Military Construction Authorization Act, 1983

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Introduced

27 May 1982

Last action

15 October 1982 · Became law

Status

Became Public Law No: 97-321.

Summary

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1983 - 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. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees of such determination. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing quarters, earmarking certain funds for energy conservation. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1976 to increase the authorization level for housing at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982, to increase the number of housing units authorized to be constructed at Fort Irwin, California. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the Weyerhaeuser Corporation, Tacoma, Washington, specified lands along the westerly boundary of the Fort Lewis Military Reservation, Pierce County, Washington, in exchange for other lands. Requires that the United States and West Germany come to a formal agreement concerning the cost sharing arrangements for the master restationing plan before funds authorized for such plan may be obligated or expended. 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 land to construct family housing units at the Naval Station, Mayport, Florida. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing, subject to the conditions set forth in title I. Permits the Secretary to use seven housing units acquired from the U.S. Public Health Service Facility, Norfolk, Virginia, for military family housing. 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. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing, subject to the conditions set forth in title I. Amends the Military Construction Act, 1977 to increase authorizations for specified projects, including the Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tennessee. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the base boundaries at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to resolve encroachments caused by inaccurate surveys. Authorizes the Secretary to convert an existing facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio for use as a foreign military sales center. 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. Permits the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities which are determined to be vital to the security of the United States under the terms and conditions of title I. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to modify existing family housing as specified. 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: 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 moneys and which require the submission of detailed cost estimates to Congress. Establishes appropriations 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. 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. Title VII: 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 specified appropriations for each such entity. Directs the Secretary of Defense to give the appropriate committees of Congress 15 rather than 30 days notice of expenditures for facilities in excess of $175,000. Exempts facilities listed in the annual lump sum authorization from such requirement. Title VIII: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to exchange specified land in and with the city of Warner Robins, Georgia. Permits the Secretary of a military department, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to make obligations for commissary store facility construction without regard to fiscal year limitations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange specified lands in and with the city of Bell, California. Requires the city to restore and modernize a specified building owned by the United States as consideration. Permits the Secretary of Defense to exchange or sell any real property and facilities in the public interest or for national defense purposes. Requires that any sales or exchanges be conducted through public, competitive bidding. Credits the proceeds to a defense facilities replacement fund. Directs the Secretary to give the Armed Forces Committees 15 days notice whenever the fair market value of the property involved exceeds $100,000. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to exchange with the Kansas City Corporation for Industrial Development of Kansas City, Missouri, specified lands in Jackson County comprising the Sergeant Charles R. Long Army Reserve Training Center and the Carlisle School. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the construction of contingency facilities to support the national security interests of the United States in Egypt, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, the island of Diego Garcia or at Lajes Field (Portugal) unless the construction contracts require that all materials be produced or refined in the United States or host nation. Excludes contracts for less than $5,000,000 and contracts with countries with a formal agreement with the United States which would be violated by such a requirement. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to use moneys received from grazing and agricultural leases to defray related expenses and to finance multiple land use management programs on installations under his jurisdiction. Increases the dollar limitation on foreign leasing. Authorizes modification of a certain building at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., and disposition of a certain building by the Secretary of the Navy in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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Timeline

20 May 1982
Reported
Committee on Armed Services ordered to be reported an original measure in lieu of S. 2205.
Source: Committee
27 May 1982
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
27 May 1982
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 626.
Source: Calendars
27 May 1982
Reported
Committee on Armed Services. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond. With written report No. 97-440.
Source: Committee
27 May 1982
Reported
Committee on Armed Services. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond. With written report No. 97-440.
Source: Committee
30 June 1982
Floor
Measure laid before Senate.
Source: Floor
30 June 1982
Vote
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 93-1. Record Vote No: 205.
Source: Floor
11 August 1982
ResolvingDifferences
House Requested a Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Price, Brinkley, Montgomery, Kazen, Won Pat, Dickinson, Trible, Whitehurst, Mitchell (NY).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
11 August 1982
ResolvingDifferences
House Insisted on its Amendments by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
11 August 1982
NotUsed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Insisted on its Amendments by Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
11 August 1982
Passed
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
11 August 1982
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
11 August 1982
Floor
Called up by House by Rule.
Source: Floor
18 August 1982
Passed
Senate agreed to request for conference. Appointed conferees. Tower; Thurmond; Warner; Humphrey; Denton; Brady; Stennis; Hart; Jackson; Cannon; Exon.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
18 August 1982
Passed
Senate disagreed to the House amendment. By Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
18 August 1982
Passed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate disagreed to the House amendment. By Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
22 September 1982
Passed
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
22 September 1982
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
28 September 1982
Passed
Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
28 September 1982
Passed
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
28 September 1982
ResolvingDifferences
Conference Report 97-880 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
28 September 1982
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference Report 97-880 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
29 September 1982
Passed
House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
29 September 1982
Passed
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
1 October 1982
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
4 October 1982
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
4 October 1982
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
15 October 1982
Became law
Became Public Law No: 97-321.
Source: President
15 October 1982
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
15 October 1982
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw

Votes

· Official source

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

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Documents

5 official files

Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 16 October 1982
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Conference report filed in House
summary · EN · 28 September 1982
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 11 August 1982
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Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 30 June 1982
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 27 May 1982
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