	Most Recent Developments

The President submitted his fiscal year 2003 budget request to Congress on February 4, 2002.The House Subcommittee on Military Construction forwarded its markup to the full AppropriationsCommittee on June 12, which completed its mark on June 24. The bill ( H.R. TheSenate substituted the text of S. 2709 and passed the amended H.R. (4)
The military construction appropriations bill is one of several annual pieces of legislation that provide funding for national defense. The appropriations committees established military construction subcommittees andcreated a separate military construction bill. Several special accounts are included within the military construction appropriation. (21)
The President requested $545.1 million in BRAC funding for FY2003, which the House passed. It will be updated as the appropriation process moves forward. 5011 , H.Rept 107-533 ) was introduced on June 25, and the RulesCommittee introduced a rule ( H.Res. The bill was received in the Senate on June 28.The House rejected theSenate amendment on September 10, 2002, and appointed conferees. Committee markup on its version of the bill wascompleted on June 27, 2002. Its companion authorization bill, H.R. In the Appendix , Tables 10 and 11 list the line items that wereadjusted during the legislative process, indicating the amount of new budget authorityrequested by the President, appropriated in the House, the Senate, and the finalconference versions of the Military Construction Appropriations Act, and authorizedby the National Defense Authorization Act. 1. 2. Increases in budget authority are evident in the construction and renovation of military family housing both within the United States and at overseas installations,offset somewhat by a reduction in the unspecified location accounts devoted tomaintenance, management, provision of utilities, etc. This increase may be considered to constitute the substantive additionalfunds devoted to maintaining existing property. The Administration defense budget request for operations andmaintenance (considered part of the defense appropriation, not the militaryconstruction appropriation) contained a single new entry for $20.1 billion entitled theDefense Emergency Response Fund (DERF). Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Departmentof Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.The House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Constructionheld a series of hearings between February 6 and April 17, 2002. 486).On July 17, the Senate substituted the language of S. 2709 for that of H.R. The Houseaccepted the conference report ( H.Rept. The President signed the bill on October 23 as P.L.107-249 . 5011 by substituting the language of S. 2709 on July 18, 2002, and passed the amended H.R. The bill was reported on May 3, 2002 ( H.Rept. 379). The Senate disagreed byUnanimous Consent to the House amendment on July 26 and appointed conferees.The conferees began meeting on September 5, 2002. Conferees reported the authorization bill to the Houseon November 12 ( H.Rept. ThePresident enacted the bill as P.L. S. 2514 (Levin). * Includes DERF requests of $594 million (House) and $717 million (Request andSenate), does not include additional appropriations included in H.J.Res 2 of the 108th Congress. CRS Report RL31305 . Authorization and Appropriations for FY2003: Defense , by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed]. Selected World Wide Web Sites

Legislative Branch Sites 
House Committee on Appropriations http://www.house.gov/appropriations/ 
Senate Committee on Appropriations http://www.senate.gov/~appropriations/ 
CRS Appropriations Products Guide http://www.crs.gov/products/appropriations/apppage.shtml 
Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/ 
General Accounting Office http://www.gao.gov/ 
U.S. Department of Defense Sites 
U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), FY2003 Budget Materials http://www.dtic.mil/comptroller/fy2003budget/ 
U.S. Department of Defense, Installations Home Page http://www.acq.osd.mil/installation/ 
White House Sites 
Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, Budget Materials http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/ 
Office of Management & Budget http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ 

	Appendix

These tables include only those projects and other line items that were eitherrequested by the President or appropriated or authorized by Congress. 107-731 , H.Rept.107-772 .
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.
On February 4, 2002, the Administration submitted a $379 billion FY2003 defense budget request. Of this, $9.0 billion was designated for accounts falling within the jurisdiction of theAppropriations Committees' subcommittees on military construction. This request wasapproximately $1.7 billion less than that appropriated for FY2002. The decrease resulted from a$2.1 billion reduction in domestic military construction that was offset somewhat by increases forfamily housing and for building at military installations overseas. The Department of Defense statedthat some projects were withheld anticipating the FY2005 base realignments and closures (BRAC)round. To offset the decrease, DOD increased its request to maintain and rehabilitate existing defenseproperty (funded from other appropriations) by approximately $677 million above the amountenacted in FY2002. $4.2 billion of this year's request is devoted to military construction projects.According to the President's current national defense budget estimate, requests for these sameaccounts are expected to rise to $12.7 billion by FY2007. Amendments to the FY2003 militaryconstruction appropriation are included in H.J.Res. 2 of the 108th Congress.
In a separate action for the Defense Emergency Response Fund (DERF), the Administration requested an additional $594 million (subsequently raised to $717 million) in military constructionbudget authority. This report contains information on how this has been apportioned between theservices. For the current status of DERF legislation, see CRS Report RL31305 , Authorization andAppropriations for FY2003: Defense , by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed].
Authorization of military construction is included within the defense authorization bill. The House passed its version of the bill ( H.R. 4546 ) on May 10. The Senate Armed ServicesCommittee marked its authorization bill ( S. 2514 ) and reported it on May 15. TheSenate substituted the text of S. 2514 for that of H.R. 4546 , passed theamended bill, and appointed conferees on June 27, 2002. The House further amended the bill andappointed conferees on July 26. Conferees began meeting on September 5, 2002, reporting the billon November 12 ( H.Rept. 107-772 ). The President enacted the bill as P.L. 107-314 on December2.
Military construction appropriations markup by the House Appropriations Committee occurred on June 24. The bill ( H.R. 5011 ) was introduced on June 25 and passed on June 26. TheSenate Appropriations Committee marked its version of the bill ( S. 2709 ) on June 27. On July 17, the Senate substituted the language of S. 2709 for that of H.R. 5011 , passed the amended bill on July 18, and appointed conferees. The House rejected the Senateamendment on September 10. The House and Senate adopted the conference report ( H.Rept.107-731 ) on October 10 and 11, respectively, and the bill was enacted by the President on October23 as P.L. 107-249 . This report will be updated as necessary.
Key Policy Staff
* FDT = Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division of the Congressional Research Service.