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      "title": "Appropriations for FY2000: 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 paper 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 necessity for congressional add-ons, especially for Guard and Reserve\nprojects. In recent years, Congress has pointed out that the Pentagon has not funded nor planned\nadequately for military construction.\n The Administration has asked the Congress to approve an unusual funding mechanism for the\nFY2000 military construction program, in order to fit its defense budget request within the caps set\non total discretionary spending in the Budget Enforcement Act of 1997. For FY2000, the\nAdministration has requested budget authority of $5.4 billion, which is only part of the funding\nnecessary to carry out the proposed projects. The rest of the FY2000 military construction program\nwould be funded by advance appropriations of $3.1 billion in FY2001. (In this advance\nappropriations proposal, Congress would approve the $3.1 billion now for the FY2000 program,\nwhich would be spent and scored in FY2001.) Adding the split FY2000 request with the advance\nappropriations request brings the total value of the proposed FY2000 military construction program\nto $8.5 billion. This total continues a downward trend from the FY1996 level of $11.2 billion, the\nFY1997 level of $9.8 billion, the FY1998 level of $9.3 billion and the FY1999 level of $8.7 billion.\n  \n Appropriations and authorization hearings on the FY2000 military construction budget have\nhighlighted the following issues:\n   split funding and advance appropriations proposal for the FY2000 military\nconstruction budget request,  \n   long-term planning for the military construction program,\nand  \n   implementation of privatization of the military family housing\ninitiative.  \n The conference committee for military construction appropriations printed its conference report\n( H.Rept. 106-266 ) on July 27, 1999. The conference report agreed to a total $8.4 billion military\nconstruction appropriation, which is $776 million less than current FY1999 funding. The conference\nsplit the difference between the Senate- approved $8.3 billion and House-approved $8.5 billion\namounts. The House passed the conference report on July 29, 1999, by a vote of 412-8. The Senate\npassed the conference report on August 3, 1999, by voice vote. The bill became law ( P.L. 106-52 )\non August 17, 1999.",
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