Surface Transpor-
tation Security’’.
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(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 571. Of the funds provided in Public Law 110–161, Public 
Law 110–329, and Public Law 111–83, under the heading ‘‘National 
Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’ for congressionally directed spending 
items, $12,000,000 are rescinded from projects for which no applica-
tions were submitted or from projects which were completed for 
an amount less than that appropriated. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 572. Of the funds transferred to the Department of Home-
land Security when it was created in 2003, the following funds 
are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 
in the specified amounts: 
(1) $199,657 from ‘‘Operations’’; 
(2) $445,328 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(3) $63,045 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection ‘‘Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Programs’’; 
(4) $86,597 from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment ‘‘Violent Crime Reduction Programs’’; 
(5) $1,739 from Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’; 
(6) $1,329,239 from Federal Emergency Management 
Agency ‘‘Office of Domestic Preparedness’’; 
(7) $3,262,677 from Federal Emergency Management 
Agency ‘‘National Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’; and 
(8) $2,291,844 from Transportation Security Administration 
‘‘Administration’’. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 573. The following unobligated balances made available 
to the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to section 505 
of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 
(Public Law 112–74; 125 Stat. 984) are rescinded: 
(1) $314,674 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive 
Management’’; 
(2) $185,813 from ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary for 
Management’’; 
(3) $114,391 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Financial Officer’’; 
(4) $59,507 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Information Officer’’; 
(5) $568,188 from ‘‘Analysis and Operations’’; 
(6) $45,525 from ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’; 
(7) $568,480 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(8) $3,581,483 from U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(9) $1,075,942 from Transportation Security Administration 
‘‘Federal Air Marshals’’; 
(10) $18,142,454 from Coast Guard ‘‘Operating Expenses’’; 
(11) $991,520 from Coast Guard ‘‘Reserve Training’’; 
(12) $1,033,599 from Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’; 
(13) $2,371,377 from United States Secret Service ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’;
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(14) $82,084 from National Protection and Programs Direc-
torate ‘‘Management and Administration’’; 
(15) $1,683,470 from National Protection and Programs 
Directorate ‘‘Infrastructure Protection and Information Secu-
rity’’; 
(16) $184,583 from National Protection and Programs 
Directorate ‘‘United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indi-
cator Technology’’; 
(17) $259,874 from Federal Emergency Management 
Agency ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(18) $206,722 from Federal Emergency Management 
Agency ‘‘State and Local Programs’’; 
(19) $450,017 from Office of Health Affairs; 
(20) $205,799 from United States Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services; 
(21) $512,660 from Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(22) $244,553 from Science and Technology ‘‘Management 
and Administration’’; and 
(23) $128,565 from Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 
‘‘Management and Administration’’. 
SEC. 574. Fourteen days after the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity submits a report required under this division to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 
the Secretary shall submit a copy of that report to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2013’’. 
DIVISION E—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS 
AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2013 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for military construc-
tion, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facili-
ties, and real property for the Army as currently authorized by 
law, including personnel in the Army Corps of Engineers and other 
personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, 
and for construction and operation of facilities in support of the 
functions of the Commander in Chief, $1,684,323,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of this amount, 
not to exceed $80,173,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, architect and engineer services, and host nation support, 
as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Army determines
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an amount for a construction project that exceeds or reduces the 
amount identified for that project in the most recently submitted 
budget request for this account by 20 percent or $2,000,000, which-
ever is less: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall not 
apply to projects costing less than $5,000,000, except for those 
projects not previously identified in any budget submission for 
this account and exceeding the minor construction threshold under 
section 2805 of title 10, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this title shall 
be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract 
for construction, where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be per-
formed within the United States, except Alaska, without the specific 
approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the 
reasons therefor. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for construction 
shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for construction 
may be used for advances to the Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, for the construction of access roads 
as authorized 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 title 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 title shall 
be used for purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 
percent of the value as determined by the Army Corps of Engineers 
or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, except: (1) where 
there is a determination of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases 
negotiated by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 
General; (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 title 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 Acts making appropria-
tions for military construction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this title for 
minor construction may be used to transfer or relocate any activity 
from one base or installation to another, without prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used for the procurement of steel for any construction project 
or activity for which American steel producers, fabricators, and 
manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for 
such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Department of 
Defense for military construction or family housing during the 
current fiscal year may be used to pay real property taxes in 
any foreign nation.
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SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notifica-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this title 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 North Atlantic Treaty Organization member 
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 title for 
military construction in the United States territories and posses-
sions 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 responsive and 
responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to contract 
awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the 
lowest responsive and responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese 
contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the appropriate 
committees of both Houses of Congress, including the Committees 
on Appropriations, of plans and scope of any proposed military 
exercise involving United States personnel 30 days prior to its 
occurring, if amounts expended for construction, either temporary 
or permanent, are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
for construction in prior years shall be available for construction 
authorized for each such military department by the authorizations 
enacted into law during the current session of Congress. 
SEC. 115. Not more than 20 percent of the funds made available 
in this title which are limited for obligation during the current 
fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing projects 
that are being completed with funds otherwise expired or lapsed 
for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may be used to pay the 
cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering 
and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if any. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds made available 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 made available, 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 for such project, 
plus any amount by which the cost of such project is increased 
pursuant to law.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority available 
to the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited to the Department 
of Defense Base Closure Account established by section 207(a)(1) 
of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and 
Realignment Act (10 U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 
207(a)(2)(C) of such Act, may be transferred to the account estab-
lished by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be merged 
with, and to be available for the same purposes and the same 
time period as that account. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 119. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 days 
for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to 
sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, such 
additional amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of 
Defense may be transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense 
Family Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 
for construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with 
and to be available for the same purposes and for the same period 
of time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the 
Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improve-
ment Fund from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ accounts, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for 
the same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to 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 of title 10, United States 
Code, pertaining to alternative means of acquiring and improving 
military family housing, military unaccompanied housing, and sup-
porting facilities. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 120. In addition to any other transfer authority available 
to the Department of Defense, amounts may be transferred from 
the accounts established by sections 2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) 
of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), 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 incurred under 42 U.S.C. 
3374(a)(1)(A). 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. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available in this title for operation and maintenance of family 
housing shall be the exclusive source of funds for repair and mainte-
nance 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 maintenance and repair of any general
H. R. 933—195 
or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant 
to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, except 
that an after-the-fact notification shall be submitted if the limitation 
is exceeded solely due to costs associated with environmental 
remediation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 
of the budget submission: Provided further, That the Under Sec-
retary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 
and maintenance expenditures for each individual general or flag 
officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 122. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement 
Account established by subsection (h) of section 2814 of title 10, 
United States Code, are appropriated and shall be available until 
expended for the purposes specified in subsection (i)(1) of such 
section or until transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such 
section. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this title, or 
in any Act making appropriations for military construction which 
remain available for obligation, may be obligated or expended to 
carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing 
project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or 
at a military installation for the purposes of supporting a function 
that has been approved for realignment to another installation, 
in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 
of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 
2687 note), unless such a project at a military installation approved 
for realignment will support a continuing mission or function at 
that installation or a new mission or function that is planned 
for that installation, or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies 
that the cost to the United States of carrying out such project 
would be less than the cost to the United States of cancelling 
such project, or if the project is at an active component base that 
shall be established as an enclave or in the case of projects having 
multi-agency use, that another Government agency has indicated 
it will assume ownership of the completed project. The Secretary 
of Defense may not transfer funds made available as a result 
of this limitation from any military construction project, land 
acquisition, or family housing project to another account or use 
such funds for another purpose or project without the prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
This section shall not apply to military construction projects, land 
acquisition, or family housing projects for which the project is 
vital to the national security or the protection of health, safety, 
or environmental quality: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall notify the congressional defense committees within seven days 
of a decision to carry out such a military construction project. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 124. During the 5-year period after appropriations avail-
able in this Act to the Department of Defense for military construc-
tion and family housing operation and maintenance and construc-
tion have expired for obligation, upon a determination that such 
appropriations will not be necessary for the liquidation of obligations 
or for making authorized adjustments to such appropriations for