An Act to authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes.
PL 93-166 (S.2408), enacted 11/29/1973

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PUBLIC LAW 93-166-NOV. 29, 1973 
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Public Law 93-166 
A N A C T 
November 29, 1973 
To authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other 
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purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Setuite and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. 
Military con-
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struction ana re* 
serve forces 
T I T L E I 
facilities authori-
zation acts, 1974. 
SEC. 101. The Secretary of the Army may establish or develop mill- 
^"^""y-
tary installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, convert-
ing, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public 
works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, 
utilities, and equipment for the following acquisition and construction: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL ARMY COMMAND 
(First Army) 
Fort Belvoir, Virginia, $2,525,000. 
Fort Devens, Massachusetts. $2,749,000. 
Camp Drum, New York, $1,099,000. 
Fort Eustis, Virginia, $4,782,000. 
Camp A. P. Hill, Virginia, $535,000. 
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania, $1,657,000. 
Fort Knox, Kentucky, $7,305,000. 
Fort Lee, Virginia, $18,326,000. 
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, $5,924,000. 
Camp Pickett, Virginia, $476,000. 
(Third Army) 
Fort Benning, Georgia, $12,404,000. 
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Fort Bragg, North Carolina, $32,400,000. 
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, $51,881,000. 
Eglin Air Force Base, Valparaiso, Florida, $2,950,000. 
Fort Gordon, Georgia, $23,154,000. 
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, $2,902,000. 
Fort McClellan, Alabama, $19,505,000. 
Fort Rucker, Alabama, $3,987,000. 
Fort Stewart, Georgia, $264,000. 
(Fifth Army) 
Fort Bliss, Texas, $6,087,000. _ ^ 
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, $3,893,000. 
Fort Hood, Texas, $9,824,000. 
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, $11,738,000. 
Fort Polk, Louisiana, $29,276,000. 
Fort Riley, Kansas, $30,943,000. 
Fort Sheridan, Illinois, $762,000. 
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, $9,447,000. 
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, $44,482,000. 
(Sixth Army) 
Fort Carson, Colorado, $5,651,000. 
Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation, California, $7,776,000. 
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Fort Lewis, Washington, $8,327,000. 
Fort Ord, California, $9,812,000. 
Presidio of San Francisco, California, $3,074,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY MATERIEL 
COMMAND 
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, $7,472,000. 
Aeronautical Maintenance Center, Texas, $6,284,000. 
Anniston Army Depot, Alabama, $3,745,000. 
Frankford Arsenal, Pennsylvania, $73,000. 
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, $8,401,000. 
Natick Laboratories, Massachusetts, $466,000. 
Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, $255,000. 
. Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas, $294,000. 
Bedstone Arsenal, Alabama, $4,971,000. 
Sacramento Army Depot, California, $412,000. 
Savanna Army Depot, Illinois, $113,000. 
Sierra Army Depot, California, $380,000. 
Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania, $456,000. 
White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, $3,843,000. 
Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, $6,472,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION 
COMMAND 
Fort Huachuca, Arizona, $6,832,000. 
Fort Ritchie, Maryland, $1,394,000. 
UNITED STATES MILITARY 
ACADEMY 
United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 
$30,145,000. 
CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS 
Cold Regions Laboratories, New Hampshire, $597,000. 
MILITARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND TERMINAL 
SERVICE 
Oakland Army Terminal, California, $343,000. 
Sunny Point Army Terminal, North Carolina, $1,628,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY, 
ALASKA 
Fort Greely, Alaska, $3,060,000. 
Fort Richardson, Alaska, $2,140,000. 
Fort Wainwright, Alaska, $2,715,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY, 
H A W A I I 
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, $9,592,000. 
Fort Shafter, Hawaii, $1,233,000. 
POLLUTION 
ABATEMENT 
Various locations. Air Pollution Abatement, $7,295,000, 
Various locations, Water Pollution Abatement, $6,799,000. 
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OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES, SOUTHERN COMMAND 
Canal Zone, various locations, $8,095,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY, PACIFIC 
Korea, various locations, $1,568,000. 
PUERTO RICO 
Fort Buchanan, Puerto Kico, $517,000. 
KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE 
National Missile Eange, $1,029,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY SECURITY AGENCY 
Various locations, $1,434,000. 
UNITED 
STATES ARMY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION COMMAND 
Various locations, $2,097,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY, EUROPE 
Germany, various locations, $12,517,000. 
Various locations: For the United States share of the cost of multi-
lateral programs for the acquisition or construction of military facili-
ties and installations, including international military headquarters, 
for the collective defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area, 
$80,000,000: Provided, That, within thirty days after the end of each 
quarter, the Secretary of the Army shall furnish to the Committees on 
Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a description of obligations incurred as the United 
States share of such multilateral programs. 
SEC 102. The Secretary of the Army may establish or develop 
classified military installations and facilities by acquiring, construct-
ing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary 
public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurte-
nances, utilities, and equipment in the total amount of $3,000,000. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Army may establish or develop Army 
installations and facilities by proceeding with construction made 
necessary by changes in Army missions and responsibilities which 
have been occasioned by (1) unforeseen security considerations, (2) 
new weapons developments, (3) new and unforeseen research and 
development requirements, or (4) improved production schedules if 
the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construc-
tion for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization 
Act would be inconsistent with interests of national security, and in 
connection therewith to acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or 
install permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisi-
tion, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, in the 
total amount of $10,000,000: Provided, That the Secretarv of the 
Army, or his designee, shall notify the Committees on Armed"^Services 
of the Senate and House of Representatives, immediately upon reach-
ing a final decision to implement, of the cost of construction of any 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Classified in-
stallations. 
Establishment. 
Emergency 
construction. 
Congressional 
committees, noti-
fication. 
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Authorization 
expiration. 
public work undertaken under this section, including those real estate 
actions pertaining thereto. This authorization will expire as of Sep-
tember 30, 1974, except for those public works projects concerning 
r which the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives have been notified pursuant to this section prior to 
that date. 
SEC. 104. (a) Public Law 92-545 is amended under the heading 
86 Stat. 1135. 
"INSIDE THE UNITED STATES," lu sectiou 101 as follows: 
With respect to "Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne, New Jersey," 
strike out "$3,245,000" and insert in place thereof "$3,603,000". _ 
With respect to "Walter Reed Army Medical Center, District of 
Columbia," strike out "$13,161,000" and insert in place thereof 
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"$15,866,000". 
(b) Public Law 92-545 is amended under the heading "OuTsmE THE 
UNITED 
STATES—UNITED STATES ARMY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMAND" in section 101 as follows: with respect to "Various Loca-
tions," strike out "$1,412,000" and insert in place thereof "$1,649,000". 
(c) Public Law 92-545 is amended by striking out in clause (1) of 
section 702 "$441,704,000"; "$117,074,000"; and "$558,778,000" and 
inserting in place thereof 
"$444,767,000"; "$117,311,000"; 
and 
"$562,078,000," respectively. 
SEC. 105. (a) Public Law 92-145, as amended, is amended under the 
85 Stat. 396. 
heading "OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES" in section 101 as follows: 
With 
respect to "Germany, Various Locations," strike 
out 
"$1,946,000'; and insert in place thereof "$2,553,000". 
(b) Public Law 92-145, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (1) of section 702 "$41,374,000" and "$404,500,000" and insert-
ing in place thereof "$41,981,000" and "$405,107,000", respectively. 
SEC. 106. (a) Public Law 91-511, as amended, is amended under the 
84 Stat. 1205. 
heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 101 as follows: With 
respect to "Fort Benning, Georgia", strike out "$2,855,000" and insert 
in place thereof "$3,383,000". 
(b) Public Law 91-511, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (1) of section 602 "$181,306,000" and "$266,503,000" and 
inserting in place thereof "$181,834,000" and "$267,031,000", respec-
tiv^ely. 
SEC. 107. (a) Public Law 90-110, as amended, is amended under the 
81 Stat. 281. 
heading "UNITED STATES ARMY, ALASKA" in section 101 as follows: 
With respect to "Fort Richardson, Alaska," strike out "$1,800,000" 
and insert in place thereof "$2,100,000". 
(b) Public Law 90-110, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
84 Stat. 1208. 
^j^^^^gg (]^) ^f sectlou 802 "$288,055,000" and "$391,448,000" and insert-
ing in place thereof "$288,355,000" and "$391,748,000", respectively. 
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SEC. 201. The Secretary of the Navy may establish or develop mili-
tary installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, 
rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, 
including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities 
and equipment for the following acquisition and construction: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
FIRST NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine, $135,000. 
Portmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Kittery, Maine, $2,817,000, 
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THIRD NAVAL 
DISTRICT 
Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, $6,158,000. 
Naval Underwater Systems Center, New London Laboratory, New 
London, Connecticut, $3,600,000. 
Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne, New Jersey, $1,806,000. 
FOURTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
Philadelphia 
Naval 
Shipyard, 
Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, 
$180,000. 
Naval 
Air 
Development 
Center, 
Warminster, 
Pennsylvania, 
$215,000. 
NAVAL DISTRICT, 
WASHINGTON 
Naval Eesearch Laboratory, Washington, District of Columbia, 
$4,655,000. 
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, $4,334,000. 
Naval Medical Eesearch Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, $6,372,000. 
Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Maryland, $1,528,000. 
Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, $560,000. 
Naval Hospital, Quantico, Virginia, $484,000. 
F I F T H NAVAL DISTRICT 
Fleet Combat Direction Systems Training Center, Atlantic, Dam 
Neck, Virginia, $6,531,000. 
Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia, $3,211,000. 
Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, $2,525,000. 
Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia, $18,183,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Norfolk, Virginia, $567,000. 
Nuclear Weapons Training Group, Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, 
$2,470,000. 
Naval Air Station, Oceana, Virginia, $3,386,000. 
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, $11,133,000. 
Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia, $1,327,000. 
SIXTH NAVAL 
DISTRICT 
Naval Air Station, Cecil Field, Florida, $3,636,000. 
Naval Air Station, EUyson Field, Florida, $75,000. 
Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, $14,366,000. 
Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida, $4,628,000. 
Naval 
Coastal 
Systems Laboratory, Panama 
City, 
Florida, 
$3,663,000. 
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, $2,699,000. 
Naval Communications Training Center, Pensacola, 
Florida, 
$10,690,000. 
Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Florida, $3,586,000. 
Naval Aerospace Regional Medical Center, Pensacola, Florida, 
$1,084,000. 
Naval Home, Gulfport, Mississippi, $9,444,000. 
Naval Air Station, Meridian, Mississippi, $4,532,000. 
Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina, $252,000. 
Naval Station, Charleston, South Carolina, $1,498,000. 
Naval Air Station, Memphis, Tennessee, $4,478,000. 
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E I G H T H 
NAVAL 
DISTRICT 
Naval Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, $3,386,000. 
Naval Support Activity, New Orleans, Louisiana, $13,880,000. 
Naval Air Station, Chase Field, Texas, $2,875,000. 
Naval Air Station, Kingsville, Texas, $3,040,000. 
N I N T H 
NAVAL 
DISTRICT 
Naval Complex, Great Lakes, Illinois, $15,148,000. 
ELEVENTH 
NAVAL 
DISTRICT 
Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, $3,163,000. 
Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, California, $6,808,000. 
Naval Hospital, Long Beach, Calif ornia, $878,000. 
Naval Air Station, Miramar, California, $1,454,000. 
Naval Air Station, North Island, California, $2,415,000. 
Fleet Combat Direction Systems Training Center, Pacific, San 
Diego, California, $1,118,000. 
Naval Electronics Laboratory Center, San Diego, California, 
$3,518,000. 
Naval Station, San Diego, California, $11,996,000. 
Naval Training Center, San Diego, California, $2,944,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, San Diego, California, $2,471,000. 
Navy 
Submarine 
Support 
Facility, 
San 
Diego, 
California, 
$3,920,000. 
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, 
Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, California, $807,000. 
TWELFTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Air Station, Alameda, Calif ornia, $3,827,000. 
Naval Air Station, Ijemoore, California, $3,266,000. 
Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California, $3,150,000. 
Naval Hospital, Oakland, California, $5,839,000. 
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, $1,874,000. 
T H I R T E E N T H NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval complex, Adak, Alaska, $4,615,000. 
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, $2,300,000. 
FOURTEENTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii, $4,306,000. 
Naval Ammunition Depot, Oahu, Hawaii, $457,000. 
Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $4,060,000. 
Naval Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $2,562,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $1,985,000. 
Naval Communication 
Station, Honolulu, Wahiawa, 
Hawaii, 
$2,324,000. 
MARINE CORPS 
Marine Corps Air Station, Quantico, Virginia, $831,000. 
Marine Corps Development and Education Command, Quantico, 
Virginia, $1,541,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Camp I^jeune, North Carolina, $8,902,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina, $1,821,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, New Eiver, North Carolina, $3,245,000. 
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Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, $686,000. 
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Marine Corps Supply Center, Albany, Georgia, $5,204,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina, $126,000. 
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, 
$2,580,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona, $1,634,000. 
Marine Corps Supply Center, Barstow, California, $3,802,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, $10,920,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, $747,000. 
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, $3,825,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California, $2,992,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, $5,988,000. 
TRIDENT FACILITIES 
Various Locations, Trident Facilities, United States, $118,320,000. 
POLLUTION 
ABATEMENT 
Various Locations, Air Pollution Abatement, $27,636,000. 
Various Locations, Water Pollution Abatement, $51,112,000. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
TENTH NAVAL DISTRIC?! 
Naval Complex, Puerto Rico, $1,707,000. 
Naval Facility, Grand Turk, the West Indies, $1,145,000. 
ATLANTIC OCEAN AREA 
Naval Air Station, Bermuda, $3,010,000. 
Naval Complex, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, $8,376,000. 
Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland, $6,092,000. 
EUROPEAN AREA 
Naval Support Office, Athens, Greece, $1,948,000. 
Naval Detachment, Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, $4,153,000. 
Naval Air Facility, Sigonella, Sicily, Italy, $3,086,000. 
Naval Security Group Activity, Edzell, Scotland, $778,000. 
Naval Station, Rota, Spain, $85,000. 
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA 
Naval Communication Station, Harold E. Holt, Exmouth, Aus-
tralia, $1,192,000. 
Naval Complex, Guam, Mariana Islands, $10,988,000. 
Naval Complex, Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines, $278,000. 
POLLUTION 
ABATEMENT 
Various Locations, Water Pollution Abatement, $3,995,000. 
SEC, 202. The Secretary of the Navy may establish or develop Navy 
Emergency 
installations and facilities by proceeding with construction made neces- '^"''^*"•"•=''°"-
sary by changes in Navy missions and responsibilities which have 
been occasioned by (1) unforeseen security considerations, (2) new 
weapons developments, (3) new and unforeseen research and develop-
ment requirements, or (4) improved production schedules, if the 
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STAT. 
Congressional 
committees, noti-
fication. 
Authorization 
expiration. 
Secretary of the 
Navy, land acqui-
sition, Ariz. 
Certain Naval 
operations, relo-
cation. 
Appropriation. 
Conditions. 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Land disposi-
tion. 
Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for 
inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would 
be inconsistent with interests of national security, and in connection 
therewith to acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install perma-
nent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site prep-
aration, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, in the total amount of 
$10,000,000: Provided^ That the Secretary of the Navy, or his designee, 
shall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives, immediately upon reaching a decision to 
implement, of the cost of construction of any public work undertaken 
under this section, including those real estate actions pertaining 
thereto. This authorization will expire as of September 30,1974, except 
for those public works projects concerning which the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been 
notified pursuant to this section prior to that date. 
SEC. 203. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to acquire, under 
such terms as he deems appropriate, lands or interests in land (includ-
ing easements) in approximately fourteen thousand acres of privately 
owned property contiguous to the airfield and approach corridors of 
the Marine Corps Air Station at Yuma, Arizona, as he considers nec-
essary for the safe and efficient operations at such station. Acquisi-
tion of such land or interests in land shall be effected by the exchange 
of such excess land or interests in land of approximately equal value, 
as the Secretary of Defense may determine to be available for the 
purpose. If the fair market value of the land or interests in land to be 
acquired is less than the fair market value of the Government property 
to be exchanged, the amount of such deficiency shall be paid to the 
Government. 
SEC. 204. (a) In order to facilitate the relocation of the ship-to-shore 
and other gun fire and bombing operations of the United States Navy 
from the island of Culebra, there is hereby authorized to be appropri-
ated the sum of $12,000,000 for the construction and equipage of sub-
stitute facilities in support of such relocation. 
(b) The relocation of such operations from the northwest peninsula 
of the island of Culebra is expressly conditioned upon the conclusion 
of a satisfactory agreement to be negotiated by the Secretary of the 
Navy, or his designee, with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and 
reported to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives prior to execution of such agreement. The 
agreement shall provide, among other things, that the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico shall insure that (1) Commonwealth lands suitable 
for carrying out operations of the type referred to in subsection (a) 
will be made available for the long term continued use of the Atlantic 
Fleet Weapons Range and Fleet Marine Forces training areas by the 
Navy, including, but not limited to, present areas and facilities on the 
island of Vieques, and (2) any proposed facility or activity which 
would interfere with the Navy training mission will not be undertaken, 
including the proposed deep water super-port on the island of Mona, in 
the event that such agreement includes the use by the Navy of such 
island or the area adjacent to such island. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the present bom-
bardment area on the island of Culebra shall not be utilized for any 
purpose that would require decontamination at the expense of the 
United States. Any lands sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of by 
the United States as a result of the relocation of the operations referred 
to in subsection (a) may be sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of 
only for public park or public recreational purposes. 
84 Stat. 1209. 
86 Stat. 1143. 
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(d} The funds authorized for appropriation by this section shall 
remain available until expended. 
SEC. 205. (a) Public Law 90-408, as amended, is amended under the 
heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 201 as follows: With 
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respect to Navy Mine Defense Laboratory, Panama Citv, Florida, 
strike out "$7,411,000" and insert in place thereof "$9,397,000". 
(b) Public Law 90-408, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (2) of section 802, "$239,682,000" and "$246,547,000" and insert- 
ss stat. 40o. 
ing in place thereof "$241,668,000" and "$248,533,000", respectively. 
SEC. 206. (a) Public Law 91-511, as amended, is amended under the 
heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 201 as follows: With 
respect to Naval Weapons Laboratory, Dahlgren, Virginia, strike out 
"$530,000" and insert in place thereof "$779,000". 
(b) Public Law 91-511, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (2) of section 602 "$246,955,000" and "$274,093,000" and insert-
ing in place thereof "$247,204,000" and "$274,342,000", respectively. 
SEC. 207. (a) Public Law 92-145 is amended under the heading 
"INSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 201 as follows: 
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With respect to Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia, strike out 
"$19,316,000" and insert in place thereof "$22,716,000". 
With respect to Naval Air Station, Meridian, Mississippi, strike out 
"$3,266,000" and insert in place thereof "$3,859,000". 
(b) Public Law 92-145 is amended by striking out in clause (2) of 
section 702 "$266,068,000" and "$321,843,000" and inserting in place 
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thereof "$270,061,000" and "$325,836,000", respectively. 
SEC. 208. (a) Public Law 92-545 is amended under the heading 
"INSIDE THE UNITED STATES" in section 201 as follows: With respect 
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to Naval Ammunition Depot, McAlester, Oklahoma, strike out 
"$6,336,000" and insert in place thereof "$8,778,000". 
With respect to Naval Air Station, Miramar, California, strike out 
"$4,372,000" and insert in place thereof "$5,144,000". 
(b) Public Law 92-545 is amended by striking out in clause (2) of 
section 702 "$474,450,000" and "$515,667,000" and inserting in place 
thereof "$477,664,000" and "$518,881,000", respectively. 
86 Stat. 1151. 
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SEC, 301. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop ^ir Force. 
military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, con-
verting, rehabilitating, 
or installing joermanent or 
temporary 
public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurte-
nances, utilities, and equipment, for the following acquisition and 
construction: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND 
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, Colorado, $7,843,000. 
Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Florida, $1,020,000. 
AIR FORCE COMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICE 
Eichards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Grandview, Missouri, $3,963,000. 
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AIK FORCE LOGISTICS COMMAND 
Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah, $8,343,000. 
Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, $6,101,000. 
McClellan Air Force Base, Sacramento, California, $2,572,000. 
Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins, Georgia, $4,628,000. 
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, $11,787,000. 
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, $13,277,000. 
AIR rORCE SYSTEMS 
COMMAND 
Edwards Air Force Base, Muroc, California, $889,000. 
Eglin Air Force Base, Valparaiso, Florida, $7,039,000. 
Satellite Control Facilities, $654,000. 
AIR TRAINING 
COMMAND 
Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, $8,786,000. 
Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, $6,509,000. 
Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas, $4,635,000. 
Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado, $20,350,000. 
Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, California, $310,000. 
Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, $1,463,000. 
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Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Texas, $4,211,000. 
Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas, $2,753,000. 
Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Oklahoma, $371,000. 
Webb Air Force Base, Big Spring, Texas, $3,154,000. 
Williams Air Force Base, Chandler, Arizona, $347,000. 
ALASKAN AIR 
COMMAND 
Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska, $1,557,000. 
Various Locations, $7,101,000. 
HEADQUARTERS 
COMMAND 
Andrews Air Force Base, Camp Springs, Maryland, $16,639,000. 
Boiling Air Force Base, Washington, District of 
Columbia, 
$1,500,000. 
MILITARY AIRLIFT 
COMMAND 
Altus Air Force Base, Altus, Oklahoma, $1,078,000. 
Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware, $2,558,000. 
McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown, New Jersey, $1,698,000. 
Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, California, $1,283,000. 
Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois, $3,092,000. 
PACIFIC AIR FORCES 
Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii, $7,331,000. 
STRATEGIC AIR 
COMMAND 
Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, Louisiana, $1,200,000. 
Davis-Montham Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, $232,000. 
Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas, $730,000. 
Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, South Dakota, $514,000. 
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming, $5,834,000. 
Grissom Air Force Base, Peru, Indiana, $1,500,000. 
Kincheloe Air Force Base, Kinross, Michigan, $2,430,000. 
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Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana, $1,507,000. 
McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, Kansas, $1,042,000. 
Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska, $617,000. 
Pease Air Force Base, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, $526,000. 
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, New York, $286,000. 
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California, $2210,000. 
Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster, Missouri, $3,892,000. 
Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Oscoda, Michigan, $616,000. 
Various Locations, $1,988,000. 
TACTICAL AIR COMMAND 
Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas, $2,273,000. 
Cannon Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico, $162,000. 
England Air Force Base, Alexandria, Louisiana, $183,000. 
Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, $1,524,000. 
Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Virginia, $503,000. 
Little Eock Air Force Base, Little Rock, Arkansas, $1,165,000. 
Luke Air Force Base, Glendale, Arizona, $2,986,000. 
MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida, $2,657,000. 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Mountain Home, Idaho, $253,000. 
Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada, $2,588,000. 
Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina, $2,501,000. 
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY 
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado 
$483,000. 
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SECURITY SERVICE 
Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas, $6,115,000. 
POLLUTION ABATEMENT 
Various Locations, Air Pollution Abatement, $3,689,000. 
Various Locations, Water Pollution Abatement, $5,381,000. 
AIR INSTALLATION COMPATIBLE USE ZONES 
Various Locations, $18,000,000. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
AIR DEFENSE COMMAND 
Naval Station Keflavik, Iceland, $1,355,000. 
P A C I F I C AIR FORCES 
Various Locations, $7,950,000. 
U N I T E D 
STATES A I R FORCES I N EUROPE 
Germany, $5,181,000. 
United Kingdom, $3,788,000. 
Various Locations, $800,000. 
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STAT. 
Classified in-
stallations. 
Establishment. 
Emergency con-
struction. 
Congressional 
committees, noti-
fication. 
Authorization 
expiration. 
85 Stat. 402. 
86 Stat. 1143. 
"UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SOUTHERN 
COMMAND 
Howard Air Force Base, Canal Zone, $927,000. 
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SECURITY SERVICE 
Various Locations, $221,000. 
• 
, 
• 
/ 
POLLUTION 
ABATEMENT 
Various Locations, Water Pollution Abatement, $750,000. 
WORLDWIDE 
COMMUNICATIONS 
Various Locations, $330,000. 
SEC. 302. The Secretary of the Air Force may •establish or develop 
classified military installations and facilities by acquiring, construc-
ing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary 
public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurte-
nances, utilities, and equipment in the total amount of $1,000,000. 
SEC. 303. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop 
Air Force installations and facilities by proceeding with construc-
tion made necessary by changes in Air Force missions and responsi-
bilities which have been occasioned by: (1) unforeseen security con-
siderations, (2) new weapons developments, (3) new and unforeseen 
research and development requirements, or (4) improved production 
schedules, if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of 
such construction for inclusion in the next Military Construction 
Authorization Act would be inconsistent with interests of national 
security, and in connection therewith to acquire, construct, convert, 
rehabilitate, or install permanent or temporary public works, includ-
ing land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and 
equipment in the amount of $10,000,000: Provided., That the Secretary 
of the Air Force, or his designee, shall notify the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, immedi-
ately upon reaching a final decision to implement, of the cost of con-
struction of any public work undertaken under this section, including 
those real estate actions pertaining thereto. This authorization will 
expire as of September 30,1974, except for those public works projects 
concerning which the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Representatives have been notified pursuant to this sec-
tion prior to that date. 
SEC. 304. (a) Section 301 of Public Law 92-145 is amended under 
the heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES" as follows: Under the sub-
heading "STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND" with respect to Malmstrom Air 
Force Base, Great Falls, Montana, strike out "$522,000" and insert 
in place thereof "$735,000". 
(b) Public Law 92-145 is further amended by striking out in clause 
(3) of section 702 "$226,484,000" and "$247,347,000" and inserting in 
place thereof "$226,697,000" and "$247,560,000", respectively. 
SEC. 305. (a) Public Law 92-545 is amended under the heading 
"INSIDE THE UNITED STATES" in section 301 as follows: 
With respect to Kessler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, strike 
out "$4,454,000" and insert in place thereof "$5,654,000". 
(b) Public Law 92-545 is amended under the heading "OUTSIDE 
THE UNITED STATES," in section 301 as follows: Under the subheading 
"UNITED STATES AIR FORCES IN EUROPE" with respect to Germany, strike 
out "$11,422,000" and insert in place thereof "$18,755,000". 
(c) Public Law 92-545 is amended by striking out in clause (3) 
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of section 702 "$232,925,000"; "$32,565,000"; and "$284,150,000" and 
inserting in place thereof 
"$234,125,000"; "$39,898,000"; and 
"$292,683,000", respectively. 
TITLE IV 
SEC. 401. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop mili-
tary installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, convert-
ing, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, 
including land acquisition, site j)reparation, appurtenances, utilities 
and equipment, for defense agencies for the following acquisition and 
construction: 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY 
Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerqiie, New Mexico, $374,000. 
Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Test Site, Las Vegas, Nevada, 
$200,000. 
DEFENSE SUPPLY AGENCY 
Defense Construction Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio, $1,188,000. 
Defense Depot, MechanicsDurg, Pennsylvania, $2,048,000. 
Defense Depot, Memphis, Tennessee, $360,000. 
Defense Depot, Ogden, Utah, $250,000. 
Defense Depot, Tracy, California, $747,000. 
Defense General Supply Center, Richmond, Virginia, $2,653,000. 
Defense Logistics Services Center, Battle Creek, Michigan, 
$160,000. 
Defense Personnel Support Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
$560,000. 
Regional Office, Defense Contract Administration Services, Chicago, 
Illinois, $404,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, $8,166,000. 
TITLE V—MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING AND 
HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
86 Stat. 1151. 
Defense agen-
cies. 
Construction 
authorization. 
SEC. 501. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to 
construct, at the locations hereinafter named, family housing units 
and mobile home facilities in the numbers hereinafter listed, out no 
family housing construction shall be commenced at any such locations 
in the United States, until the Secretary shall have consulted with 
the Secretary of the Department of Housmg and Urban Development, 
as to the availability ot adequate private housing at such locations. If 
agreement cannot be reached with respect to the availability of ade-
quate private housing at any location, the Secretarjr of Defense shall com^i'^'*^''^°"^A-
immediately notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate f'i^'^uon!**' 
and the House of Representatives, in writing, of such difference of 
opinion, and no contract for construction at such location shall be 
entered into for a period of thirty days after such notification has been 
given. This authority shall include the authority to acquire land, and 
interests in land, by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned 
land, or otherwise. 
(a) Family housing units: 
The Department of the Army, five thousand three-hundred ^^""y-
sixty-nine units, $153,170,000. 
Fort Carson, Colorado, two hundred units. 
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.jBjd m 
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, twenty-five units. 
United States Army Installations, Oahu, Hawaii, six hundred 
units. 
Fort Riley, Kansas, nine hundred one units. 
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, one thousand units. 
Fort Polk, Louisiana, five hundred units. 
* 
Fort Bragg/Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, one hundred 
thirty-six units. 
Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania, eighty-six units. 
Fort Hood, Texas, nine hundred units. 
Red River Army I)ej)ot, Texas, twenty-one units. 
Fort Bel 
voir, Virginia, seven hundred units. 
Fort Eustis, Virginia, three hundred units. 
Navy. 
(2) The Department of the Navy, three thousand six hundred ten 
units, $109,397,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, eight hundred 
units. 
Naval Complex, San Diego, California, three hundred twenty-
/ five units. 
Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California, two hun-
dred units. 
Naval Station, Mayport, Florida, four hundred units. 
Naval Complex, Oahu, Hawaii, four hundred units. 
Naval Complex, New Orleans, Louisiana, one hundred units. 
Construction Battalion Center, Gulf 
port, Mississipi)i, one hun-
dred units. 
Naval Home, Gulf 
port, Mississippi, five units. 
Naval Complex, South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, three hun-
dred fifty units. 
Naval Complex, Charleston, South Carolina, two hundred 
seventy units. 
Naval Complex, Guam, Marianas Islands, five hundred ten 
units. 
Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland, one hundred fifty units. 
Air Force. 
(3) The Department of the Air Force, one thousand seven hundred 
units, $52,646,000. 
Blytheville Air Force Base, Arkansas, one hundred units. 
Avon Park Weapons RangeJ Florida, fifty units. 
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, two hundred fifty units. 
United States Air Force Installations, Oahu, Hawaii, four 
hundred units. 
Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, three hundred units. 
Grand Forks Air Force Base, N'orth Dakota, one hundred units. 
Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, two hundred units. 
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Marianas Islands, three hun-
:K 
dred units. 
^b) Mobile home facilities: 
(1) The Department of the Army, eight hundred twenty-five spaces, 
$3,300,000. 
(2) The Department of the Navy, one hundred spaces, $400,000. 
(3) The Department of the Air Force, four hundred fifteen spaces, 
$2,000,000. 
Cost limitations. 
g^c. 502. (a) Authorization for the construction of family housing 
provided in this Act shall be subject, under such regulations as the 
Secretary of Defense may prescribe, to the following limitations on 
cost, which shall include shades, screens, ranges, refrigerators, and all 
other installed equipment and fixtures. 
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(b) The average unit cost for each military department for all units 
of family housing constructed in the United States (other than Hawaii 
and Alaska) shall not exceed $27,500 including the cost of the family 
unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site preparation, 
and installation of utilities. 
(c) No family housing unit in the area specified in subsection (b) 
shall be constructed at a total cost exceeding $44,000 including the 
cost of the family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, 
site preparation, and installation of utilities. 
(d) When family housing units are constructed in areas other than 
that specified in subsection (b) the average cost of all such units shall 
not exceed $37,000 and in no event shall the cost of any unit exceed 
$44,000. The cost limitations of this subsection shall include the cost 
of the family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site 
preparation, and installation of utilities. 
SEC. 503. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to 
accomplish alterations, additions, expansions or extensions not other-
wise authorized by law, to existing public quarters at a cost not to 
exceed 
(1) for the Department of the Army, $28,160,000. 
(2) for the Department of the Navy, $10,600,000. 
(3) for the Department of the Air Force, $23,750,000. 
SEC. 504. Notwithstanding the limitations contained in prior Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Acts on cost of construction of family 
housing, the limitations on such cost contained in section 502 of this 
Act shall apply to all prior authorizations for construction of family 
housing not heretofoi-e repealed and for which construction contr-acts 
have not been executed prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 505. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to 
construct, or otherwise acquire, in foreign countries, twelve family 
housing units. This authority shall include the authority to acquire 
land and interests in land. The authorization contained in this section 
shall not be subject to the cost limitations set forth in section 502 of 
this Act, but the cost shall not exceed a total of $520,000 for all units 
nor $60,000 for any one unit, including the cost of the family unit and 
the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site preparation, and 
installation of utilities. 
SEC. 506. (a) Section 610(a) of Public Law 90-110 (81 Stat. 279, 
305), as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) None of the funds authorized by this or any other Act may 
be expended for the improvement of any single family housing unit, 
or for the improvement of two or more housing units, when such 
units are to be converted into or used as a single family housing 
unit, the costs of which exceed $15,000 per unit including costs of 
repairs undertaken in connection therewith, and including any costs 
in connection with (1) the furnishing of electricity, gas, water and 
sewage disposal; (2) roads and walks; and (3) grading and drainage, 
unless such improvement in connection with such unit or units is spe-
cifically authorized by law. As used in this section the term 'improve-
ment' includes alteration, expansion, extension, or rehabilitation of 
any housing unit or units, including that maintenance and repair 
which is to be accomplished concurrently with an improvement proj-
ect. The provisions of this section shall not apply to projects author-
ized for restoration or replacement of housing units damaged or 
destroyed." 
(b) The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to 
accomplish repairs and improvements to existing public quarters in 
Family housiing 
construction, land 
acquisition in for-
eign countries, 
cost limitations. 
Improvement, 
cost limitations. 
Repairs and 
improvements, 
cost limitation, 
exceptions. 
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[87 STAT. 
81 Stat. 305. 
Leasing of 
facilities. 
84 Stat. 1220; 
86 Stat. 1149. 
10 u s e 2674 
note. 
Cost limitation. 
Waiver. 
Military housing, 
foreign countries. 
81 Stat. 304; 
86 Stat. 1149. 
42 u s e 1594k. 
amounts in excess of the $15,000 limitation prescribed in section 610 (a) 
of Public Law 90-110 as follows: 
Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, one unit, $35,800. 
Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California, one unit, 
$17,000. 
Fort McNair, Washington, District of Columbia, five units, 
$165,000. 
Naval Complex, New Orleans, Louisiana, four units, $119,600. 
Ramstein Air Base, Federal Republic of Germany, one unit, $26,500. 
SEC. 507. (a) Section 515 of Public Law 84-161 (69 Stat. 324, 352), 
as amended, is further amended to read as follows: 
" S E C 515. During fiscal years 1974 and 1975, the Secretaries of the 
Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, are authorized to lease hous-
ing facilities for assignment as public quarters to military personnel 
and their dependents, without rental charge, at or near any military 
installation in the United States, Puerto Rico, or Guam, if the Secre-
tary of Defense, or his designee, finds that there is a lack of adequate 
housing at or near such military installation and that (1) there has 
been a recent substantial increase in military strength and such 
increase is temporary, or (2) the permanent military strength is to be 
substantially reduced in the near future, or (3) the number of military 
personnel assigned is so small as to make the construction of family 
housing uneconomical, or (4) family housing is required for personnel 
attending service school academic courses on permanent change of 
station orders, or (5) family housing has been authorized but is not 
yet completed or a family housing authorization request is in a pend-
ing military construction authorization bill. Such housing facilities 
may be leased on an individual unit basis and not more than ten thou-
sand such units may be so leased at any one time. Expenditures for the 
rental of such housing facilities, including the cost of utilities and 
maintenance and operation, may not exceed: For the United States 
(other than Hawaii), Puerto Rico, and Guam an average of $210 per 
month for each military department, or the amount of $290 per month 
for any one unit; and for Hawaii, an average of $255 per month for 
each military department, or the amount of $300 per month for any 
one unit." 
(b) The average unit rental for Department of Defense family 
housing acquired by lease in foreign countries may not exceed $325 
per month for the Department and in no event shall the rental for any 
one unit exceed $625 per month, including the costs of operation, main-
tenance, and utilities; and not more than seven thousand five hundred 
family housing units may be so leased at any one time. The Secretary 
of Defense, or his designee, may waive these cost limitations for not 
more than three hundred units leased for: incumbents of special posi-
tions, personnel assigned to Defense Attache Offices, or in countries 
where excessive costs of housing would cause undue hardship on 
Department of Defense personnel. 
SEC. 508. Section 507 of Public Law 88-174 (77 Stat. 307, 326), as 
amended, is further amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 507. For the purpose of providing military family housing in 
foreign countries, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into 
agreements guaranteeing the builders or other sponsors of such hous-
ing a rental return equivalent to a specified portion of the annual 
rental income which the builders or other sponsors would receive from 
th^ tenants if the housing were fully occupied: Provided^ That the 
aggregate amount guaranteed under such agreements entered into 
during the fiscal years 1974 and 1975 shall not exceed such amount as 
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may be applicable to five thousand units: Provided further^ That no 
such agreement shall guarantee the payment of more than 97 per 
centum of the anticipated rentals, nor shall any guarantee extend for 
a period of more than ten years, nor shall the average guaranteed 
rental on any project exceed $275 per unit per month, including the 
cost of maintenance and operation. 
SEC. 509. (a) Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended ^^l^J^W'^]^]'^'' 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
lo use 2661. 
'^Section 2684. Construction of family quarters; limitations on 
space 
"(a) In the construction of family quarters for members of the 
Armed Forces, the following are the maximum space limitations: 
"Pay grade 
0-6 
0-4 and 0-5 
0-1 through 0-3; W-1 through W-4; and E-7 through E-9 
E-1 through E-6 
Number of 
bedrooms 
4 
4 
4 
3 
5 
4 
3 
2 
5 
4 
3 
2 
Net floor area 
(square feet) 
2, 100 
1, 700 
1, 550 
1.400 
1, 550 
1,450 
1, 350 
950 
1, 550 
1, 350 
1, 200 
950 
As used ill this section 'net floor area' means the space inside the 
"Net floor 
exterior walls, excluding: basement; service space instead of base-
ment ; attic; garage; carport; porches; and stairwells. 
"(b) The maximum limitations prescribed by subsection (a) are 
increased by 10 per centum for quarters of the commanding officer 
of any station, air base, or other installation, based on the grade 
authorized for that position. 
"(c) The maximum limitations for family quarters constructed for 
key and essential civilian personnel are the same as those for military 
personnel of comparable grade, as determined by the Secretary of 
Defense. 
"(d) The maximum net floor area prescribed by subsection (a) 
may be increased up to 5 per centum if the Secretary of Defense, or 
his designee, determines that such increase is in the best interest of 
the Government to permit award of a turnkey construction project 
to the contractor offering the most satisfactory proposal. Any increase 
made under subsection (b) when combined with an increase under 
this subsection may not exceed an aggregate of 10 per centum." 
(b) The analysis of such chapter 159 is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following: 
"2684. Construction of family quarters; limitations on space." 
(c) Chapter 449 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
repealing section 4774, except for subsection (d) thereof, which sub- 
foA^sta 
section remains with the " ( d ) " deleted; and by revising the catchline 
lo uscr4774,!' 
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[87 STAT. 
Repeals. 
70A Stat. 468. 
Repeal. 
70A Stat. 590. 
Warren AFB, 
Wyo., claims 
settlement. 
Appropriations. 
84 Stat. 1865. 
State of Hawaii, 
land conveyance. 
Payment. 
Aliamanu Mili-
tary Reservation, 
Oahu, Hawaii, 
improvement. 
of such section and the corresponding item in the analysis to read: 
"Construction: limitations". 
(d) Chapter 649 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
repealing sections 7574 and 7575 and by striking out the correspond-
ing items in the analysis. 
(e) Chapter 949 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
repealing section 9774, except subsection (d) thereof, which subsec-
tion remains with the " ( d ) " deleted; and by revising the catchline of 
such section and the corresponding item in the analysis to read: 
"Construction: limitations". 
SEC. 510. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the 
Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to settle claims regarding 
repairs and improvements to public quarters at F. E. Warren Air 
Force Base, Wyoming, in the amount of $41,221.92. 
SEC. 511. There is authorized to be appropriated for use by the 
Secretary of Defense, or his designee, for military family housing as 
authorized by law for the following purposes: 
(1) for construction and acquisition of family housing, includ-
ing improvements to adequate quarters, improvements to inade-
quate quarters, minor construction, relocation of family housing, 
rental guarantee payments, construction and acquisition of mobile 
home facilities, 
and planning, an amount not to exceed 
$345,246,000; and 
(2) for support of military family housing, including operating 
expenses, leasing, maintenance of real property, payments of 
principal and interest on mortgage debts incurred, payment to 
the Commodity Credit Corporation, and mortgage insurance pre-
miums authorized under section 222 of the National Housing Act, 
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715m), an amount not to exceed 
$826,793,000. 
SEC. 512. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Army, or his designee, is hereby authorized to convey 
to the State of Hawaii, subject to the terms and conditions hereafter 
stated, and to such other terms and conditions as the Secretary of the 
Army, or his designee, shall deem to be in the public interest, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to certain land, with 
improvements thereon, within the Fort Ruger Military Reservation, 
Hawaii, as described in subsection (c). 
(b) In consideration for the conveyance by the United States of the 
aforesaid property, the State of Hawaii shall provide for, convey, or 
pay to the United States, either in facilities and services or money or a 
combination thereof, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, a 
sum equal to the appraised fair market value of the property to be 
conveyed. The facilities and services so provided shall be utilized, and 
money so paid shall be credited to applicable accounts which shall then 
be available, for site preparation and improvement of the Aliamanu 
Military Reservation, Oahu, Hawaii, including roads and streets, 
utilities, and other community facilities suitable for the support of a 
military family housing development. The site preparation and 
improvements shall be in accordance with plans and specifications to 
be approved by the Secretary of the Army or his designee. 
(c) The lands authorized to be conveyed to the State of Hawaii as 
provided in subsection (a) comprise approximately fifty-seven acres 
with improvements thereon as generally depicted on maps on file in the 
Office of the United States Army Engineer, Pacific Ocean Division, 
Honolulu, Hawaii. The exact description and acreage of the land to be 
conveyed shall be determined by an accurate survey as mutually agreed 
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upon between the State of Hawaii and the Secretary of the Army, or 
his designee. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of the site 
preparation, roads and streets, utilities, and other support facilities 
borne by the State of Hawaii, as provided herein shall not be con-
sidered m arriving at the average cost of any family housing units or 
the cost of any single family housing unit to be constructed on the 
property. 
(e) Public Law 91-564, approved December 19, 1970, is hereby 
repealed. 
SEC. 513. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated for use by the 
Secretary of Defense for the purposes of section 1013 of Public Law 
89-754 (80 Stat. 1255, 1290), including acquisition of properties, an 
amount not to exceed $7,000,000. 
(b) Such section 1013 is further amended by adding the following 
new subsection : 
"(m) In addition to the coverage provided above, the benefits of 
this section shall apply, as to closure actions in the several States and 
the District of Columbia announced after April 1, 1973, to otherwise 
eligible employees or personnel who are (1) employed or assigned 
either at or near the base or installation affected by the closure action, 
and (2) are required to relocate, due to transfer, reassignment or 
involuntary termination of employment, for reasons other than the 
closure action." 
TITLE VI 
Family housing 
limitations. 
Repeal. 
84 Stat. 1479. 
Appropriation. 
86 Stat. 11 SO. 
42 u s e 3374. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. The Secretary of each military department may proceed 
to establish or develop installations and facilities under this Act with-
out regard to section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 
U.S.C. 529), and sections 4774 and 9774 of title 10, United States Code. 
The authority to place permanent or temporary improvements on land 
includes authority for surveys, administration, overhead, planning, 
and supervision incident to construction. That authority may be exer-
cised before title to the land is approved under section 355 of the 
Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U.S.C. 255), and even though the 
land is held temporarily. The authority to acquire real estate or land 
includes authority to make surveys and to acquire land, and interests 
in land (including temporary use), by gift, purchase, exchange of 
Government-owned land, or otherwise. 
SEC. 602. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, but appropriations for 
public works projects authorized by titles I, II, III, IV, and V shall 
not exceed— 
(1) for title I : Inside the United States, $485,827,000; outside 
the United States, $107,257,000; section 102, $3,000,000; or a total 
of $596,084,000, 
(2) for title I I : Inside the United States, $511,606,000; outside 
the United States, $58,833,000; or a total of $570,439,000. 
(3) for title I I I : Inside the United States, $238,439,000; out-
side the United States, $21,302,000; section 302, $1,000,000; or a 
total of $260,741,000. 
(4) for title I V : A total of $10,000,000. 
(5) for title V: Military family housing and homeowners 
assistance, $1,179,039,000. 
Construction 
authority. 
Waiver of 
restrictions. 
70A Stat. 
590. 
269, 
Appropriation. 
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Cost variations. 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Annual report 
to Congress. 
Contract super-
vision. 
Reports to 
Congress. 
SEC. 603. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any of the 
amounts specified in titles I, II, III, and IV of this Act, may, in the 
discretion of the Secretary concerned, be increased by 5 per centum 
when inside the United States (other than Hawaii and Alaska), and 
by 10 per centum when outside the United States or in Hawaii and 
Alaska, if he determines that such increase (1) is required for the 
sole purpose of meeting unusual variations in cost, and (2) could not 
have been reasonably anticipated at the time such estimate was sub-
mitted to the Congress. However, the total cost of all construction and 
acquisition in each such title may not exceed the total amount author-
ized to be appropriated in that title. 
(b) When the amount named for any construction or acquisition in 
title I, II, III, or IV of this Act involves only one project at any mili-
tary installation and the Secretary of Defense, or nis designee, deter-
mines that the amount authorized must be increased by more than the 
applicable percentage prescribed in subsection (a), the Secretary con-
cerned may proceed with such construction or acquisition if the amount 
of the increase does not exceed by more than 25 per centum the amount 
named for such project by the Congress. 
(c) Subject to the limitations contained in subsection (a), no indi-
vidual project authorized under title I, II, III, or IV of this Act for 
any specifically listed military installation may be placed under con-
tract if— 
(1) the estimated cost of such project is $250,000 or more, and 
(2) the current working estimate of the Department of 
Defense, based upon bids received, for the construction of such 
project exceeds by more than 25 per centum the amount authorized 
tor such project by the Congress, until after the expiration of 
thirty days from the date on which a written report of the facts 
relating to the increased cost of such project, including a state-
ment of the reasons for such increase, has been submitted to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
(d) The Secretary of Defense shall submit an annual report to the 
Congress identifying each individual project which has been placed 
under contract in the preceding twelve-month period and with i-espect 
to which the then current working estimate of the Department of 
Defense based upon bids received for such project exceeded the amount 
authorized by the Congress for that project by more than 25 per 
centum. The Secretary shall also include in such report each individual 
project with respect to which the scope was reduced in order to permit 
contract award within the available authorization for such project. 
Such report shall include all pertinent cost information for each 
individual project, including the amount in dollars and percentage by 
which the current working estimate based on the contract price for the 
project exceeded the amount authorized for such project by the 
Congress. 
SEC. 604. Contracts for construction made by the United States for 
performance within the United States and its possessions under this 
Act shall be executed under the jurisdiction and supervision of the 
Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, or the Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command. Department of the Navy, or such other 
department or Government agency as the Secretaries of the military 
departments recommend and the Secretary of Defense approves to 
assure the most efficient, expeditious, and cost-effective accomplishment 
of the construction herein authorized. The Secretaries of the military 
departments shall report annually to the President of the Senate and 
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the Speaker of the House of Kepresentatives a breakdown of the dol-
lar value of construction contracts completed by each of the several 
construction agencies selected, together with the design, construction 
supervision, and overhead fees charged by each of tlie several agents 
in the execution of the assigned construction. Further, such contracts 
(except architect and engineering contracts which, unless specifically 
authorized by the Congress, shall continue to be awarded in accordance 
with presently established procedures, customs, and practice) shall be 
awarded, insofar as practicable, on a competitive basis to tlie lowest 
responsible bidder, if the national security will not be impaired and 
the award is consistent with chapter 137 of title 10, United States 
Code. The Secretaries of the military departments shall report annu- 
7OA stat. 127. 
ally to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 
R° p"/,f; \l°^' 
Representatives with respect to all contracts awarded on other than a congress. 
competitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder. 
SEC. 605. As of October 1,1974, all authorizations for military pub- auThoiz^a'^on'^' 
lie works, including family housing, to be accomplished by the Secre- ^"Repeau.°"'' 
tary of a military department in connection with the establishment or 
development of military installations and facilities, and all authori-
zations for appropriations therefor, that are contained in titles T, 
II, III, IV, and V of the Act of October 25,1972, Public Law 92-545 
(86 Stat. 1135), and such authorizations contained in Acts approved 
before October 26, 1972, and not superseded or otherwise modified by 
a later authorization are repealed except— 
Exceptions. 
(1) authorizations for public works and for appi'opriations 
therefor that are set forth in those Acts in the titles that contain 
the general provisions; 
(2) authorizations for public works projects as to which appro-
priated funds have been obligated "for construction contracts, land 
acquisition, or payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation, in whole or in part, before October 1,1974, and authoriza-
tions for appropriations therefor; 
(3) notwithstanding the repeal provisions of section 705(b) 
of the Act of October 25, 1972, Public Law 92-545 (86 Stat. 
1135, 1153), all authorizations for construction of family housing, 
including mobile home facilities, all authorizations to accom-
plish alterations, additions, expansion, or extensions to existing 
family housing, and all authorizations for related facilities proj-
ects under said Act are hereby continued and shall remain in 
effect until October 1,1974; and 
(4) notwithstanding the repeal provisions of section 705(a) of 
the Act of October 25, 1972, Public Law 92-545 (86 Stat. 1135, 
1153), authorizations for the following items which shall remain 
in effect until October 1,1975: 
(A) Enlisted women's barracks construction in the amount 
of $437,000 for Fort Rucker, Alabama, that is contained in 
title I, section 101, under the heading "INSIDE THE UNITED 
STATES" of the Act of October 27, 1971 (85 Stat. 394, 395), 
as amended. 
(B) Airfield expansion in the amount of $882,000 for the 
United States Army Security Agency, that is contained in 
title I, section 101, under the heading "OUTSIDE THE UNITED 
STATES" of the Act of October 27, 1971 (85 Stat. 394, 395), 
as amended. 
(C) Environmental Health Effects Laboratory in the 
amount of $4,500,000 for the Naval Medical Research Insti-
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Unit cost limi-
tations. 
Retroactive 
provision. 
Camp Pendle-
ton, Calif., pro-
hibition. 
86 Stat. 1154. 
Infra. 
66 Stat. 95. 
72 Stat. 1459. 
10 u s e 2674. 
10 u s e 2676. 
63 Stat. 377. 
Safeguard site, 
Malmstrom AFB, 
unobligated 
funds, use. 
Boiling-Ana-
costia Complex, 
D.C., construc-
tion. 
tute, Bethesda, Maryland, that is contained in title II, section 
201, under the heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES" of the 
Act of October 27,1971 (85 Stat. 394,397). 
SEC. 606. None of the authority contained in titles I^ II, III, and IV 
of this Act shall be deemed to authorize any building construction 
projects inside the United States in excess of a unit cost to be deter-
mined in proportion to the appropriate area construction cost index, 
based on the following unit cost limitations where the area construc-
tion index 1.0: 
(1) $28.50 per square foot for permanent barracks; 
(2) $30.50 per square foot for bachelor officer quarters; 
unless the Secretary of Defense or his designee determines that because 
of special circumstances, application to such pro;ject of the limitations 
on unit costs contained in this section is impracticable. Notwithstand-
ing the limitations contained in prior military construction authoriza-
tion Acts on unit costs, the limitations on such costs contained in this 
section shall apply to all prior authorizations for such construction 
not heretofore repealed and for which construction contracts have not 
been awarded prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 607. Section 709 of Public Law 92-145 (85 Stat. 394, 414), as 
amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
lands constituting Camp Pendleton, California, may be sold, trans-
ferred, or otherwise disposed of by the Department of Defense unless 
hereafter authorized by law, but the Secretary of the Navy, or his 
designee, may, with respect to such lands, grant leases, licenses, or 
easements pursuant to chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, and 
section 961 of title 43, United States Code." 
SEC. 608. Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) Section 2674(f) is amended by striking out the phrase 
"every six months" in the second line and inserting "annually" 
in place thereof. 
(2) Section 2676 is amended by adding at the end thereof a 
new sentence as follows: "The foregoing limitation shall not 
apply to the acceptance by a military department of real property 
acquired under the authority of the Administrator of General 
Services to acquire property by the exchange of Government 
property pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.)." 
SEC. 609. The Secretary of Defense is authorized to use any unobli-
gated funds, not in excess of $1,500,000, heretofore appropriated 
to carry out the provisions of section 610 of the Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act, 1971 (84 Stat. 1224) for the purpose of 
assisting communities near Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, 
Montana, to pay their respective shares of the cost under any Federal 
program providing assistance for the adoption, to the needs and uses 
of such communities, of the water system, and appurtenances thereto, 
installed to support the Safeguard Antiballistic Missile site near such 
air force base. 
SEC. 610. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the National Capital Planning 
Commission and other interested agencies, but without being subject 
to the approval of such Commission or any other agency, is directed, 
within available authorizations and appropriations, to proceed Avith 
Country Club, 
Tex., land con-
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the further planning, development, and construction of the Bolling-
Anacostia Complex. The Secretary shall use as a guide to such further 
planning and development the Boiling-Anacostia Base Development 
Concept included with the final environmental impact statement filed 
with the Council on Environmental Quality on July 26, 1973, under 
the provisions of section 102(2) (C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969. 
83 stat. 852. 
(b) Section 607(b) of Public Law 89-188, as amended, is amended 
79 s^ta?. sis!" 
by deleting ''January 1, 1975" wherever it appears, and inserting in 
lieu thereof "January 1,1980". 
SEC. 611. (a) The Secretary of the Army, or his designee, is author- 
san Antonio 
ized to convey to the ban Antonio Country Club, subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary of the Army, or his designee, may deem veyance 
to be in the public interest, all rights, title, and interest of the United 
States, except as retained in this section, in and to certain two parcels 
of land containing, in the aggregate, 2.39 acres, more or less, situated 
in the county of Bexar, State of Texas, being part of the Fort Sam 
Houston Military Reservation, and more particularly described as 
follows: 
PARCEL NO. 
1 
From boundary marker numbered B-88 for Fort Sam Houston, said 
point being a northwest corner for Fort Sam Houston and a southeast 
corner for San Antonio Country Club property, along the common line 
between said San Antonio Country Club and United States of Amer-
ica properties, north 16 degrees 50 minutes east, 48.3 feet to boundary 
marker numbered B-87; 
Thence north 15 degrees 11 minutes east, 546.15 feet to a point in the 
common line between said San Antonio Country Club and United 
States of America properties, said point being located north 78 degrees 
10 minutes west, 298 feet from boundary marker numbered B-81; 
Thence north 04 degrees 36 minutes east, 623.49 feet to a point in the 
common line between said San Antonio Country Club properties for 
the point of beginning, said point of beginning being located north 68 
degrees 59 minutes west, 695 feet from boundary marker numbered 
B-79; 
Thence along the common line between said San Antonio Country 
Club and United States of America properties as follows: north 68 
degrees 59 minutes west, 300 feet to boundary marker numbered B-78; 
Thence north 00 degrees 32 minutes west, 1197.6 feet to boundary 
marker numbered B-77 for the corner common to said San Antonio 
Country Club and United States of America properties, situated in 
the south right-of-way line for Burr Road; 
Thence departing from said common line, along the south right-of-
way line for said Burr Road, north 89 degrees 58 minutes east, 50 feet 
to a point; 
Thence south 00 degrees 32 minutes east, 1028.08 feet to a point; 
Thence south 21 degrees 26 minutes east, 114.79 feet to a point; 
Thence south 48 degrees 05 minutes east, 254.90 feet to the point of 
beginning, containing 1.73 acres, more or less. 
PARCEL NO. 2 
From boundary marker numbered B-88 for Fort Sam Houston, said 
point being a northwest corner for Fort Sam Houston and a southeast 
corner for San Antonio Country Club property, along the common 
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line between said San Antonio Country Club and United States of 
America properties, north 16 degrees 50 minutes east, 48.3 feet to 
boundary marker B-87 for the pomt of beginning; 
Thence along the common line between said San Antonio Country 
Club and United States of America properties as follows: north, 102.2 
feet to boundary marker numbered B-86; 
Thence north 07 degrees 15 minutes east, 117.4 feet to boundary 
marker numbered B-85; 
Thence north 12 degrees 30 minutes east, 88.1 feet to boundary 
marker numbered B-84; 
Thence north 07 degrees 10 minutes west, 168.4 feet to boundary 
marker numbered B-83; 
Thence north 51 degrees 05 minutes east, 104.4 feet to boundary 
marker numbered B-82; 
Thence south 78 degrees 10 minutes east, 50 feet to a point; 
Thence departing from said common line, south 15 degrees 11 
minutes west, 546,15 feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.66 
acre, more or less. 
(b) In consideration for the conveyance by the United States of 
America of the property described in subsection (a), the San Antonio 
Country Club shall convey to the United States, for incorporation 
with the Fort Sam Houston Military Reservation, a parcel of land 
containing 6.47 acres, more or less, being described as follows: 
From boundary marker numbered B-88 for Fort Sam Houston, 
said point being a northw^est corner for Fort Sam Houston and a 
southeast corner for San Antonio Country Club property, along the 
common line between said San Antonio Country Club and United 
States of America properties, north 16 degrees 50 minutes east, 48.3 
feet to boundary marker numbered B-87; 
Thence north 15 degrees 11 minutes east, 546.15 feet to the point 
of beginning, situated in the common line between said San Antonio 
Country Club and United States of America properties, said point 
of beginning being located south 78 degrees 10 minutes east, 50 feet 
from boundary marker numbered B-82; 
Thence north 04 degrees 36 minutes east, 623.49 feet to a point in 
the common line between said San Antonio Country Club and United 
States of America properties, said point being located south 68 deo-rees 
59 minutes east, 300 feet from boundary marker numbered B-78; 
Thence along said common line as follows: south 68 degrees 59 
minutes east, 695 feet to boundary marker numbered B-79 for a 
re-entrant corner for said United States of America property and a 
northeast corner for said San Antonio Country Club property; 
Thence south 44 degrees 07 minutes west, 333.7 feet to boundary 
marker numbered B-80; 
Thence south 42 degrees 04 minutes west, 261 feet to boundary 
marker numbered B-81 for a re-entrant corner for said United States 
of America property and a southeast corner for said San Antonio 
Country Club property; 
Thence north 78 degrees 10 minutes west, 298 feet to the point of 
beginning containing 6.47 acres, more or less. 
(c) The legal descriptions in subsections (a) and (b) may be modi-
fied as agreed upon by the Secretary, or his designee, and the San 
Antonio Country Club, consistent with any necessary changes which 
may be disclosed as a result of accurate survey. 
(d) The conveyance of property authorized in subsection (a) of 
this section shall be subject to the following provisions, conditions, and 
Citation of 
titles. 
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reservations, which shall be incorporated in the deed of conveyance to 
be executed by the Secretary of the Army: 
(1) Reservation to the United States of rights-of-way for any exist-
ing utility lines or access roads. 
(2) Provision that the grantee, in accepting the deed, shall agree 
(A) to relocate fences between its property and the boundary lines of 
Fort Sam Houston, at no expense to the United States, and (B) to 
hold the United States harmless from any damage that may result 
from drainage from the property conveyed to the United States under 
subsection (b). 
(e) All expenses for surveys and the preparation and execution of 
legal documents necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions 
of this section shall be borne by the San Antonio Country Club. 
SEC. 612. Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of this Acf may be cited as 
the "Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974". 
TITLE VII 
RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
SEC. 701. Subject to chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, the 
JS'^us?223?' 
Secretary of Defense may establish or develop additional facilities for 
the Eeserve Forces, including the acquisition of land therefor, but the 
cost of such facilities shall not exceed— 
(1) For the Department of the Army: 
(a) 
Armv 
National 
Guard 
of 
the 
United 
States, 
$29,900,000. " 
(b) Army Reserve, $35,900,000. 
(2) For the Department of the Navy: Naval and Marine Corps 
Reserves, $21,458,000. 
(3) For the Department of the Air Force: 
(a) Air National Guard of the United States, $16,000,000. 
(b) Air Force Reserve, $9,000,000. 
SEC. 702. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop installa-
tions and facilities under this title without regard to section 3648 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529), and sections 4774 
and 9774 of title 10, United States Code. The authority to place per- 
70A stat. 269, 
manent or temporary improvements on lands includes authority for 
surveys, administration, overhead, planning, and supervision incident 
to construction. That authority may be exercised before title to the 
land is approved under section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended 
(40 U.S.C. 255), and even though the land is held temporarily. The 
authority to acquire real estate or land includes authority to make 
surveys and to acquire land, and interests in land (including tempo-
rary use), by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned land, or 
otherwise. 
SEC. 703. With respect to the preceding authorization contained in Ha^aLf re^'iacel 
section 701 for the Army Reserve, no portion of such authorization or ment facilities. 
any other prior Army Reserve authorization granted by the Congress 
may be utilized to construct replacement facilities for Army Reserve 
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Citation of 
title. 
units at Fort DeRussy, Hawaii, at any location other than Fort 
DeRussy. 
SEC. 704. This title may be cited as the "Reserve Forces Facilities 
Authorization Act, 1974".' 
Approved November 29, 1973. 
November 29, 1973 
[H. R. 5777] 
Public Law 93-167 
AN ACT 
To require that reproductions and imitations of coins and political items be 
marked as copies or with the date of manufacture. 
Hobby Protec-
tion Act. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Hobby Protection Act". 
38 Stat. 717. 
15 use 58. 
MARKING REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 2. (a) POLITICAL ITEMS.—The manufacture in the United States, 
or the importation into the United States, for introduction into or 
distribution in commerce of any imitation political item which is not 
plainly and permanently marked with the calendar year in which such 
item was manufactured, is unlawful and is an unfair or deceptive act 
or practice in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
(b) COINS AND OTHER NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—The manufacture in the 
United States, or the importation into the United States, for introduc-
tion into or distribution in commerce of any imitation numismatic item 
which is not plainly and permanently marked "copy", is unlawful and 
is an unfair or deceptive act or practice in commerce under the Federal 
Trade Commission Act. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Federal Trade Commission shall prescribe 
i-ules for determining the manner and form in which items described 
in subsection (a) or (b) shall be permanently marked. 
(d) EXEMPTION.—Subsections (a) and (b), and regulations under 
subsection (c), shall not apply to any common carrier or contract 
carrier or freight forwarder with respect to an imitation political item 
or imitation numismatic item received, shipped, delivered, or handled 
by it for shipment in the ordinary course of its business. 
PRIVATE E N F O R C E M E N T 
SEC. 3. If any person violates section 2 (a) or (b) or a rule under 
section 2(c), any interested person may commence a civil action for 
injunctive relief restraining such violation, and for damages, in any 
United States District Court for a district in which the defendant 
lesides or has an agent. In any such action, the court may award the 
costs of the suit, including reasonable attorneys" fees. 
E N F O R C E M E N T B Y FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SEC. 4. (a) Except as provided in section 3, this Act shall be enforced 
by the Federal Trade Commission under the Federal Trade Commis-
sion Act.