IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING UNITS

SEC. 2103. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING UNITS (a) In General.—Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Army may improve, using amounts appropriated pursuant to section 2104(a)(6)(A), existing military family housing units in an amount not to exceed $108,000,000 ($100,000,000), of which $9,223,000 is available only for energy conservation projects. (b) Waiver of Maximum Per Unit Cost for Certain Improvement Projects.— Notwithstanding the maximum amount per unit for an improvement project under section 2825(b) of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Army may carry out projects to improve existing military family housing units at the following installations in the number of units shown, and in the amount shown, for each installation: Sharpe Army Depot, California, thirty units, $1,300,000. Fort McNair, District of Columbia, four units, $220,000. Fort Riley, Kansas, one hundred and twenty-eight units, $5,100,000. Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, fifteen units, $600,000. Fort Belvoir, Virginia, one hundred and ninety-eight units, $8,800,000. Various locations, Germany, convert unused attic space and upgrade one hundred and two units into three hundred and thirty adequate units, $24,388,000. (c) General Officer Housing Exception.—(1) Of the housing units to be constructed at the St. Louis Support Center, Illinois, two of those units shall, subject to paragraph (3), be constructed for assignment to general officers who hold positions as commanders or who hold special command positions (as designated by the Secretary of Defense) and, notwithstanding section 2826(a) of title 10, United States Code, each such unit may be constructed with a maximum net floor area of 3,000 square feet. (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term “net floor area” has the meaning given that term by section 2826(f) of title 10, United States Code. (3) The provisions of this subsection and of section 2133(c) shall become effective on the date that the report regarding space limitations for senior military officer housing which was requested in the joint statement of the conferees accompanying the conference report filed with respect to the bill S. 2638 of the Ninety-ninth Congress is 101 STAT. 1184 received by the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives.