legislation: 101-s-2913
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| 101-s-2913 | 101 | s | 2913 | Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1990-07-25 | 1990-09-05 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] | GA | D | N000171 | 0 | Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, military family housing functions, and the homeowners assistance program. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1989 to increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at the Tooele Army Depot, Utah. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, the construction of defense access roads, and military family housing functions within the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire a building on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for a R&D facility. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire three military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified locations. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to extend through FY 1991 the authority of the Secretary to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for conforming storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, base closure and realignment activities authorized under prior law, conforming storage facilities constructed under prior law, and military family housing functions within DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Increases the amount authorized for a military construction project at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for such contributions. Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces, in specified amounts. Title VII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates certain authorizations on October 1, 1992, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1993, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title VIII: General Provisions - Part A: Military Construction Program Changes - Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to extend through FY 1991 the military housing rental guarantee program. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to acquire an option to acquire or lease (currently, only acquire) a parcel of real property before its acquisition or lease is authorized by law, if it is considered suitable and needed by his Department. Waives a certain per-unit expenditure limitation for improvements to military family housing units if the Secretary complies with certain congressional notification requirements. Transfers jurisdiction, custody, operation and control of the Pentagon Reservation (the Pentagon building and its surrounding facilities and parking lots) to the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint military or civilian personnel to perform law enforcement and security functions on the Reservation. Establishes in the Treasury the Pentagon Maintenance Revolving Fund for real property management, operation, construction, repair and related activities at the Reservation. Transfers funds to the Revolving Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) take such actions as necessary to close or realign any military installation chosen to be so closed or realigned; (2) provide economic adjustment assistance to any community located near a military installation being closed or realigned; (3) carry out environmental restoration and mitigation activities; and (4) provide outplacement assistance to civilian DOD employees of military installations being closed or realigned. Provides funding for each such purpose. Directs the Administrator of General Services to delegate to the Secretary of Defense the authority to utilize or dispose of real property with respect to excess and surplus real property located at a military installation being closed or realigned. Outlines other conditions concerning such transfer and disposal authority, including a requirement that the Secretary consult with the Governor and the heads of local government of the State involved in a property disposal or transfer for the purpose of considering any plan for the use of such property by the local community concerned. States the applicability and inapplicability of certain laws to any action taken by the Secretary with respect to a base realignment or closure. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Base Closure and Realignment Account to be used by the Secretary for base closure and realignment activities. Provides that when funds from the Account are used for such purposes and the cost of the project will exceed the maximum amount authorized by law for a minor military construction project, the Secretary must notify the appropriate congressional committees of the nature of, and the justification for, the expenditure of such sum. Provides for the transfer of certain funds for the homeowners assistance program. Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to entitle a Federal employee who is entitled to reemployment as a result of the closure or realignment of an overseas U.S. military installation to all benefits provided under such Act to employees currently employed at such installations. Provides that, in the case of a publicly-announced planned reduction in DOD spending, the cancellation or termination of a DOD contract, or the failure to proceed with a previously approved major defense acquisition program, community planning assistance may be provided if the reduction, cancellation, termination, or failure will have a direct and significant impact on a community and will result in the loss of: (1) not less than 2,500 jobs, in the case of an urban area; (2) not less than 1,000 jobs, in the case of a rural area; or (3) one percent or more of the labor force in either such area. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that if the Secretary of Defense determines land under DOD control is excess property, the Secretary shall request the Administrator of GSA to dispose of such land under provisions of such Act. Provides for the deposit and authorized uses of funds derived from such disposal. Provides authorized uses for money rentals received pursuant to leases entered into by the Secretary of a military department in the leasing of DOD assets. Requires at least 50 percent of such funds received to be made available for maintenance and repair or for environmental restoration expenses at such facilities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in the case of any military facility outside the United States released in whole or in part to a host nation, the United States should be the lead official in determining the residual value of such facility and should only be required to pay for the percentage of environmental cleanup required at such facility that is based on the determined residual value. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account for the collection of the residual value of any property of DOD released to host nations. Allows such funds to be used for maintenance, repair, and environmental restoration at such released facilities. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to modify the reporting requirements of the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities with respect to possible use of such facilities as Federal confinement or correctional facilities. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to jointly conduct a study to evaluate the desirability and feasibility of converting airfields under the jurisdiction of each military department: (1) to civilian use; or (2) in the case of any airfield which continues to be used for military purposes, to joint military and civilian use. Provides study funding. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Land Transactions - Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) release to the University of Arkansas all rights and interest of the United States in specified real property in Arkansas leased by the United States to the University; and (2) convey to the University all interest in all improvements constructed on such land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Solid Waste Disposal Authority of Huntsville, Alabama, all rights and interest to a parcel of real property at the Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, that is currently being leased to the Authority. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture certain real property at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such lands so as to preserve the paleontological, archaeological, wildlife, vegetative, aquatic, and other natural resources of the area. Outlines other permissible uses for such area, including research activities and livestock grazing. Prohibits such area from being used for the storage or processing of any type of waste. Directs the Secretary to develop a management plan for such area. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Delaware all rights and interest of the United States to a parcel of real property at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, known as the Fort Meade Recreation Area. Requires reversion to the United States if such property is used for any purposes other than for public park or recreational use. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to pay Florida a specified amount solely to assist such State in relocating the Florida Solar Energy Center from Cape Canaveral Air Station to a new site in Florida other than on federally-owned land. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Columbus, Georgia, all rights and interest to a specified portion of Fort Benning, Georgia, in exchange for a tract of land to be conveyed to the United States and located adjacent to the southern boundary of Fort Benning. Provides for monetary consideration if the fair market value of the lands exchanged is not found to be equal. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to enter into an agreement with Hawaii providing that the Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii, be used for general civilian aviation and military purposes jointly. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to Hawaii all rights and interest to a portion of Dillingham Military Reservation, Mokuleia, Hawaii, on the condition that such property be used for joint military and civilian use as an airfield by the State and the Army. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Civic Foundation, Incorporated, a nonprofit Indiana corporation, the property in South Bend, Indiana, known as the Northside Army Reserve Training Center, under specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Kansas City, Missouri, all rights and interest to a parcel of land located near the family housing area of the Marine Corps Finance Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to release to Oregon the reversionary interest of the United States in two parcels of land at Camp Withycombe, Clackamas County, Oregon, in exchange for Oregon agreeing to convey to the United States a contingent interest in land comprising Camp Rilea, Clatsop County, Oregon. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the University of Utah all rights and interest of the United States in and to the land comprising Fort Douglas, Utah, under specified conditions. Requires such conveyance to be made within one year of enactment of this section. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with such University which would provide for joint use between the University and the Army Reserve of existing utility facilities at Fort Douglas and equitable sharing of the cost of such utilities. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Burlington, Vermont, all rights and interest to specified real property comprising the Naval Reserve Center, Burlington, Vermont. Terminates the authority for such conveyance if not made by January 1, 1992. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Northern Virginia Regional Correctional Commission all rights and interest to specified land located at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. Requires reversion of such property to the United States if such property is used for purposes other than the construction and operation of a regional correctional facility. Prohibits such facility from housing Federal prisoners or prisoners convicted in the District of Columbia unless written consent of the government of the county of the facility is obtained. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z |