Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1986

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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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 11 December 1985

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• 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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