Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1997 - Appropriates funds for FY 1997 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD) in specified amounts for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy, and Air Force (including rescissions); (2) military construction, DOD (including a transfer of funds and rescissions); (3) the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund (including a transfer of funds); (4)military construction for the Army and Air National Guards; (5) military construction for the Army, Navy, and Air Force Reserves; (6) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (7) family housing for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (8) family housing, DOD; (9) the DOD Family Housing Improvement Fund (including a transfer of funds); (10) the Homeowners Assistance Fund, Defense; and (11) the Base Realignment and Closure Accounts, Parts II, III, and IV.
(Sec. 101) Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated under this or other Military Construction Appropriations Acts.
(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify specified congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs for such exercise are expected to exceed $100,000.
(Sec. 118) Provides for the transfer of lapsed unobligated military construction and family housing funds into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense account.
(Sec. 119) Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and U.S. allies in the Arabian Gulf to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.
(Sec. 121) Sets forth Buy American requirements..
(Sec. 123) Directs the National Guard Bureau to prepare a future years defense plan based on National Guard requirements and priorities which shall be submitted to the Congress at the same time as the President's budget submission for each fiscal year.
(Sec. 124) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Army should name specified buildings at the Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, as the Howell Heflin Complex.
(Sec. 125) Authorizes the transfer of DOD funds for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Laid on the table. (consideration: CR H9810)
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 497 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 3517. Waiving all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration.
Mrs. Vucanovich brought up conference report H. Rept. 104-721 by previously agreed to special order.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Further proceedings were postponed.
The House proceeded to consider the conference report H. Rept. 104-721 as unfinished business.
Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 396 - 26 (Roll no. 394).(consideration: CR H9810)
Roll Call #394 (House)Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 396 - 26 (Roll no. 394). (consideration: CR H9810)
Roll Call #394 (House)Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
Enacted as Public Law 104-196
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Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S9869-9874)
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 92-6. Record Vote No: 269.(consideration: CR S9874)
Roll Call #269 (Senate)Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 92-6. Record Vote No: 269. (consideration: CR S9874)
Roll Call #269 (Senate)Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 104-196.
Became Public Law No: 104-196.