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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
appropriated 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 appropriated 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.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 118. During the 5-year period after appropriations available
to the Department of Defense for military construction and family
housing operation and maintenance and construction 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 obligations incurred during the
period of availability of such appropriations, unobligated balances of
such appropriations may be transferred into the appropriation ``Foreign
Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense'' to be merged with and to
be available for the same time period and for the same purposes as the
appropriation to which transferred.
Sec. 119. The Secretary of Defense is to provide the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives with an
annual report by February 15, containing details of the specific
actions proposed to be taken by the Department of Defense during the
current fiscal year to encourage other member nations of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, Japan, Korea, and United States allies
bordering the Arabian Gulf to assume a greater share of the common
defense burden of such nations and the United States.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 120. During the current fiscal year, 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 (Public Law 100-526) pursuant to section
207(a)(2)(C) of such Act, may be transferred to the account established
by section 2906(a)(1) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act,
1991, to be merged with, and to be available for the same purposes and
the same time period as that account.
Sec. 121. (a) No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the
assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act
of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly known as the ``Buy
American Act'').
(b) No funds made available under this Act shall be made available
to any person or entity who has been convicted of violating the Act of
March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly known as the ``Buy American
Act'').
Sec. 122. (a) In the case of any equipment or products that may be
authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided under
this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving such
assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(b) In providing financial assistance under this Act, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the
assistance a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by
the Congress.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 123. Subject to 30 days prior notification to the Committees
on Appropriations, such additional amounts as may be determined by the
Secretary of Defense may be transferred to 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: Provided, That
appropriations made available to the Fund 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,
title 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of
acquiring and improving military family housing and supporting
facilities.
Sec. 124. None of the funds appropriated or made available by this
Act may be obligated for Partnership for Peace Programs in the New
Independent States of the former Soviet Union.
Sec. 125. (a) Not later than 60 days before issuing any
solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family
housing the Secretary of the military department concerned shall submit
to the congressional defense committees the notice described in
subsection (b).
(b)(1) A notice referred to in subsection (a) is a notice of any
guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments)
proposed to be made by the Secretary to the private party under the
contract involved in the event of--
(A) the closure or realignment of the installation for
which housing is provided under the contract;
(B) a reduction in force of units stationed at such
installation; or
(C) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at
such installation.
(2) Each notice under this subsection shall specify the nature of
the guarantee involved and assess the extent and likelihood, if any, of
the liability of the Federal Government with respect to the guarantee.
(c) In this section, the term ``congressional defense committees''
means the following:
(1) The Committee on Armed Services and the Military
Construction Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate.
(2) The Committee on Armed Services and the Military
Construction Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 126. During the current fiscal year, in addition to any other
transfer authority available to the Department of Defense, amounts may
be transferred from the account established by section 2906(a)(1) of
the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991, 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. 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. 127. Notwithstanding this or any other provision of law, funds
appropriated in Military Construction Appropriations Acts for
operations and maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive
source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing units,
including flag and general officer quarters: Provided, That not more
than $25,000 per unit may be spent annually for the maintenance and
repair of any general or flag officer quarters without 30 days advance
prior notification of the appropriate committees of Congress: Provided
further, That the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report
annually to the Committees on Appropriations all operations and
maintenance expenditures for each individual flag and general officer
quarters for the prior fiscal year.
Sec. 128. The Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force are directed
to submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress by July 1,
2001, a Family Housing Master Plan demonstrating how they plan to meet
the year 2010 housing goals with traditional construction, operation
and maintenance support, as well as privatization initiative proposals.
Each plan shall include projected life cycle costs for family housing
construction, basic allowance for housing, operation and maintenance,
other associated costs, and a time line for housing completions each
year.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 129. During fiscal year 2001, in addition to any other
transfer authority available to the Department of Defense, funds
appropriated in the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2000
(Public Law 106-52; 113 Stat. 259) under the heading ``Military
Construction, Naval Reserve'' and still unobligated may be transferred
to the account for ``Military Construction, Navy''. Amounts transferred
under this section shall be merged with, and be available for the same
period as, the amounts in the account to which transferred and shall be
available to construct, under the authority of section 2805 of title
10, United States Code, an elevated water storage tank at the Naval
Support Activity Midsouth, Millington, Tennessee.
Sec. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
of the Navy is authorized to use funds received pursuant to section
2601 of title 10, United States Code, for the construction,
improvement, repair, and maintenance of the historic residences located
at Marine Corps Barracks, 8th and I Streets, Washington, D.C.:
Provided, That the Secretary notifies the appropriate committees of
Congress 30 days in advance of the intended use of such funds.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Construction Appropriations
Act, 2001''.
Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 554
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4425
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AN ACT
Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and
base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
May 17, 2000
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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