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      "date": "1998-11-10",
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      "title": "Appropriations for FY1999: Military Construction",
      "summary": "The military construction (MilCon) appropriations bill finances (1) military construction projects\nin\nthe United States and overseas; (2) military family housing operations and construction; (3) U.S.\ncontributions to the NATO Security Investment Program; and (4) most base realignment and closure\ncosts.\n  This report reviews the appropriations and authorization process for military construction. The\ncongressional debate perennially centers on the adequacy of the President's budget for military\nconstruction needs and the cases for and against congressional additions, especially for Guard and\nReserve projects. This year, key Members of Congress have argued that the Pentagon has neither\nfunded nor planned adequately for military construction. \n  For FY1999, the Administration has requested budget authority of $7.8 billion. This is down\nfrom the FY1996 level of $11.1 billion, the FY1997 level of $9.8 billion and the FY1998 level of $8.9\nbillion. On May 21, the House passed their version of the FY1998 defense authorization bill,\n H.R. 3616  ( H.Rept. 105-532 ). On May 7, the Senate Armed Services Committee\nfinished marking up its version,  S. 2057  ( S.Rept. 105-189 ). The Senate passed the\ndefense authorization bill on June 25. The conference report ( H.Rept. 105-736 ) passed the House\non September 24, and the Senate on October 1. The FY1999 authorization bill became  P.L. 105-261 \non October 17, 1998.\n  The military construction appropriations subcommittees have finished their work. The\nconference committee submitted their report ( H.Rept. 105-647 ) for  H.R. 4059  on July\n24. The House agreed to the conference report (417-1), on July 29, with the Senate agreeing (87-3)\non September 1. It became  P.L. 105-237  on September 20, 1998.\n  The conference recommended $8.450B. The conference committee added $666M to the\nPresident's request. Even with the additional funds, the FY1999 total is $759M less than what was\nenacted for FY1998. This is an additional $216M to the House bill and a reduction of $31M from\nthe Senate bill.\n  Military construction accounts received emergency supplemental appropriations money for\nFY1999 in the Omnibus Consolidation bill ( H.R. 4328 ,  H.Rept. 105-825 ) in October\n1998. Due to monsoons in Korea and Hurricanes Georges & Bonnie, military construction\nprojects\nsecured an additional $209 million in funding. \n  Appropriations and authorization hearings on the FY1999 military construction budget have\nhighlighted the following issues:\n   importance of housing to the quality of life for\nservicemembers;  \n   privatization of military family housing and barracks\nimprovements;  \n    Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) concerns;  \n   environmental issues; and  \n   advanced procurement for Army military construction.",
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