Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title XXI (sic): Army

Title XXII: Navy

Title XXIII: Air Force

Title XXIV: Defense Agencies

Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security

Investment Program

Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities

Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations

Title XXVIII: General Provisions

Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military

Family Housing Changes

Subtitle B: Other Matters

Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 - 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 to construct or acquire family housing units, to carry out architectural planning and design activities, and to improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1997 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title.

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

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

(Sec. 2305) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to increase the authorized amount for a military construction project at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.

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 carry out architectural planning and design activities and to improve existing military family housing units, in specified amounts.

(Sec. 2404) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified energy conservation projects.

(Sec. 2405) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal years after 1997 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of authorized construction projects.

(Sec. 2406) Reallocates specified funds made available due to the closure of the McClellan Air Force Base, California, to fund medical construction projects at Andersen Air Base, Guam, and Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

(Sec. 2407) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to increase the funding for military construction projects at the Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas, and the Umatilla Army Depot, Oregon.

Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1997.

Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1997 for the Guard and Reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities.

Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in the preceding titles of this Act on October 1, 2000, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for FY 2001, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects.

(Sec. 2704) Extends until a specified conditional date the authorization of appropriations for the Over-the-Horizon Radar at the Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, as authorized under a prior military construction authorization Act.

Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Program and Military Family Housing Changes - Repeals a current Federal provision prohibiting the Secretary of a military department (Secretary concerned) from entering into certain real property transactions of over $200,000 until 30 days after a report concerning the proposed transaction is submitted to the Senate and House Armed Services and National Security Committees.

Subtitle B: Other Matters - Increases from $200,000 to $500,000 the maximum amount of real property that the Secretary concerned may acquire in the interest of national defense.

(Sec. 2803) Authorizes DOD to accept funds from a non-Federal party for expenses incurred whenever the Secretary concerned exchanges real property with, or grants an easement, lease, or license to, such a party.

(Sec. 2804) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to lease in Naples, Italy, structures and real property associated with a regional hospital complex that are needed for military purposes. Provides a lease term of up to 20 years. Terminates such authority on September 30, 2002.