Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1985

Summary

Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1985 - Appropriates funds for FY 1985 for military construction operations by the Department of Defense for: (1) the Army; (2) the Navy; (3) the Air Force; (4) the Defense agencies; (5) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure; (6) the Army National Guard; (7) the Air National Guard; (8) the Army Reserve; (9) the Naval Reserve; (10) the Air Force Reserve; (11) family housing for the Army; (12) family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps; (13) family housing for the Air Force; and (14) family housing for the Defense agencies. Limits the amount of money which may be available for study, design, and engineer services. Makes previously appropriated funds available to the respective departments through the authorizations enacted by the 98th Congress. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for: (1) payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work except as specified; (2) starting construction of new bases inside the continental United States for which specific appropriations have not been made; (3) the purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 percent of their value except as specified; (4) the relocation of activity from one base to another without prior notification to the Appropriations Committees; (5) base realignment or closure which is not in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act; (6) steel procurement for any construction project for which American steel producers have been denied the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement; (7) dredging in the Indian Ocean by foreign contractors except as specified; (8) construction of any site-specific facilities for the MX missile system until the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act are met; (9) the payment of property taxes to a foreign nation; and (10) the compensation of unlawfully admitted aliens. Permits the use of funds for advances to the Federal Highway Administration for the construction of certain access roads certified as important to the national defense. Limits the expenditure of appropriations for consulting services. Permits the obligation of funds for military construction projects through the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal year in which such funds were appropriated. Prohibits the use of funds for the sale or lease of Fort DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii. Prohibits the use of funds to initiate a new installation overseas without the prior approval of the Appropriations Committees. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for F-16 beddown projects at Misawa, Japan, until the Appropriations Committees determine that the Japanese budget has increased funding for FY 1985 for such projects. Prohibits obligating funds appropriated in this Act for: (1) certain contracts for military construction projects in Japan or in any North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member country if that country has not increased its defense spending by at least three percent in 1983 unless the contracts require that all installed equipment used in such projects have been made in the United States; (2) certain architect and engineer contracts for projects in Japan or in any NATO member country if that country has not increased its defense spending by at least three percent in 1983 unless such contracts are awarded to U.S. firms or U.S. firms in joint venture with host nation firms; or (3) the design or construction of projects associated with the master restationing plan in Germany unless West Germany agrees to fund a substantial portion of the construction cost of that plan. Prohibits funds for certain military construction projects in the U.S. territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein and Johnston Islands from being used for the performance of any work by foreign contractors unless the lowest bid from a U.S. contractor exceeds the lowest bid by more than 20 percent. Earmarks sufficient Army military construction funds to pay for design of a replacement facility for the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Directs the Secretary of Defense to inform the Appropriations Committees of the plans and scope of certain proposed military exercises involving U.S. personnel before the exercises occur.

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 26 July 1984

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 27 June 1984

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 20 June 1984

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