United States · Law · HR
H.R. 3327 (99th)
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1986
Introduced
18 September 1985
Last action
10 December 1985 · President
Status
Became Public Law No: 99-173.
Sponsors
Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
14 January 2025
Summary
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1986 - Appropriates funds for FY 1986 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 Army National Guard; (6) the Air National Guard; (7) the Army Reserve; (8) the Naval Reserve; (9) the Air Force Reserve; (10) family housing for the Army; (11) family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps; (12) family housing for the Air Force; and (13) family housing for 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 1986 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. Repeals Federal law which requires funds appropriated for the construction of military projects to be obligated within five years of such appropriation. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to assign a military design, construction, and support mission to the Little Rock, Arkansas, district of the Corps of Engineers, to enlarge such district, and to designate such district as a full service district. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey certain training equipment to the United States Modern Pentathlon Association.
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Timeline
20 February 1985
Committee
First Day of Subcommittee Hearings.
Source: Committee
20 February 1985
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Military Construction.
Source: Committee
20 February 1985
Introduced
Rereferred to House Committee on Appropriations.
Source: IntroReferral
27 February 1985
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Military Construction.
Source: Committee
27 February 1985
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
Source: IntroReferral
27 February 1985
Committee
First Day of Subcommittee Hearings.
Source: Committee
3 April 1985
Committee
Final Day of Subcommittee Hearings.
Source: Committee
11 September 1985
Committee
First Day of Subcommittee Mark-up.
Source: Committee
11 September 1985
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Source: Committee
18 September 1985
Calendars
Placed on Union Calendar No: 170.
Source: Calendars
18 September 1985
Reported
Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 99-275.
Source: Committee
18 September 1985
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
18 September 1985
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 September 1985
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 September 1985
Reported
Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 99-275.
Source: Committee
18 September 1985
Reported
Ordered to be Reported.
Source: Committee
1 October 1985
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.282 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
17 October 1985
Vote
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 373 - 36 (Record Vote No: 362).
Source: Floor
17 October 1985
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 373 - 36 (Record Vote No: 362).
Source: Floor
17 October 1985
Passed
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Source: Floor
17 October 1985
Floor
Called up by House as Privileged Matter.
Source: Floor
17 October 1985
Passed
Rule Passed House.
Source: Floor
21 October 1985
Introduced
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Source: IntroReferral
29 October 1985
Committee
Subcommittee on Military Construction. Approved for full committee consideration with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
31 October 1985
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 380.
Source: Calendars
31 October 1985
Reported
Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
31 October 1985
Reported
Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Mattingly with amendments. With written report No. 99-168. Minority views filed.
Source: Committee
7 November 1985
ResolvingDifferences
Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Mattingly; Laxalt; Garn; Hatfield; Sasser; Inouye; Stennis.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
7 November 1985
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
7 November 1985
Vote
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 94-1. Record Vote No: 287.
Source: Floor
13 November 1985
Passed
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Hefner, Bevill, Alexander, Coleman (TX), Addabbo, Chappell, Early, Whitten, Edwards (OK), Loeffler, Rudd, Lowery (CA), Conte.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
13 November 1985
Passed
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
13 November 1985
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: NotUsed
19 November 1985
ResolvingDifferences
Conference Report 99-380 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 November 1985
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference Report 99-380 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 November 1985
Passed
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
19 November 1985
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 November 1985
Passed
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 November 1985
ResolvingDifferences
House Receded and Concurred With an Amendment in Senate Amendments 003, 010, 011, 021, 023, 029, 032, 033, 035, 036, 037.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 November 1985
NotUsed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Receded and Concurred With an Amendment in Senate Amendments 003, 010, 011, 021, 023, 029, 032, 033, 035, 036, 037.
Source: NotUsed
20 November 1985
Passed
House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 November 1985
Passed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendments nos. 3, 10, 11, 21, 23, 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, and 37 by Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
22 November 1985
Passed
Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 November 1985
Passed
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
2 December 1985
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
3 December 1985
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
3 December 1985
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
10 December 1985
Became law
Became Public Law No: 99-173.
Source: President
10 December 1985
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
10 December 1985
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
Votes
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Documents
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Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 11 December 1985
House receded and concurred with amendment
summary · EN · 20 November 1985
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Conference report filed in House
summary · EN · 19 November 1985
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Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 7 November 1985
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Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 31 October 1985
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 17 October 1985
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 18 September 1985
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Sponsors
- Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] · D · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → A resolution waiving certain points of order against consideration of the bill (H. R. 3327) making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, and for other purposes.
- amends ← An amendment to reduce from $127,690,000 to $124,955,000 fund provided defense agencies for military construction currently authorized.
- amends ← An amendment making technical changes in the bill. The amendment strikes the repeal of provisions of 10 U.S.C. 2860 (a) and (b) and amends the section by adding that "funds appropriated to a military department or defense agency for a fiscal year for military construction or military family housing purposes may remain available beyond such fiscal year to the extent provided" in appropriation measures.
- amends ← An amendment to the Skelton amendment to reduce the military construction fund for the Army National Guard from the Skelton figure of $100,363,000 to $100,362,000.
- amends ← An amendment to decrease from $1,600,040,000 to $1,585,140,000 funds provided for military construction by the Air Force. The intent of the reduction is to strike funds for the ASAT operational facilities at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
- amends ← An amendment to reduce from $100,364,000 to $100,363,000 military construction funds for the Army National Guard.
- amends ← An amendment to provide that of the funds provided for Navy Military construction, $8,250,000 is to be available for land acquisition at China Lake, California. The intent is to provide for the purchase of a Naval target range at China Lake.
- amends ← An amendment to increase from $172,150,000 to $186,350,000 funds for construction of family housing for the Air Force. It also reduces from $665,361,000 to $650,161,000 funds for operation and maintenance of family housing for the Air Force. The intent of the transfer of funds is to fund construction of 163 family housing units at Hanscomb Air Force Base, Bedford, Massachusetts.
- amends ← An amendment to reduce from $1,704,005,000 to $1,703,705,000 funds for Navy construction.
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