Military Construction Authorization Act
PL 95-82 (S.1474), enacted 08/01/1977

91 STAT. 358 
PUBLIC LAW 95-82—AUG. 1, 1977 
Public Law 95-82 
95th Congress 
Aug. 1, 1977 
[S. 1474] 
Military 
Construction 
Authorization 
Act, 1978. 
An Act 
To iiiithorize certain construction at military installations, and for other 
purposes. 
Ba it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That this Act may 
ho, cifed as the "Military Construction Authorization Act, 1978". 
TITLE I—ARMY 
SJOO, 101. The Secretary of the Army may establish or develop 
military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, con-
vei'ting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public 
works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, 
utilities, and equipment, for the following acquisition and construc-
tion : 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
UNITED S T A T E S ARMY FORCES COMMAND 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, $15,976,000. 
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, $553,000. 
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Fort Carson, Colorado, $1,924,000. 
Fort Hood, Texas, $13,142,000. 
Fort Lewis, Washington, $985,000. 
Fort Meade, Maryland, $3,168,000. 
Fort Ord, California, $4,149,000. 
Presidio of San Francisco, California, $500,000. 
Fort Polk, Louisiana, $48,720,000. 
Fort Richardson, Alaska, $1,990,000. 
Fort Riley, Kansas, $531,000. 
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, $10,000,000. 
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, $10,189,000. 
Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Air Field, Georgia, $10,991,000. 
Fort Wainwright, Alaska, $6,985,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND 
Fort Belvoir, Virginia, $5,503,000. 
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, $1,796,000. 
Fort Benning, Georgia, $24,132,000. 
Fort Bliss, Texas, $1,881,000. 
Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia, $423,000. 
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, $366,000. 
Fort Knox, Kentucky, $15,541,000. 
Fort Lee, Virginia, $313,000. 
Fort McClellan, Alabama. $1,805,000. 
Fort Rucker, Alabama, $1,250,000. 
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, $1,100,000. 
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UNITED STATES ARMY MATERIEL DEVELOPMENT AND READINESS COMMAND 
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, $8,458,000. 
Anniston Army Depot, Alabama, $6,484,000. 
Badger Army Ammunition Plant, Wisconsin, $688,000. 
Corpus Christi Army Depot, Texas, $7,583,000. 
Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, $228,000. 
Harry Diamond Laboratory, Maryland, $1,305,000. 
Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, Indiana, $1,004,000. 
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, Iowa, $708,000. 
Letterkenny Army Depot, Pennsylvania, $310,000. 
Lexington Blue-Grass Arrtiy Depot, Kentucky, $1,827,000. 
Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Texas, $816,000. 
Pioatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, $9,593,000. 
Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas, $4,439,000. 
Pueblo Army Depot, Colorado, $3,011,000. 
Red River Army Depot, Texas, $1,193,000. 
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, $962,000. 
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, $6,384,000. 
Tooele Army Depot, Utah, $17,415,000. 
Umatilla Army Depot, Oregon, $2,921,000. 
White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, $866,000. 
AMMUNITION FACILITIES 
Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Tennessee, $4,616,000. 
Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, Indiana, $1,009,000. 
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, Iowa, $11,192,000. 
Longhom Army Ammunition Plant, Texas, $555,000. 
Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, Louisiana, $4,345,000. 
Milan Array Ammunition Plant, Tennessee, $10,467,000. 
Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant, Mississippi, $136,000,000. 
Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Virginia, $203,000. 
Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant. California, $584,000. 
Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant, Tennessee, $597,000. 
Unspecified location, $334,710,000. 
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UNITED STATES ARMY COMMUNICATIONS COMMAND 
Fort Huachuca, Arizona, $1,279,000. 
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY 
United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, $3,047,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY HEALTH SERVICES COMMAND 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, District of Columbia, $2,089,000. 
MILITARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT COMMAND 
Bayonne Military Ocean Terminal, New Jersey, $442,000. 
Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal, North Carolina, $631,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND 
Vint Hill Farms, Virginia, $960,000. 
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Obligations, 
description 
furnished to 
congressional 
committees. 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS 8ECUKITT 
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Various locations, $7,764,000. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES COMMAND 
Panama Area, Canal Zone, $2,384,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY, JAPAN 
Various locations, $3,698,000. 
KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE 
National Missile Range, $2,603,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND 
Various locations, $1,331,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY, EUROPE 
Germany, Various locations, $175,115,000, including funds for the 
completion of the medical/dental clinic. Building 504, Pendleton Bar-
racks, Giessen. 
Italy, Various locations, $3,770,000. 
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, 
$85,000,000. 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 Repre-
sentatives a description of obligations incurred as the United States 
share of such multilateral programs. 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS SECURITY 
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Various locations, $6,800,000. 
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Congressional 
committees, 
notification. 
EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 102. 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 construction 
for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act 
would be inconsistent with interests of national security and, in connec-
tion therewith, may acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install 
permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site 
preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, in the total 
amount of $20,000,000. The Secretary of the Army, or his designee, 
shall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
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House of Representatives, immediately upon reaching a final deci-
sion to implement, of the cost of construction of any public work 
undertaken under this section, including those real estate actions per-
taining thereto. This authorization will expire upon the date of Authorization 
enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal expiration, 
year 1979 except for those public works projects concerning which 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives have been notified pursuant to this section prior to such date. 
TITLE II—NAVY 
SEC. 201. The Secretary of the Navy may establish or develop 
military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, con-
verting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public 
works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, 
utilities, and equipment, for the following acquisition and construc-
tion: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
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TRIDENT FACILITIES 
Various locations, $106,910,000. 
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MARINE CORPS 
Marine Corps Supply Center, Albany, Georgia, $650,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina, $1,100,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Ijejeune, North Carolina, $13,400,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, $6,530,000. 
Marine Corps xAir Station. Cherry Point, North Carolina, $4,500,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station. El Toro, California, $600,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, $160,000. 
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, 
$4,250,000. 
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, $1,200,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California, $11,965,000. 
CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS 
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, $365,000. 
Naval Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, $80,000. 
Commander in Chief, Pacific, Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 
$4,200,000. 
Naval 
Support 
Activity, Mare Island, Vallejo, 
California, 
$2,900,000. 
Naval District Headquarters, Washington, District of Columbia, 
$850,000. 
COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ATLANTIC FLEET 
Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine, $1,400,000. 
' Naval Air Station, Cecil Field, Florida, $90,000. 
Naval Station, Charleston, South Carolina, $180,000. 
Fleet Combat Direction Systems Training Center, Dam Neck, Vir-
ginia, $400,000. 
Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia, $1,850,000. 
Naval Station, Mayport, Florida, $90,000. 
Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, $3,570,000. 
Flag Administrative Unit Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, $90,000. 
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Fleet Intelligence Center Europe and Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, 
$1,137,000. 
Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, $14,350,000. 
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Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia, $4,340,000. 
Naval Air Station, Oceana, Virginia, $640,000. 
COMMANDER IN CHIEF, PACIFIC FLEET 
Naval Station, Adak, Alaska, $11,000,000. 
Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii, $7,197,000. 
Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, California, $130,000. 
Naval Air Station, Miramar, California, $1,330,000. 
Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California, $810,000. 
Naval Air Station, North Island, California, $6,000,000. 
Commander Oceanographic System, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 
$7,400,000. 
Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $4,050,000. 
Naval Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $2,090,000. 
Naval Station, San Diego, California, $8,566,000. 
Naval 
Submarine 
Support Facility, San Diego, 
California, 
$1,670,000. 
Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Washington, $900,000. 
CHIEF o r NAVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
Naval Air Station, Kingsville, Texas, $550,000. 
Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, Rhode Island, 
$270,000. 
Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia, $160,000. 
Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida, $200,000. 
Naval Amphibious School, Coronado, San Diego, California, 
$3,450,000. 
Naval Submarine Training Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $410,000. 
Naval Technical Training Center, Pensacola, Florida, $2,400,000. 
BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY 
Naval Regional Medical Center, Bremerton, Washington, $1,450,000. 
Naval Regional Medical Center, Norfolk, Virginia. $600,000. 
CHIEF OF NAVAL MATERIAL 
Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Annapolis, Mary-
land, $280,000. 
Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Bethesda, Maryland, 
$200,000. 
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, $11,600,000. 
Polaris Missile Facility Atlantic, Charleston, South Carolina, 
$18,150,000. 
Charleston 
Naval 
Shipyard, 
Charleston, 
South 
Carolina, 
$14,376,000. 
Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, South Carolina, $850,000. 
Naval Air Rework Facility, Cherry Point, North Carolina, $360,000. 
Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, $900,000. 
Naval Weapons Station, Concord, California, $1,350,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, $850,000. 
Naval Avionics Facility, Indianapolis, Indiana, $90,000. 
Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Maryland, $180,000. 
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Naval Air Eework Facility, Jacksonville, Florida, $1,200,000. 
Naval Torpedo Station, Keyport, Washington, $3,540,000. 
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, $10,030,000. 
Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, $160,000. 
Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, California, $9,020,000. 
Naval Underwater Systems Center, New London, Connecticut, 
$950,000. 
Naval Air Eework Facility, Norfolk, Virginia, $390,000. 
Naval Supply Center, Norfolk, Virginia, $1,200,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Norfolk, Virginia, $4,150,000. 
Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, $5,289,000. 
Naval Supply Center, Pearl, Harbor. Hawaii", $13,400,000. 
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $1,080,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $3,000,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Pensacola, Florida, $1,250,000. 
Philadelphia 
Naval 
Shipvard, 
Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, 
$17,500,000. 
Pacific Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, California, $80,000. 
Naval Construction Battalion Center. Port Hueneme, California, 
$2,510,000. 
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, $100,000. 
Naval Undersea Center, San Diego, California, $250,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, San Francisco, California, $480,000. 
Naval Air Propulsion Test Center, Trentort. New Jersev, $240,000. 
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, $24,100,000. 
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, District of Columbia, 
$330,000. 
Naval Surface Weapons Center, White Oak, Maryland, $280,000. 
Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia, $5,800,000. 
NAVAL SECURITY GROUP COMMAND 
Naval Security Group Department. Adak, Alaska, $2,350,000. 
Naval Security Group Detachment, Sugar Grove, West Virginia, 
$900,000. 
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NUCLEAR WEAPONS SECURITY 
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Various locations, $20,658,000. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS 
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Naval Support Facility, Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean, $7,300,000. 
COMMANDER I N CHIEF, ATLANTIC FLEET 
Naval Facility, Antigua, British West Indies, $180,000. 
Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland, $161,000. 
Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, $320,000. 
COMMANDER IN CHIEF, PACIFIC FLEET 
Navy Public Works Center, Guam, $2,800,000. 
Navy Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, Japan, $1,850,000. 
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Naval Air Facility, Sigonella, Italy, $4,300,000. 
BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY 
Naval Regional Medical Clinic, Pearl Harbor, Midway Island 
Detachment, $4,350,000. 
NAVAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMAND 
Naval Communication Area Master Station, Naples, Italy, 
$1,700,000. 
Naval Communications Unit, Thurso, Scotland, $350,000. 
NAVAL SECURITY GROUP COMMAND 
Naval Security Group Department, Rota, Spain, $2,400,000. 
Congressional 
committees, 
notification. 
Authorization 
expiration. 
Submarine 
squadron, 
accommodation. 
Study and public 
notice. 
Agreement. 
EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 202. (a) The Secretary of the Navy may establish or develop 
Navy installations and facilities by proceeding with construction made 
necessary 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 devel-
opment 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, may acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install 
permanent or temporary public works including land acquisition, site 
preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, in the total 
amount of $20,000,000. 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 final decision 
to implement, of the cost of construction of any public work under-
taken under this section, including those real estate actions pertaining 
thereto. This authorization will expire upon the date of enactment of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1979 
except for those public works projects concerning which the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives have been notified pursuant to this section prior to such date. 
(b) The Secretary of the Navy may use the authority contained in 
subsection (a) to provide the necessary facilities at King's Bay, 
Georgia, or at such other site as he may determine, to accommodate 
the submarine squadron currently stationed in Rota, Spain, Funds 
may not be expended for such purpose until the Secretary of the Navy 
has completed a site selection study and has publicly announced his 
final site decision. 
(c) The third sentence of section 202 of the Militarv Construction 
Authorization Act, 1977 (Public Law 94-431; 90 Stat. 1355), is 
amended by striking out "fiscal year 1978" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"fiscal year 1979". 
REPLACEMENT O F LEASED FACILITIES, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 
SEC. 203. (a) The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to construct 
recreational facilities at the Naval Station, San Diego, California, to 
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replace existing recreational facilities at the present Navy Athletic 
Field at such naval station, but such construction may not be carried 
out until the Secretary enters into an agreement with the San Diego 
Unified Port District, the current holder of the lessor interest of the 
City of San Diego in such Navy Athletic Field (held by the Secretary 
of the Navy under a lease from the City of San Diego dated August 9, 
1949), which provides (1) that the San Diego Unified Port District 
shall pay, at such time or times and in such manner as may be pre-
scribed in such agreement, the total cost of such construction, and (2) 
that the Secretary of the Navy agrees to termination of the interest of 
the United States in the lease and abandonment of the existing facili-
ties of the United States on the leasehold. 
(b) Any agreement under subsection (a) shall specify that such lease 
shall not be terminated, and the Secretary of the Navy shall not be 
required to relinquish use of any part of the leasehold, until— 
(1) the Secretary determines that the recreational facilities 
constructed under such subsection are satisfactory replacements 
for the facilities on the existing Navy Athletic Field and that such 
facilities are available for use; and 
(2) the amount required under such agreement to be paid by 
the San Diego Unified Port District has been paid in full. 
TRANSFER OF AUTHORIZATION—JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 
SEC. 204. The Secretary of the Navy may utilize $2,950,000 of the 
authorization for the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, in sec-
tion 201 of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1977 (Public 
Law 94-431; 90 Stat. 1352), for construction of steam and condensate 
systems at such naval air station. 
TRANSFER OF AUTHORIZATION—BETHESDA, MARYLAND 
SEC. 205. The Secretary of the Navy may utilize $8,000,000 of the 
authorization for the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Mary-
land, in section 201 of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 
1976 (Public Law 94-107; 89 Stat. 550), for construction of a south 
parking structure for the 500-bed replacement hospital at such medical 
center. 
TITLE III—AIR FORCE 
SEC. 301. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop 
military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, con-
verting, 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 
AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND 
Kingsley Field, Oregon, $115,000. 
Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, $773,000. 
Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, $4,550,000. 
AIR FORCE LOGISTICS COMMAND 
Hill Air Force Base, Utah, $23,020,000. 
Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, $9,878,000. 
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McClellan Air Force Base, California, $4,086,000. 
Newark Air Force Station, Ohio, $2,080,000. 
Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, $11,884,000. 
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, $12,894,000. 
Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, $7,274,000. 
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND 
Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tennessee, $1,280,000. 
Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, $550,000. 
Buckley Air National Guard Base, Colorado, $1,100,000. 
Edwards Air Force Base, California, $13,532,000. 
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, $16,485,000. 
Los Angeles Air Force Station, California. $500,000. 
Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, $300,000. 
Various locations, $2,826,000. 
AIR TRAINING COMMAND 
Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, $8,026,000. 
Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, $1,183,000. 
Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, $850,000. 
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, $4,700,000. 
Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado, $5,188,000. 
Mather Air Force Base, California, $115,000. 
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, $425,000. 
Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, $980,000. 
Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, $679,000. 
AIR UNIVERSITY 
Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, $248,000. 
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Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, $297,000. 
Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, $5,042,000. 
King Salmon Airport, Alaska, $631,000. 
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Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska, $3,947,000. 
MILITARY AIRLIFT COMMAND 
Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, $805,000. 
Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, $3,626,000. 
Boiling Air Force Base, District of Columbia, $133,000. 
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, $165,000. 
Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, $573,000. 
McChord Air Force Base, Washington, $1,141,000. 
McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, $640,000. 
Norton Air Force Base, California, $874,000. 
Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, $1,669,000. 
Travis Air Force Base, Calif ornia, $9,980,000. 
PACIFIC AIR FORCES 
Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, $2,140,000. 
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STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, $2,253,000. 
Beale Air Force Base, California, $409,000. 
Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, $400,000. 
Castle Air Force Base, Calif 
ornia, $884,000. 
Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, $672,000. 
Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, $376,000. 
Griffiss Air Force Base, New York, $645,000. 
Grissom Air Force Base, Indiana, $6,300,000. 
March Air Force Base, California, $1,387,000. 
MoConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, $216,000. 
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utt Air Force Base, Nebraska, $1,364,000. 
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Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire, $910,000. 
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, $518,000. 
Rickenbacker Air Force Base, Ohio, $137,000. 
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Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, $2,193,000. 
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Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, $874,000. 
Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, $937,000. 
Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, $262,000. 
England Air Force Base, Louisiana, $585,000. 
George Air Force Base, California, $3,073,000. 
Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, $2,377,000. 
Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, $90,000. 
Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, $5,202,000. 
Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, $9,242,000. 
MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, $2,420,000. 
Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, $5,555,000. 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, $195,000. 
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina, $718,000. 
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, $5,180,000. 
Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, $3,816,000. 
Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, $763,000. 
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY 
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, $1,872,000. 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS SECURITY 
Various locations, $44,298,000. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
AEROSPACE D E F E N S E COMMAND 
Sondrestrom Air Base, Greenland, $310,000. 
Thule Air Base, Greenland, $350,000. 
PACIFIC AIR FORCES 
Kadena Air Base, Japan, $2,372,000. 
Osan Air Base, Korea, $1,255,000. 
Yokota Air Base, Japan, $2,448,000. 
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Congressional 
committees, 
notification. 
Authorization 
expiration. 
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, $1,905,000. 
UNITED STATES AIR FORCES I N EUROPE 
Germany, $16,417,000. 
United Kingdom, $11,730,000. 
Various locations, $97,905,000. 
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SECURITY SERVICE 
Misawa Air Base, Japan, $732,000. 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS SECURITT 
Various locations, $10,162,000. 
SPECIAL FACILITIES 
Various locations, $2,356,000. 
EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 302. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop 
Air Force installations and facilities by proceeding with construction 
made necessary by changes in Air Force missions and responsibilities 
which have been occasioned by (1) unforeseen security considerations, 
(2) new weapons developments, (3) new 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 con-
nection therewith, may 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 $20,000,000. The Secretary of the Air Force, or his 
designee, shall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Eepresentatives, immediately upon reaching a final deci-
sion to implement, of the cost of construction of any public work 
undertaken under this section, including those real.estate actions per-
taining thereto. This authorization will expire upon the date of enact-
ment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 
1979 except for those public works projects concerning which the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives have been notified pursuant to this section prior to such date. 
TITLE IV—DEFENSE AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop military 
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 defense agencies for the following acquisition or 
construction: 
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91 STAT. 369 
I N S I D E THE U N I T E D STATES 
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, $650,000. 
DEFENSE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT COLLEGE 
Fort Belvoir, Virginia, $1,810,000. 
HIGH ENERGY LASER FACILITY 
White Sands, New Mexico, $33,449,000. 
EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC 402. (a) The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop 
installations and facilities which he determines to be vital to the secu-
rity of the United States and, in connection therewith, may acquire, 
construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or temporary 
public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appur-
tenances, utilities, and equipment, in the total amount of $20,000,000. 
The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, shall notify the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, imme-
diately upon reaching a final decision to implement, of the cost of 
construction of any public works undertaken under this section, includ-
ing real estate actions pertaining thereto. 
(b) Any authorization, or any part of any authorization, for emer-
gency construction in any prior Military Construction Authorization 
Act which permits the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop 
military installations and facilities which he determines to be vital to 
the security of the United States for which funds have not been appro-
priated before the date of enactment of this Act is repealed. 
TITLE V—MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING AND HOME-
OWNERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
Congressional 
committees, 
notification. 
AUTHORIZATION TO CONSTRUCT OR ACQUIRE HOUSING 
SEC 501. (a) The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized 
to construct or acquire sole interest in existing familv housing units 
in the numbers and at the locations hereinafter named, but no family 
housing construction shall be commenced at any such location in the 
United States until the Secretary shall have consulted with the Secre-
tary of Housing and Urban Development as to the availability of 
suitable private housing at such location. If agreement cannot be 
reached with respect to the availability of suitable private housing at 
any location, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Kepresentatives, 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. 
(b) With respect to the family housing units authorized to be con-
structed by this section, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to 
acquire sole interest in privately owned or Department of Housing 
and Urban Development held iamily housing units in lieu of con-
structing all or a portion of the family housing authorized by this 
Secretary of 
HUD, 
consultation. 
Congressional 
committees, 
notification. 
Cost limitations. 
91 STAT. 370 
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section, if he, or his designee, determines such action to be in the best 
interests of the United States, but any family housing units acquired 
under authority of this subsection shall not exceed the cost limitations 
specified in this section for the project nor the limitations on size 
specified in section 2684 of title 10, United States Code. In no case 
may family housing units be acquired under this subsection through 
the exercise of eminent domain authority, and in no case may family 
housing units other than those authorized by this section be acquired 
in lieu of construction unless the acquisition of such units is hereaft«^r 
specifically authorized by law. 
(c) Family housing units: 
Fort Polk, Louisiana, one hundred units, $3,545,000. 
Naval Complex, Adak, Alaska, one hundred units, $8,500,000. 
Portsmouth Naval Complex, Kittcry, Maine, two hundred 
units, $8,086,000. 
Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, thirty-
two units, $1,450,000. 
Naval Complex, Bremerton, Washington, five hundred twenty 
units, $24,602,000. 
Defense Attache Office, Quito, Ecuador, two units, $105,000. 
Defense Attache Office, Wellington, New Zealand, two units, 
$88,000. 
(d) Any of the amounts specified in this section may, at the dis-
cretion of the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, be increased by 
10 per centum, 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 submitted to the Congress. The amounts authorized include the 
costs of shades, screens, ranges, refrigerators, and all other installed 
equipment and fixtures, the cost of the family housing unit, design, 
supervision, inspection, overhead, land acquisition, site preparation, 
and installation of utilities. 
IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING QUARTERS 
SEC. 502. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized 
to accomplish alterations, additions, expansions, or extensions, not 
otherwise authorized by law, to existing public quarters at a cost not 
to exceed 
(1) for the Department of the Army, $20,891,000, of which 
$223,000 shall be available only for energy conservation projects; 
(2) for the Department of the Navy, $10,353,000, of which 
$3,500,000 shall be available only for energy conservation 
projects; and 
(3) for the Department of the Air Force, $15,022,000, of which 
$485,000 shall be available only for energy conservation projects. 
EXCEPTIONS TO IMPROVEMENT 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 503. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, within the 
amounts specified in section 502, is authorized to accomplish repairs 
and improvements to existing public quarters in amounts in excess of 
the $15,000 limitation prescribed in section 610(a) of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act, 1968 (Public Law 90-110; 81 Stat. 
305), as follows: 
Fort Bliss, Texas, one unit, $50,000. 
Marine Corps Development and Education Command, Quan-
tico, Virginia, thirty-three units, $739,880. 
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91 STAT. 371 
LiEASED QUARTERS 
SEC. 504. (a) (1) Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, relat-
ing to real property, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new section: 
*'§2686. Leases: military family housing 
"(a) The Secretaries of the military departments are authorized to 
lease housing 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 
Secretary 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, 
"(2) the permanent military strength is to be substantially 
reduced in the near future, 
"(3) the number of military personnel assigned is so small as 
' 
to make the construction of family housing uneconomical, 
"(4) family housing is required for personnel attending serv-
ice school academic courses on permanent change of station 
orders, or 
"(5) family housing has been authorized but is not yet com-
pleted or a family housing authorization request is in a pending 
military construction authorization bill. 
"(b) Housing facilities may be leased under subsection (a) on an 
individual unit basis, and not more than ten thousand such units may 
he so leased at any one time. 
"(c) Expenditures for the rental of such housing facilities, includ-
ing the cost of utilities and maintenance and operation of such 
facilities, may not exceed— 
"(1) for housing facilities in the United States (other than 
Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam) and Puerto Rico, (A) an average 
of $280 per month for each military department, or (B) $450 
per month for any one unit; and 
"(2) for housing facilities in Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam, (A) 
an average of $350 per month for each military department, or 
(B) $450 per month for any one unit.". 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 159 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new item: 
"2686. Leases: military family housing.". 
(b) Section 515 of Public Law 84^161, approved July 15, 1955 
(10 U.S.C. 2674 note), is repealed. 
(c) The amendments made by subsection (a) and the repeal made 
by subsection (b) shall take effect October 1, 1977. 
LEASES FOR FAMILY HOUSING FACILITIES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
SEC. 505. (a) Section 2675 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out the period at the end of subsection (a) 
and inserting: in lieu thereof ", except that a lease under this sec-
' 
tion for military family housing facilities and real property 
relating thereto may be for a period of more than five years but 
may not be for a period of more than ten years."; 
(2) by inserting after "under this section" in subsection (b) 
the following: "or any other provision of law for structures, 
10 use 2686. 
Cost limitations. 
Repeal. 
10 use 2674 
note. 
Effective date. 
10 use 2686 
note. 
91 STAT. 372 
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family housing facilities, or related real property in any foreign 
country"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
Cost limitations. 
"(d) (1) The average unit rental for Department of Defense family 
housing acquired by lease in foreign countries may not exceed $435 
per month for the Department, and in no event shall the rental for any 
one unit exceed $760 per month, including the costs of operation, 
Waiver. 
maintenance, and utilities. The Secretary of Defense may waive the 
cost limitations specified in the first sentence of this paragraph with 
respect to not more than 150 such units if such units are leased for 
incumbents of special positions or for personnel assigned to Defense 
' 
Attache Offices or are leased in countries where excessive costs of hous-
ing Avould cause undue hardship on Department of Defense personnel. 
"(2) Not more than 15,000 family housing units may be leased in 
foreign countries at any one time.". 
(b) Section 507 (b) of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 
1974 (87 Stat. 676), is repealed. 
(c) The amendments made by subsection (a) and the repeal made 
by subsection (b) shall take effect October 1,1977. 
ENERGY CONSUMFnON METERING DEVICES 
( 
SEC. 506. (a) The Secretary of Defense is authorized to accomplish 
the installation of energy consumption metering devices on military 
family housing facilities in existence or authorized before the date of 
enactment of this Act at a cost not to exceed— 
(1) for the Department of the Army, $16,000,000; 
(2) for the Department of the Navy, $24,000,000; and 
(3) for the Department of the Air Force, $30,000,000. 
(b) In addition to all other authorized variations of cost limita-
tions contained in this Act and prior Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, the Secretary of Defense may permit increases in such cost 
limitations by such amounts as may be necessary to install energy 
consumption metering devices on military family housing facilities as 
authorized by subsection (a). 
Applicability. 
(c) This section shall apply with respect to any military family 
housing facility in any State, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, or Guam. 
Repeal. 
Effective date. 
10 use 2675 
note. 
Regulations. 
10 use 4593 
note. 
Proceeds, deposit 
in account. 
EXCESS ENERGY CONSUMPTIGN CHARGES 
SEC. 507. (a) In order to accomplish energy conservation, the Secre-
tary of Defense shall, under such regulations as he may prescribe—• 
(1) establish a reasonable ceiling for the consumption of energy 
in any military family housing facility equipped with an appro-
priate energy consumption metering device; and 
(2) assess the member of the Armed Forces who is the occupant 
of such facility a charge, at rates to be determined by the Secre-
tary of Defense, for any energy consumption metered at such 
facility in excess of the ceiling established for such facility pur-
suant to paragraph (1). 
(b) Any proceeds from excess consumption charges under subsec-
tion (a) shall be deposited in the Department of Defense family hous-
ing management account established by section 501(a) of the Act 
entitled "An Act to authorize certain construction at military installa-
tions, and for other purposes", approved July 27, 1962 (42 U.S.C. 
1594a-l(a)). 
PUBLIC LAW 95-82—AUG. 1, 1977 
91 STAT. 373 
Results and 
regulations, 
submittal to 
cong 
committees. 
(c) This section shall apply with respect to any military family Applicability, 
housing facility in any State, the District of Columbia, the Conmion-
wealth of Puerto Rico, or Guam. 
(d) The provisions of subsection (a) (2) shall not be implemented 
until— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense conducts a test program to deter- Test program, 
mine the feasibility of assessing occupants of military family 
i 
housing charges for excess energy consumption; 
(2) the Secretary of Defense provides the written results of 
,i 
such test program, together with proposed regulations implement-
ing this section, to the Committees on Armed Services and Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives; and 
(3) a period of 90 days expires following the date on which 
the results referred to in clause (2) have been submitted to such 
committees. 
APPROPRIATIONS LIMITATIONS 
SEC. 508. There is authorized to be appropriated for use by the 
Secretary of Defense, or his designee, for military family housing 
and homeowners assistance as authorized by law for the following 
purposes: 
(1) For construction of, or acquisition of sole interest in, family 
housing, including demolition, authorized improvements to public 
quarters, minor construction, relocation of family housing, rental 
guarantee payments, and planning, an amount not to exceed 
$65,200,000. 
(2) For support of military family housing, including operat-
ing expenses, leasing, maintenance of real property, payments of 
principal and interest on mortgage debts incurred, payment to 
the Commodity Credit Corporation, and mortgage insurance 
premiums authorized under section 222 of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1715m), an amount not to exceed $1,441,440,000. 
(3) For homeowners assistance under section 1013 of the Dem-
onstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 3374), including acquisition of properties, an amount not 
to exceed $3,000,000. 
(4) For procurement and installation of energy consumption 
measuring devices, an amount not to exceed $70,000,000. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
WAIVER o r 
RESTRICTIONS 
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, plan-
ning, 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 temporary use), by gift, purchase, 
exchange of Government-owned land, or otherwise. 
91 STAT. 374 
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¥-tr*ff|»i-
•rf.* 
APPROPRIATIONS LIMITATIONS 
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 
CXCCCQ.' 
(1) for title I: inside the United States, $780,598,000; outside 
the United States, $280,701,000; or a total of $1,061,299,000; 
(2) for title II: inside the United States, $427,943,000; outside 
the United States $25,711,000; or a total of $453,654,000; 
(3) for title III: inside the United States, $273,307,000; outside 
the United States, $147,942,000; or a total of $421,249,000; 
(4) for title IV: a total of $55,909,000; and 
(5) for title V: military family housing, a total of $1,579,640,000. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Applicability. 
G>st limitation. 
COST VARIATIONS 
SEC. 603. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), any of 
the amounts specified in titles I, II, III, and IV of this Act may, at the 
discretion of the Secretary of the military department or Director of 
the defense agency 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 reason-
ably anticipated at the time such estimate was submitted to the 
Congress. 
(b) When the amount authorized for any construction or a€quisi-
tion in title I, II, III, or IV of this Act involves only one project at 
any military installation and the Secretary of the military department 
or Director of the defense agency concerned determines that such 
amount must be increased by more than the applicable percentage 
prescribed in subsection (a), he may proceed with such construction 
or acquisition if the amount of the increase does not exceed by more 
than 25 per centum the amount authorized for such project. 
(c) WTien the Secretary of Defense determines that any amount 
authorized in title I, II, III, or IV of this Act nmst be exceeded by 
more than the percentages permitted in subsections (a) and (b) to 
accomplish authorized construction or acquisition, the Secretary of 
the military department or Director of the defense agency concerned 
may proceed with such construction or acquisition after a written 
report of the facts relating to the increase of such amount, including 
a statement of the reasons for such increase, has been submitted to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, and either (1) thirty days have elapsed from date of 
submission of such report, or (2) both committees have indicated 
approval of such construction or acquisition. Notwithstanding the 
provisions in prior Military Construction Authorization Acts, the 
provisions of this subsection shall apply to such prior Acts. 
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the 
total cost of all constniction and acquisition in each such title may 
not exceed the total amount authorized to be appropriated in that title. 
(e) No individual project authorized under title I, II, III, or IV 
of this Act for any specifically listed military installation for which 
the current working estimate is $400,000 or more may be placed under 
contract if— 
PUBLIC LAW 95-82—AUG. 1, 1977 
91 STAT. 375 
(1) the approved scope of the project is reduced in excess of 
25 per centum; or 
(2) the current working estimate, based upon bids received, 
for the construction of such project exceeds by more than 25 per 
centum the amount authorized for such project by the Congress, 
until a written report of the facts relating to the reduced scope or 
increased cost of such project, including a statement of the reasons 
for such reduction in scope or increase in cost, has been submitted to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, and either thirty days have elapsed from date of sub-
mission of such report or both committees have indicated approval 
of such reduction in scope or increase in cost, as the case may be. 
(f) 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 respect 
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 by more than 25 
per centum 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. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Annual report to 
Congress. 
CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION 
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, the Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command, Department of the Navy, or such other depart-
ment or Government agency as the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments 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 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives a breakdown of the dollar 
value of construction contracts completed by each of the several con-
struction agencies selected together with the design, construction super-
vision, and overhead fees charged by each of the several agents in the 
execution of the assigned construction. Further, such contracts (except 
architect and engineering contracts which, unless specifically author-
ized 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 the 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-
ally to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives with respect to all contracts awarded on other than 
a competitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder. Such reports shall 
also show, in the case of the ten architect-engineering firms which, in 
terms of total dollars, were awarded the most business, the names of 
such firms, the total number of separate contracts awarded each such 
Contracts. 
Annual report to 
Congress. 
10 u s e 2301 et 
seq. 
Annual report to 
Congress. 
91 STAT. 376 
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firm, and the total amount paid or to be paid in the case of each such 
action under all such contracts awarded such firm. 
' 
REPEAL OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS; EXCEPTIONS 
Effective da^e. 
SEC. 605. (a) Eflfective October 1, 1978, all authorizations for mili-
tary public works, including family housing, to be accomplished by 
the Secretary of a military department in connection with the estab-
lishment or development of installations and facilities, and all 
authorizations for appropriations therefor, that are contained in titles 
I, II, III, IV, and V of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 
1977 (Public Law 94-431; 90 Stat. 1349), and all such authorizations 
>t),., 
contained in Acts approved before September 30,1976, and not super-
seded or otherwise modified by later authorizing legislation are 
Exceptions. 
repealed except— 
(1) authorizations for public works and for appropriations 
therefor that are set forth in those Acts in the titles that contain 
the general provisions; and 
(2) authorizations for public works projects as to which appro-
priated funds have been obligated for construction cwitracts, land 
acquisition, or payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion, in whole or in part, before October 1, 1978, and authoriza-
tions for appropriations therefor. 
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this sec-
tion and section 605(a) of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act, 1977 (Public Law 94-431; 90 Stat. 1363), authorizations for the 
following items shall remain in effect until January 1, 1980: 
(1) Aeromedical 
research 
building 
construction 
in 
the 
amount of $9,139,000 at Fort Rucker, Alabama, authorized in 
-
f . ' .: 
section 101 of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1976 
(Public Law 94-107; 89 Stat. 546). 
(2) Academic Building construction in the amount of 
$5,315,000 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, authorized in section 101 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1976 (Public 
Law 94-107; 89 Stat. 547). 
(3) Solar energy plant construction in the amount of 
$690,000 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, authorized in section 101 
• .-..'». <-!..!:- 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1976 (Public 
Law 94-107; 89 Stat. 547). 
(4) Relocation of the weapons range from the Culebra Com-
. 
plex in the amount of $12,000,000 for the Atlantic Fleet Weapons 
Range, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, authorized in section 204 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 (Public 
Law 93-166; 87 Stat. 668) and extended in section 605(b) (H) 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1976 (Public 
Law 94-107; 89 Stat. 565). 
(5) Solar observation facilities construction in the amount of 
$2,011,000 at various locations worldwide, authorized in section 
301 of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1976 
(Public Law 94-107; 89 Stat. 555). 
UNIT COST LIMITATIONS 
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 
project inside the United States in excess of a unit cost to be deter-
mined in proportion to the appropriate area construction cost index, 
PUBLIC LAW 95-82—AUG. 1, 1977 
91 STAT. 377 
based on the following unit cost limitations where the area construc-
tion index is 1.0: 
(1) $42 per square foot for permanent barracks; or 
(2) $45 per square foot for bachelor officer quarters; 
unless the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, determines that 
because of special circumstances, application to such project of the 
limitations on unit costs contained in this section is impracticable. Not-
withstanding the limitations contained in prior Military Construction 
Authorization Acts on unit costs, the limitations on such costs con-
taned in this section shall apply to all prior authorizations for such 
construction not heretofore repealed and for which construction con-
tracts have not been awarded by the date of enactment of this Act. 
INCREASES FOR SOLAR HEATING AND SOLAR COOLING EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 607. The Secretary of Defense shall encourage the utilization 
of solar energy as a source of energy for projects authorized by this 
Act where utilization of solar energy would be practical and econom-
ically feasible. In addition to all other authorized variations of cost 
limitations or floor area limitations contained in this Act or prior 
Military 
Construction 
Authorization 
Acts, the 
Secretary 
of 
Defense, or his designee, may permit increases in the cost limitations 
or floor area limitations by such amounts as may be necessary to equip 
any project with solar heating equipment, solar cooling equipment, or 
both solar heating and solar cooling equipment. 
MINOR 
C O N S T R U C T I O N 
PROJECTS 
SEC. 608. (a) Section 2674 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"§2674. Minor construction projects 
"(a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may 
prescribe, the Secretary of a military department or the Director of 
a defense agency may acquire, construct, convert, extend, and install, 
at military installations and facilities, permanent or temporary public 
works not otherwise authorized by law including the preparation of 
sites and the furnishing of appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, but 
excluding the construction of family quarters. 
"(b) This section does not authorize a project costing more than 
$500,000. A project costing more than $400,000 must be approved in 
advance by the Secretary of Defense, and a project costing more than 
$300,000 must be approved in advance by the Secretary of the military 
department or the Director of the defense agency concerned. 
"(c) The total costs for all projects initiated under authority of 
this section by any military department, or by the defense agencies, in 
any fiscal year (except those projects funded from appropriations 
available for operations and maintenance as provided in subsection 
(e)) may not exceed the total amount authorized for minor construc-
tion projects for such military department or for the defense agencies, 
as the case may be, in the annual Military Construction Authorization 
Act for such fiscal year. 
"(d) Not more than $50,000 may be spent under this section during 
a fiscal year at any one installation or facility to convert structures 
to family quarters. 
"(e) Only funds appropriated to a military department or to the 
defense agencies for minor construction projects may be used by such 
department or by such agencies to accomplish minor construction proj-
10 use 2674. 
Regulations. 
Cost limitations. 
91 STAT. 378 
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Annual report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Notification to 
cons 
committees. 
"Project." 
Effective date. 
10 use 2674 
note. 
ects, except that the Secretary of a military department or the Direc-
tor of a defense agency may spend, from appropriations available for 
maintenance and operations, amounts necessary for any project costing 
not more than $100,000 that is authorized under this section. 
"(f) The Secretary of each military department and the Secretary 
of Defense, for the defense agencies, shall submit an annual detailed 
report to the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of 
the Senate and House of Representatives on the administration of 
this section. In addition, such committees shall be notified in writing 
at least 30 days before any funds are obligated for a project approved 
under this section costing more than $300,000. 
"(g) As used in this section, 'project' means a single undertaking 
which includes all construction work, land acquisition, and instal-
lation of equipment necessary to (1) accomplish a specific purpose, and 
(2) produce a complete and usable facility or a complete and usable 
improvement to an existing facility. 
"(h) The Directors of the defense agencies shall carry out the con-
struction of minor projects under authority of this section by or 
through a military department designated by the Secretary of Defense 
as provided in section 2682 of this title.". 
(b) The item relating to section 2674 in the analysis at the begin-
ning of chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
"2674. Minor construction projects.". 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall become effective 
October 1,1978. 
GAS PRICING, BARROW, 
ALASKA 
SEC. 609. The Secretary of the Navy shall, Avith respect to any 
natural gas supplied by the Department of the Navy to villages and 
facilities at or near Point Barrow, Alaska, during the period begin-
ning on October 1, 1974, and ending on April 6, 1976, charge such 
villages and facilities for such gas at a rate equal to the rate charged 
for natural gas supplied to such villages and facilities by the Depart-
ment of the Navy pursuant to section 104(e) of the Naval Petroleum 
Reserves Production Act of 1976 (42 IJ.S.C. 6504(e)), after April 6, 
1976. 
USE OF PROCEEDS FROM TIMBER 
SALES 
SEC. 610. Section 2665(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(d) Appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 
operation and maintenance during a fiscal year may be reimbursed 
for all expenses of production of lumber and timber products pursuant 
to this section from amounts received as proceeds from the sale of 
any such property during such fiscal year.". 
Repeal. 
10 use 5221, 
5222. 
REVISION I N NUMBER OF NAVAL DISTRICTS 
SEC 611. (a) Chapter 516 of title 10, United States Code, is 
repealed. 
(b) The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle C, and at 
the beginning of part I of subtitle C, of title 10, United States Code, 
are each amended by striking out the item relating to chapter 516. 
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91 STAT. 379 
BASE CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENTS 
SEC. 612. (a) Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, as amended 
by section 504 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end thereof 
a new section as follows: 
''§ 2687. Base closures and realignments 
"(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no action may 
be taken to effect or implement— 
"(1) the closure of any military installation; 
"(2) any realignment with respect to any military installa-
tion involving a reduction by more than one thousand, or by more 
than 50 percent, in the number of civilian personnel authorized 
to be employed at such military installation at the time the Secre-
tary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned notifies the Congress under subsection (b) (1) that such 
installation is a candidate for closure or realignment; or 
" (3) any construction, conversion, or rehabilitation at any mili-
tary facility other than a military installation referred to in 
clause (1) or (2) (regardless of whether such facility is a mili-
tary installation as defined in subsection (d)) which will or may 
be required as a result of the relocation of civilian personnel to 
such facility by reason of any closure or realignment to which 
clause (1) or (2) applies, 
unless and until the provisions of subsection (b) are complied with. 
"(b) No action described in subsection (a) with respect to the 
closure of, or a realignment with respect to, any military installation 
may be taken unless and until— 
"(1) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military 
department concerned publicly announces, and notifies the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives in writing;, that such military installation is a can-
didate for closure or realignment; 
"(2) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military 
department concerned complies with the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to the 
proposed closure or realignment; 
"(3) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military 
department concerned submits to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and House of Representatives his final decision 
to carry out the proposed closure or realignment and a detailed 
justification for such decision, including statements of the esti-
mated fiscal, local economic, budgetary, environmental, strategic, 
and operational consequences of the proposed closure or realign-
ment; and 
"(4) a period of sixty days expires following the date on 
which the justification referred to in clause (3) has been sub-
mitted to such committees, during which period no irrevocable 
action may be taken to effect or implement the decision. 
" (c) This section shall not apply to the closure of a military instal-
lation, or a realignment with respect to a military installation, if the 
President certifies to the Congress that such closure or realignment 
must be implemented for reasons of national security or a military 
emergency. 
"(d) As used in this section: 
"(1) 'Military installation' means any camp, post, station, base, 
yard, or other facility under the authority of the Department of 
Defense— 
"(A) which is located within any of the several States, 
10 use 2687. 
Public notice. 
Notification to 
congressional 
committees. 
42 use 4321 
note. 
Decision, 
submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
eertification to 
eongress. 
Definitions. 
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the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, \ 
or Guam; and 
^ 
" (B) at which not less than five hundred civilian personnel 
are authorized to be employed. 
Such term does not include any facility used primarily for civil 
Tc; S M-J i^'. 
works, rivers and harbors projects, or flood control projects. 
"(2) 'Civilian personnel' means direct-hire permanent civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense. 
"(3) 'Realignment' includes any action which both reduces 
and relocates functions and civilian personnel positions, but does 
not include a reduction in force resulting from workload adjust-
ments, reduced personnel or funding levels, skill imbalances, or 
other similar causes. 
Applicability. 
"(e) Except as provided in subsection (c), this section shall apply 
to any closure of a military installation, and any realignment with 
respect to a military installation, which is first publicly announced 
after September 30, 1977.". 
(b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 159 of such 
title is amended by adding at the end thereof a new item as follows: 
"2687. Base closures and realignments.". 
(c) Section 611 of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 
1966 (Public Law 89-188; 10 U.S.C. 2662 note), and section 612 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1977 (Public Law 
94-431; 90 Stat. 1366), shall be inapplicable in the case of any closure 
of a military installation, and any realignment with respect to a mili-
tary installation, which is first publicly announced after September 
30, 1977. 
Funds. 
AUTHORITY FOR LONG TERM CONTRACT REFUSE-DERIVED FUEL 
SEC. 613. The Secretary of a military department may enter into 
contracts for periods not to exceed ten yeare for the purchase of fuel 
derived from waste materials (commonly known as refuse-derived 
fuel (RDF)). Such contracts may provide for the collection and dis-
posal of solid waste from Department of Defense installations and 
for the delivery to Department of Defense installations of refuse-
derived fuel which, by weight, exceeds that installation's generation 
of solid waste. Funds for such contracts shall be provided from annual 
appropriations for operation and maintenance. 
USE OF COMMISSARY SURCHARGE FUNDS FOR THE 
CONSTRUCTION OF COMMISSARIES OVERSEAS 
SEC. 614. Section 2685(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out "within the United States". 
LAND C O N V E Y A N C E , LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 
SEC. 615. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to convey to the 
City of Los Angeles, California, subject to such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary shall deem to be in the public interest, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of land consisting 
of approximately thirty-five acres, with improvements thereon, 
located in the City of Los Angeles, north of and separated from Reeves 
Field by Seaside Avenue, in exchange for the conveyance by the City 
of Los Angeles to the United States of the unencumbered lee title to 
approximately thirty-five acres of land adjacent to the western bound-
ary of the Naval Support Activity, Long Beach, California, to be 
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91 STAT. 381 
improved in a manner acceptable to the Secretary, and subject to such 
other conditions as the Secretary shall deem to be in the public inter-
est. The exact acreages and legal descriptions of both properties are to 
be determined by accurate surveys as mutually agreed upon by the 
Secretary and the City of Los Angeles. 
LAND CONVEYANCE, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 
SEC. 616. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to convey to the 
City of San Diego, California, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in land at the Naval Kegional Medical Center, San 
Diego, in exchange for a lease of not to exceed fifty years, with an 
option to renew such lease for twenty-five years, for an identical 
niunber of acres for hospital and related uses. 
LAND CONVEYANCE, NEW HAMPSHIRE 
SEC. 617. (a) (1) The Secretary of the Army (hereinafter in this 
section referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to convey to the 
Manchester Airport Authority, of Manchester, New Hampshire, sub-
ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appro-
priate, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a 
portion of land ad 
j anient to the Manchester Municipal Airport consist-
ing of approximately 8.3 acres, together with any improvements 
thereon. 
(2) In consideration for the conveyance by the Secretary under 
paragraph (1), the Manchester Airport Authority shall convey to the 
United States unencumbered fee title to an area of land which the 
Secretary considers to be of equivalent value to the land conveyed 
by the Secretary under paragraph (1) and which is otherwise accept-
able to the Secretary. 
(b) The exact acreages and legal descriptions of the lands to be 
conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by surveys as 
mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and the Manchester Airport 
Authority. 
(c) The Secretary is authorized to accept the lands conveyed to the 
United States under subsection (a) (2), which lands shall be admin* 
istered by the Secretary. 
LAND C O N V E Y A N C E , COLORADO 
SEC. 618. The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to acquire, 
by exchange with the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, all right, 
title and interest of such city in approximately one hundred sixty 
seven acres of land lying adjacent to the northerly boundary of Peter-
son Air Force Base, El Paso County, Colorado. As consideration for 
this exchange, the Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to convey 
to the City of Colorado Springs land and improvements on Ent Air 
Force Base, in the City of Colorado Springs, equal in monetary value 
to the land to be acquired. The exact acreages and legal descriptions 
of both such properties are to be determined bv accurate surveys as 
mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and the City of Colorado 
Springs. 
LAND C O N V E Y A N C E , SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 
SEC. 619. (a) The first section of the Act entitled "An Act authoriz-
ing the Secretary of the Army to convey certain lands to the city 
and county of San Francisco", approved October 13, 1949 (63 Stat. 
844), is amended by inserting "or jointly for public park and recrea-
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tional uses and other public purposes," after "recreational purposes,". 
Instructions, 
(b) The Secretary of the Army shall issue such written instructions, 
deeds, etc. 
deeds, or other instruments as may be necessary to bring the conveyance 
made to the city and county of San Francisco, California, under 
authority of such Act of October 13, 1949, into conformity with the 
amendment made by subsection (a) of this section. 
TITLE VII—GUARD AND RESERVE FACILITIES 
AUTHORIZATION FOR FACILITIES 
10 use 2231 et 
SEC. 701. Subject to chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, the 
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Secretary of Defense may establish or develop additional facilities for 
the Guard and Reserve Forces, including the acquisition of land 
therefor, but the cost of such facilities shall not exceed— 
(1) for the Department of the Army— 
(A) for the Army National Guard of the United States, 
$44,377,000; and 
(B) for the Army Reserve, $41,390,000; 
(2) for the Department of the Navy, for the Naval and Marine 
Corps Reserves, $19,800,000; and 
(3) for the Department of the Air Force— 
(A) for the Air National Guard of the United States, 
$37,300,000; and 
(B) for the Air Force Reserve, $10,100,000. 
WAIVER OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS 
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 perma-
nent or temporary improvements on lands includes authority for sur-
veys, 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 temporary 
use), by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned land, or 
otherwise. 
Approved August 1, 1977. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-290 accompanying H.R. 6990 (Coram, on Armed Services) 
and 95-494 (Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-125 (Comm. on Armed Services). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): 
May 13, considered and passed Senate. 
June 6, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 6990. 
July 19, House agreed to conference report. 
July 20, Senate agreed to conference report.