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H.R. 3327 · 99th Congress · enacted

Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1986

Became Public Law No: 99-173.

Latest official action 1985-12-10 · Enacted

The bill, briefly

Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1986 - Appropriates funds for FY 1986 for military construction operations by the Department of Defense for: (1) the Army; (2) the Navy; (3) the Air Force; (4) the defense agencies; (5) the Army National Guard; (6) the Air National Guard; (7) the Army Reserve; (8) the Naval Reserve; (9) the Air Force Reserve; (10) family housing for the Army; (11) family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps; (12) family housing for the Air Force; and (13) family housing for the defense agencies. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work, except as specified. Makes previously appropriated funds available for: (1) the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and (2) advances to the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, for the construction of access roads. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for: (1) new base construction for which specific appropriations have not been made; (2) the purchase of certain land or easements, with specified exceptions; (3) family housing, except that housing specified in annual military construction appropriation Acts; (4) the relocation of activities from one base or installation to another; (5) steel procurement for which American steel producers have been denied the opportunity to compete for such procurement; (6) dredging in the Indian Ocean by foreign…

Congressional Research Service · 1985-09-18

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