Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005

Bill: 108-s-2674
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2004-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Alliances
American Samoa
Appropriations
Arab countries
Architecture
Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Arms control
Army
Ballistic missile defenses
Boundaries
Building construction
Buy American
California
Central Asia
Chemical warfare
Collective security
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Cost plus contracts
Defense budgets
Defense burdensharing
Defense contracts
Defense procurement
Department of Defense
Easements
East Asia
Economics and Public Finance
Engineering
Environmental Protection
Europe
Federally-guaranteed loans
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Former Soviet states
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government lending
Government trust funds
Government vehicles
Governmental investigations
Guam
Hawaii
Highway finance
Home ownership
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
International Affairs
International competitiveness
International cooperation
Iron and steel industry
Islands
Japan
Joint ventures
Land transfers
Law
Leases
Liability for environmental damages
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marines
Marshall Islands
Middle East and North Africa
Military base closures
Military bases
Military construction operations
Military housing
Military maneuvers
Military research
Military transportation
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
NATO countries
NATO military forces
National Guard
National forests
Navy
Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania
Officer personnel
Overhead costs
Persian Gulf States
Property tax
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Real estate appraisal
Relocation
Rent
Rental housing
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Residential rehabilitation
Road construction
Russia
South Korea
Steel
Surplus government property
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005 - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), namely: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, DOD, the Army and Air National Guards, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (4) family housing construction and operation and maintenance, defense-wide; (5) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (6) chemical demilitarization construction, defense; and (7) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act and in other military construction appropriations Acts.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
 
Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and other U.S. allies in the Arabian Gulf to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.
Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union.
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, before issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the congressional defense committees of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments, and the extent and likelihood of Federal liability) proposed to be made by the Secretary to the private party under the contract involved in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which housing is provided under the contract; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation.
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure for missile defense studies of any funds appropriated for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program. 
 
Extends the due date for a findings report from the Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States to the President and Congress. 
Directs the Secretary of the Army, upon determining that any portion of certain real property at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, is excess to the needs of the Army, to first offer such property to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the National Forest System.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005 - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), namely: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, DOD, the Army and Air National Guards, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (4) family housing construction and operation and maintenance, defense-wide; (5) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (6) chemical demilitarization construction, defense; and (7) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. 
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act and in other military construction appropriations Acts. 
(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
 
(Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and other U.S. allies in the Arabian Gulf to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States. 
(Sec. 121) Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union. 
(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, before issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the congressional defense committees of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments, and the extent and likelihood of Federal liability) proposed to be made by the Secretary to the private party under the contract involved in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which housing is provided under the contract; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation. 
(Sec. 126) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure for missile defense studies of any funds appropriated for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program. 
 
(Sec. 127) Extends until August 15, 2005 (currently, December 31, 2004) the due date for a findings report from the Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States to the President and Congress. 
(Sec. 129) Directs the Secretary of the Army, upon determining that any portion of certain real property at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, is excess to the needs of the Army, to first offer such property to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the National Forest System. Requires the Secretary of the Army to perform any necessary environmental remediation with respect to the property before such transfer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-20
text: Senate passed companion measure H.R. 4837 in lieu of this measure by Yea-Nay Vote. 91 - 0. Record Vote Number: 185.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 4837 as an amendment.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 637.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: The bill was read the third time by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S9242)
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hutchison. With written report No. 108-309.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hutchison. With written report No. 108-309.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Committee on Appropriations ordered to be reported an original measure.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2004-04-07
text: Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-738.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.