IB Union Calendar No. 40 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2745 [Report No. 116–63] Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 15, 2019 Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL Making appropriations for military construction, the Depart- ment of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2745.RH H2745 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2745 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 4 military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 5 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 6 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely: 7 TITLE I 8 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 9 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 10 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip- 11 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 12 installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 13 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 14 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec- 15 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con- 16 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func- 17 tions of the Commander in Chief, $1,132,499,000, to re- 18 main available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, 19 of this amount, not to exceed $136,099,000 shall be avail- 20 able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 21 services, and host nation support, as authorized by law, 22 unless the Secretary of the Army determines that addi- 23 tional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2745.RH H2745 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2745 RH tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 1 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 2 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 3 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip- 4 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in- 5 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 6 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 7 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 8 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 9 this appropriation, $2,205,771,000, to remain available 10 until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of this amount, 11 not to exceed $178,715,000 shall be available for study, 12 planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 13 authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy deter- 14 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 15 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 16 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 17 reasons therefor. 18 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 19 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip- 20 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 21 installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 22 as currently authorized by law, $1,588,730,000, to remain 23 available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of 24 this amount, not to exceed $153,148,000 shall be available 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2745.RH H2745 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2745 RH for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 1 services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 2 Air Force determines that additional obligations are nec- 3 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 4 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter- 5 mination and the reasons therefor. 6 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip- 9 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa- 10 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen- 11 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 12 departments), as currently authorized by law, 13 $2,025,799,000, to remain available until September 30, 14 2024: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 15 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 16 be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 17 of Defense available for military construction or family 18 housing as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with 19 and to be available for the same purposes, and for the 20 same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which 21 transferred: Provided further, That, of the amount, not to 22 exceed $252,355,000 shall be available for study, plan- 23 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au- 24 thorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deter- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2745.RH H2745 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 2745 RH mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 1 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 2 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 3 reasons therefor. 4 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 5 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 6 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 7 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu- 8 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 9 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza- 10 tion Acts, $210,819,000, to remain available until Sep- 11 tember 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 12 exceed $20,469,000 shall be available for study, planning, 13 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 14 by law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard 15 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 16 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria- 17 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 18 the reasons therefor. 19 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 20 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 21 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 22 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 23 therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 24 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2745.RH H2745 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 2745 RH Acts, $115,971,000, to remain available until September 1 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 2 $17,000,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 3 and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 4 unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 5 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 6 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 7 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 8 therefor. 9 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 10 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 11 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 12 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 13 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con- 14 struction Authorization Acts, $60,928,000, to remain 15 available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the 16 amount, not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available for 17 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv- 18 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army 19 Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec- 20 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 21 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter- 22 mination and the reasons therefor. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2745.RH H2745 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 2745 RH MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 1 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 2 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 3 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 4 Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 5 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza- 6 tion Acts, $54,955,000, to remain available until Sep- 7 tember 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 8 exceed $4,780,000 shall be available for study, planning, 9 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 10 by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that 11 additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 12 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 13 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 14 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 15 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 16 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 17 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 18 chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 19 Construction Authorization Acts, $59,750,000, to remain 20 available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the 21 amount, not to exceed $4,604,000 shall be available for 22 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv- 23 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air 24 Force Reserve determines that additional obligations are 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2745.RH H2745 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 2745 RH necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 1 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the de- 2 termination and the reasons therefor. 3 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 4 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 5 For the United States share of the cost of the North 6 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro- 7 gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa- 8 cilities and installations (including international military 9 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 10 defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 11 by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili- 12 tary Construction Authorization Acts, $172,005,000, to 13 remain available until expended. 14 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 15 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 16 Closure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the De- 17 fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 18 U.S.C. 2687 note), $398,526,000, to remain available 19 until expended. 20 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 21 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con- 22 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex- 23 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2745.RH H2745 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 2745 RH $141,372,000, to remain available until September 30, 1 2024. 2 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 3 ARMY 4 For expenses of family housing for the Army for op- 5 eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 6 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in- 7 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $407,907,000. 8 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 9 CORPS 10 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma- 11 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace- 12 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 13 authorized by law, $47,661,000, to remain available until 14 September 30, 2024. 15 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 16 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 17 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma- 18 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 19 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter- 20 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 21 law, $377,470,000. 22 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 23 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 24 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2745.RH H2745 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 2745 RH expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 1 $103,631,000, to remain available until September 30, 2 2024. 3 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 4 FORCE 5 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 6 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas- 7 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 8 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 9 $326,216,000. 10 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 11 DEFENSE-WIDE 12 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 13 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 14 military departments) for operation and maintenance, 15 leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law, 16 $57,000,000. 17 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING 18 IMPROVEMENT FUND 19 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im- 20 provement Fund, $3,045,000, to remain available until ex- 21 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursu- 22 ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro- 23 viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili- 24 tary family housing and supporting facilities. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2745.RH H2745 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 2745 RH MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT 1 FUND 2 For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom- 3 panied Housing Improvement Fund, $500,000, to remain 4 available until expended, for unaccompanied housing ini- 5 tiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, 6 United States Code, providing alternative means of acquir- 7 ing and improving military unaccompanied housing and 8 supporting facilities. 9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 10 SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 11 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 12 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 13 exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, 14 except Alaska, withou [Text truncated for display. Full text available on Congress.gov.]