Military Construction Authorization Act, 1980

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1980 - Title I: Empowers the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment for acquisition and construction inside the United States for: (1) the United States Army Forces Command; (2) the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command; (3) the United States Army Material Development and Readiness Command; (4) ammunition facilities; (5) the United States Army Communications Command; (6) the United States Army Health Services Command; (7) the Military Traffic Management Command; and (8) the United States Military Academy. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop military installations and facilities by the same methods for acquisition and construction outside the United States for: (1) the Eighth United States Army, Korea; (2) the Kwajalein Missile Range; (3) the United States Army Forces Command; (4) the United States Army, Japan; (5) the United States Army, Europe; and (6) the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop installations and facilities, utilizing all of the aforementioned methods, in a manner consistent with the interests of national security as the need arises. Requires the Secretary to notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement any emergency construction. Stipulates that this authorization will expire upon the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1981, except for emergency construction projects concerning which the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been notified. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects. Title II: Empowers the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment for the acquisition and construction inside the United States for: (1) the Marine Corps; (2) the Chief of Naval Operations; (3) the Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet; (4) the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet; (5) the Chief of Naval Education and Training; (6) the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; (7) the Chief of Naval Material; and (8) the Naval Security Group Command. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop military installations and facilities by the same methods for acquisition and construction outside the United States for: (1) the Marine Corps; (2) the Office of Naval Research; (3) the Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet; (4) the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet; (5) the Naval Forces Europe; (6) the Chief of Naval Material; (7) the Naval Telecommunications Command; and (8) the Naval Security Group Command. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop installations and facilities, utilizing all of the aforementioned methods, in a manner consistent with the interests of national security as the need arises. Requires the Secretary to notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement any emergency construction. Stipulates that this authorization will expire upon the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1981, except for emergency construction projects concerning which the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been notified. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to expend excess foreign exchange funds for the construction of a multipurpose marine biological laboratory in the Arab Republic of Egypt. Title III: Empowers the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, for acquisition and construction inside the United States for: (1) the Air Force Logistics Command; (2) the Air Force Systems Command; (3) the Air Training Command; (4) the Alaskan Air Command; (5) the Military Airlift Command; (6) the Strategic Air Command; (7) the Tactical Air Command; and (8) the Air National Guard. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop military installations and facilities by the aforementioned methods for acquisition and construction outside the United States for: (1) the Aerospace Defense Command; (2) the Military Airlift Command; (3) the Pacific Air Forces; (4) the Tactical Air Command; (5) the United States Air Forces in Europe; and (6) the Air Force Systems Command. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop installations and facilities, utilizing all of the aforementioned methods, in a manner consistent with the interests of national security as the need arises. Requires the Secretary to notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement any emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Empowers the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, for defense agencies for acquisition or construction inside the United States for: (1) the Defense Logistics Agency; (2) the Defense Mapping Agency; and (3) the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop military installations and facilities, utilizing the aforementioned methods, for acquisition or construction outside the United States for: (1) the Defense Logistics Agency; (2) the Defense Mapping Agency; (3) the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense Office of Dependents Schools; and (4) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop installations and facilities, utilizing all of the aforementioned methods, in a manner consistent with the interests of national security as the need arises. Requires the Secretary to notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement any emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects. Authorizes increased funding for a high energy laser facility near White Sands, New Mexico. Title V: Military Family Housing and Homeowners Assistance Program - Authorizes expenditures by the Secretary of Defense for minor construction and support of military housing. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Administrative Provisions - Waives restrictions with regard to the Secretary of each military department's establishment or development of installations and facilities under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1980 such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, within certain limits. Grants the Secretary of the military department, or the Director of the defense agency concerned, the discretion to increase the amounts allowable within certain limits if: (1) such increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual variations in cost; and (2) the cost could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time such estimate was submitted to the Congress. Requires the Secretary of the military department or the Director of the defense agency concerned to submit a statement of the reasons for any increases which exceed the limits imposed by this Act to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives before such construction or acquisition may proceed. Requires the lapse of 30 days or the approval of both committees before the project at issue may proceed. Requires the submission of a written report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives should any individual project authorized under this Act for specifically listed military installations vary in scope by 25 percent above or below approved costs. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to Congress detailing those projects for which approval was sought to vary the amount authorized by more than 25 percent. Encourages the utilization of solar energy as a source of energy for projects authorized by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to increase cost limitations for any project as may be necessary for such a purpose. Stipulates that contracts for construction made by the United States for performance within the United States and its possessions under this Act shall be executed under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy; or such other department or Government agency as the Secretaries of the military departments recommend and the Secretary of Defense approves to assure the most efficient, expeditious and cost-effective accomplishment of the construction herein authorized. Requires annual reports to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by the Secretaries of the military departments, breaking down the dollar value of construction contracts completed by each of the several construction agencies selected. Stipulates that such contracts shall continue to be awarded in accordance with presently established procedures if the national security is not impaired. Repeals all authorizations for military public works that are contained within specific titles of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979, and all such authorizations contained in Acts approved before September 8, 1978, and not superseded or otherwise modified by a later authorization, with certain exceptions. Limits the authority contained in this Act to building construction projects not in excess of a unit cost to be determined in proportion to the appropriate area construction cost index, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that special circumstances render such limitation impracticable. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Empowers the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces, including the acquisition of land therefor, but limits the cost of such facilities for each component of the armed forces reserves. Waives certain restrictions concerning the ability of the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop installations and facilities under this title. Title VIII: General Provisions - Makes technical and conforming changes in existing laws. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay to the land owners of Roi-Namur Island, Marshall Islands District of the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, such an amount as the Secretary determines to be in the public interest of the use after 1960 of Roi-Namur Island by the Government of the United States.

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