4974 , introduced to the House on April 15, 2016; S. 2806 , introduced to the Senate on April 18; and H.R. 2577 , originally introduced to the House on May 27, 2015, as the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (T-HUD) Appropriations Act for FY2016. 114-640 ), Division A of H.R. 2577 would be referred to as the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (MILCON/VA), 2017. Table A-1 compiles the amounts of budget authority that would be provided by the various bills to the individual military construction appropriations accounts, adjustments made through the rescission of unobligated prior-year appropriations, and additions made to accommodate a portion of the Unfunded Priority Lists (UPL) for FY2016 and FY2017 submitted by the military departments' secretaries at the request of Congress. Military Construction Appropriations for FY2017

		The Legislative Path for Military Construction Appropriations

H.R. 2577 in its original form, the T-HUD appropriations bill for FY2016, was passed by the House on June 9, 2015. The bill was reintroduced to the Senate in May 2016 with amendments that eventually encompassed what had been three separate appropriations bills. 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 establish 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. The bill awaits Senate action. Military Construction Funding Trends

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. CRS Report R44497, Fact Sheet: Selected Highlights of the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. CRS Report R44039, Defense Spending and the Budget Control Act Limits , by [author name scrubbed]. 3230; P.L. CRS Report R44460, Zika Response Funding: Request and Congressional Action , coordinated by [author name scrubbed].
This fact sheet summarizes selected highlights of the military construction and military family housing portions 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.
Congressional action on FY2017 military construction appropriations legislation has been heavily influenced by the statutorily mandated discretionary spending caps established by P.L. 114-74, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA). A significant issue before Congress is the extent to which Congress and the President will agree on budgetary authority that (1) exceeds the established BBA limit, and (2) is exempt under 2 U.S.C. §901 from being counted toward that limit by virtue of categorization as Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds. The 2015 BBA temporarily increased statutory funding limits on defense and non-defense appropriations for FY2016 and FY2017 above those established by the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011 (P.L. 112-25).
New budget authority (funding not previously appropriated) for military construction and military family housing totaled $8,171.0 million for FY2016. For FY2017, the House authorized $7,616.5 million, and the Senate authorized $7,866.0 million. The conference committee recommended $7,898.0 million.
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 ($750.0 million from three sources). The House agreed to the report on June 23, 2016. Further action in the Senate is pending.