Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title XXI (sic): Army

Title XXII: Navy

Title XXIII: Air Force

Title XXIV: Defense Agencies

Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure

Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities

Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations

Title XXVIII: General Provisions

Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military

Family Housing Changes

Subtitle B: Base Closure Matters

Subtitle C: Land Transactions Generally

Subtitle D: Changes to Existing Land Transaction

Authority

Subtitle E: Other Matters

Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 - Title XXI (sic:) 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, using specified amounts, to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural planning and design activities, and to improve existing military family housing units. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title.

Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1992 to: (1) reduce the amount authorized for military construction projects at Fort Hunter Liggett, California; and (2) increase by a corresponding amount the sum authorized for such projects at Fort Stewart, Georgia.

(Sec. 2016) Directs the Secretary of the Army to carry out a study of traffic safety on the highway at the Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant, Nevada.

Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI.

Allows certain prior-year funds to be expended for a construction project at the Naval Supply Center, Pensacola, Florida. Directs the Secretaries of Transportation and the Navy to enter into an agreement providing for the relocation of the activities and functions of the Pascagoula Coast Guard Station to the Pascagoula Naval Station, Mississippi.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to carry out construction design activities for the Mayport Naval Station, Florida.

Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI.

Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to: (1) increase the amount authorized for a military construction project at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida; and (2) increase the number of family housing units authorized to be constructed there.

Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) improve existing military family housing units; and (2) carry out energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Terminates the authority to carry out a military construction project at the Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, Colorado. Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for certain community impact assistance with regard to: (1) the Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, South Carolina; and (2) planning and design for military construction in support of the consolidation of operations of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service.

Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions to the NATO Infrastructure Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1994 for such contributions.

Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1994 for the Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural planning and design activities, and construction of facilities. Amends prior year military construction authorization Acts to increase the amount authorized for certain National Guard and reserve projects for which funds have been appropriated.

Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI on October 1, 1997, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1998, whichever is later. Extends certain prior year military construction projects.

Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to authorize the Secretary to pay closing costs to eligible persons under the homeowners assistance program.

Subtitle B: Base Closure Matters - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to prohibit the Secretary or the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, in considering military installations for closure or realignment, from taking into account any advance conversion planning undertaken by an affected community with respect to the anticipated closure or realignment of an installation. Makes clarifying and technical amendments to the above Act as well as the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act.

(Sec. 2813) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary should: (1) ensure that regulations implementing certain provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 reflect the intent of the Congress that the Secretary take into consideration the redevelopment plans of affected communities when taking actions or implementing decisions on the closure of a military installation; (2) ensure that such regulations reflect the intent of the Congress to encourage cooperation and dialogue between the Government and the communities affected by such closures; and (3) develop a system of incentives and awards to encourage DOD personnel to provide greater assistance to, and cooperation with, such communities.

Subtitle C: Land Transactions Generally - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Air Force certain lands contiguous to the Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, to be used in connection with a wastewater treatment facility. Provides for: (1) cattle grazing rights; (2) transfer compliance with environmental laws; (3) responsibility for the cleanup of hazardous substances; (4) mining and other rights-of-way; and (5) permitted public access to the lands transferred.

(Sec. 2822) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into an agreement with the Oxnard Harbor District, Port Hueneme, California, for the joint use by the Secretary and the District of U.S. Navy Wharf Number 3, upon which is located the Naval Construction Battalion Center of Port Hueneme.

(Sec. 2823) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to lease to the YMCA of San Diego County, California, certain lands at the Naval Radio Receiving Facility, Imperial Beach, Coronado, California, to be operated and maintained as a summer youth residence camp.

(Sec. 2824) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to release the U.S. reversionary interest to certain parcels of land in York County and James City County, Virginia, as well as in Newport News, Virginia.

(Sec. 2825) Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer administrative jurisdiction of specified real property at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, to the Secretary of the Interior for inclusion in the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge.

(Sec. 2826) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Hall County, Nebraska, Board of Supervisors all U.S. rights and interest to the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant in Hall County.

(Sec. 2827) Directs the Administrator of General Services to transfer or convey to appropriate State or local governments or nonprofit organizations various current military installations or facilities, if determined appropriate and in the public interest after consultation with the Secretary.

Subtitle D: Changes to Existing Land Transaction Authority - Makes various modifications with respect to current land transaction authority for: (1) the land conveyance at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia; (2) the conveyance of an electric distribution system at Fort Dix, New Jersey; (3) the land conveyance at Fort Knox, Kentucky; and (4) the preservation as a nature preserve of the Calverton Pine Barrens at the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, New York.

Subtitle E: Other Matters - Allows the Secretary of a military department to authorize a nonappropriated fund instrumentality to contract for construction of a shopping mall or similar facility for a commissary store and one or more nonappropriated fund instrumentality activities.

(Sec. 2843) Waives certain prior congressional reporting requirements for certain real property transactions in the event of war or national emergency. Requires reports in such cases within 30 days after action is taken.

(Sec. 2844) Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to the Congress on the use of Army operation and maintenance funds for environmental restoration at the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant, Hall County, Nebraska.

(Sec. 2845) Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out, and report to the Congress on, a DOD Laboratory Revitalization Demonstration Program, allowing the Secretary to carry out minor military construction projects to improve laboratories covered by the Program.

(Sec. 2846) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to: (1) waive a prior congressional notification requirement with respect to settlements with foreign countries for the release to such country of improvements made at U.S. military installations, if such improvements have a value of $10 million or less; and (2) require the Secretary to report annually to the defense committees on such proposed agreements.

(Sec. 2848) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force, as part of the closure of an Air Force radar bomb scoring site near Holbrook, Arizona, to transfer the administrative jurisdiction, accountability, and control of the housing units and associated support facilities at the site to the Secretary of the Interior for use in connection with the Petrified National Forest Park.

(Sec. 2849) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, in lieu of establishing technical review committees to oversee DOD actions with respect to the release of hazardous substances at military installations, to establish a restoration advisory board for any installation where environmental restoration activities are planned. Directs the Secretary to make funds available for participation by individuals on both the technical review committees and the advisory boards. Requires private sector participation in both entities. Limits to $7.5 million the total funds authorized for assistance to the committees and boards. Requires the involvement of such committees and boards in DOD environmental restoration programs at military installations. Requires a report.

(Sec. 2850) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Senate should consider the authorization for appropriation of funds for a military construction project not included in the annual DOD budget request only if certain conditions are met. Requires the views of the Secretary to be obtained when considering such an authorization.