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Division B — Military Construction Authorizations

S. 2731 · 116th Congress · Oct 29, 2019 · Lineage

B Military Construction Authorizations

Sec. 2001 Short title

This division may be cited as the “Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020”.

Sec. 2002 Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law

(a)
Expiration of authorizations after five years— Except as provided in subsection (b), all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVII and XXIX for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, and contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations therefor) shall expire on the later of—
(1)
October 1, 2024; or
(2)
the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2025.
(b)
Exception— Subsection (a) shall not apply to authorizations for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, and contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations therefor), for which appropriated funds have been obligated before the later of—
(1)
October 1, 2024; or
(2)
the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for fiscal year 2025 for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, or contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program.

Sec. 2003 Effective date

Titles XXI through XXVII and XXIX shall take effect on the later of—
(1)
October 1, 2019; or
(2)
the date of the enactment of this Act.

XXI Army military construction

Sec. 2101 Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects

(a)
Inside the United States— The Secretary of the Army may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations inside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2103(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b)
Outside the United States— The Secretary of the Army may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations outside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2103(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2102 Family housing

(a)
Construction and acquisition— The Secretary of the Army may construct or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, in the number of units, using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2103(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b)
Planning and design— The Secretary of the Army may carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design activities with respect to the construction or improvement of family housing units using amounts not to exceed amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2103(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2103 Authorization of appropriations, Army

(a)
Authorization of appropriations— Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2019, for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Army as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b)
Limitation on total cost of construction projects— Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost of all projects carried out under section 2101 of this Act may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2104 Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 project

In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2101(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232) for Anniston Army Depot, Alabama, for construction of a weapon maintenance shop, the Secretary of the Army may construct a 21,000 square foot weapon maintenance shop.

XXII Navy military construction

Sec. 2201 Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects

(a)
Inside the United States— The Secretary of the Navy may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations inside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2204(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b)
Outside the United States— The Secretary of the Navy may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations outside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2204(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2202 Family housing

(a)
Construction and acquisition— The Secretary of the Navy may construct or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, in the number of units, using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2204(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b)
Planning and design— The Secretary of the Navy may carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design activities with respect to the construction or improvement of family housing units using amounts not to exceed amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2204(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2203 Improvements to military family housing units

Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may improve existing military family housing units in an amount not to exceed the amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization or appropriations in section 2204(a) of this Act and available for military family housing functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2204 Authorization of appropriations, Navy

(a)
Authorization of appropriations— Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2019, for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Navy, as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b)
Limitation on total cost of construction projects— Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost of all projects carried out under section 2201 of this Act may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

XXIII Air Force military construction

Sec. 2301 Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects

(a)
Inside the United States— The Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations inside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2304(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b)
Outside the United States— The Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations outside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2304(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2302 Family housing

(a)
construction and acquisition— The Secretary of the Air Force may construct or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, in the number of units, using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2304(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b)
Planning and design— The Secretary of the Air Force may carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design activities with respect to the construction or improvement of family housing units using amounts not to exceed amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2304(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2303 Improvements to military family housing units

Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Air Force may improve existing military family housing units in an amount not to exceed the amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization or appropriations in section 2304(a) of this Act and available for military family housing functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2304 Authorization of appropriations, Air Force

(a)
Authorization of appropriations— Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2019, for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Air Force, as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b)
Limitation on total cost of construction projects— Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost of all projects carried out under section 2301 of this Act may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2305 Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2015 project

In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2301(b) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (division B of Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3679) for Royal Air Force Croughton, for JIAC Consolidation Phase 1, the location shall be Royal Air Force Molesworth, United Kingdom.

Sec. 2306 Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2016 project

In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2301(b) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (division B of Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1153) for JIAC Consolidation Phase 2, as modified by section 2305 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232) for an unspecified location in the United Kingdom, the Secretary of the Air Force may construct a 5,152 square meter intelligence analytic center, a 5,234 square meter intelligence fusion center, and a 807 square meter battlefield information collection and exploitation system center at Royal Air Force Molesworth, United Kingdom.

Sec. 2307 Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 project

In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2301(b) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (division B of Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2697) for JIAC Consolidation Phase 3, as modified by section 2305 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–32) for an unspecified location in the United Kingdom, the Secretary of the Air Force may construct a 1,562 square meter regional joint intelligence training facility and a 4,495 square meter combatant command intelligence facility at Royal Air Force Molesworth, United Kingdom.

Sec. 2308 Additional authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects

(a)
Joint Base San Antonio— In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2301(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1826) for Joint Base San Antonio, Texas—
(1)
for construction of a dining and classroom facility the Secretary of the Air Force may construct a 750 square meter equipment building; and
(2)
for construction of an air traffic control tower the Secretary of the Air Force may construct a 636 square meter air traffic control tower.
(b)
Rygge— In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2903 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1876) for Rygge, Norway, for repairing and expanding a quick reaction alert pad, the Secretary of the Air Force may construct 1,327 square meters of aircraft shelter and a 404 square meter fire protection support building.

Sec. 2309 Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects

(a)
Hanscom Air Force Base— In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2301(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232) for Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, for the construction of a semiconductor or microelectronics lab facility, the Secretary of the Air Force may construct a 1,000 kilowatt stand-by generator.
(b)
Royal Air Force Lakenheath— In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2301(b) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232) for Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, for the construction of an F-35 dormitory, the Secretary of the Air Force may construct a 5,900 square meter dormitory.

XXIV Defense Agencies military construction

Sec. 2401 Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects

(a)
Inside the United States— The Secretary of Defense may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations inside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2403(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b)
Outside the United States— The Secretary of Defense may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations outside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2403(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2402 Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program projects

(a)
Inside the United States— The Secretary of Defense may carry out energy conservation projects under chapter 173 of title 10, United States Code, for the installations or locations inside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2403(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b)
Outside the United States— The Secretary of Defense may carry out energy conservation projects under chapter 173 of title 10, United States Code, for the installations or locations outside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2403(a) and as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2403 Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies

(a)
Authorization of appropriations— Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2019, for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b)
Limitation on total cost of construction projects— Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost of all projects carried out under section 2401 of this Act may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

XXV International programs

A North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program

Sec. 2501 Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects

The Secretary of Defense may make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program as provided in section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, in an amount not to exceed the sum of the amount authorized to be appropriated for this purpose in section 2502 and the amount collected from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a result of construction previously financed by the United States.

Sec. 2502 Authorization of appropriations, NATO

(a)
Authorization— Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2019, for contributions by the Secretary of Defense under section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, for the share of the United States of the cost of projects for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program authorized by section 2501 as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b)
Authority to recognize NATO authorization amounts as budgetary resources for project execution— When the United States is designated as the Host Nation for the purposes of executing a project under the NATO Security Investment Program (NSIP), the Department of Defense construction agent may recognize the NATO project authorization amounts as budgetary resources to incur obligations for the purposes of executing the NSIP project.

B Host Country In-Kind Contributions

Sec. 2511 Republic of Korea funded construction projects

Pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Korea for required in-kind contributions, the Secretary of Defense may accept military construction projects for the installations or locations, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:

XXVI Guard and Reserve Forces facilities

Sec. 2601 Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition projects

The Secretary of the Army may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for Army National Guard locations inside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2602 Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects

The Secretary of the Army may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for Army Reserve locations inside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2603 Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and land acquisition projects

The Secretary of the Navy may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve locations inside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2604 Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition projects

The Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the Air National Guard locations inside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2605 Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition projects

The Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the Air Force Reserve locations inside the United States using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

Sec. 2606 Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2019, for the costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces, and for contributions therefor, under chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code (including the cost of acquisition of land for those facilities), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

XXVII Base realignment and closure activities

Sec. 2701 Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure activities funded through Department of Defense Base Closure Account

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2019, for base realignment and closure activities, including real property acquisition and military construction projects, as authorized by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and funded through the Department of Defense Base Closure Account established by section 2906 of such Act (as amended by section 2711 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (division B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2140)), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.

XXIX Overseas contingency operations and emergency military construction

A Overseas contingency operations military construction

Sec. 2901 Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects

The Secretary of the Army may acquire real property and carry out the military construction projects for the installations outside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:

Sec. 2902 Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects

The Secretary of the Navy may acquire real property and carry out the military construction projects for the installations outside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:

Sec. 2903 Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects

The Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property and carry out the military construction projects for the installations outside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:

Sec. 2904 Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects

The Secretary of Defense may acquire real property and carry out the military construction projects for the installations outside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:

Sec. 2907 Authorization of appropriations

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2019, for the military construction projects outside the United States authorized by this title as specified in the funding table in section 4602.

B Emergency military construction

Sec. 2911 Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for military construction projects

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for the military construction projects authorized in the funding table in section 4603, in such amounts as may be designated as emergency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).