Military Construction Authorization Act, 1989

(Measure passed Senate, amended, (Inserted Division B of S. 2355))

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1989 - 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, carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to make advances to the Secretary of Transportation for the construction of defense access roads for a specified amount at specified locations.

Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of all military construction projects authorized under this title. Extends authorizations for certain FY 1985 through 1987 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. Earmarks specified funds for a certain shipyard modernization project at the Portsmouth Naval shipyard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing, carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts at specified installations.

Authorizes the Secretary to acquire a specified number of family housing units located on the Naval Air Station, Glenview, Illinois. States the amount of charge to be made by the Secretary for the leasing of such units after acquisition by the Secretary. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to acquire such property on October 1, 1994.

Authorizes the Secretary to make advances to the Secretary of Transportation for the construction of defense access roads in specified amounts at specified installations.

Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of all military construction projects authorized under this title.

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, carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts at specified installations.

Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of all military construction projects authorized under this title. Extends authorizations for certain prior-year military construction projects.

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.

Authorizes the Secretary to contribute funds to the Government of the Netherlands for the U.S. share of the cost of the International Elementary and High School project in Brunssum, the Netherlands.

Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to extend through FY 1989 the authority of the Secretary to carry out military construction projects for the construction of conforming storage facilities.

Authorizes the Secretary to make advances to the Secretary of Transportation for the construction of defense access roads at Fort Meade, Maryland.

Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to relocate a military construction project (for the construction of an armed forces medical facility) in the United Kingdom.

Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of all military construction projects authorized in this title. Extends authorizations for a certain prior-year military construction project.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts for military construction projects to be accomplished at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Seoul, Korea, in advance of appropriations therefor under a specified condition.

Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program, and authorizes appropriations for such contributions.

Title VI: Guard and Reserve Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for the Guard and Reserve Forces for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for the costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities.

Authorizes appropriations for the following military construction projects: (1) an aircraft parking ramp/holding pad at Yeager Airport, Charleston, West Virginia; and (2) the Army Reserve Center, Gordo, Alabama.

Title VII: Expiration of Authorizations; Effective Date - Provides, with specified exceptions, that all authorizations contained in titles I through V of this Act for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, and contributions to the NATO Infrastructure Program shall expire on October 1, 1990, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing military construction projects for FY 1991, whichever is later, except where appropriations have been obligated.

Title VIII: General Provisions - Part A: Miscellaneous - Expands the authority of the Secretary to aid in planning local community adjustments to include the making of grants to aid in planning adjustments required by: (1) a publicly-announced planned major reduction in DOD spending that would directly and adversely affect a community; or (2) the encroachment of a civilian community on a military installation, if the Secretary determines, in either case, that such action would have an adverse consequence or would impair the continued operational utility of the military installation. Requires, in the case of the planned major reduction that such reduction will result in the loss of 1,000 or more full-time DOD and contractor employee positions over a five-year period in the locality in order to be eligible for such grant assistance.

Authorizes the Secretary, in addition to any other grant authority, to provide community planning assistance grants for: (1) communities located near newly-established light infantry division posts; and (2) communities located near newly-established Navy strategic dispersal program homeports. Terminates such grant authority on September 30, 1991.

Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to allow (currently requires) a rental housing lease agreement to include a provision rendering the agreement null and void if the owner of the housing fails to maintain a satisfactory level of operation and maintenance. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department (or the Secretary of Transportation, in the case of the Coast Guard), in the case of housing located on land owned by the United States and with respect to which housing is guaranteed, to: (1) require the United States to provide utilities, trash collection, snow removal, and entomological services at no cost to the occupant to the same extent that such services are provided to occupants of Government-owned housing; and (2) provide for rent collection and for operation and maintenance under a separate contract or use Government personnel to provide such services.

Increases from 20 to 32 years the authorized length of long-term facilities contracts entered into by the Secretary of a military department.

Increases from 36,000 to 38,000 the authorized number of family housing units that may be leased in foreign countries to provide military family housing.

Deletes a Federal provision prohibiting a military construction project to be placed under contract if there are variations of more than 25 percent in either the scope of the work to be performed or the project cost over the project ceiling. Deletes a provision allowing the project approved amount to be increased upon certain determinations by the Secretary concerned. Revises provisions relating to the waiver on limitations on cost increases if certain conditions occur (such as written notification to the appropriate congressional committees followed by a waiting period).

Increases from $100,000 to $200,000 the maximum limit on real property transactions triggering a report by the Secretary concerned to the defense committees. Deletes a requirement of a report from the Secretary concerned to the appropriate congressional committees if the Secretary purchases an interest in land of more than $100,000.

Directs the Secretary of the Navy to issue solicitations for proposals for the acquisition of such office space within the National Capital Region as determined necessary to meet the needs of the Navy. Directs the Secretary, no later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary receives responses to the proposal solicitations, to report to the defense committees regarding such proposals.

Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to increase the amount authorized for certain construction at the Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Authorizes the Society of the Third Infantry Division to erect in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial in honor of the men of such Division who have served their country in World Wars I and II and Korea. Outlines administrative provisions concerning site selection, design and plans, and maintenance for such memorial. Terminates such authority five years after the enactment of this Act, unless certain conditions are met.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to sell or lease Air Force Plant No. 85 located in Columbus, Ohio, under specified terms and conditions.

Part B: Real Property Transactions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the San Diego Unified Port District of San Diego, California, certain real property in San Diego in exchange for certain parcels of land adjacent to the San Diego Naval Station. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into such an exchange until he has notified the defense and appropriations committees and 21 days have expired since such notice.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to grant an easement to Orange County, California, for the construction and maintenance of flood control improvements at the northern boundary of the Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California. Provides the consideration for such conveyance, and provides additional terms and conditions to such conveyance.

Directs the Administrator of General Services to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy certain vacant land at the Suitland Federal Center, Suitland, Maryland, that the Administrator determines to be: (1) excess to present and future needs at the Center; and (2) adequate to accommodate the needs of the Navy for construction and operation of a Navy Intelligence Command Headquarters.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to sell and convey a portion of Fort Jackson, South Carolina, under specified terms and conditions.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the city of Lompoc, California, all rights and interest to specified real property, to be used by such City for educational purposes only, and subject to reversion otherwise.