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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.
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
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
18 February 1988
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Military Construction.
Source: Committee
18 February 1988
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
Source: IntroReferral
1 March 1988
Committee
First Day of Subcommittee Hearings.
Source: Committee
31 March 1988
Committee
Final Day of Subcommittee Hearings.
Source: Committee
28 April 1988
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Source: Committee
28 April 1988
Committee
First Day of Subcommittee Mark-up.
Source: Committee
12 May 1988
Calendars
Placed on Union Calendar No: 368.
Source: Calendars
12 May 1988
Reported
Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 100-620.
Source: Committee
12 May 1988
Reported
Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 100-620.
Source: Committee
12 May 1988
Reported
Ordered to be Reported.
Source: Committee
12 May 1988
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
12 May 1988
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
12 May 1988
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 May 1988
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.449 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
17 May 1988
Floor
Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Waiving All Points of Order Against Specified Provisions of the Bill.
Source: Floor
18 May 1988
Vote
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 382 - 26 (Record Vote No: 136).
Source: Floor
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 May 1988
Passed
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Source: Floor
18 May 1988
Floor
Called up by House as Privileged Matter.
Source: Floor
18 May 1988
Passed
Rule Passed House.
Source: Floor
23 May 1988
Introduced
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Source: IntroReferral
7 June 1988
Committee
Subcommittee on Military Construction. Approved for full committee consideration with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
9 June 1988
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 725.
Source: Calendars
9 June 1988
Reported
Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
9 June 1988
Reported
Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Sasser with amendments. With written report No. 100-380.
Source: Committee
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
15 June 1988
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by motion.
Source: Floor
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
16 June 1988
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
14 July 1988
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: NotUsed
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
14 July 1988
Passed
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
9 September 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference Report 100-912 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
9 September 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference Report 100-912 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 September 1988
Passed
Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
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
14 September 1988
Passed
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 September 1988
ResolvingDifferences
House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendment 028.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 September 1988
NotUsed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendment 028.
Source: NotUsed
14 September 1988
Vote
House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 386 - 26 (Record Vote No: 310).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
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
15 September 1988
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
20 September 1988
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
21 September 1988
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
21 September 1988
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
27 September 1988
Became law
Became Public Law No: 100-447.
Source: President
27 September 1988
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
27 September 1988
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
Votes
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Documents
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Public Law (PDF)
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Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 28 September 1988
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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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. 4586) making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes.
- amends ← An amendment to prohibit the expenditure of appropriated funds to any workplace that is not free of illegal possession or use of controlled substances.
- amends ← An amendment to increase the appropriation for Army National Guard construction to provide $100,000 for the design of an armory in Clovis, New Mexico.
- amends ← An amendment to prohibit the expenditure of funds in a workplace that is not considered a responsible source, as defined by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, unless it has been certified to the contracting agency that procedures to insure a drug-free workplace have been established.
- amends ← To deny funds for construction projects that use the services of a contractor or subcontractor of a foreign country that denies fair equiteble access to United States products and services in construction projects in that foreign country.
- amends ← To include funds for construction of Navy facilities at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma in support of the E-6A aircraft.
- amends ← To allocate funds for a new building at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois for the headquaters of a U.S. Transportation Command.
- amends ← To restrict the availability of funds for the Tacamo mission.
- amends ← To clarify the budgetary treatment of pay increases.
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/4586
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