The Houseconsidered and passed the bill on June 26, 2003. On July 10, the Senate amended H.R. 2559 by striking thetext and substituting that of S. 1357 . The Senate passed the amended bill on July 11(91-0) and requested a conference with the House. While the Senate considered its version of the bill ( S. 1689 ), the House passed its bill( H.R. The Senate substituted the text of S.1689 for that of H.R. The conference report ( H.Rept. The bill was presented to the President on November 5. 1588 ) began on July 22 and has not yet concluded. The bill funds construction projects and some of the facilitysustainment, restoration and modernization of the active Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force,and their reserve components; (1) additionaldefense-wide construction; U.S. contributions to theNATO Security Investment Program (formerly known as the NATO Infrastructure Program); (2) andmilitary family housing operations and construction. Several special accounts are included within the military construction appropriation. This year, the President submitted hisFY2004 budget request to the Congress on February 3, 2003. Following a series of hearings by the House Subcommittee on MilitaryAppropriations, the full Committee marked up its bill on June 17. The conferees agreed on theirbill on November 4. This was amended upward by the House Appropriations Committee to $9,237,096,000 because of transfers from the defense appropriations bill (11) to themilitary construction appropriations bill and calculations performed by theCongressional Budget Office (CBO) pursuant to an Administration request for ageneral provision of funding related to the "Foreign Currency Fluctuations,Construction, Defense" account. (13)

		Fiscal Year 2004 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Request

On September 21, 2003, the President forwarded to Congress his request for an emergency, non-offset supplemental appropriations for FY2004. The request also includes authorization to transfer significant funding into construction from other accounts. Iraqi Freedom Fund. Contingency Construction. The Committee recommended emergency military construction appropriations equal to the President's request, totaling $119.9 million to the Military Construction,Army (emergency) account and $292.6 million to the Military Construction, AirForce (emergency) account, for a total of $412.5 million. 3289 . Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). The report of the House Appropriations Committee on the defense appropriations bill ( H.R. S. 1357 was reported as an original measure on June 26, 2003.The Senate began consideration of H.R. 2559 . Defense Authorization

H.R. Table 4. CRS Report RL31805 . Authorization and Appropriations for FY2004: Defense , by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed]. CRS Report RL32090 , FY2004 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terrorism: Military Operations & ReconstructionAssistance , by [author name scrubbed], [author name scrubbed], [author name scrubbed], and RhodaMargesson. Appropriations and Authorization for FY2003: Defense , coordinated by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed].
The military construction (MilCon) appropriations bill provides funding for (1) military construction projects in the United States and overseas; (2) military family housing operations andconstruction; (3) U.S. contributions to the NATO Security Investment Program; and (4) the bulk ofbase 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 billiondue to reprogramming from the defense appropriations bill ( H.R. 2658 ) and anAdministration request related to foreign currency fluctuations as calculated by the CongressionalBudget 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 millionbelow the President's revised request and $1.5 billion below the FY2003 appropriation. The Housepassed the bill on June 26. The Senate Appropriations Committee marked up an original version ofthe bill ( S. 1357 ) and reported it to the Senate on June 26. On July 10, the Senate beganconsideration of H.R. 2559 , substituting the text of S. 1357 , and passedthe 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 thetext of S. 1050 for that of H.R. 1588 and passed the amended bill on June4, 2003. The conference committee began meeting on July 22 and had not reported its bill as of thiswriting. For a comprehensive report on defense authorization legislation, see CRS Report RL31805 , Authorization and Appropriations for FY2004: Defense , by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed].
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 fundingspecific to military construction and unlimited authority to transfer unspecified additional funds fromthe Iraqi Freedom Fund ($1.99 billion) to military construction and up to $500 million from otherDepartment of Defense funds into a contingency construction account. The bill was passed by bothchambers and was presented to the President on November 5. For more information on thesupplemental, see CRS Report RL32090 , FY2004 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq,Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terrorism: Military Operations & Reconstruction Assistance ,by [author name scrubbed], [author name scrubbed], [author name scrubbed], and [author name scrubbed].
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* FDT = Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division of the Congressional Research Service.