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last 2 months of the fiscal year.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 115. 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. 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 
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. 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'').
    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, DC: Provided, 
That the Secretary notifies the appropriate committees of Congress 
thirty days in advance of the intended use of such funds.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Construction Appropriations 
Act, 2001''.


                                                 Union Calendar No. 334

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4425

                          [Report No. 106-614]

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                                 A BILL

 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.

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                              May 11, 2000

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

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