Appropriations for FY2004: Military Construction (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Nov. 6, 2003 |
| Report Number |
RL31810 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Daniel H. Else, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
The military construction (MilCon) appropriations bill provides funding for (1) military
construction
projects in the United States and overseas; (2) military family housing operations and construction;
(3) U.S. contributions to the NATO Security Investment Program; and (4) the bulk of base
realignment and closure (BRAC)costs.
The President forwarded his fiscal year 2004 budget request to the Congress on February 3,
2003. The original military construction request of $9.0 billion was later increased to $9.2 billion
due to reprogramming from the defense appropriations bill ( H.R. 2658 ) and an
Administration request related to foreign currency fluctuations as calculated by the Congressional
Budget Office.
On June 17, 2003, the House Appropriations Committee reported a bill ( H.R. 2559 ) that recommends $9.2 billion in military construction appropriations. This is $41 million
below the President's revised request and $1.5 billion below the FY2003 appropriation. The
House
passed the bill on June 26. The Senate Appropriations Committee marked up an original version of
the bill ( S. 1357 ) and reported it to the Senate on June 26. On July 10, the Senate began
consideration of H.R. 2559 , substituting the text of S. 1357 , and passed
the amended bill on July 11. The conference committee reported its bill on November 4, 2003.
Authorization of military construction is included within the defense authorization bill. The
House passed its version of the bill ( H.R. 1588 ) on May 22. The Senate substituted the
text of S. 1050 for that of H.R. 1588 and passed the amended bill on June
4, 2003. The conference committee began meeting on July 22 and had not reported its bill as of this
writing. For a comprehensive report on defense authorization legislation, see CRS Report RL31805 ,
Authorization and Appropriations for FY2004: Defense , by Amy Belasco and Stephen
Daggett.
In late September, the President submitted to Congress an emergency supplemental
appropriations request for Fiscal Year 2004 ( H.R. 3289 ) that included $412 million in
funding specific to military construction and unlimited authority to transfer unspecified additional
funds from the Iraqi Freedom Fund ($1.99 billion) to military construction and up to $500 million
from other Department of Defense funds into a contingency construction account. The bill was
passed by both chambers and was presented to the President on November 5. For more information
on the supplemental, see CRS Report RL32090 , FY2004 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq,
Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terrorism: Military Operations & Reconstruction
Assistance ,
by Stephen Daggett, Larry Nowels, Curt Tarnoff, and Rhoda Margesson.
