Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982

Summary

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982 - 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. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Acts of 1980 and 1981 to increase the authorization levels for specified projects. 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 interests in lands by exchange of Government-owned lands to ensure unhampered air operations at the Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida. Permits the Secretary to construct steam lines and facilities to lay into the waste heat recovery boilers of the Macalloy Corporation and to contract with such Corporation to supply steam to the Naval Station, Charleston, South Carolina if it would be cost effective. Requires Congressional review for 30 days before a contract may be entered. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations including the MX Missile System. 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. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Acts of 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1981 to increase the authorization levels for specified projects. Requires the President to certify and Congress to adopt a concurrent resolution within 60 days agreeing that it is in the national interest to develop a basing mode for the MX missile system other than a Multiple Protective Structure (MPS) basing mode before appropriated funds may be expended for such purposes. 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. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities which are determined to be vital to the security of the United States. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. 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: Military Family Housing and Homeowners Assistance Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense 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. locale before constructing any family housing at such location. Directs the Secretary to give the appropriate Congressional committees 30 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: (1) improve existing quarters; and (2) provide for advance planning and construction design, including architectural and engineering services. Limits the amounts that may be expended for such purposes. Increases the number of family housing units that may be leased in a foreign country. Increases the number of units which the Secretary may exempt from cost limitations. Authorizes appropriations for military family housing for fiscal year 1982, including construction, operating costs, mortgage costs under the National Housing Act, and for homeowners assistance under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966. Title VII: 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 monies 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. Directs the Secretary of Defense to encourage the use of solar energy for projects authorized by this Act and authorizes the Secretary to increase the cost limitations or floor area limitations for a project in order to equip it with solar energy heating or cooling equipment. 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 by construction agency. Repeals prior Military Construction Authorization Acts. Specifies exceptions to such repealer. Sets forth unit cost limitations based on square footage for projects authorized pursuant to this Act. Title VIII: 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 appropriations in specified amounts for each such entity. Title IX: General Provisions - Sets forth a formula for determining the cost effectiveness of a solar energy system. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to undertake military construction necessary to support the required employment of the armed forces during a declaration of war or a national emergency. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to dispose of the former Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Cecil County, Maryland, as surplus property. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981, to permit the Secretary of Defense to provide impact planning assistance for areas affected by the MX weapon system and the East Coast Trident Base.

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Timeline

1. 6 May 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 May 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 6 May 1981

   Committee

   For Previous Action See H.R.2920.

   Source: Committee

4. 6 May 1981

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 12 May 1981

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported.

   Source: Committee

6. 12 May 1981

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 15 May 1981

   Calendars

   Placed on Union Calendar No: 31.

   Source: Calendars

8. 15 May 1981

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Armed Services. Report No: 97-44.

   Source: Committee

9. 15 May 1981

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Armed Services. Report No: 97-44.

   Source: Committee

10. 28 May 1981

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.144 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

11. 28 May 1981

    Floor

    Rule Granted Providing an Open Rule with 2 Hours of Debate. Partial Waiver of Points of Order.

    Source: Floor

12. 4 June 1981

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 311 - 36 (Record Vote No: 64).

    Source: Floor

13. 4 June 1981

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 311 - 36 (Record Vote No: 64).

    Source: Floor

14. 4 June 1981

    Passed

    House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

    Source: Floor

15. 4 June 1981

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

16. 8 June 1981

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate, read twice, and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

    Source: IntroReferral

17. 5 November 1981

    ResolvingDifferences

    Senate requests a conference. Appoints conferees. Tower; Thurmond; Warner; Humphrey; Cohen; Stennis; Hart; Jackson; Cannon; Exon.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

18. 5 November 1981

    Vote

    Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1408 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 95-2. Record Vote No: 358.

    Source: Floor

19. 5 November 1981

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1408 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 95-2. Record Vote No: 358.

    Source: Floor

20. 5 November 1981

    Discharge

    Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Voice Vote.

    Source: Discharge

21. 5 November 1981

    Committee

    Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Voice Vote.

    Source: Committee

22. 12 November 1981

    Passed

    House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Price, Brinkley, Montgomery, Kazen, Won Pat, Dickinson, Trible, Whitehurst, Mitchell (NY).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

23. 12 November 1981

    Passed

    House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

24. 12 November 1981

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: NotUsed

25. 19 November 1981

    Passed

    Conferees agreed to File Conference Report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

26. 19 November 1981

    Passed

    Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to File Conference Report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

27. 7 December 1981

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference Report 97-362 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

28. 7 December 1981

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed: Conference Report 97-362 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

29. 8 December 1981

    Passed

    House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

30. 8 December 1981

    Passed

    Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

31. 8 December 1981

    Passed

    Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

32. 8 December 1981

    Passed

    Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

33. 10 December 1981

    Floor

    Measure Signed in Senate.

    Source: Floor

34. 11 December 1981

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

35. 11 December 1981

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

36. 23 December 1981

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 97-99.

    Source: President

37. 23 December 1981

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

38. 23 December 1981

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

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Sponsors

• Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA] · R · Sponsor
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Related records

• related to → Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982
• related to → A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3455) to authorize certain construction at military installations for fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.
• related to ← Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982
• amends ← An amendment to prohibit the expenditure of funds for an MX basing system until 1) the President selects a specific basing mode and transmits a written description of the mode to Congress, 2) the Secretary of Defense presents a justification of the selected mode with comparisons and evaluations of alternative modes, and 3) 60 days have elapsed from the time of receipt of the President's description and choice without both Houses of Congress having adopted resolutions of disapproval.
• amends ← An amendment to strike the funds provided for Army construction at Fort Carson, Colorado. The amendment strikes 29,690,000 dollars.
• amends ← An amendment to increase funds for Air Force construction projects of the tactical air command at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida from $7,960,000 to $16,960,000.
• amends ← An amendment to repeal the authorization of construction of binary nerve gas production facilities at the Army Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas. The amendment provides that contractors whose contracts have been terminated as a result of this repeal will be paid the cancellation liability of the U.S. under the contracts in question.
• amends ← An amendment to make technical changes in the bill.
• amends ← An amendment to require the Army Engineers to maintain offices within 25 miles of each major defense port within the continental U.S.
• amends ← A perfecting amendment to the Simon amendment to require the Secretary of Defense in his report on the basing modes of the MX to recommend plans to mitigate the economic, social, and cultural impacts of the selected mode on the affected state and local communities.

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