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H.R. 4586 (100th)

A bill making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.

enactedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

12 May 1988

Last action

27 September 1988 · President

Status

Became Public Law No: 100-447.

Sponsors

Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8]

Subjects

Defence, Taxation

Source updated

14 January 2025

Defence · Taxation

Summary

Appropriates funds for FY 1989 for military construction operations administered by the Department of Defense (DOD) in specified amounts for the following purposes: (1) military construction, Army; (2) military construction, Navy; (3) military construction, Air Force; (4) military construction, defense agencies (including a specified transfer of funds and a rescission of a specified amount of budget authority for such account as contained in the Continuing Appropriations Act for FY 1988); (5) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure; (6) military construction, Army National Guard; (7) military construction, Air National Guard; (8) military construction, Army Reserve; (9) military construction, Naval Reserve; (10) military construction, Air Force Reserve; (11) family housing, Army; (12) family housing, Navy and Marine Corps; (13) family housing, Air Force; (14) family housing, defense agencies; and (15) homeowners assistance fund, defense. Prohibits funds appropriated in this Act from being used for payments under certain cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts without specific approval by the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes funds appropriated in this Act to be used for: (1) the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and (2) advances to the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, for the construction of defense access roads. Prohibits funds appropriated in this Act from being used for: (1) construction of new bases inside the continental United States for which specific appropriations have not been made; (2) the purchase of certain lands or easements for amounts in excess of 100 percent of their value as determined by the Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, except under specified conditions; (3) acquisition, site preparation, or the installation of any utilities for family housing, except for housing for which funds have been made available under annual military construction appropriation Acts; (4) transferring or relocating any activity from one base or installation to another without prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations; (5) the procurement of steel for any construction project or activity for which American steel producers have been denied the opportunity to compete; (6) the performance of dredging work in the Indian Ocean by foreign contractors, with a specified exception; (7) the payment of real property taxes in any foreign nation; and (8) payments to a Government office or a contractor for work in the United States by an alien who has not been lawfully admitted into the United States. Limits the expenditures of appropriations under this Act for consulting services through procurement contracts to contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record, with certain exceptions. Prohibits funds appropriated in this Act from being used for: (1) the initiation of a new installation overseas without prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations; (2) certain architect and engineer contracts for projects in Japan or in any NATO-member country, unless awarded to U.S. firms solely or in joint ventures; or (3) the award of any contract for military construction in the U.S. territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Island in excess of $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor, with specified exceptions. Directs the Secretary to notify the Senate and House Armed Services and Appropriations Committees of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel 30 days prior to its occurrence if amounts expended for construction are expected to exceed $100,000. Transfers certain funds of the Military Family Housing Management Account to the appropriations for family housing provided in this Act. Prohibits more than 20 percent of the funds appropriated in this Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year from being obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year. Makes certain prior year funds available for military construction authorized during the second session of the 100th Congress. Directs the Secretary, by February 15, 1989, to provide the Appropriations Committees with a report detailing the specific actions proposed to be taken by DOD during FY 1989 to encourage other members of NATO and Japan to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States. Permits certain expired or lapsed funds to be used to pay certain overhead and other costs associated with military construction or family housing projects. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to maintain legislative liaison to the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Military Construction and budgetary management of the Military Construction and Military Family Housing appropriations in a manner identical to the method employed as of September 30, 1986. Prohibits the expenditure of funds appropriated by this Act, except NATO infrastructure funds, for planning, design, or construction of military facilities or family housing to support the relocation of the 401st Tactical Fighter Wing from Spain to another country. Limits to four fiscal years after the original funding the time in which funds may be expended by a military department or defense agency for the construction of military projects, with certain conditions. Directs the Secretary to include in the FY 1990 defense program a legislative proposal authorizing the installment purchase of family housing units. Requires the budget request for such fiscal year to include sums necessary to implement a pilot program for not to exceed 3,000 units.

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Timeline

  1. 18 February 1988

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Military Construction.

    Source: Committee

  2. 18 February 1988

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 1 March 1988

    Committee

    First Day of Subcommittee Hearings.

    Source: Committee

  4. 31 March 1988

    Committee

    Final Day of Subcommittee Hearings.

    Source: Committee

  5. 28 April 1988

    Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.

    Source: Committee

  6. 28 April 1988

    Committee

    First Day of Subcommittee Mark-up.

    Source: Committee

  7. 12 May 1988

    Calendars

    Placed on Union Calendar No: 368.

    Source: Calendars

  8. 12 May 1988

    Reported

    Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 100-620.

    Source: Committee

  9. 12 May 1988

    Reported

    Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 100-620.

    Source: Committee

  10. 12 May 1988

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported.

    Source: Committee

  11. 12 May 1988

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  12. 12 May 1988

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  13. 12 May 1988

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  14. 17 May 1988

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.449 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

  15. 17 May 1988

    Floor

    Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Waiving All Points of Order Against Specified Provisions of the Bill.

    Source: Floor

  16. 18 May 1988

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 382 - 26 (Record Vote No: 136).

    Source: Floor

  17. 18 May 1988

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 382 - 26 (Record Vote No: 136).

    Source: Floor

  18. 18 May 1988

    Passed

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

    Source: Floor

  19. 18 May 1988

    Floor

    Called up by House as Privileged Matter.

    Source: Floor

  20. 18 May 1988

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

  21. 23 May 1988

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

    Source: IntroReferral

  22. 7 June 1988

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Military Construction. Approved for full committee consideration with amendments favorably.

    Source: Committee

  23. 9 June 1988

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 725.

    Source: Calendars

  24. 9 June 1988

    Reported

    Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.

    Source: Committee

  25. 9 June 1988

    Reported

    Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Sasser with amendments. With written report No. 100-380.

    Source: Committee

  26. 15 June 1988

    ResolvingDifferences

    Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Sasser; Inouye; Proxmire; Reid; Stennis; Specter; Garn; Stevens; Hatfield.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  27. 15 June 1988

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by motion.

    Source: Floor

  28. 15 June 1988

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 93-2. Record Vote No: 184.

    Source: Floor

  29. 16 June 1988

    Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

    Source: Floor

  30. 14 July 1988

    Passed

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

    Source: NotUsed

  31. 14 July 1988

    Passed

    House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Hefner, Alexander, Coleman (TX), Thomas (GA), Bevill, Early, Dicks, Fazio, Lowery (CA), Edwards (OK), Kolbe, DeLay, Conte, Whitten.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  32. 14 July 1988

    Passed

    House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  33. 9 September 1988

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference Report 100-912 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  34. 9 September 1988

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed: Conference Report 100-912 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  35. 14 September 1988

    Passed

    Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  36. 14 September 1988

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to Senate amendments nos. 1, 4, 7, 8, 22, 24, 25, 27, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, and 45. By Voice Vote.

    Source: NotUsed

  37. 14 September 1988

    Passed

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

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  38. 14 September 1988

    ResolvingDifferences

    House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendment 028.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  39. 14 September 1988

    NotUsed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendment 028.

    Source: NotUsed

  40. 14 September 1988

    Vote

    House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 386 - 26 (Record Vote No: 310).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  41. 14 September 1988

    Vote

    Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 386 - 26 (Record Vote No: 310).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  42. 15 September 1988

    Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

    Source: Floor

  43. 20 September 1988

    Floor

    Measure Signed in Senate.

    Source: Floor

  44. 21 September 1988

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

  45. 21 September 1988

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

  46. 27 September 1988

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 100-447.

    Source: President

  47. 27 September 1988

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

  48. 27 September 1988

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

Votes

· Official source

Yes 0 · No 0 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 0

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    • Public Law (PDF)

      Public Law · EN · 28 September 1988

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    • House receded and concurred with amendment

      summary · EN · 14 September 1988

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    • Passed Senate amended

      summary · EN · 15 June 1988

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    • Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

      summary · EN · 9 June 1988

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    • Passed House amended

      summary · EN · 18 May 1988

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    • Introduced in House

      summary · EN · 12 May 1988

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