MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION FISCAL YEAR 1966 HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1771 A BILL AUTHORIZING CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION AT OTHER PURPOSES APRIL 27, 28, 29, 30; MAY 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 20, AND JUNE 14, 1965 4-232 Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1965 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION, FISCAL YEAR 1966 TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1965 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, AND SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Washington, D.C. The Committee on Armed Services, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction of the Committee on Appropriations, met jointly, pursuant to notice, at 10:30 a.m., in room 1202, New Senate Office Building. Present: Senators Stennis (presiding), Jackson, Yarborough, Cannon, Young of Ohio, Inouye, Saltonstall, Smith, and Tower. Also present: Gordon A. Nease, professional staff member; and Charles B. Kirbow, Chief Clerk; Committee on Armed Services. Vorley M. Rexroad, chief clerk of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction; and Joseph Borda, minority counsel, Committee on Appropriations. Senator STENNIS. Gentlemen, I have a short statement, and then we will proceed. The committee is convened this morning to begin the hearings on the Military Construction Authorization bill for fiscal year 1966, S. 1771. The companion bill soon to be considered by the House Armed Services Committee is H.R. 5885. (S. 1771 is as follows:) [S. 1771, 89th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I SEC. 101. The Secretary of the Army may establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including site preparations, appurtenances, utilities and equipment for the following projects: INSIDE THE UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, LESS ARMY MATERIEL COM MAND (First Army) Fort Devens, Massachusetts: Hospital facilities and troop housing, $11,008,000. Fort Dix, New Jersey: Maintenance facilities, medical facilities, and troop housing, $17,948,000. Federal Office Building, Brooklyn, New York: Administrative facilities, $636,000. United States Military Academy, West Point, New York: Hospital facilities, troop housing and community facilities, and utilities, $18,089,000. (Second Army) Fort Belvoir, Virginia: Training facilities, research, development and test facilities, hospital facilities, and administrative facilites, $8,122,000. East Coast Radio Transmitter Station, Woodbridge, Virginia: Utilities, $211,000. Fort Eustis, Virginia: Utilities, $158,000. Fort Knox, Kentucky: Training facilities, maintenance facilities, troop housing and community facilities, $15,422,000. Fort Lee, Virginia: Community facilities, $700,000. Fort Meade, Maryland: Administrative facilities and ground improvements, $800,000. Fort Monroe, Virginia: Administrative facilities, $4,950,000. Vint Hill Farms, Virginia: Maintenance facilities, troop housing and utilities, $1,029,000. (Third Army) Fort Benning, Georgia: Maintenance facilities, troop housing and utilities, $5,325,000. Fort Bragg, North Carolina: Maintenance facilities, supply facilities, medical facilities, troop housing and community facilities, $4,106,000. Fort Campbell, Kentucky: Operational and training facilities, maintenance facilities, troop housing and utilities, $1,992,000. Fort Gordon, Georgia: Training facilities, troop housing and community facilities, $18,485,000. Fort Jackson, South Carolina: Training facilities, maintenance facilities, medical facilities, and troop housing facilities, $17,281,000. Fort Rucker, Alabama: Maintenance facilities, troop housing and community facilities, $3,720,000. Fort Stewart, Georgia: Hospital facilities and utilities, $2,317,000. (Fourth Army) Fort Bliss, Texas: Operational facilities, administrative facilities, troop housing and community facilities, $1,416,000. Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas: Training facilities, $8,300,000. Fort Hood, Texas: Maintenance facilities, medical facilities, troop housing and community facilities, and utilities, $18,081,000. Fort Sam Houston, Texas: Medical facilities, $1,300,000. Fort Polk, Louisiana: Training facilities, troop housing and utilities, $1,118,000. Fort Sill, Oklahoma: Operational and training facilities, administrative facilities, troop housing and community facilities, $2,268,000. (Fifth Army) Fort Carson, Colorado: Maintenance facilities, $9,443,000. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana: Hospital facilities, troop housing and community facilities, $4,017,000. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Operational facilities and medical facilities, $2,893,000. Fort Riley, Kansas: Maintenance facilities and utilities, $555,000. Fort Sheridan, Illinois: Utilities, $47,000. Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri: Operational and training facilities, and troop housing facilities, $16,084,000. (Sixth Army) Fort Irwin, California: Operational facilities, maintenance facilities, hospital facilities, community facilities, and utilities, $4,741,000. Fort Lewis, Washington: Training facilities, troop housing and community facilities. $710,000. Presidio of Monterey, California: Training facilities and troop housing, $3,046,000. Fort Ord, California: Maintenance facilities, $974,000. Presidio of San Francisco, California: Administrative facilities, $1,299,000. Two Rock Ranch, California: Operational facilities, maintenance facilities, and utilities, $385,000. West Coast Receiving Station, California: Utilities, $166,000. Yakima Firing Range, Washington: Troop housing, $56,000. (Military District of Washington) Army Map Service, Maryland: Operational facilities, $182,000. Fort Myer, Virginia: Troop housing and community facilities, and utilities, $5,587,000. Walter Reed Army Medical Center, District of Columbia: Medical facilities and utilities, $436,000. ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: Administrative facilities and utilities, $3,419,000. Aeronautical Maintenance Center, Texas: Maintenance facilities, $1,941,000. Anniston Army Depot, Alabama: Maintenance facilities, $837,000. Bayonne Naval Supply Center, Bayonne, New Jersey: Maintenance facilities, supply facilities, administrative facilities, and utilities, $3,658,000. Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky: Operational facilities and maintenance facilities, $779,000. Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, New Hampshire: Maintenance facilities, research, development and test facilities, $1,184,000. Fort Detrick, Maryland: Operational facilities, research, development and test facilities, and utilities, $11,771,000. Dugway Proving Ground, Utah: Community facilities, $137,000. Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland: Research, development and test facilities, and utilities, $2,736,000. Granite City Army Depot, Illinois: Utilities, $56,000. Fort Huachuca, Arizona: Troop housing, $320,000. Jefferson Proving Ground, Indiana: Operational facilities, $52,000. Letterkenny Army Depot, Pennsylvania: Maintenance facilities, and utilities, $2,239,000. Lexington Army Depot, Kentucky: Administrative facilities, and utilities, $526,000. Fort Monmouth, New Jersey: Troop housing, $586.000. Natick Laboratories, Massachusetts: Maintenance facilities, $1,371,000. New Cumberland Army Depot, Pennsylvania: Operational facilities, supply facilities, and administrative facilities, $815,000. Oakland Army Terminal, California: Community facilities, $912,000. Pueblo Army Depot, Colorado: Utilities, $337,000. Red River Army Depot, Texas: Maintenance facilities and utilities, $465,000. Redstone Arsenal, Alabama: Training facilities, $1,364,000. Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois: Research, development and test facilities, administrative facilities, and utilities, $4,336,000. Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado: Maintenance facilities, $36,000. Savanna Army Depot, Illinois: Training facilities, $102,000. Sierra Army Depot, California: Utilities, $115,000. Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania: Supply facilities, $199,000. Tooele Army Depot, Utah: Utilities, $340,000. Watervliet Arsenal, New York: Utilities, $1,713,000. White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico: Research, development and test facilities, and utilities, $473,000. United States Army, Hawaii Schofield Barracks, Hawaii: Maintenance facilities, troop housing and utilities, $3,175,000. OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES Japan, Various: Utilities, $100,000. Okinawa, Various: Community facilities, and utilities, $2,558,000. Germany, Various: Operational facilities, and troop housing, $2,046,000. |