Military Construction Authorization Act, 1986

(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #360 (354-38))

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1986 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property, carry out military construction projects, and construct or acquire family housing units and facilities in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects to improve existing military family housing units at specified installations in specified amounts.

Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property, carry out military construction projects, and construct or acquire family housing units and facilities in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to make improvements in existing military family housing units in a specified amount and carry out a military family housing unit improvement project at a specified location for a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to convert certain transient housing units to family housing units.

Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property, carry out military construction projects, and construct or acquire family housing units and facilities in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects to improve existing military family housing units at specified installations in specified amounts.

Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property, carry out military construction projects, and construct or acquire family housing units and facilities in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to make expenditures to improve existing military family housing units in a specified amount.

Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure program.

Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Recurring Administrative Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after FY 1985 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Departments of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the defense agencies. Authorizes appropriations for the NATO Infrastructure program.

Limits the total costs of all projects to the total amounts authorized to be appropriated for each military department concerned. States that such authorizations shall expire at the end of FY 1987 except as otherwise specified. Establishes maximum amounts on certain expenditures, including unspecified minor military construction projects and per unit improvement and rental costs for military family housing.

Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after FY 1985 for the costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the guard and reserve forces.

Title VIII: General Provisions - Extends through FY 1986 the build-to-lease program and the rental guarantee program in the area of military housing.

Requires a member of the armed forces who moves out of an assigned military family housing unit to leave such unit in a satisfactorily clean condition or be liable to the United States for the cleaning costs of such unit.

Expands activities and expenses to be included within authorizations for military family housing. Increases by 500 the number of domestic family housing units that may be leased for purposes of military family housing, as long as the Secretary concerned provides written notification of the location and costs of the additional units to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives.

Changes from October 1, 1985, to October 1, 1986, the effective date for the repeal of Federal law relating to the sale and replacement of nonexcess real property and the abolition of the Department of Defense Facilities Replacement Management Account. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out sale and replacement activities with respect to specified facilities at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and March Air Force Base, California.

Authorizes the Secretaries of the military departments to use one-step turn-key selection procedures when entering into contracts for the construction of authorized military construction projects. Defines "one-step turn-key selection procedures." Terminates such authority as of October 1, 1991.

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to use funds appropriated for FY 1986 for specified community planning assistance.

Specifies the amount authorized for the construction of the Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, Washington.

Directs the Secretary of the Army to develop and transmit to the Congress by December 31, 1985, a plan for the cleanup of contaminated sites, structures, equipment, and natural resources at or near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver, Colorado, by September 30, 1993. Specifies details to be included in such plan.

Increases the amount established for a project at Fort Drum, New York.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide the city of Norfolk, Virginia, a specified amount of dredged material if the city agrees to bear all handling costs.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to the United States Olympic Committee title to a tract of land near Colorado Springs, Colorado, which is currently leased to such Committee. Specifies conditions for such conveyance.

Revises provisions concerning the trailer park expansion at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts.

Directs the Administrator of General Services to transfer to the Secretary of the Army a tract of land adjacent to Fort McNair in the District of Columbia. Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer a tract of land known as the Arlington Hall station to the Secretary of State.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the New Met Company title to a portion of the Naval Station in Mayport, Florida. Specifies terms and conditions for such conveyance.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the Westvaco Corporation title to a specified portion of the Navy Weapons Station, Charleston, South Carolina. Specifies terms and conditions for such conveyance.

Terminates as of October 1, 1990, the authority of the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to a certain quiet title action under the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1983.

Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the Administrator of Veterans Affairs certain land at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, upon the condition that it be used as part of a national cemetery.

Raises the building height limitations for building on Santa Rosa Island, Florida.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, or such Secretary along with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to transfer to the city of Tucson, Arizona, certain property upon the condition that such land be used for purposes of recreation and public health.

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to procure or to contribute to any State amounts necessary to procure architectural and engineering services and construction designs in connection with the construction of National Guard armories.

Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide bedding in support of shelters for the homeless that are operated by entities other than the Department of Defense.

Limits the amount authorized to be appropriated under this Act to $9,200,000,000.

Provides that funds appropriated to a military department or defense agency for a fiscal year for military construction or military family housing purposes may remain available beyond such fiscal year to the extent provided in appropriation Acts.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program under which each Secretary of a military department may guarantee compensation of any person who leases a rental unit to any member of the armed forces for any breach of such lease or any damage to the rental unit by such member. Requires such program to be established within 90 days after enactment of this Act. Outlines provisions to be included in any agreement between the Secretary concerned and the rental unit providers. Authorizes any Secretary who so compensates a lessor under these provisions to garnish the wages of the member involved to the extent of the amount involved. Directs the Secretary of Defense, within 18 months of the establishment of such program, to submit to the Congress a report on findings and recommendations concerning such program. Terminates the authority of any Secretary to enter into an agreement with a lessor upon the expiration of the 18-month period following the establishment of such program.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the State of Montana certain land located at Fort William H. Harrison, Montana, upon the condition that such land be used to establish a State veterans' cemetery.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out a military family housing improvement project at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, at a specified cost.