	Introduction

Military construction for active and reserve components of the Armed Forces, military family housing construction and operations, the U.S. contribution to the NATO Security Investment Program, military base closures and realignment actions, and the military housing privatization initiative will be funded through Title I and Title IV of the FY2017 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The act is associated with three separate bill numbers: H.R. 4974 , S. 2806 , and H.R. 2577 . The request included an additional $172.4 million for construction activities associated with Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO). The House-Senate conference reported a new budget authority appropriation of $7.90 billion that, after incorporating budget authority rescinded from previous years, would make available a total appropriation of $8.21 billion, as shown in Table 1 . The House has agreed to the conference report. 4974 , the first version of the military construction appropriations bill of the legislative session, was introduced in the House on April 15, 2016. A companion bill, S. 2806 , was introduced in the Senate on April 18. H.R. 2577 , originally the Department of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) appropriations bill for FY2016, was adopted to serve as the vehicle for a compromise appropriation bill. Division A of the amended bill would have provided FY2017 T-HUD appropriations, and Division B would have provided FY2017 MILCON/VA appropriations. The amended bill was passed by the Senate on May 19, 2016, and sent to the House. H.R. 2577 , as engrossed by the House, would have established Division A as the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017; Division B as the Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016; and Division C as the Zika Vector Control Act. The House passed the amended bill on May 26, 2016, and requested a conference. The conference was held on June 15, 2016, and the conferees filed their report, H.Rept. The House agreed to the report on June 23, 2016, by the Yeas and Nays, 239 – 171 ( Roll no. In the Senate, portions of the bill were incorporated into H.R. The amended bill contained four parts: (1) Division A: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017; (2) Division B: Zika Response and Preparedness; (3) Division C: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017; and (4) Division D: Rescissions of Funds. 573 ) the same day. The President signed the bill into law ( P.L. 114-223 ) on September 29, 2016. Military Construction Appropriations Since FY2000

The President has requested new budget authority in the amounts of $7.44 billion (base budget) and $172.4 million (Overseas Contingency Operations, OCO) for a total of $7.62 billion for military construction and military family housing for FY2017.
Military construction for active and reserve components of the Armed Forces, military family housing construction and operations, the U.S. contribution to the NATO Security Investment Program, military base closures and realignment actions, and the military housing privatization initiative will be funded through Title I and Title IV of the FY2017 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The act is associated with three separate bill numbers: H.R. 4974, S. 2806, and H.R. 2577.
For FY2017, the President requested $7.44 billion in new budget authority for regular (base budget) military construction and family housing activities and an additional $172.5 million for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) construction for a total of $7.62 billion in new budget authority. The bill's conference committee recommended $7.73 billion in the base budget and $172.0 million in OCO funding for a total of $7.90 billion in new budget authority. With additional funds available through the rescission of prior-year appropriations, Congress could make available up to $8.03 billion in base funding and $172.0 million in OCO appropriations for a total military construction appropriation of $8.21 billion for FY2017.
The FY2017 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act originated in the House as H.R. 4974, introduced on April 15, 2016. A similar bill, S. 2806, was introduced in the Senate on April 18, 2016. On May 19, 2016, the Senate combined the versions of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD), Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MILCON/VA), and Zika Response and Preparedness appropriations bills into H.R. 2577 (a T-HUD appropriations bill for FY2016 that the House had passed in June, 2015), passed the amended bill, and sent it to the House. The House substituted its own amendment in three divisions (Division A: MILCON/VA, Division B: Zika Response Appropriations, and Division C: Zika Vector Control), removing the T-HUD portion for H.R. 2577, passed the bill, and requested a conference.
The conference met on June 15, 2016, and filed its report (H.Rept. 114-640) the next day. The conference bill contained four divisions: (1) Division A: MILCON/VA; (2) Division B: Zika Response and Preparedness Appropriations; (3) Division C: Zika Vector Control; and (4) Division D: Rescission of Funds. The House agreed to the report on June 23, 2016.The Senate incorporated portions of the amended H.R. 2577 into another bill, H.R. 5325, organized as (1) Division A: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017; (2) Division B: Zika Response and Preparedness; (3) Division C: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017; and (4) Division D: Rescissions of Funds, and passed the bill. The House agreed to the amended H.R. 5325 the same day. The President signed H.R. 5325 into law (P.L. 114-223 ) on September 29, 2016.