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FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR
FORCE
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas-
ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges,
and 
insurance 
premiums, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law,
$856,114,000.
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses of family housing for the activities and
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili-
tary departments) for construction, including acquisition,
replacement, addition, expansion, extension and alteration,
as authorized by law, $49,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2009.
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE,
DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses of family housing for the activities and
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili-
tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing,
and minor construction, as authorized by law, $49,575,000.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING
IMPROVEMENT FUND
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant
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to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing
alternative means of acquiring and improving military
family housing and supporting facilities.
CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE
For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided
for, necessary for the destruction of the United States stock-
pile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance
with the provisions of section 1412 of the Department 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 author-
ized by law, $81,886,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009: Provided, That such amounts of this ap-
propriation as may be determined by the Secretary of De-
fense may be transferred to such appropriations of the De-
partment of Defense available for military construction as
he 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 Clo-
sure Account 1990 established by section 2906(a)(1) of the
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991 (Public
Law 101–510), $246,116,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in Military
Construction Appropriations Acts shall be expended for
payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for con-
struction, 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 set-
ting forth the reasons therefor.
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 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 appropriated in this Act
may be used to begin construction of new bases inside the
continental United States for which specific appropriations
have not been made.
SEC. 105. No part of the funds provided in Military
Construction Appropriations Acts shall be used for purchase
of land or land easements in excess of 100 percent of the
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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 his des-
ignee; (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 appropriated in Military
Construction Appropriations Acts shall be used to: (1) ac-
quire 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 Con-
struction Appropriations Acts.
SEC. 107. None of the funds appropriated in Military
Construction Appropriations Acts 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.
SEC. 108. No part of the funds appropriated in Mili-
tary Construction Appropriations Acts may be used for the
procurement of steel for any construction project or activity
for which American steel producers, fabricators, and manu-
facturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for
such steel procurement.