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Appropriations bill FY2005, Military Construction (Identified by CRS)
Military Construction FY2005 Appropriations bill (Identified by CRS)

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Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005

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Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005

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An original bill making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.


Actions Overview (2)

Date Actions Overview
07/15/2004Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hutchison. With written report No. 108-309.
07/15/2004Introduced in Senate

All Actions (14)

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09/20/2004Senate passed companion measure H.R. 4837 in lieu of this measure by Yea-Nay Vote. 91 - 0. Record Vote Number: 185.
Action By: Senate
09/15/2004Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 4837 as an amendment.
Action By: Senate
09/15/2004Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 637.
Action By: Senate
09/15/2004The bill was read the third time by Unanimous Consent.
Action By: Senate
09/15/2004S.Amdt.3661 Amendment SA 3661 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Action By: Senate
09/15/2004S.Amdt.3660 Amendment SA 3660 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Action By: Senate
09/15/2004S.Amdt.3661 Amendment SA 3661 proposed by Senator Hutchison. (consideration: CR S9242; text: CR S9242) To make available additional funds for the Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States.
Action By: Senate
09/15/2004S.Amdt.3660 Amendment SA 3660 proposed by Senator Hutchison. (consideration: CR S9242; text: CR S9242) To direct the Defense Department to assess the impacts on the military family housing program if the family housing privatization limitation is not eliminated.
Action By: Senate
09/15/2004Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S9242)
Action By: Senate
07/15/2004Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.
Action By: Senate
07/15/2004Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hutchison. With written report No. 108-309.
07/15/2004Committee on Appropriations ordered to be reported an original measure.
04/07/2004Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-738.
Action By: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction
03/30/2004Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
Action By: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction

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Senate Appropriations07/15/2004 Markup by
07/15/2004 Reported original measure S. Rept. 108-309
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction03/30/2004 Hearings by
04/07/2004 Hearings by

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Reported to Senate without amendment (07/15/2004)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005 - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), namely: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, DOD, the Army and Air National Guards, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (4) family housing construction and operation and maintenance, defense-wide; (5) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (6) chemical demilitarization construction, defense; and (7) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990.

Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act and in other military construction appropriations Acts.

(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.

(Sec. 118) 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 other 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) Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union.

(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, before issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the congressional defense committees of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments, and the extent and likelihood of Federal liability) proposed to be made by the Secretary to the private party under the contract involved in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which housing is provided under the contract; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation.

(Sec. 126) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure for missile defense studies of any funds appropriated for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program.

(Sec. 127) Extends until August 15, 2005 (currently, December 31, 2004) the due date for a findings report from the Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States to the President and Congress.

(Sec. 129) Directs the Secretary of the Army, upon determining that any portion of certain real property at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, is excess to the needs of the Army, to first offer such property to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the National Forest System. Requires the Secretary of the Army to perform any necessary environmental remediation with respect to the property before such transfer.