Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1987

Summary

Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1987 - Appropriates funds for FY 1987 for military construction operations administered by the Department of Defense for: (1) the Army; (2) the Navy; (3) the Air Force; (4) the defense agencies; (5) the U.S. share of the cost of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure programs; (6) the Army National Guard; (7) the Air National Guard; (8) the Army Reserve; (9) the Naval Reserve; (10) the Air Force Reserve; and (11) family housing for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and the defense agencies. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work, except as specified. Makes previously appropriated funds available for: (1) the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and (2) advances to the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, for the construction of access roads. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for: (1) new base construction for which specific appropriations have not been made; (2) the purchase of certain land or easements, with specified exceptions; (3) family housing, except that housing specified in annual military construction appropriation Acts; (4) the relocation of activities from one base or installation to another; (5) steel procurement for which American steel producers have been denied the opportunity to compete for such procurement; (6) dredging in the Indian Ocean by foreign contractors, except as specified; (7) the payment of real property taxes in any foreign nation; and (8) compensation to non-lawfully-admitted aliens of the United States. Limits the expenditure of appropriations for consulting services. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) the sale, lease, or rental of any part of Fort DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii; (2) the initiation of a new installation overseas without the prior approval of the Appropriations Committees; (3) F-16 beddown projects at Misawa, Japan, until the Appropriations Committees determine that the Japanese budget has increased funding for FY 1987 for such projects; (4) certain architect and engineer contracts to be accomplished in Japan or any NATO member country, unless such contracts are awarded to U.S. firms or U.S. firms in joint venture with host nation firms; and (5) certain military construction projects in the U.S. territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Island to be performed by foreign contractors, unless the lowest bid from a U.S. contractor for such work exceeds the lowest foreign-contractor bid by more than 20 percent. Directs the Secretary of Defense to inform the Appropriations Committees of the plans and scope of certain military exercises involving U.S. personnel 30 days before the exercises occur. Transfers unexpended amounts from the Military Family Housing Management Account to the appropriations for family housing provided in this Act. Transfers certain Department of Defense construction funds to construction accounts as provided in this and other similar Acts. Appropriates, according to specified conditions, an unspecified amount of funds for transfer to and from appropriations for 1987 and thereafter for military construction or family housing expenses of the military departments and defense agencies in order to eliminate budget gains and losses due to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to enter into negotiations with shipyards located in San Diego, California, and Jacksonville, Florida, concerning possible liability for damages resulting from facility improvements made there by the Department of the Navy.

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 13 August 1986

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 5 August 1986

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 25 June 1986

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 June 1986

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