DAILY BRIEFING
Military construction bill
signed into law
President Clinton Thursday signed the first annual appropriations bill of the year-the fiscal 2001 military construction measure, which includes funds for military quality of life initiatives, and construction of new housing, barracks, hospitals and child-care centers on military bases.
Included in the $8.8 billion military construction measure is:
- $909.2 million for Army construction
- $928.2 million for Navy construction
- $870.2 million for Air Force construction
- $814.6 million for non-military DoD departments
- $357.3 million for recruiting, advertising and retention programs
- $11.9 million for DoD education programs in overseas schools
- Approximately $1 billion for base closures, mostly for environmental cleanups
The law also delays by six months the implementation of new regulations requiring that information technology bought, used, developed or maintained by the federal government be accessible to the disabled.
Meanwhile, meeting behind closed doors, House and Senate conferees completed negotiations on the behemoth fiscal 2001 defense appropriations bill late Thursday night. Details were not immediately available, as the report will not actually be filed until early next week.
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