IB Union Calendar No. 357 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7609 [Report No. 116–445] Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 13, 2020 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, 2021, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H7609.RH H7609 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7609 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, 2021, 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, $608,336,000, shall be 18 used for the projects, and in the amounts specified under 19 the heading for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ in the re- 20 port accompanying this Act, to remain available until Sep- 21 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That, of this amount, not to 22 exceed $126,436,000 shall be available for study, plan- 23 ning, design, architect and engineer services, and host na- 24 tion support, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7609.RH H7609 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7609 RH of the Army determines that additional obligations are 1 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 2 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the de- 3 termination and the reasons therefor. 4 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 5 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip- 6 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in- 7 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 8 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 9 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 10 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 11 this appropriation, $1,611,914,000, shall be used for the 12 projects, and in the amounts specified under the heading 13 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’ in the 14 report accompanying this Act, to remain available until 15 September 30, 2025: Provided, That, of this amount, not 16 to exceed $160,710,000 shall be available for study, plan- 17 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au- 18 thorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy deter- 19 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 20 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 21 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 22 reasons therefor. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7609.RH H7609 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 7609 RH MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 1 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip- 2 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 3 installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 4 as currently authorized by law, $569,792,000, shall be 5 used for the projects, and in the amounts specified under 6 the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’ in the re- 7 port accompanying this Act, to remain available until Sep- 8 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That, of this amount, not to 9 exceed $166,192,000 shall be available for study, plan- 10 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au- 11 thorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air Force de- 12 termines that additional obligations are necessary for such 13 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 14 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 15 reasons therefor. 16 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 17 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip- 18 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa- 19 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen- 20 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 21 departments), as currently authorized by law, 22 $2,234,517,000, shall be used for the projects, and in the 23 amounts specified under the heading ‘‘Military Construc- 24 tion, Defense-Wide’’ in the report accompanying this Act, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7609.RH H7609 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 7609 RH to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 1 That, of the amount, not to exceed $179,976,000 shall 2 be available for study, planning, design, and architect and 3 engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Sec- 4 retary of Defense determines that additional obligations 5 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Commit- 6 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 7 determination and the reasons therefor. 8 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 9 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 10 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 11 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu- 12 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 13 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza- 14 tion Acts, $349,437,000, shall be used for the projects, 15 and in the amounts specified under the heading ‘‘Military 16 Construction, Army National Guard’’ in the report accom- 17 panying this Act, to remain available until September 30, 18 2025: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 19 $44,593,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 20 and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 21 unless the Director of the Army National Guard deter- 22 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 23 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7609.RH H7609 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 7609 RH of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 1 reasons therefor. 2 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 3 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 4 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 5 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 6 therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 7 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 8 Acts, $64,214,000, shall be used for the projects, and in 9 the amounts specified under the heading ‘‘Military Con- 10 struction, Air National Guard’’ in the report accom- 11 panying this Act, to remain available until September 30, 12 2025: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 13 $3,414,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 14 and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 15 unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 16 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 17 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 18 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 19 therefor. 20 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 21 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 22 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 23 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 24 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7609.RH H7609 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 7609 RH struction Authorization Acts, $88,337,000, shall be used 1 for the projects, and in the amounts specified under the 2 heading ‘‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’’ in the re- 3 port accompanying this Act, to remain available until Sep- 4 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 5 exceed $1,218,000 shall be available for study, planning, 6 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 7 by law, unless the Chief of the Army Reserve determines 8 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 9 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 10 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 11 therefor. 12 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 13 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 14 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 15 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 16 Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 17 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza- 18 tion Acts, $70,995,000, shall be used for the projects, and 19 in the amounts specified under the heading ‘‘Military Con- 20 struction, Navy Reserve’’ in the report accompanying this 21 Act, to remain available until September 30, 2025: Pro- 22 vided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $3,485,000 shall 23 be available for study, planning, design, and architect and 24 engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Sec- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7609.RH H7609 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 7609 RH retary of the Navy determines that additional obligations 1 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Commit- 2 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 3 determination and the reasons therefor. 4 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 5 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 6 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 7 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 8 chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 9 Construction Authorization Acts, $23,117,000, shall be 10 used for the projects, and in the amounts specified under 11 the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’ 12 in the report accompanying this Act, to remain available 13 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That, of the amount, 14 not to exceed $3,270,000 shall be available for study, plan- 15 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au- 16 thorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force Reserve 17 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 18 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria- 19 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 20 the reasons therefor. 21 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 22 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 23 For the United States share of the cost of the North 24 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7609.RH H7609 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 7609 RH gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa- 1 cilities and installations (including international military 2 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 3 defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 4 by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili- 5 tary Construction Authorization Acts, $173,030,000, to 6 remain available until expended. 7 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 8 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 9 Closure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the De- 10 fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 11 U.S.C. 2687 note), $580,447,000, to remain available 12 until expended. 13 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 14 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con- 15 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex- 16 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 17 $119,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 18 2025. 19 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 20 ARMY 21 For expenses of family housing for the Army for op- 22 eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 23 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in- 24 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $367,142,000. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7609.RH H7609 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 7609 RH FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 1 CORPS 2 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma- 3 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace- 4 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 5 authorized by law, $42,897,000, to remain available until 6 September 30, 2025. 7 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 8 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 9 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma- 10 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 11 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter- 12 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 13 law, $346,493,000. 14 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 15 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 16 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 17 expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 18 $97,214,000, to remain available until September 30, 19 2025. 20 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 21 FORCE 22 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 23 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas- 24 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7609.RH H7609 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 7609 RH and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 1 $317,021,000. 2 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 3 DEFENSE-WIDE 4 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 5 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 6 military departments) for operation and maintenance, 7 leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law, 8 $54,728,000. 9 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 10 FAMILY HOUSING IMPR [Text truncated for display. 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