Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004

Bill: 108-s-1048
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]
Introduced: 2003-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Alaska
Ammunition
Architecture
Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Army
Authorization
Building construction
California
Cemeteries and funerals
Chemical warfare
Classified defense information
Colorado
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defense budgets
Defense burdensharing
Department of Defense
Easements
East Asia
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Energy
Energy conservation
Engineering
Environmental Protection
Europe
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Georgia
Germany
Government Operations and Politics
Hawaii
Highway finance
Housing and Community Development
Iceland
Illinois
Indiana
Infrastructure
International Affairs
Italy
Kansas
Kentucky
Land transfers
Law
Leases
Maintenance and repair
Marines
Military and naval supplies
Military base closures
Military bases
Military construction operations
Military dependents
Military housing
Military personnel
Military posture
Military readiness
Military training
NATO military forces
National Guard
Navy
New Jersey
New York State
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public utilities
Right-of-way
Road construction
School buildings
Sewage treatment
Shelters for the homeless
Shipbuilding
Social Welfare
South Korea
Tennessee
Terrorism
Texas
Transportation and Public Works
Virginia
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) and the Secretaries of each military department to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes each department Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense and each military department for fiscal years after 2003 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of authorized construction projects. Modifies certain prior-year construction projects.
Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2003 for such Program.
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2003 for the Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities.
Terminates all authorizations contained in this Act on October 1, 2006, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2007, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects.
Authorizes specified military land conveyances.
Overseas Military Facility and Range Structure Review Act of 2003 - Establishes the Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility and Range Structure of the United States.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 - 
Title XXI(sic): Army
 - (Sec. 2101) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes such Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 2003 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title.
 
(Sec. 2105) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year: (1) 2003 to terminate the authority to carry out certain projects in Germany and Korea and reduce related funding; (2) 2003 to increase the amount authorized for a project at Fort Riley, Kansas; (3) 2002 to increase the amount authorized for a project at Fort Richardson, Alaska; and (4) 2001 to increase the amount authorized for a project at Pohakoula Training Facility, Hawaii.
 

Title XXII: Navy
 - (Sec. 2201) Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title.
 
(Sec. 2205) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to terminate the authority to carry out a project at the Naval Air Station, Keflavik, Iceland.
 

Title XXIII: Air Force
 - (Sec. 2301) Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI.
 
(Sec. 2305) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to reduce the amount authorized for Air Force military family housing units.
 

Title XXIV: Defense Agencies
 - (Sec. 2401) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal years after 2003 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title.
 
(Sec. 2406) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to: (1) identify the particular installation of a construction project in Seoul, Korea; and (2) reduce the amount authorized for such project.
 

Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program
 - (Sec. 2501) Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2003 for such Program.
 

Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities
 - (Sec. 2601) Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2003 for National Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities.
 

Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations
 - (Sec. 2701) Terminates all authorizations contained in Titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2006, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2006, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects.
 

Title XXVIII: General Provisions
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Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes
 - (Sec. 2802) Increases from 2,000 to 2,800 the number of family housing units in Italy authorized to be leased by the Navy.
 

Subtitle B: Real Property and Facilities Administration
 - (Sec. 2811) Increases from $500,000 to $750,000 the threshold for real property acquisitions or leases that may be undertaken by the Secretary concerned before notification of the defense committees.
 
(Sec. 2812) Provides for the acceptance of in-kind consideration for easements for rights-of-way granted by the Secretary concerned, including easements for utility lines.
 
(Sec. 2813) Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to allow the Secretary concerned to receive unaccompanied military housing (currently, only family housing) in exchange for the transfer of property at military installations scheduled for closure or realignment.
 
(Sec. 2814) Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to exclude DOD property used in emergency support of homeland security from requirements to screen DOD surplus property for possible use to assist the homeless.
 

Subtitle C: Land Conveyances
 - (Sec. 2821) Authorizes the Secretary of: (1) the Army to convey to the State of Tennessee a parcel of real property at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and Tennessee, in order to realign a highway in that area; (2) the Army to convey to the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs a parcel of real property at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for the operation of a veterans' cemetery; (3) the Navy to convey the Preferred Development Group Corporation, Georgia, a parcel of property at Boyett Village/Turner Field in Albany, Georgia, for economic development use; (4) Defense to authorize the Army and Air Force Exchange Service to convey through negotiated sale a parcel of real property on Roundtable Drive in Dallas, Texas; and (5) the Navy to convey to United Parcel Service (UPS) the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Portland, Oregon, to facilitate expansion of the UPS main distribution complex in Portland.
 
(Sec. 2826) Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the PenMar Development Corporation a parcel of real property at former Fort Ritchie, Maryland, to enable the Corporation to sell the property to the International Masonry Institute (the current lessee) for economic development purposes.
 
(Sec. 2827) Requires the Secretary of the Army to study, and report to the defense committee on, the feasibility, costs, and benefits for the conveyance of the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant in Doyline, Louisiana, as a model for a public-private partnership for the utilization and development of such Plant and similar parcels of real property.
 

Subtitle D: Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure
 - (Sec. 2841) Overseas Military Facility and Range Structure Review Act of 2003 - Establishes the Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility and Range Structure of the United States to: (1) study matters relating to the military facility and range structure of the United States overseas; and (2) report review results to the President and Congress, including a proposal for an overseas basing strategy to meet current and future DOD mission requirements. Terminates the Commission 45 days after its report. Provides Commission funding through DOD O&M funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1050 amended (Division B of the bill).
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration:  CR S6941)
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 94.
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Committee on Armed Services. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Warner. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Committee on Armed Services. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Warner. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Committee on Armed Services ordered to be reported an original measure.