Military Construction Authorization Act, 1983

(Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 97-880) Military Construction Authorization Act, 1983 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified locations in specified amounts. Permits construction of certain projects only out of savings accrued from other projects. Requires the Secretary of the Army to report to Congress on the source of funds for such projects before he may advertise for bids or negotiate a contract. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing quarters, earmarking certain funds for energy conservation. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1976 to increase the authorization level for housing at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982, to increase the authorization for the leasing of housing in foreign countries. Requires that the United States and West Germany come to a formal agreement concerning cost sharing arrangements for the master restationing plan before funds authorized for such plan may be obligated or expended. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified locations in specified amounts. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain projects only under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land to construct family housing units at specified bases. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing, subject to the conditions set forth in title I. Permits the Secretary to use seven housing units acquired from the U.S. Public Health Service Facility, Norfolk, Virginia, for military family housing. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified locations in specified amounts. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain projects only under those conditions enumerated in title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the construction of family housing at specified bases. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing, subject to the conditions set forth in title I. Amends the Military Construction Act, 1977 to increase authorizations for specified projects, including the Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tennessee. Authorizes the Secretary to convert an existing facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio for use as a foreign military sales center. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction operations at specified locations in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct and improve family housing units as specified. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to incur NATO facilities construction costs up to a specified amount. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Recurring Administrative Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for each of the military departments and defense agencies for the projects authorized by this Act. Limits the total cost of all projects to the total amount authorized for the department concerned. States that all authorizations expire by the start of FY 1985 unless otherwise specified. Repeals previous authorizations for military construction projects except as specified. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982 to modify specified authorizations. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces of various military departments. Authorizes specified appropriations for each such entity. Title VIII: General Provisions - Directs the Secretary of each military department to procure energy systems using solar or other renewable forms of energy whenever possible and cost effective. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress within two years on the applications of such energy within the Department. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the construction of contingency facilities to support the national security interests of the United States in Egypt, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, the island of Diego Garcia or at Lajes Field (Portugal) unless the construction contracts require that all materials be produced or refined in the United States or host nation. Excludes contracts for less than $5,000,000 and contracts with countries with a formal agreement with the United States which would be violated by such a requirement. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to use moneys received from grazing and agricultural leases to defray related expenses and to finance multiple land use management programs on installations under his jurisdiction. Permits the Secretary of a military department, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to make obligations for commissary store facility construction without regard to fiscal year limitations. Authorizes the construction of a military construction project or a military family housing project on land in which the United States holds less than a fee simple interest. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange specified lands in and with the city of Bell, California. Requires the city to build a National Guard armory and an organizational maintenance shop and to restore and modernize a specified building owned by the United States as consideration. Permits former Navy land at the University of California at San Diego to be used for industrial scientific or technological research as well as educational purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the base boundaries at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to resolve encroachments caused by inaccurate surveys. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange specified lands in and with Clarke County, Georgia. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to exchange specified land in and with the city of Warner Robins, Georgia and the Board of Commissioners of Houston County, Georgia. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange specified lands with Cook County, Illinois. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange specified lands with the Kansas City Corporation for Industrial Development of Kansas City, Missouri. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Weyerhaeuser Corporation, Tacoma, Washington, specified lands along the westerly boundary of the Fort Lewis Military Reservation, Pierce County, Washington, in exchange for other lands. Authorizes modification of a certain building at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., and disposition of a certain building by the Secretary of the Navy in Silver Spring, Maryland. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982 to permit the Secretary of Defense to choose alternative lands to exhange with West Virginia.

(Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 6214) Military Construction Authorization Act, 1983 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations by proceeding with construction made necessary by unforeseen security considerations, new weapons development, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, improved production schedules or revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or for environmental considerations if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with the national security. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees of such determination. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as to the availability of private housing in a U.S. location before constructing any family housing at such location. Directs the Secretary to give the appropriate congressional committees 15 days notice of any disagreement as to housing availability with the Secretary of HUD before contracting for construction. Authorizes appropriations for such housing at specified locations in the United States and overseas. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing quarters, earmarking certain funds for energy conservation. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Acts of 1968, 1976, and 1982 to increase the authorization levels for specified projects. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the Weyerhaeuser Corporation, Tacoma, Washington, specified lands along the westerly boundary of the Fort Lewis Military Reservation, Pierce County, Washington, in exchange for other lands. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations where necessary under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing, subject to the conditions set forth in title I. Permits the Secretary of the Navy to use the seven housing units from the Public Health Service Facility, Norfolk, Virginia, for military housing. Prohibits the construction of military family housing at the Los Alamitos Armed Forces Reserve Center, Los Alamitos, California. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities where necessitated by those factors enumerated in title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing, subject to the conditions set forth in title I. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the base boundaries at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to resolve encroachments caused by inaccurate surveys. Permits the Secretary to use limited funds to convert an existing facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio for use as a foreign military sales center. Prohibits the obligation of funds for M-X missile support facilities until the President gives Congress 30 days notice of the basing mode to be used. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations at specified locations and authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Permits the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities which are determined to be vital to the security of the United States under the terms and conditions of title I. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing as specified. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to incur NATO facilities construction costs up to a specified amount. Requires the Secretary to report to the Senate and the House Armed Services and Appropriations Committees concerning such costs. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretaries of the various military departments to develop installations under this Act without regard to provisions of law which prohibit the advancement of public moneys and which require the submission of detailed cost estimates to Congress. Establishes expenditure ceilings for each title of this Act. Authorizes limited increases in the amounts authorized pursuant to this Act if the Secretary of the military department or the Director of the defense agency concerned determines that such an increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual and unanticipated variations in costs. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report annually to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning projects exceeding the amount authorized by more than a specified percent. Establishes measures and responsibility for supervising the construction work authorized under this Act. Requires the respective Secretaries to report to Congress annually on the costs of construction contracts. Repeals prior Military Construction Authorization Acts. Specifies exceptions to such repealer. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982 to: (1) increase authorizations for the construction of defense installations on the Mariana Islands; (2) decrease authorizations for military construction by the Navy inside and outside the United States; and (3) increase authorizations for construction by Defense agencies. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces of various military departments. Authorizes specified appropriations for each such entity. Directs the Secretary of Defense to give the appropriate committees of Congress 15 days notice of expenditures for facilities in excess of $175,000. Exempts facilities listed in the annual lump sum authorization from such requirement. Title VIII: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to exchange specified land in and with the city of Warner Robins, Georgia. Permits the Secretary of a military department, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to make obligations for commissary store facility construction without regard to fiscal year limitations. Directs the Secretary of each military department to procure energy systems using solar or other renewable forms of energy whenever possible and cost effective. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress within two years on the applications of such energy within the Department. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange specified lands in and with Clarke County, Georgia. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange specified lands in and with the city of Bell, California. Requires the city to restore and modernize a specified building owned by the United States as consideration. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange specified lands with the Kansas City Corporation for Industrial Development of Kansas City, Missouri. Authorizes the construction of a military construction project or a military family housing project on land in which the United States holds less than a fee simple interest. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange specified lands with Cook County, Illinois. Permits former Navy land at the University of California at San Diego to be used for industrial scientific or technological research as well as educational purposes.

(Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #205 (93-1)) Military Construction Authorization Act, 1983 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations by proceeding with construction made necessary by unforeseen security considerations, new weapons development, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, improved production schedules or revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or for environmental considerations if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with the national security. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees of such determination. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing quarters, earmarking certain funds for energy conservation. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1976 to increase the authorization level for housing at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982, to increase the number of housing units authorized to be constructed at Fort Irwin, California. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the Weyerhaeuser Corporation, Tacoma, Washington, specified lands along the westerly boundary of the Fort Lewis Military Reservation, Pierce County, Washington, in exchange for other lands. Requires that the United States and West Germany come to a formal agreement concerning the cost sharing arrangements for the master restationing plan before funds authorized for such plan may be obligated or expended. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations where necessary under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land to construct family housing units at the Naval Station, Mayport, Florida. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing, subject to the conditions set forth in title I. Permits the Secretary to use seven housing units acquired from the U.S. Public Health Service Facility, Norfolk, Virginia, for military family housing. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities where necessitated by those factors enumerated in title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing, subject to the conditions set forth in title I. Amends the Military Construction Act, 1977 to increase authorizations for specified projects, including the Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tennessee. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the base boundaries at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to resolve encroachments caused by inaccurate surveys. Authorizes the Secretary to convert an existing facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio for use as a foreign military sales center. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations at specified locations and authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Permits the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities which are determined to be vital to the security of the United States under the terms and conditions of title I. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to modify existing family housing as specified. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to incur NATO facilities construction costs up to a specified amount. Requires the Secretary to report to the Senate and the House Armed Services and Appropriations Committees concerning such costs. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretaries of the various military departments to develop installations under this Act without regard to provisions of law which prohibit the advancement of public moneys and which require the submission of detailed cost estimates to Congress. Establishes appropriations ceilings for each title of this Act. Authorizes limited increases in the amounts authorized pursuant to this Act if the Secretary of the military department or the Director of the defense agency concerned determines that such an increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual and unanticipated variations in costs. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report annually to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning projects exceeding the amount authorized by more than a specified percent. Establishes measures and responsibility for supervising the construction work authorized under this Act. Requires the respective Secretaries to report to Congress annually on the costs of construction contracts. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces of various military departments. Authorizes specified appropriations for each such entity. Directs the Secretary of Defense to give the appropriate committees of Congress 15 rather than 30 days notice of expenditures for facilities in excess of $175,000. Exempts facilities listed in the annual lump sum authorization from such requirement. Title VIII: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to exchange specified land in and with the city of Warner Robins, Georgia. Permits the Secretary of a military department, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to make obligations for commissary store facility construction without regard to fiscal year limitations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange specified lands in and with the city of Bell, California. Requires the city to construct a new replacement armory as consideration. Permits the President to exchange or sell any real property and facilities in the public interest or for national defense purposes. Requires that any sales or exchanges be conducted through public, competitive bidding. Credits five percent of the net proceeds to a Defense Facilities Replacement Fund. Requires that 95 percent of the net proceeds be used for the reduction of the national debt. Directs the Secretary to give the Armed Forces Committees 15 days notice whenever the fair market value of the property involved exceeds $100,000. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange with the Kansas City Corporation for Industrial Development of Kansas City, Missouri, specified lands in Jackson County comprising the Sergeant Charles R. Long Army Reserve Training Center and the Carlisle School. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the construction of contingency facilities to support the national security interests of the United States in Egypt, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, the island of Diego Garcia or at Lajes Field (Portugal) unless the construction contracts require that all materials be produced or refined in the United States or host nation. Excludes contracts for less than $5,000,000 and contracts with countries with a formal agreement with the United States which would be violated by such a requirement. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to use moneys received from grazing and agricultural leases to defray related expenses and to finance multiple land use management programs on installations under his jurisdiction. Increases the dollar limitation on foreign leasing. Authorizes modification of a certain building at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., and disposition of a certain building by the Secretary of the Navy in Silver Spring, Maryland. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982 to permit the Secretary of Defense to choose alternative lands to exchange with West Virginia.

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1983 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations by proceeding with construction made necessary by unforeseen security considerations, new weapons development, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, improved production schedules or revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or for environmental considerations if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with the national security. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees of such determination. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing quarters, earmarking certain funds for energy conservation. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1976 to increase the authorization level for housing at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982, to increase the number of housing units authorized to be constructed at Fort Irwin, California. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the Weyerhaeuser Corporation, Tacoma, Washington, specified lands along the westerly boundary of the Fort Lewis Military Reservation, Pierce County, Washington, in exchange for other lands. Requires that the United States and West Germany come to a formal agreement concerning the cost sharing arrangements for the master restationing plan before funds authorized for such plan may be obligated or expended. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations where necessary under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land to construct family housing units at the Naval Station, Mayport, Florida. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing, subject to the conditions set forth in title I. Permits the Secretary to use seven housing units acquired from the U.S. Public Health Service Facility, Norfolk, Virginia, for military family housing. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities where necessitated by those factors enumerated in title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing, subject to the conditions set forth in title I. Amends the Military Construction Act, 1977 to increase authorizations for specified projects, including the Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tennessee. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the base boundaries at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to resolve encroachments caused by inaccurate surveys. Authorizes the Secretary to convert an existing facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio for use as a foreign military sales center. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations at specified locations and authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Permits the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities which are determined to be vital to the security of the United States under the terms and conditions of title I. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to modify existing family housing as specified. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to incur NATO facilities construction costs up to a specified amount. Requires the Secretary to report to the Senate and the House Armed Services and Appropriations Committees concerning such costs. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretaries of the various military departments to develop installations under this Act without regard to provisions of law which prohibit the advancement of public moneys and which require the submission of detailed cost estimates to Congress. Establishes appropriations ceilings for each title of this Act. Authorizes limited increases in the amounts authorized pursuant to this Act if the Secretary of the military department or the Director of the defense agency concerned determines that such an increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual and unanticipated variations in costs. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report annually to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning projects exceeding the amount authorized by more than a specified percent. Establishes measures and responsibility for supervising the construction work authorized under this Act. Requires the respective Secretaries to report to Congress annually on the costs of construction contracts. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces of various military departments. Authorizes specified appropriations for each such entity. Directs the Secretary of Defense to give the appropriate committees of Congress 15 rather than 30 days notice of expenditures for facilities in excess of $175,000. Exempts facilities listed in the annual lump sum authorization from such requirement. Title VIII: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to exchange specified land in and with the city of Warner Robins, Georgia. Permits the Secretary of a military department, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to make obligations for commissary store facility construction without regard to fiscal year limitations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange specified lands in and with the city of Bell, California. Requires the city to restore and modernize a specified building owned by the United States as consideration. Permits the Secretary of Defense to exchange or sell any real property and facilities in the public interest or for national defense purposes. Requires that any sales or exchanges be conducted through public, competitive bidding. Credits the proceeds to a defense facilities replacement fund. Directs the Secretary to give the Armed Forces Committees 15 days notice whenever the fair market value of the property involved exceeds $100,000. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange with the Kansas City Corporation for Industrial Development of Kansas City, Missouri, specified lands in Jackson County comprising the Sergeant Charles R. Long Army Reserve Training Center and the Carlisle School. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the construction of contingency facilities to support the national security interests of the United States in Egypt, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, the island of Diego Garcia or at Lajes Field (Portugal) unless the construction contracts require that all materials be produced or refined in the United States or host nation. Excludes contracts for less than $5,000,000 and contracts with countries with a formal agreement with the United States which would be violated by such a requirement. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to use moneys received from grazing and agricultural leases to defray related expenses and to finance multiple land use management programs on installations under his jurisdiction. Increases the dollar limitation on foreign leasing. Authorizes modification of a certain building at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., and disposition of a certain building by the Secretary of the Navy in Silver Spring, Maryland.