Military Construction Authorization Act

Summary

Military Construction Authorization Act - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amount 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, or improved production schedules. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. 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 construct recreational facilities at the United States Naval Station, San Diego, California, to replace the existing Navy Athletic Field. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force 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 additional facilities where necessitated by those factors enumerated in Title I of this Act pertaining to the Secretary of the Army. 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. Title V: Military Family Housing - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to construct or acquire military family housing units in specified numbers at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Stipulates that no family housing construction shall be commenced until the Secretary has determined that suitable private housing is unavailable. Authorizes the Secretary to increase the amounts authorized for such purpose up to ten percent for the purpose of meeting unforeseeable variations in cost. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to expend specified amounts to improve existing public quarters for the various military departments. Sets forth the amount which may be expended for the leasing of quarters for military personnel. Increases the average authorized lease costs for military housing in foreign countries. Stipulates that such a lease may not be for more than ten years. Title VI: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretaries of the military departments to develop or establish installations under this Act regardless of certain restrictions contained in specified laws relating to the advancement of public moneys for construction projects and cost and space limitations for family quarters for members of the Army and Air Force. Sets forth limitations on the use of funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act. Authorizes increases in the amounts specified under this Act under certain circumstances. Requires the Secretaries of each of the military departments to report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives regarding construction contracts awarded under this Act. Repeals previous authorizations for military public works. Specifies exceptions to such repeal. Sets for the unit cost limitations for construction projects for permanent barracks and bachelor officers quarters under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to increase such cost limitation in order to equip such projects with solar heating or cooling equipment. Authorizes the Secretaries of the military departments and the Directors of the defense agencies to engage in construction projects not otherwise authorized (except construction of family quarters) at military installations where such projects cost less than $1,000,000. Requires that the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives be notified in advance of any proposed project costing more than $300,000. Requires the Secretaries of each military department and the Secretary of Defense for the defense agencies to report annually to such committees regarding such public works projects. Requires that the Air Force San Patricio Fuel Storage Site, San Juan, Puerto Rico be sold and authorizes the use of proceeds from such sale for the construction of new facilities for the Puerto Rico National Guard. Abolishes the present system of including naval districts within the organization of the Department of the Navy. Prohibits the closure or realignment of military bases involving reductions in civilian personnel positions below a specified level or construction or conversion at military installations made necessary by the relocation of such civilian personnel unless: (1) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned notifies the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives that such installation is a candidate for closure or realignment; (2) the appropriate Secretary complies with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; (3) the appropriate Secretary notifies the Committees on Armed Services of a final decision in writing regarding such closure or realignment and a detailed justification for such decision; and (4) a period of at least 60 days elapses between such notification and the implementation of such decision. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey a specified parcel of land in Los Angeles, California, to that city in exchange for specified parcel of land adjacent to the Naval Support Activity, Long Beach, California. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire from the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a specified portion of land adjacent to Peterson Air Force Base, El Paso County, Colorado, in exchange for a conveyance by the Secretary to the City of portions of Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs equal in monetary value to the land acquired. Authorizes the Secretaries of the military departments to enter into long-term contracts for the purchase of fuels derived from waste materials including provisions for the collection and disposal of solid waste from Department of Defense installations. Repeals the authority of the Secretaries of the military departments to use surcharges on commissary goods and services for the construction or improvement of commissary facilities within the United States. Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Navy to charge villages and facilities at or near Point Barrow, Alaska, for natural gas supplied to such areas between October 1, 1974 and April 6, 1976 at a rate equal to the rate charged for such natural gas subsequent to April 6, 1976 pursuant to the Naval Petroleum Reserve Production Act of 1976. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Guard and the Reserve components of the armed forces regardless of certain restrictions contained in specified laws relating to the advancement of public moneys for construction projects and cost and space limitations for family quarters for members of the Army and Air Force.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 2 August 1977

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• Conference report filed in House

  summary · EN · 12 July 1977

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 9 May 1977

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