An Act to authorize certain construction at military and naval installations, and for other purposes.
PL 82-534 (H.R.8120), enacted 07/14/1952

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Public Law 534 
CHAPTER 726 
JiJy 14, 1952 
AN ACT 
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: ^ ^ ^ 3 — To authorize certain construction at military and naval installations, and 
for other purposes. 
M i l i t a r y a n d 
n a v a l i n s t alla-
tions. 
C o n s t r u e tion. 
Be it enacted iy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemoled^ 
TITLE I 
Aratiy. 
SECTION 101. The Secretary of the Army, under the direction of the 
Secretary of Defense, is hereby authorized to establish or develop 
military installations and facilities by the construction, conversion, 
installation, or equipment of temporary or permanent public works, 
including buildings, facilities, appurtenances and utilities, as follows: 
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
FIELD FORCE FACILITIES 
(First Army Area) 
Fort Devens, Massachusetts: Covered storage and community facil-
ities, $324,000. 
Fort Dix, New Jersey: Medical facilities, $116,000. 
Fort Totten, New York: Utilities, $48,000. 
Camp Wellfleet, Massachusetts: Troop housing, administrative, 
operational, maintenance, ammunition storage, and community facil-
ities, $1,097,000. 
(Second Army Area) 
Fort Campbell, Kentucky: Operational, maintenance, and training 
facilities and utilities, $822,000. 
Fort Knox, Kentucky: Training buildings and facilities, research 
and development facilities, maintenance facilities, land acquisition, 
and utilities, $11,411,000. 
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: Administrative, operational, 
maintenance, and communications facilities, ammunition storage and 
utilities, $335,000. 
Camp Pickett, Virginia: Training buildings and administrative 
facilities, $142,000. 
(Third Army Area) 
Fort Benning, Georgia: Administrative, operational, and mainte-
nance facilities, ammunition, cold, covered, and open storage, and 
utilities, $5,193,000. 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina: Maintenance and operational facili-
ties, ammunition, liquid fuel, covered and open storage, and land 
acquisition, $9,507,000. 
Fort Jackson, South Carolina : Administrative facility, and utilities, 
$182,000. 
Camp Rucker, Alabama: Ammunition storage facilities, $96,000. 
Fort McClellan, Alabama: Administrative, operational, and mainte-
nance facilities, covered storage, and land acquisition, $361,000. 
Fort McPherson, Georgia : Ammunition storage, $42,000. 
Camp Stewart, Georgia: Utilities, $512,000. 
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(Fourth Army Area) 
Fort Bliss, Texas: Training buildings, administrative and mainte-
nance facilities, $4,856,000. 
Camp Chaffee, Arkansas: Maintenance facility, $432,000. 
Fort Hood, Texas: Maintenance facilities, utilities, and land 
acquisition, $10,090,000. 
Fort Sill, Oklahoma: Maintenance facilities, training building, 
open storage, and utilities, $1,286,000. 
(Fifth Army Area) 
Fort Custer, Michigan: Maintenance facility and ammunition 
storage, $115,000. 
Camp Crowder, Missouri: Troop support facilities and rehabilita-
tion, $1,980,000. 
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana: Administrative facility and 
training building, $5,000,000. 
Fort Riley, Kansas: Operational and maintenance facilities, 
$182,500. 
(Sixth Army Area) 
Camp Cooke, California: Maintenance facility, $150,000. 
Camp Hanford, Washington: Troop housing, administrative facili-
ties ammunition and covered storage, and utilities, $528,000. 
Fort Huachuca, Arizona: Operational facility, training buildings 
and covered storage, $504,000. 
Fort Lewis, Washington: Operational and maintenance facilities, 
open and liquid fuel storage and utilities, $272,000. 
Yuma Test Station, Arizona: Troop housing, administrative, com-
munications, medical, operational, maintenance and training facilities, 
research and development and test facilities, covered and anmiunition 
storage facilities and utilities, $2,488,000. 
(Military Academy) 
United States Military Academv, New York: Training building, 
$280,000. 
TECHNICAL SERVICE FACILITIES 
(Ordnance Corps) 
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: Training buildings and 
facilities research and development and test facilities, ammunition 
storage, airfield pavements and utilities, $5,419,000. 
California Institute of Technology, California: Research and de-
velopment and test facilities and utilities, $897,000. 
Detroit Arsenal, Michigan: Administrative and research and de^ 
velopment facilities, $2,370,000. 
Malta Test Station, New York: Research and development and 
test facilities, land acquisition and utilities, $479,000. 
Michaud Industrial Facilities, New Orleans, Louisiana: Acqui-
sition for conversion without reimbursement to General Services Ad-
ministration for any interest it may have in the facilities. 
Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey: Research and development and 
test facilities, and land acquisition, $1,356,000. 
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama: Maintenance and operational facili-
ties, research and development and test facilities and utilities, 
$6,447,000. 
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Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts: Covered storage, operational 
facility and utilities, $320,000. 
White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico: Troop housing, train-
ing buildings, medical and maintenance facilities, research and devel-
opment facilities, and utilities, $8,214,000. 
(Chemical Corps) 
Army Chemical Center, Maryland: Research and development and 
test facilities and ammunition storage, $800,000. 
Camp Detrick, Maryland: Research and development and test facili-
ties, land acquisition, utilities, and deficiencies, fiscal year 1951 and 
fiscal year 1952 programs, $17,197,000. 
Dugway Proving Ground, Utah: Research and development and 
test facilities, and land acquisition, $864,000, 
Fort Terry, New York: Administrative, operational and mainte-
nance facilities, research and development and test facilities and 
utilities, $5,386,000. 
(Signal Corps) 
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey: Research and development facility, 
$7,500,000. 
Tobyhanna Signal Depot, Pennsylvania: Deficiency fiscal year 
1952 program, $352,000. 
Two Rock Ranch, California: Troop housing and utilities, 
$564,000. 
Vint Hill Farms, Virginia: Family housing, $341,000. 
(Corps of Engineers) 
Fort Belvoir, Virginia: Administrative, operational, and mainte-
nance facilities, training buildings, covered ammunition and open 
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storage, research and development and test facilities and utilities, 
$2,968,000. 
(Transportation Corps) 
Brooklyn Army Base, New York: Maintenance and operational 
facilities, $315,000. 
Fort Eustis, Virginia: Administrative and operational facilities, 
liquid fuel, open and covered storage, airfield pavements and utilities, 
$3,233,000. 
New Orleans Army Base, Louisiana: Covered storage, $42,300. 
(Army Medical Service) 
Madigan Army Hospital, Washington: Operational facilities and 
utilities, $274,000. 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Colum-
bia: Operational facilities and research and development facilities, 
$731,000. 
OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
(Alaskan Area) 
Big Delta, Alaska: Family housing, troop housing, ammunition, 
liquid fuel, open, closed, and cold storage, community, operational, 
research and development and test facilities, training building and 
utilities, $5,109,000. 
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska: Administrative, operational and 
maintenance facilities, ammimition storage and utilities, $2,969,000. 
Kenai, Alaska: Family housing, operational, maintenance, com-
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munity and water-front facilities, liquid fuel storage, training build-
ing and utilities, $3,907,000. 
Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska: Family housing, administrative and 
maintenance facilities, ammunition storage and utilities, $4,737,000. 
Fort Kichardson, Alaska: Family housing, troop housing, adminis-
trative, operational and maintenance facilities, open, covered, ammuni-
tion and cold storage, and utilities, $20,257,000. 
Whittier, Alaska: Family housing, troop housing, administrative, 
operational and maintenance facilities and utilities, $2,847,000. 
(Far East Command Area) 
Okinawa: Family housing, troop housing, administrative, opera-
tional, maintenance, training buildings and facilities, ammunition 
and coverage storage, and utilities, $20,700,000. 
(Caribbean Area) 
Corozal, Canal Zone: Operational and maintenance facilities, open 
storage and utilities, $1,800,000. 
Fort Buchanan, Puerto Kico: Cold storage facility, $942,000. 
Quarry Heights, Canal Zone: Administrative facility, $310,000. 
(Hawaii) 
Helemano Radio Station, Territory of Hawaii: Communication 
facility, $39,000. 
(General) 
Various locations: For restoration or replacement of facilities dam-
aged or destroyed and provision for other urgent construction require-
ments, $5,000,000. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Army, under the direction of the staiiatfons^nd f2l 
Secretary of Defense, is authorized to establish or develop classified 
ciimes. 
military installations and facilities by the construction, conversion, 
installation, or equipment of temporary or permanent public works, 
including buildings, facilities, appurtenances, and utilities in a total 
amount of $135,010,000. 
TITLE I I 
SEC. 201. The Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the 
^avy. 
Secretary of Defense, is authorized to establish or develop naval 
installations and facilities by the construction, conversion, installation, 
or equipment of temporary or permanent public works, including 
buildings, facilities, appurtenances, and utilities, as follows: 
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
SHIPYARD F A C I L I T I E S 
Naval Shipyard, Boston, Massachusetts: Water-front shop and 
storage building, barracks and bachelor officers' quarters, electronics 
and electric shop expansion, $3,499,000. 
Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York: Reconstruction of drydock 
numbered 3, construction of new crane tracks, $6,325,000. 
Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina: Extension to battery 
overhaul shop, barracks, galley and messing facilities, steam and 
electric services, addition and modifications to electrical system and 
new building for electronic and electric shops and electronic labora-
tory, $6,006,000. 
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Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Submarine battery 
assembly and charging building, electrical services for pier 0, 
$1,065,000. 
Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Increase of enlisted 
barracks capacity, $319,000. 
FLEET FACILITIES 
Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island: Planning for fleet berthing 
facility, $140,000. 
Commander in chief, Atlantic Fleet Headquarters, Norfolk, Vir-
ginia : Expansion of facilities, $374,000, 
Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia: Additional facilities for convoy 
escort vessels including construction of one new pier, extension of 
three existing piers and acquisition of land; ammunition barge moor-
ing facilities and fleet landing, $3,083,000. 
AVIATION FACILITIES 
Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field, Beaufort, South Carolina: 
Airfield pavements, operational facilities and acquisition of land and 
easements, $2,522,000. 
Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Edenton, North Carolina: Barge 
fuel delivery, including water-front facilities, dredging, pipeline, 
pumping plant, and unloading facilities, $195,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Miami, Florida: Airfield pavements, 
land acquisition, fuel storage facilities, ammunition storage, and 
roads, $2,600,000. 
Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland: Additional 
research and development and test facilities, operational facilities 
and supporting facilities, $4,337,000. 
Naval Air Material Centerj Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Research 
and development and test facilities, $2,300,000. 
Naval Air Station, Lincoln, Nebraska: Land acquisition, opera-
tional facilities, airfield pavements, fuel storage, communication 
facilities and roads, utilities and services, $3,372,000. 
Naval Air Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, California: Guided 
missile test and evaluation facilities, $3,717,000. 
Naval Air Facility, Weeksville, North Carolina: Sewage treat-
ment plant, and helium purification plant, $237,000. 
SUPPLY FACILITIES 
Naval Supply Center, Byron, Georgia: Administrative facilities, 
maintenance facilities and shops, medical facilities, storage and supply 
handling facilities, railroad facilities, security fencing and buildings, 
utilities, architectural and engineering services, and acquisition of 
land, $9,102,000. 
Naval Supply Depot, Great Lakes, Illinois: Covered storage, utili-
ties, security fence and site preparation, $2,481,000. 
Naval Supply Depot, Jacksonville, Florida: Acquisition of land 
and architectural and engineering services, $682,000. 
Naval Supply Center (Cheatham Annex), Norfolk, Virginia: Train-
ing facilities and troop liousing, $564,000. 
Naval Supply Depot, Scotia, New York: Covered storage facilities, 
utilities, acquisition of land and security fencing, $2,600,000. 
Naval Supply Depot (Point Loma), San Diego, California: Avia-
tion gasoline and jet fuel bulk storage facilities and distribution sys-
tem to Naval Air Station, Miramar, California, pumping plant, water-
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front facilities, utilities, acquisition of easements and architectural and 
engineering services, $3,933,000. 
Naval Supply Depot, San Pedro, California: Aviation fuel pipe-
line from bulk storage, Norwalk, California, to the Marine Corps Air 
Station, El Toro, California, including pumping plant, utilities, 
acquisition of easements and architectural and engineering services, 
$1,670,000. 
Puget Sound Area, Seattle, Washington: Administrative and cov-
ered storage facilities, aviation gasoline and jet fuel buUc fuel storage 
facilities, utilities, water-front facilities, land acquisition and archi-
tectural and engineering services, $2,204,000. 
MARINE CORPS FACILITIES 
Marine Corps Depot of Supply, Albany, Georgia: Depot and Sup-
ply School facilities, $13,687,000. 
ORDNANCE FACILITIES 
Naval Ammunition Depot, Charleston, South Carolina: Improve-
ment of ammunition issue and transshipment facilities, including 
di-edging, $535,000. 
Alleghany Ballistics Laboratory, Cumberland, Maryland: Test-
ing facilities, storage facilities, operating facilities, maintenance 
facilities and shop, administrative facilities, and security fencing, 
$593,000. 
Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, California: Electric power 
system extension and improvements, and runway extension, $1,629,000. 
Naval Degaussing Station, Norfolk, Virginia: Deperming facility, 
$2,000,000. 
Naval Ammunition Depot, Saint Juliens Creek, Virginia: Quality 
evaluation laboratory, $326,000. 
Naval Station, San Diego, California: Deperming facility, $288,000. 
Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland: Underwater 
weapons assembly and test building, $379,000. 
Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia: Barracks, $500,000. 
Penn State College, State College, Pennsylvania: Addition to 
Ordnance Research Laboratory, $915,000. 
Various Locations: Additional magazines and inert storehouses and 
guided missile storage, test and conditioning facilities, $14,443,000. 
SERVICE SCHOOIi FACILITIES 
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: Improvement of academic 
buildings, $1,800,000. 
Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, California: Amphibious assault 
trainer and galley and messhall, $1,555,000. 
Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia: School and train-
ing building and acquisition of land, $2,325,000. 
Post Graduate School, Monterey, California: Completion of engi-
neering school, $3,500,000. 
Fleet Air Defense Training Center, Point Loma, California: Pur-
chase and installation of technical and collateral equipment, $3,300,000, 
LTnited States Naval Supply Schools, Athens, Georgia: Acquisition 
of real estate including improvements, purchase and installation of 
technical and collateral equipment and construction of new buildings 
and improvement of existi ng buildings, $2,030,000. 
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MEDICAL FACILITIES 
Naval Medical Supply Depot, Edgewater, New Jersey: Site prep-
aration, storage facilities, utilities and services, and transfer of stores 
and equipmjent, $1,155,000. 
Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia Area: Construction of perma-
nent hospital, $12,815,000. 
COMMUNICATION FACILITIES 
Naval Communication Station, Annapolis, Maryland: Site prep-
aration, utilities and communications facilities including building, 
$1,616,000. 
Naval Communications Station, Snohomish County, Washington: 
Super high power VLF facilities, collateral equipment, accessory con-
struction and family housing, $1,450,000. 
NAVAL RF^EARCH FACILITIES 
Naval Research Laboratory, Anacostia, District of Columbia: 
Fireproof chemistry laboratory, and modernization of electrical dis-
tribution system, $500,000. 
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YARDS AND DOCKS FACILITIES 
Naval Construction Battalion Center, Davisville, Rhode Island: 
Site preparation, troop housing, brig, medical facilities, training build-
ings, covered storage and utilities including heating plant, $2,424,000. 
Key West Aqueduct, Key West, Florida: Improvements to aqueduct 
system, $495,000. 
Various locations: Construction of AFDL 
floating 
drydocks, 
$4,500,000. 
NAVAL OBSERVATORY FACILITIES 
Naval Observatory Time Service Substation, Richmond, Florida: 
Permanent facilities, $96,000. 
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FLEET F A C I L I T I E S 
Naval Station, Adak, Alaska: Marine barracks and facilities. 
$2,700,000. 
Naval Operating Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Dredging, mooring, 
new pier, target-repair facilities, $3,185,000. 
Naval Operating Base, Guam, Marianas Islands: Oxygen, carbon 
dioxide, and acetylene plants, $820,000. 
Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii: Submarine water 
lines, fresh-water lines, dock facilities, $2,442,000. 
Naval Station, Subic Bay, Philippine Islands: Dock construction, 
sea-wall extension, $2,774,000. 
AVIATION FACILITIES 
Naval Air Station, Agana, Guam, Marianas Islands: Administra-
tion and operational facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, 
$1,171,000. 
Naval Station, Argentia, NeM^foundland: Airfield pavements, and 
family quarters, $1,322,000. 
Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Territory of Hawaii: Airfield 
lighting, $346,000. 
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Naval Air Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Operational and main-
tenance facility, airfield pavement, $795,000. 
Naval Air Station, Kodiak, Alaska: Airfield lighting, operational 
facilities, and water front facilities, $1,480,000. 
Naval Air Facility, London, England: Operational and adminis-
trative facilities, airfield pavements, utilities and storage facilities, 
$692,000. 
ORDNANCE FACILITIES 
Naval Ammunition Depot, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii: Quality 
evaluation laboratory, $847,000. 
COMMUNICATION FACILITIES 
Naval Communication Station, Guam, Marianas Islands: Perma-
nent communication facilities, $1,721,000. 
YARDS AND DOCKS FACILITIES 
Various locations: Replacement of temporary family quarters, 
utilizng military construction personnel and facilities, at no more 
than $5,000 per unit for cost of materials, supplies, and collateral 
equipment, including transportation thereof, $12,000,000. 
SEC. 202. The Secretary of the Navy under the direction of the 
Secretary of Defense, is authorized to establish or develop classified ciiiues 
military installations and facilities by the construction, conversion, 
installation, or equipment as temporary or permanent public works, 
including buildings, facilities, appurtenances, and utilities in the 
amount of $86,397,000. 
SEC. 203. Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress, is hereby 
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amended as follows: 
Strike so much thereof under the heading "Continental United 
States" and subheading "Supply Facilities" m section 201 as reads 
as follows: 
"Navy Shipyard, Boston, Massachusetts (Fuel Facility) : Aviation 
gasoline and jet fuel bulk storage; $2,766,500." 
and insert in lieu thereof the following: 
"Harpswell Neck Fuel Facility, Portland, Maine, Area: Aviation 
gasoline and jet fuel bulk storage; $2,766,500." 
SEC. 204. So much of title IT, section 201, Public Law 910, Eighty- 
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first Congress, approved January 6, 1951, as authorizes the construc-
tion of a dam at Camp Pendleton, California, is hereby repealed. 
TITLE I I I 
SEC. 301. The Secretary of the Air Force, under the direction of 
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the Secretary of Defense, is hereby authorized to establish or develop 
installations and facilities by the construction, conversion, installa-
tion, or equipment of temporary or permanent public works, including 
buildings, facilities, appurtenances, and utilities, as follows: 
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, Louisiana: Airfield pave-
ments, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop hous-
ing facilities, and utilities, $1,832,000. 
Biggs Air Force Base, El Paso, Texas: Airfield pavements, liquid-
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, and utilities, $773,000. 
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Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
troop housing facilities, utilities, and research, development and test 
facilities, $13,889,000. 
Castle Air Force Base, Merced, California: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities^ airfield lighting facili-
ties, and utilities, $1,029,000. 
Clinton Naval Air Station, Clinton, Oklahoma: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, naviga-
tional aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, 
administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
medical facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $9,932,000. 
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting 
facilities, operational facilities, and utilities, $5,067,000. 
Dow Air Force Base, Bangor, Maine: Airfield pavements, liquid-
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational 
aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative and 
community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, 
$8,014,000. 
Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington: Liquid-fuel stor-
age and dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, training facilities, administrative and community 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $9,421,000. 
Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka, Kansas: Airfield pavements, liquid-
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications facilities, 
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operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, medical 
facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $15,520,000. 
Homestead-Dade County Airport, Homestead, Florida: Airfield 
pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational 
aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, 
family housing, administrative and community facilities, utilities, 
land acquisition, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $24,805,000. 
Hunter Air Force Base, Savannah, Georgia: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, operational facilities, 
training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and 
shops, $5,185,000. 
Lake Charles Air Force Base, Lake Charles, Louisiana: Airfield 
pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, troop housing 
facilities, utilities, and land acquisition, $6,566,000. 
Lakeland Airport, Lakeland, Florida: Airfield pavements, liquid-
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational 
aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, 
family housing, administrative and community facilities, utilities, 
land acquisition, medical facilities and storage facilities, $13,966,000. 
Limestone Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine: Airfield pavements, 
communications and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, training fatilities, troop housing facil-
ities, family housing, utilities and medical facilities, $22,892,000. 
Limestone Air Force Base, Auxiliaries A and B, Limestone, Maine: 
Land acquisition, $596,000. 
Lincoln Municipal Airport, Lincoln, Nebraska: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, and land acquisition, $9,093,000. 
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Little Kock Air Force Base, Little Rock, Arkansas: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting 
facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop 
housing facilities, utilities, medical facilities, and storage facilities, 
$23,749,000. 
Lockbourne Air Force Base, Columbus, Ohio: Airfield pavements, 
navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, training facilities, administrative and community 
facilities, utilities, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $9,906,000. 
MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational aids and 
airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, utilities, and land 
acquisition, $7,168,000. 
March Air Force Base, Riverside, California: Airfield lighting 
facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utili-
ties, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $1,776,000. 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Mountain Home, Idaho: Airfield 
pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communica-
tions and navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and medical facilities, 
$12,568,000. 
Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska: Liquid-fuel storage and 
dispensing facilities, and utilities, $281,000. 
Flattsburgh Barracks, Plattsburgh, New York: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, naviga-
tional aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative 
and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, 
storage facilities, and shops, $28,426,000. 
Rapid City Air Force Base, Rapid City, South Dakota: Aircraft 
maintenance facilities, $3,185,000. 
Selman Field, Monroe, Louisiana: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel 
storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids 
and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, administra-
tive and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facili-
ties, and storage facilities, $18,285,000. 
Sioux City Municipal Airport, Sioux City, Iowa: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications 
and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, medical facilities, 
and storage facilities, $19,820,000. 
Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Salina, Kansas: Airfield pavements, 
oj>erational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, land 
acquisition, and storage facilities, $5,962,000. 
Stead Air Force Base, Reno, Nevada: Liquid-fuel storage and dis-
pensing facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, adminis-
trative and community facilities, utilities, medical facilties, and stor-
age facilities, $1,583,000. 
Tye Field, Abilene, Texas: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage 
and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and air-
field lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative and community 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, 
and shops, $23,472,000. 
Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, New Mexico: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, 
operational facilities, and aircraft maintenance facilities, $3,091,000. 
Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts: Airfield 
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pavements, communications and airfield lighting facilities, operational 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
and storage facilities, $23,239,000. 
AIR DEFENSE 
COMMAND 
Burlington Municipal Airport, Burlington, Vermont: Operational 
facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $579,000. 
Duluth Municipal Airport, Duluth, Minnesota: Navigational aids 
facilities, operational facilities, administrative and community facili-
ties, utilities^ and storage facilities, $704,000. 
Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington: Operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $744,000. 
Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania: Airfield 
pavements, operational facilities, administrative and community 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $976,000. 
Hamilton Air Force Base, San Rafael, California: Airfield pave-
ments, communications and navigational aids facilities, and utilities, 
$588,000. 
Houma Gunnery Eange, Houma, Louisiana: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and air-
field lighting facilities, operational facilities, troop housing facilities, 
administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and 
storage facilities, $3,000,000. 
Kinross Air Force Auxiliary Airfield, Kinross, Michigan: Liquid-
iuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational aids facilities, 
operational facilities, administrative and community facilities, utili-
ties, and storage facilities, $740,000. 
Larson Air Force Base, Moses Lake, Washington: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational aids 
facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utili-
ties, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $10,866,000. 
Majors Field, Greenville, Texas: Land acquisition, $23,000. 
McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Washington: Airfield pavements, 
navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, and stor-
age facilities, $5,885,000. 
McGhee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee • Airfield pavements, 
navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, administrative and 
Community facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $1,179,000. 
Minneapolis, St. Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, Minne-
sota 5 Land acquisition and storage facilities, $450,000. 
New Castle County Airport, Wilmington, Delaware: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, 
$1,776,000. 
Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, Niagara Falls, New York: Air-
field pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, naviga-
tional aids facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, troop housing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facili-
ties, storage facilities, and shops, $1,394,000. 
O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, operational facili-
ties, aircraft maintenance facilities, administrative and community 
facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and shops, $3,801,000. 
Oscoda Air Force Base, Oscoda, Michigan: Liquid-fuel storage and 
dispensing facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $612,000. 
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Otis Air Force Base, Falmouth, Massachusetts: Communications 
facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, util-
ities, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $2,402,000. 
Oxnard Air Force Base, Oxnard, California: Operational facilities, 
utilities, and storage facilities, $746,000. 
Paine Field, Everett, Washington: Operational facilities, utilities, 
and storage facilities, $1,251,000. 
Palmdale-Los Angeles County Airport, Palmdale, California: Air-
field pavements and airfield lighting facilities, $380,000. 
Portland International Airport, Portland, Oregon: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $973,000. 
Presque Isle Air Force Base, Presque Isle, Maine: Utilities and 
storage facilities, $581,000. 
Self ridge Air Force Base, Mount Clemens, Michigan: Airfield pave-
ments, and storage facilities, $185,000. 
Stewart Air Force Base, Newburgh, New York: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and navi-
gational aids facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage 
facilities, $3,520,000. 
Suffolk County Air Force Base, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, 
New York: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing 
facilities, communications and navigational aids facilities, operational 
facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, storage 
facilities, and shops, $2,335,000. 
Truax Field, Madison, Wisconsin: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel 
storage and dispensing facilities, operational facilities, troop housing 
facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and shops, $1,518,000. 
Charlotte County Ait-port, Punta Gorda, Florida: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facili-
ties, administrative and community facilities, utilities, medical facili-
ties, storage facilities, and shops, $2,731,000. 
Yuma County Airport, Yuma, Arizona: Airfield pavements, liquid-
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, operational facilities, troop 
housing facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, 
storage facilities, and shops, $1,965,000. 
TACTICAL AIR COMMAND 
Alexandria Municipal Airport, Alexandria, Louisiana: Liquid-fuel 
storage and dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, adminis-
trative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and 
storage facilities, $2,852,000. 
Ardmore Municipal Airport, Ardmore, Oklahoma: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational aids 
facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, land 
acquisition, and storage facilities, $4,045,000. 
Blytheville Municipal Airport, Blytheville, Arkansas: Airfield 
pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communica-
tions, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, 
family housing, administrative and community facilities, utilities, 
land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, and shops, 
$11,602,000. 
Bunker Hill Naval Air Station, Peru, Indiana: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, air-
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craft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, land 
acquisition, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $18,663,000, 
Clovis Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico: Liquid-fuel storage 
and dispensing facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
and storage facilities, $906,000. 
Galveston Municipal Airport, Galveston, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational aids and 
airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative 
and community facilities, utilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, 
and shops, $5,746,000. 
Myrtle Beach Airport, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Airfield 
pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communica-
tions, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop 
housing facilities, family housing, administrative and community 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $8,457,000. 
Raleigh-Durham 
Municipal 
Airport, 
Raleigh-Durham, 
North 
Carolina: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facil-
ities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, 
operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing 
facilities, family housing, administrative and community facilities, 
utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, and 
shops, $14,838,000. 
Seymour-Johnson Field, Goldsboro, North Carolina: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facil-
ities, family housing, administrative and community facilities, util' 
ities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and shops, $7,092,000. 
AIR TRAINING COMMAND 
Big Spring Air Force Base, Big Spring, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and 
airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training 
facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and stor-
age facilities, $6,270,000. 
Bryan Air Force Base, Bryan, Texas: Airfield pavements, liquid-
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, 
administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
and shops, $3,440,000. 
Craig Air Force Base, Selma, Alabama; Airfield pavements, liquid-
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and airfield 
lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, 
utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $2,339,000. 
Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative 
and community facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $4,563,000. 
Foster Field, Victoria, Texas: Airfield pavements, liquid fuel stor-
age and dispensing facilities, communications and airfield lighting 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop 
housing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, 
$4,383,000. 
Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities) 
land acquisition, and storage facilities, $3,820,000. 
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Harlingen-All-Valley Municipal Airport, Harlingen, Texas: A.ir-
field pavements, training facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, 
and land acquisition, $5,796,000. 
James Connally Air Force Base, Waco, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and 
airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training 
facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and 
shops, $6,333,000. 
Laredo Municipal Airport, Laredo, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and air-
field lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative 
and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage 
facilities, $4,266,000. 
Laughlin Air Force Auxiliary Field, Del Rio, Texas: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications 
and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop 
housing facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $4,601,000. 
Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Arizona: Airfield pavements, liquid-
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, 
operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, administrative 
and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facili-
ties, $5,167,000. 
Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, California: Airfield pave-
ments, communications and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, 
and land acquisition, $5,839,000. 
Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, Georgia: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facili-
ties, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and 
shops, $1,846,000. 
Moore Field, Mission, Texas: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel stor-
age and dispensing facilities, communications and airfield lighting 
facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, train-
ing facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, administrative 
and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, 
and shops, $10,309,000. 
Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facili-
ties, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training 
facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative and community 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facili-
ties, and shops, $5,306,000. 
Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, Texas: Airfield pavements, com-
munications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
and storage facilities, $4,810,000. 
Pinecastle Air Force Base, Orlando, Florida: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and air-
field lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facili-
ties, troop housing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage 
facilities, $10,341,000. 
Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas: Airfield pave-
ments, communications and navigational aids facilities, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, and utilities, $2,693,000. 
Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Texas: Airfield pavements, liquid-
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facili-
ties, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $7,356,000. 
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Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois: Airfield lighting facilities, 
operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facil-
ities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $1,691,0W. 
Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Florida: Liquid-fuel storage 
and dispensing facilities, navigational aids facilities, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, and 
utilities, $1,835,000. 
Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Oklahoma: Airfield pavements, liquid-
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, air-
craft 
maintenance 
facilities, 
training facilities, 
troop 
housing 
facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, land 
acquisition, and storage facilities, $7,275,000. 
Wichita Air Force Base, Wichita, Kansas: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, 
operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facili-
ties, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and shops, $9,703,000. 
Williams Air Force Base, Chandler, Arizona: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and air-
field lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facil-
ities, utilities, and land acquisition, $1,776,000. 
AIR MATERIAL, COMMAND 
Birmingham Modification Center, Birmingham, Alabama: Airfield 
pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $1,507,000. 
Brookley Air Force Base, Mobile, Alabama: Airfield pavements, 
aircraft 
maintenance facilities, training facilities, and utilities, 
$4,935,000. 
Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah: Communications facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and research, 
development and test facilities, $1,620,000. 
Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, and medi-
cal facilities, $7,964,000. 
Lynn Haven (petroleum storage area), Panama City, Florida: 
Utilities, $72,000. 
Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, California: Airfield paA^e-
ments, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, and land acquisition, 
$4,790,000. 
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Liquid-fuel 
storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, and 
utilities, $2,564,000. 
MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE 
Palm Beach County International Airport, West Palm Beach, 
Florida: Liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communica-
tions facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, and shops, 
$1,200,000. 
CONTINENTAL AIR COMMAND 
Godman Air Force Base, Fort Knox, Kentucky: Troop housing 
facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $995,000. 
Long Beach Municipal Airport, Long Beach, California: Liquid-
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational aids facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, and utilities, $112,000. 
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KESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND 
Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tullahoma, Tennessee: 
Eesearch, development and test facilities, $12,000,000. 
Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, New York: Communications facili-
ties, operational facilities, utilities, land acquisition, research, develop-
ment and test facilities, and storage facilities, $1,806,000. 
Hanscom Field (Bedford Research Center), Bedford, Massachu-
setts: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facili-
ties, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training 
facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative and community 
facilities, utilities, research, development and test facilities, medical 
facilities, and storage facilities, $10,520,000. 
Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, Nev*^ Mexico: Troop hous-
ing facilities, utilities, research, development and test facilities, 
$990,000. 
Lockland Plant, Cincinnati, Ohio: Research, development and test 
facilities, $2,800,000. 
Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa, Florida: 
Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, research, development and 
test facilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, design planning, 
port facilities, and miscellaneous facilities, $39,838,000. 
SPECIAL WEAPONS COMMAND 
Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Airfield pave-
ments, communications facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop 
housing facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, 
and land acquisition, $8,543,000. 
AIR PROVING GROUND COMMAND 
Eglin Air Force Base, Valparaiso, Florida: Utilities, and research, 
development, and test facilities, $3,242,000. 
HEADQUARTERS COMMAND 
Boiling Air Force Base, Washington, District of Columbia: Troop 
housing facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $560,000. 
AIR UNIVERSITY 
Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama: Troop housing 
facilities, and utilities, $1,290,000. 
Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama: Training facili-
ties, troop housing facilities, and utilities, $6,060,000. 
SCHOOL OF AVIATION MEDICINE 
Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas: Communications 
facilities, training facilities, utilities, and research, development and 
test facilities, $8,000,000. 
COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATIONAL AIDS FACILITIES 
Various locations: $7,990,000. 
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OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
ALASKAN AIR COMMAND 
Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications facili-
ties, aircraft maintenance facilities, administrative and community 
facilities, and utilities, $14,479,000. 
Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska: Airfield pavements, 
liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications facilities, 
administrative and community facilities, and utilities, $31,325,000. 
Galena Air Force Auxiliary Field, Galena, Alaska: Utilities, $130,-
000. 
Ladd Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska: Airfield pavements, liquid-
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications facilities, opera-
tional facilities, utilities, medical facilities, and storage facilities, 
$14,865,000. 
Naknek Air Force Auxiliary Field, Naknek, Alaska: Liquid-fuel 
storage and dispensing facilities, communications and navigational 
aids facilities, operational facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, 
$3,914,000. 
Various locations, Alaska: Communications facilities, administra-
tive and community facilities, and utilities, $880,000. 
I'AR EAST AIR FORCE 
Various locations, Pacific Area: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel stor-
age and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and 
airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative and community facil-
ities, utilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, shops, and miscel-
laneous facilities, $27,014,000. 
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Ramey Air Force Base, Aquadilla, Puerto Rico: Land acquisition, 
$3,000. 
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SEC. 302. The Secretary of the Air Force, under the direction of 
ciuties. 
the Secretary of Defense, is authorized to establish or develop classi-
fied military installations and facilities by the construction, conver-
sion, installation, or equipment of temporary or permanent public 
works, including buildings, facilities, appurtenances, family housing, 
and utilities in the total amount of $1,012,398,000. 
65 Stat. 336. 
g^^. 303. Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress, is hereby 
amended as follows: 
(a) Strike so much thereof under the heading "CONTINENTAL UNITED 
STATES" and subheading "Operational Support Facilities" in section 
301 as reads as follows: 
"Friendship International Airport, Baltimore, Maryland: Airfield 
pavements, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, 
* 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop facilities, 
family housing, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, 
medical facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $43,478,000." 
and so much as reads as follows: 
"McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown, New Jersey: Airfield 
pavements, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, hazard removal, 
operational facilities, troop facilities, administrative and supporting 
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facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medi<;al facilities, storage facilities, 
and shops, $23,773,000." 
and insert in lieu thereof the following: 
"McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown, New Jersey: Airfield pave-
ments, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, hazards removal, com-
munications facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, training facilities, troops facilities, administrative and sup-
porting facilities, utilities, medical facilities (or medical facilities at 
Fort Dix, Wrightstown, New Jersey), storage facilities, and shops, 
$62,500,000." 
(b) Strike so much thereof under the heading "CONTINENTAL UNITED 
STATES" and subheading "Operational Support Facilities" in section 
301 as reads as follows: 
"Hammer Field, Fresno, California: Airfield pavements, fuel stor-
age and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and 
airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, training facilities, troop facilities, family housing, adminis-
trative and supporting facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical 
facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $22,303,000." 
and so much as reads as follows: 
"Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California: Airfield pavements, 
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications facilities, opera-
tional facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, 
troop facilities, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, 
storage facilities, and shops, $17,561,000." 
and insert in lieu thereof the following: 
"Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California: Airfield pavements, 
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communication and airfield 
lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, training facilities, troop facilities, administrative and supporting 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facili-
ties and shops, $28,432,000." 
(c) Strike so much thereof under the heading 
"CONTINENTAL 
UNITED STATES" and subheading "Oi)erational Support Facilities" in 
section 301 as reads as follows: 
Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska: Airfield pavements, fuel 
storage and dispensing facilities, communications and airfield light-
ing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, 
troop facilities, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, 
land acquisition, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $19,063,000." 
and insert in lieu thereof the f 
olloAving: 
"Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska: Airfield pavements, 
communications and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
troop facilities, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, land 
acquisition, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $12,708,000. 
"Sioux City Airport, Sioux City, Iowa: Airfield pavements, fuel 
storage and dispensing facilities, communications and navigational 
aids facilities, operational facilities, family housing, administrative 
and supporting facilities, utilities, and medical facilities, $1,746,000." 
(d) Strike so much thereof under the heading 
"CONTINENTAL 
UNITED STATES" and subheading "Operational Support Facilities" in 
section 301 as reads as follows: 
"Hensley Naval Air Station, Dallas, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, troop facilities, family housing, administrative 
and supporting facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $3,022,000." 
(e) Strike so much thereof under the heading "CONTINENTAL UNITED 
STATES" and subheading "Depots and Logistical Facilities" in section 
301 as reads as follows: 
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P u b l i c w o r k s 
projects. 
"Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown and Lancaster, Pennsyl-
vania: Airfield pavements, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, 
communications and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, administrative and supporting facili-
ties, utilities, land acquisition, test facilities, storage facilities, and 
shops, $74,093,000." and insert in lieu thereof the following: 
"Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown, Pennsylvania: Utilities, 
and storage facilities, $570,000." 
(f) In clause (3) of section 602 thereof delete the amounts "$1,993,-
603,800" and "$3,480,661,800" and insert in lieu thereof the amounts 
"$1,896,271,800" and "$3,383,329,800", respectively. 
SEC. 304. In the prosecution of military public works projects 
authorized by this title, the Department of the Air Force may utilize 
the services of either the Corps of Engineers, Department of the 
Army, or the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Department of the Navy, 
in such manner and to such extent as will promote efficiency in opera-
tion. 
TITLE IV 
A c q u i s i t i o n of 
land, etc. 
31 u s e 529. 
33 u s e 733 and 
note. 
Reimbursement 
of owners and ten-
ants. 
Restriction. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. (a) The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the 
Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force, under the direction of the 
Secretary of Defense, are respectively authorized, in order to establish 
or develop the installations and facilities authorized by titles I, II, 
and III of this Act, to acquire lands and rights pertaining thereto, or 
other interests therein, including the temporary use thereof, by dona-
tion, purchase, exchange of Government-owned lands, or otherwise, 
without regard to section 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended. 
When 
necessary, construction of a public works project authorized by this 
Act may be commenced prior to approval of title to the underlying 
land by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised 
Statutes, as amended. 
(b) The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and 
the Secretary of the Air Force are respectively authorized, to the ex-
tent administratively determined by each to be fair and reasonable, 
under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, to reimburse 
the owners and tenants of land to be acquired for any public works 
project of the military department concerned for expenses and other 
losses and damages incurred by such owners and tenants, respectively, 
in the process and as a direct result of the moving of themselves and 
their families and possessions because of such acquisition of land, 
which reimbursement shall be in addition to, but not in duplication of, 
any payments in respect of such acquisition as may otherwise be au-
thorized by law: Provided., That the total of such reimbursement to 
the owners and tenants of any parcel of land shall in no event exceed 
25 per centum of the fair value of such parcel of land as determined 
by the Secretary of the military department concerned. 
No payment 
in reimbursement shall be made unless application therefor, supported 
by an itemized statement of the expenses, losses, and damages so in-
curred, shall have been submitted to the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned within one year following the date of such ac-
quisition. The authority conferred by this subsection shall be dele-
gable by the Secretary of the military department concerned to such 
responsible officers or employees as he may determine. All functions 
performed under this subsection shall be exempt from the operation 
of the Administrative Procedure Act of June 11, 1946 (ch. 324, 60 
Stat. 237), as amended (5 U. S. C. 1001-1011), except as to the require-
ments of section 3 of such Act (60 Stat. 238; 5 U. S. C. 1002). 
Any 
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funds appropriated pursuant to any Act authorizing civil or military 
public works projects for any military department, to the extent avail-
able, may be used to reimburse the owners and tenants of such ac-
quired lands for such incurred expenses, losses, and damages. 
The 
authority for reimbursement of owners and tenants for moving costs 
conferred by this subsection shall be in addition to but not in dupli-
cation of authority contained in subsection 501 (b) of the Act of 
September 28,1951 (65 Stat. 365) for the reimbursement to owners and 
tenants of land acquired pursuant to authorization contained in said 
Act. 
SEC. 402. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
of money as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act, 
but not to exceed— 
(1) for public works authorized by title I : Inside continental 
United States, $124,420,800; outside continental United States, 
$68,617,000; classified facilities, $135,010,000; or a total of 
$328,047,800. 
(2) for public w^orks authorized by title I I : Inside continental 
United States, $138,183,000; outside continental United States, 
$32,295,000; classified facilities, $86,397,000; or a total of 
$256,875,000. 
(3) for public works authorized by title I I I : Inside continental 
United States, $708,352,000; outside continental United States^ 
$92,610,000; classified facilities, $1,012,398,000; or a total of 
$1,813,360,000. 
SEC. 403. Any of the approximate costs enumerated in titles I, II, 
and I I I of this Act may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, 
be varied upward 10 per centum but the total cost of all work so 
enumerated under each of such titles shall not exceed the total appro-
priations authorized in respect of such title by section 402 of this Act. 
SEC. 404. No family quarters shall be constructed under the author-
ity of this Act with a net floor area in excess of one thousand two 
hundred and fifty square feet, and the average net floor area of all 
such family quarters shall not exceed one thousand and eighty square 
feet. 
SEC. 405. Appropriations made to carry out the purposes of this Act 
shall be available with respect to public works projects authorized by 
law for expenses incident to construction, including administration, 
overhead, planning, and supervision. 
SEC. 406. Any public works project authorized by this Act may be 
prosecuted under direct appropriations or authority to enter into 
contracts in lieu of such appropriations. 
SEC. 407. In the case of any public work authorized to be established 
or developed under the authority of section 102,202, or 302 of this Act, 
the Secretary of the military department authorized to establish or 
develop such public w^ork, or his designee, shall come into agreement 
with the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House 
of Representatives with respect to the cost of construction of such 
public work, including those real-estate actions pertaining thereto. 
SEC. 408. The Secretary of Defense shall maintain direct surveillance 
over the planning and construction by the military departments of 
all public works projects. 
Such surveillance shall be maintained 
through a civilian official of the Department of Defense to be known 
as the Director of Installations, who shall be appointed by and directly 
responsible to the Secretary of Defense and who shall receive com-
pensation at the rate of $14,800 a year. The Director of Installations 
shall, from time to time, make such reports directly to the Secretary 
of Defense with respect to public works projects under construction 
by the military departments as he may deem necessary to keep the 
Appropriations. 
Cost variations. 
Family quarters. 
P u b l i c works 
projects. 
Director of In ' 
stallations. 
Reports. 
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[66 ST A T . 
Contracts. 
65 Stat. 700. 
41USC 153,254. 
Secretary of Defense currently and fully informed with respect to 
the status, progress, and cost of, and all other pertinent matters con-
cerning, such public works project. 
No person shall be appointed 
as Director of Installations unless the Secretary of Defense is satisfied 
that he has had a substantial amount of experience in the construction 
of public works of the types constructed by the military depart-
ments. The Secretary of Defense shall provide for furnishing the 
Director of Installations with such engineering, clerical, stenographic, 
and other personnel as he may require in order adequately to perform 
his functions. 
SEC. 409. Whenever— 
(a) the President determines that compliance with the require-
ments of Public Law 245, Eighty-second Congress in the case of 
contracts made pursuant to this Act with respect to the establish-
ment or development of military installations and facilities in 
foreign countries would interfere with the carrying out of the 
provisions of this Act; and 
(b) the Secretary of Defense and the Comptroller General have 
agreed upon alternative methods for conducting an adequate audit 
of such contracts, 
the President is authorized to exempt such contracts from the require-
ments of Public Law 245, Eighty-second Congress. 
Approved July 14, 1952. 
July 14, 1952 
[H. R. 6845] 
Public Law 535 
CHAPTER 727 
AN ACT 
To continue until the close of June 30, 1953, the suspension of duties and import 
taxes on metal scrap, and for other purposes. 
64 Stat. 1093. 
19 u s e 10 0 1, 
par. 301 note. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assefnbled, That section 2 of 
the Act of September 30,1950 (Public Law 869, Eighty-first Congress, 
ch. 1119, second session), is hereby amended by striking out "June 30, 
1952" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1953": Provided, 
That 
this Act shall not apply to lead scrap. 
Approved July 14, 1952. 
July 14, 1952 
[H. R. 7721] 
Public Law 536 
CHAPTER 728 
AN ACT 
To extend the benefits of the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944 to persons serving 
in the Armed Forces of the United States after the termination of the state 
of war between the United States and the Government of Japan and prior 
to July 2,1955. 
Veterans prefer-
ence. 
58 Stat. 387; 6 2 
Stat, 3. 
5 u s e 851. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 2 of 
the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, as amended, is amended by in-
serting before the period at the end thereof a semicolon and the 
following: "and (6) those ex-service men and women who have served 
on active duty in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States 
during the period beginning April 28, 1952, and ending July 1, 1955 
(the period after the termination of the state of war between the 
United States and the Government of Japan during which persons 
may be inducted under existing law for training and service in the 
Armed Forces), and have been separated from such Armed Forces 
under honorable conditions".