appropriation "Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense" to be merged with and to be available for the same time period and for the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred. [SEC. 119. The Secretary of Defense is to provide the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives with an annual report by February 15, containing details of the specific actions proposed to be taken by the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year to encourage other member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Japan, Korea, and United States allies bordering the Arabian Gulf to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.] (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) SEC. [120] 117. During the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year, in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account established by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100–526) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) of such Act, may be transferred to the account established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991, to be merged with, and to be available for the same purposes and the same time period as that account. [SEC. 121. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly known as the "Buy American Act").] [SEC. 122. (a) In the case of any equipment or products that may be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and products. (b) In providing financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.] [SEC. 123. The National Guard Bureau shall annually prepare a future years defense plan based on the requirement and priorities of the National Guard: Provided, That this plan shall be presented to the committees of Congress concurrent with the President's budget submission for each fiscal year.] SEC. [124. It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Army should name buildings numbered 5308 and 5309 at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, as the Howell Heflin Complex.] SEC. [125] 118. During the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year, in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be transferred from the account established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991, to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program. Any amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the fund to which transferred. SEC. 119. During the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year, upon a determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, he may, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed $200,000,000 of funds appropriated in this Act between appropriations, funds, or accounts, or any subdivision thereof contained in this Act, to be merged with and available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation, fund, or account to which transferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority. SEC. 120. During the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year, amounts appropriated for Base Realignment and Closure, may be transferred to the Department of Defense Housing Improvement Fund, to be merged with, and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time period as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund. (Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1997.) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-CIVIL CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY Federal Funds General and special funds: SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, including the purchase of [one] two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, [$11,600,000] $11,815,000 to remain available until expended. (Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CIVIL The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related purposes. (Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1997.) CORPS OF ENGINEERS-CIVIL Federal Funds General and special funds: GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS CONSOLIDATED PROGRAM General investigations: 11 10 12 13 13 Total budget authority -13 -10 -12 -1 -1 GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 10 12 12 86.90 Outlays from new current authority 86.93 Outlays from current balances 16 9 For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by laws, surveys and detailed 3 studies and plans and specifications of projects prior to construction, [$153,872,000] $150,000,000, to remain available until expended[, of which funds are provided for the following projects in the amounts specified: 93 9 4 12 22 13 12 10 12 Norco Bluffs, California, $180,000; San Joaquin River Basin, Caliente Creek, California, $150,000; Little Calumet River Basin, Cady Marsh Ditch, Indiana, $200,000; Tahoe Basin Study, Nevada and California, $100,000; Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Harbor Inlet, New Jersey, $300,000; Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Harbor Inlet, New Jersey, $360,000; Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsends Inlet, New Jersey, $200,000; Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, $250,000; Mussers Dam, Middle Creek, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, $450,000; Rhode Island South Coast, Habitat Restoration and Storm Damage Reduction, Rhode Island, $100,000; Monongahela River, West Virginia, $500,000; Monongahela River, Fairmont, West Virginia, $100,000; and The FY 1998 amount is for specifically authorized new starts. These include new construction, major rehabilitation, resumption of construction, and dam safety projects. 2 The advanced appropriations fund the remaining Federal cost of projects that will complete by FY 2002. 3 Completing programmed construction of the incrementally funded projects will continue to require substantial appropriations in the outyears. The total estimated funding in 1999 and beyond to complete these projects is approximately $9.6 billion. The above table shows the estimated cost of fully funding, upfront all new starts, and the cost of advance appropriating funds for all projects that will be completed through FY 2002. It also includes the FY 1998 incremental funding for projects that will be completed after FY 2002. This table is provided to inform Congress and the public of the Federal funding necessary to complete construction of projects included in the President's budget. CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects authorized by laws; and detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of projects (including those for development with participation or under consideration for participation by States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by law (but such studies shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction), [$1,081,942,000] $1,393,250,000, to remain available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary pursuant to Public Law 99-662 shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, for one-half of the costs of construction and rehabilitation of inland waterways projects, including rehabilitation costs for the Lock and Dam 25, Mississippi River, Illinois and Missouri, Lock and Dam 14, Mississippi River, Iowa, and Lock and Dam 24, Mississippi River, Illinois and Missouri, and Lock and Dam 3, Mississippi River, Minnesota, projects: Provided, That within the total appropriated herein, funds sufficient to complete the following projects are provided in the amounts specified: American River, California, $44,744,000; Anacostia River and Tributaries, Maryland and District of Columbia, $10,799,000; Alton to Gale Organized Levee District, Illinois and Missouri (deficiency correction) (resumption), $575,000; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Bridge at Great Bridge, Virginia, $21,139,000; Buford Powerhouse, Georgia (major rehabilitation), $27,200,000; Cooper River, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina (resumption), $2,738,000; Everglades and South Florida Ecosystem Restoration, Florida, $75,000,000; Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas, $119,100,000; Lock and Dam 3, Mississippi River, Minnesota (major rehabilitation), $12,400,000; Tygart Lake, Pennsylvania (dam safety), $28,043,000; and $17,512,000. In addition, for completion of ongoing projects, to become available on October 1 of the fiscal year specified and remain available until expended: fiscal year 1999, $277,391,000, fiscal year 2000, $177,372,000, fiscal year 2001, $88,571,000, and fiscal year 2002, $32,410,000. [and of which funds are provided for the following projects in the amounts specified: Red River Emergency Bank Protection, Arkansas, $3,000,000; San Timoteo Creek (Santa Ana River Mainstem), California, $7,000,000; Indianapolis Central Waterfront, Indiana, $7,000,000; Harlan (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Kentucky, $18,000,000; Martin County (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Kentucky, $350,000; Middlesboro (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Kentucky, $2,500,000; Pike County (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Kentucky, $2,000,000; Town of Martin (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Kentucky, $300,000; Williamsburg (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Kentucky, $4,050,000; Salyersville, Kentucky, $3,000,000; Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity, Louisiana, $17,025,000; Lake Pontchartrain (Jefferson Parish) Stormwater Discharge, Louisiana, $4,750,000; Red River below Denison Dam Levee and Bank Stabilization, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, $100,000; Red River Emergency Bank Protection, Louisiana, $3,400,000; Glen Foerd, Pennsylvania, $800,000; South Central Pennsylvania Environmental Restoration Infrastructure and Resource Protection Development Pilot Program, Pennsylvania, $7,000,000; Seekonk River, Rhode Island Bridge removal, $650,000; Richmond Filtration Plant, Virginia, $3,500,000; Virginia Beach, Virginia, $8,000,000; Hatfield Bottom (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), West Virginia, $1,300,000; Lower Mingo (Kermit) (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), West Virginia, $4,000,000; Lower Mingo, West Virginia, Tributaries Supplement, $105,000; and Upper Mingo County (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), West Virginia, $3,500,000: Provided, That of the funds provided for the Red River Waterway, Mississippi River to Shreveport, Louisiana, project, $3,000,000 is provided, to remain available until expended, for design and construction of a regional visitor center in the vicinity of Shreveport, Louisiana at full Federal expense: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated in Public Law 104-46 for construction of the Ohio River Flood Protection, Indiana, project: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed, in cooperation with State, county, and city officials and in consultation with the Des Moines River Greenbelt Advisory Committee, to provide highway and other signs appropriate to direct the public to the bike trail which runs from downtown Des Moines, Iowa, to the Big Creek Recreation area at the Corps of Engineers Saylorville Lake project and the wildlife refuge in Jasper and Marion Counties in Iowa authorized in Public Law 101-302: Provided further, That any law, regulation, documents or record of the United States in which such projects are referred to shall be held to refer to the bike trail as the Neal Smith Bike Trail and to such centers as the Neal Smith Prairie Wildlife Learning Center: Provided further, That the Secretary is directed to initiate construction on the Joseph G. Minish Historic Waterfront Park, New Jersey, project; furthermore, the Secretary may transfer not to exceed $900,000 from General Investigations appropriations made in title I of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, Public Law 103-126 (107 Stat. 1313) for the Passaic River, Mainstem, New Jersey, to Construction, General for the Joseph G. Minish Historic Waterfront Park, New Jersey, project and that the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate shall be promptly advised of such transfer: Provided further, That of the funds provided herein, $1,000,000 shall be for payment to the Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc., in partial reimbursement of costs associated with the relocation and modification of the Louisiana and Arkansas (L&A) Railway Bridge at Alexandria, Louisiana, for navigation requirements of the Red River navigation project: Provided further, That using $500,000 of the funds appropriated for the Passaic River Mainstem, New Jersey, project under the heading "General Investigations" in Public Law 103-126, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to begin implementation of the Passaic River Preservation of Natural Storage Areas separable element of the Passaic River Flood Reduction Project, New Jersey: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to initiate construction on the following projects in the amounts specified: Humboldt Harbor, California, $2,500,000; Saw Mill Run, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, $500,000; |