An Act to authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes
PL 92-145 (H.R.9844), enacted 10/27/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-145-OCT. 27, 1971 
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Public Law 92-145 
October 27, 1971 
AN A C T 
[H. R. 9844] 
To authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Military Con- 
United Sttttes of America in Congress assemhled, 
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SEC. 101. The Secretary of the Army 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 
UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL ARMY COMMAND 
(First Army) 
Fort Belvoir, Virginia, $10,750,000. 
Fort Knox, Kentucky, $775,000. 
Fort Lee, Virginia, $5,192,000. 
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, $1,690,000. 
(Third Army) 
Fort Benning, Georgia, $2,185,000. 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, $9,631,000. 
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, $9,996,000. 
Fort Rucker, Alabama, $437,000. 
(Fourth Army) 
Fort Bliss, Texas, $626,000. 
Fort Hood, Texas, $23,435,000. 
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, $9,694,000. 
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, $940,000. 
(Fifth Army) 
Fort Carson, Colorado, $23,172,000. 
(Sixth Army) 
Fort Lewis, Washington, $3,931,000. 
Fort Ord, California, $2,174,000. 
Presidio of San Francisco, California, $10,498,000. 
(Military District of Washington) 
Fort Myer, Virginia, $2,300,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND 
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, $2,048,000. 
Aeronautical Maintenance Center, Texas, $4,730,000. 
Harry Diamond Laboratory, Maryland, $9,035,000. 
Letterkenny Army Depot, Pennsylvania, $319,000. 
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Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, $879,000. 
White Sands Missile Range, Xew Mexico, $1,264,000. 
Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, $2,921,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS COM3IAND 
P:ast Coast Relay Station, Maryland, $826,000. 
Fort Huachuca, Arizona, $2,580,000. 
ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 
Brooke Army Medical Center. Texas, $2,551,000. 
Walter Reed Army Medical (^enter. District of 
Columbia, 
$112,500,000. 
MILITARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND TERMINAL SERVICE 
Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal, North Carolina, $805,000. 
UNITEiD STATES ARMY, ALASKA 
Fort Greely, Alaska, $1,718,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY, HAWAII 
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, $4,787,000. 
MODERN VOLUNTEER ARMY 
Various locations: Barracks improvements, $30,000,000. 
POLLUTION 
ABATEMENT 
Various locations: Air Pollution Abatement Facilities, $34,946,000. 
Various 
locations: 
Water 
Pollution 
Abatement 
Facilities, 
$34,791,000: Provided, That $2,000,000 of that amount shall be utilized 
for participation by Fort Wainwright, Alaska, in the sanitary sewer 
system of Fairbanks, Alaska. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
INITED STATES ARMY FORCES, SOUTHERN ("03I3IAND 
Panama area. Canal Zone, $8,026,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY, PACIFIC 
Kwajalein missile range, $2,507,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY SECI'RITY AGENCY 
Various locations, $1,221,000. 
MODERN VOLUNTEER ARMY 
Various locations: Barracks improvemeivts, $12,500,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMAND 
Various locations, $174,000. 
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Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Emergency con-
struction. 
Congressional 
committees, noti-
fication. 
Authoriz ation 
expiration. 
82 Stat. 369. 
84 Stat. 1208. 
83 Stat. 293. 
84 Stat. 1209. 
84 Stat. 1205. 
84 Stat. 1221. 
UNITED STATES ARMY, EUROPE 
Germany, various locations, $1,946,000. 
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, 
$15,000,000: Provided^ That, within thirty days after the end of each 
quarter, the Secretary of the Army shall furnish to the Committees on 
Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a description of obligations incurred as the United 
States share of such multilateral programs. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Army may establish or develop Army 
installations and facilities by proceeding with construction made neces-
sary 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 develop-
ment requirements, or (4) improved production schedules if the 
Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for 
inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would 
be inconsistent with interests of national security, and in connection 
therewith to acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install perma-
nent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site prep-
aration, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment; in the total amount 
of $10,000,000: Provided^ That the Secretary of the Army, or his desig-
nee, 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 as of September 30,1972, except 
for those public works projects concerning which the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been 
notified pursuant to this section prior to that date. 
SEC. 103. (a) Public Law 90-408, as amended, is amended under the 
heading "Inside the United States", in section 101 as follows: 
With respect to " 
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Illinois", strike 
out "$2,188,000" and insert in place thereof "$2,391,000". 
(b) Public Law 90-408, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (1) of section 802 "$366,499,000" and "$453,651,000" and insert-
ing in place thereof "$366,702,000" and "$453,854,000", respectively. 
SEC. 104. (a) Public Law 91-142, as amended, is amended under the 
heading "IxsmE THE UNITED STATES", in section 101, as follows: 
With respect to "Fort Hancock, New Jersey", strike out "$625,000" 
and insert in place thereof "$693,000". 
(b) Public Law 91-142, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (1) of section 702 "$186,591,000" and "$290,726,000" and insert-
ing in place thereof "$186,659,000" and "$290,794,000", respectively. 
SEC. 105. (a) Public Law 91-511 is amended under the heading 
"INSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 101 as follows: 
(1) With respect to "Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania", strike out 
"$503,000" and insert in place thereof "$658,000". 
(2) With respect to "Badger Army Ammunition Plant, Wiscon-
sin", strike out "$1,604,000" and insert in place thereof "$2,234,000". 
(b) Public Law 91-511 is amended by striking out in clause (1) of 
section 602 "$179,717,000" and "$264,914,000" and inserting in place 
thereof "$180,502,000" and "$265,699,000". 
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SEC. 201. The Secretary of the Navy may establish or develop mill- 
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tary installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, 
rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, 
including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities 
and equipment for the following acquisition and construction: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
FIRST NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Radio Station, Cutler, Maine, $161,000. 
Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, $94,000. 
Naval Station, Newport, Rhode Island, $1,660,000. 
Naval L^nderwater Systems Center, Newport, Rhode 
Island, 
$655,000. 
Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, $3,511,000. 
THIRD NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, $3,830,000. 
Naval Submarine Medical Center, New London, Connecticut, 
$668,000. 
Naval Ammunition Depot, Earle, New Jersey, $383,000. 
FOURTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $991,000, and/or at such 
other installation or site as shall be approved by the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
Naval Air Development 
Center, 
Warminster, 
Pennsylvania, 
$304,000. 
NAVAL DISTRICT, WASHINGTON 
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, $8,400,000. 
Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, $4,500,000. 
Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Maryland, $1,307,000. 
Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, $321,000. 
Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland, $1,397,000. 
F I F T H 
NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia, $85,000. 
CINCLANTFLT Headquartei-s, Noifolk, Virginia, $4,201,000. 
Xaval Air Rework Facility, Norfolk, Virginia, $6,226,000. 
Naval Communication Station, Norfolk, Virginia, $884,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Norfolk, Virginia, $1,565,000. 
Naval Shipvard, Norfolk, Virginia, $1,880*,000. 
Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia, $19,316,000. 
Naval Air Station, Oceana. Virginia, $6,240,000. 
Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia, $2,067,000. 
Xaval Radio Station, Sugar Grove, AVest Virginia. $260,000. 
SIXTH NAVAL 
DISTRICT 
Naval Air Station, Cecil Field, Florida, $1,603,000. 
Naval Security Group Activity, Homestead, Florida, $439,000. 
Naval Air Station, .Tacksonville, Florida, $6,930,000. 
Xaval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, $8,380,000. 
Naval Air Station, Saufley Field, Florida, $505,000. 
Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Floi-ida. $2,278,000. 
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Xaval Air Station, Glynco, Georgia, $5,656,000. 
Xaval 
Construction 
Battalion 
Center, Gnlfport, 
]Mississipi)i, 
$3,008,000. 
Xaval Air Station, Meridian, Mississippi, $3,266,000, 
Xavy Commissary Store, Meridian, Mississippi, $270,000. 
Xaval Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina, $754,000. 
Xaval Shipvard, Charleston, South Carolina, $7,602,000. 
Xaval Station, Charleston, South Carolina, $929,000. 
Xaval Air Station, Memphis, Tennessee, $1,770,000. 
Xaval Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, $262,000. 
E I G H T H 
XAVAL 
DISTRICT 
Xaval Air Station, Kingsville, Texas, $90,000. 
X I X T H 
XAVAL 
DISTRICT 
Xavy Electronics Supply Office, Great Lakes, Illinois, $323,000. 
Xaval Hospital Corps School, Great Lakes, Illinois, $3,161,000. 
Xaval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, $2,386,000. 
ELEVENTH XAVAL DISTRICT 
Xaval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, $447,000. 
Xaval Amphibious Base, Coronado, California, $1,557,000. 
Xaval Amphibious School, Coronado, California, $137,000. 
Xaval Hospital, Long Beach, California, $15,092,000. 
Xaval Air Station, Miramar, California, $5,081,000. 
Xaval Air Station, Xorth Island, California, $8,557,000. 
Xaval Station, San Diego, California, $1,886,000. 
Xavy 
Submarine 
Support 
Facility, 
San 
Diego, 
California. 
$2,878,000. 
Xaval Training Center, San Diego, California, $1,349,000. 
Xaval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, California. $714,000. 
TWEI^FTH XAVAL DISTRICT 
Xaval Air Station, Lemoore, California, $4,716,000. 
Xaval 
Schools Command, Mare Island, Vallejo, 
California, 
$1,338,000. 
Xaval Shipyard, Mare Island, Vallejo, California, $394,000. 
Xaval Communication Station, San Francisco, California, $155,000. 
T H I R T E E N T H 
NAVAL DISTRICT 
Xaval Shipyard, Puget Sound. Bremerton, Washington, $2,677,000. 
Xaval Torpedo Station, Keyport, Washington, $2,496,000. 
Xaval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Washington, $3,294,000. 
FOURTEENTH 
NAVAL 
DISTRICT 
Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. 
$2,202,000. 
Xaval Ammunition Depot, Oahu, Hawaii, $78,000. 
Fleet Submarine Training Facility, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $501,000. 
Xaval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $1,384,000. 
Xaval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $3,967,000. 
SEVENTEENTH 
NAVAL 
DISTRICT 
Xaval Facility, Adak, Alaska, $516,000. 
Xaval Station, Adak, Alaska, $9,025,000. 
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MARINE CORPS FACILITIES 
Marine Barracks, Washington, District of Columbia, $4,434,000. 
Marine Corps Development and Education Command, Quantico, 
Virginia, $1,783,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, $2,610,000. 
Marine 
Corps Air 
Station, Cherry 
Point, North 
Carolina, 
$3,607,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, New River, North Carolina, $3,364,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina, $2,417,000. 
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, 
$1,444,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona, $2,261,000. 
Marine Corps Supply Center, Barstow, California, $678,000. 
Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field, Camp Pendleton, Cali-
fornia, $593,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, $11,210,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, $838,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Santa Ana, California, $908,000. 
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, $1,497,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California, $6,653,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe, Hawaii, $2,455,000. 
POLLUTION ABATEMENT 
Various Naval and Marine Corps Installations: Air Pollution Abate-
ment Facilities, $15,474,000. 
Various Naval and Marine Corps Installations: Water Pollution 
Abatement Facilities, $12,883,000. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
TENTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, $3,579,000. 
Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, $^,983,000. 
F I F T E E N T H NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Communication Station, Balboa, Canal Zone, $200,000. 
Naval Security Group Activity, Galeta Island, Canal Zone, $516,000. 
ATLANTIC OCEAN AREA 
Naval Facility, Grand Turk, West Indies, $418,000. 
Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland, $5,800,000. 
EUROPEAN AREA 
Naval Security Group Activity, Todendorf, Germany, $377,000. 
Naval Air Facility, Sigonella, Sicily, $1,371,000. 
INDIAN OCEAN AREA 
Naval Communication Facility, Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago, 
$4,794,000. 
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA 
Naval Communication Station, Harold E. Holt, Exmouth, Aus-
tralia, $75,000. 
Naval Air Station, Agana, Guam, Mariana Islands, $12,398,000. 
Naval Communication Station, Guam, Mariana Islands, $1,823,000. 
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Classified in-
stallations, estab-
lishment. 
Emergency con-
struction. 
Congressional 
committees, noti-
fication. 
Authorization 
expiration. 
8 2 Stat. 37 3, 
84 Stat, 1213, 
83 Stat, 298, 
84 Stat, 1213, 
84 Stat, 1209, 
Xaval Magazine, Guam, Mariana Islands, $993,000. 
Xa\ al Station, Guam, Mariana Islands, $3,385,000. 
Xaval Communication Station, Yokosuka, Japan, $258,000. 
Naval Air Station, Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines, 
$1,892,000. 
Xaval Communication Station, San Miguel, Republic of the Philip-
pines, $1,280,000. 
POLLUTION 
ABATEMENT 
Various Naval Installations: Air Pollution Abatement Facilities, 
$488,000. 
Various Naval Installations: Water Pollution Abatement Facilities, 
$7,412,000. 
SEC. 202. The Secretary of the Navy may establish or develop classi-
fied Navy installations and facilities by acquiring, converting, rehabili-
tating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including 
land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equip-
ment in the amount of $3,733,000. 
SEC. 203. The Secretary of the Navy may establish or develop Navy 
installations and facilities by proceeding with construction made neces-
sary by changes in Navy missions and responsibilities which have been 
occasioned by (1) unforeseen security considerations, (2) new weapons 
developments, (3) new and unforeseen research and 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 incon-
sistent with interests of national security, and in connection therewith 
to acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or tem-
porary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, 
appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, in the total amount of 
$10,000,000: Provided^ That the Secretary of the Navy, or his designee, 
shall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives, immediately upon reaching a decision to 
implement, of the cost of construction of any public work undertaken 
under this section, including those real estate actions pertaining 
thereto. This authorization will expire as of September 30,1972, except 
for those public works projects concerning which the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been 
notified pursuant to this section prior to that date. 
SEC. 204, (a) Public Law 90-408, as amended, is amended under the 
lieadinn; "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 201 as follows: 
(1) With respect to Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecti-
cut, strike out "$1,225,000" and insert in place thereof "$1,825,000". 
(b) Public Law 90-408, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (2) of section 802, "$239,082,000" and "$245,947,000" and insert-
ing in place thereof "$239,682,000" and "$246,547,000", respectively. 
SEC. 205. (a) Public Law 91-142, as amended, is amended under the 
heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 201 as follows: 
(1) With respect to Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecti-
cut, strike out "$303,000" and insert in place thereof "$1,056,000". 
(2) With respect to Naval Air Station, Alameda, California, strike 
out "$6,094,000" and insert in place thereof "$8,170,000". 
(b) Public Law 91-142, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (2) of section 702 "$276,794,000" and "$311,848,000" and insert-
ing in place thereof "$279,623,000" and "$314,677,000", respectively. 
SEC. 206. (a) Public Law 91-511 is amended under the heading 
"INSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 201 as follows: 
(1) With respect to Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Mary-
land, strike out "$159,000" and insert in place thereof "$249,000". 
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(2) With respect to Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, 
South Carolina, strike out "$112,000"' and insert in place thereof 
"$210,000''. 
(b) Public Law 91-511 is amended by striking out in clause (2) of 
section 602, "$245,930,000" and "$268,898,000" and inserting in place 
thereof "$246,118,000" and "$269,086,000", respectively. 
SEC. 207. (a) The Secretary of Defense is directed to prepare a 
Atlantic Fleet 
detailed feasibility study of the most advantageous alternative to the cuiTbr'^t P^^R^,' 
weapons training now being conducted in the Culebra Complex of the study. 
Atlantic Fleet Weapons Eange. The Secretary shall determine the 
most advantageous alternative on the basis of investigations which 
consider cost, national security, the operational readiness and profi-
ciency of the Atlantic Fleet, the impact on the environment, and other 
relevant factors. 
(b) The detailed feasibility study authorized by subsection (a) of 
Report to Presi-
this section shall be completed by December 31, 1972. Upon comple- sf^na^^com'i^ftees. 
tion of the feasibility study, a report summarizing the study results 
together with the Secretary's recommendations shall be transmitted 
to the President of the United States and to the chairmen of the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Repre-
sentatives. 
(c) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
Appropriation. 
are necessary for carrying out the studies required by subsections (a) 
and (b) of this section. 
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SEC. 301. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop 
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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 con-
struction. 
INSIDE THE UNITED 
STATES 
AEROSPACE 
D E F E N S E 
COMMAND 
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, Colorado, $1,453,000. 
Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Florida, $1,019,000. 
AIR FORCE COMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICE 
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Kansas City, Missouri, $782,000. 
AIR FORCE LOGISTICS COMMAND 
Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah, $19,311,000. 
Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, $11,024,000. 
McClellan Air Force Base, Sacramento, California, $727,000. 
Newark Air Force Station, Newark, Ohio, $1,476,000. 
Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins, Georgia, $17,133,000. 
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, $12,776,000. 
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, $11,427,000. 
Various locations, $275,000. 
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND 
Arnold Engineering Development Center, TuUahoma, Tennessee, 
$1,244,000. 
Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, $1,468,000. 
Edwards Air Force Base, Muroc, California, $3,048,000. 
Eglin Air Force Base, Valparaiso, Florida, $4,248,000. 
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Space and Missile Test Center, Lompoc, California, $84,000. 
Satellite Tracking Facilities, $323,000. 
AIR TRAINING COMMAND 
Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, $2,900,000. 
Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, $2,564,000. 
Laredo Air Force Base, Laredo, Texas, $331,000. 
Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Kio, Texas, $579,000. 
Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado, $8,435,000. 
Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, California, $2,891,000. 
Kandolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, $865,000. 
Eeese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Texas, $2,522,000. 
Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas, $9,893,000. 
Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Oklahoma, $62,000. 
Williams Air Force Base, Chandler, Arizona, $1,639,000. 
ALASKAN AIR COMMAND 
Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska, $968,000. 
Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska, $441,000. 
Various Locations, $1,092,000. 
HEADQUARTERS 
COMMAND 
Andrews Air Force Base, Camp Springs, Maryland, $2,013,000. 
polling Air Force Base, Washington, District of Columbia, 
$7,185,000. 
MILITARY AIRLIFT 
COMMAND 
Altus Air Force Base, Altus, Oklahoma, $830,000. 
Charleston Air Force Base, Charleston, South Carolina, $2,347,000. 
Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware, $5,223,000. 
McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Washington, $1,556,000. 
McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown, New Jersey, $1,004,000. 
Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, California, $2,016,000. 
Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois, $665,000. 
Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California, $1,299,000. 
PACIFIC 
AIR 
FORCES 
Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii, $237,000. 
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, California, $1,348,000. 
Blytheville Air Force Base, Blytheville, Arkansas, $522,000. 
Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas, $100,000. 
Castle Air Force Base, Merced, California, $5,703,000. 
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, $1,326,000. 
Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, South Dakota, $1,445,000. 
Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington, $104,000. 
Grand Forks Air Force Base, Grand Forks. North Dakota, 
$514,000. 
Grissom Air Force Base, Peru, Indiana, $95,000. 
K. I. Sawjer Air Force Base, Marquette, Michigan, $839,000. 
Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine, $1,980,000. 
Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana, $522,000. 
Minot Air Force Base, Minot, North Dakota. $1,564,000. 
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Otfutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska, $1,295,000. 
Pease Air Force Base, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, $8,205,000. 
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, New York, $128,000. 
Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, $456,000. 
AVurtsmith Air Force Base, Oscoda, Michigan, $440,000. 
Various locations, $928,000. 
TACTICAL AIR COMMAND 
Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas, $2,559,000. 
Cannon Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico, $290,000. 
George Air Force Base, Victorville, California, $547,000. 
Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, $7,067,000. 
Homestead Air Force Base, Homestead, Florida, $1,421,000. 
Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Virginia, $1,968,000. 
Little Rock Air Force Base, Little Rock, Arkansas, $150,000. 
Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Arizona, $3,269,000. 
MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida, $3,268,000. 
McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, Kansas, $232,000. 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Mountain Home, Idaho, $2,060,000. 
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 
$446,000. 
Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada, $1,171,000. 
Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina, $1,473,000. 
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY 
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 
$434,000. 
I'NITED STATES AIR FORCE SECURITY SERVICE 
Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas, $2,200,000. 
POLLUTION 
ABATEMENT 
Various Locations, Air Pollution Abatement Facilities, $15,220,000. 
Various 
Locations, 
Water 
Pollution 
Abatement 
Facilities, 
$7,820,000. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
AEROSPACE D E F E N S E 
COMMAND 
Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland, $2,017,000. 
P A C I F I C 
AIR 
FORCES 
Philippine Islands, $129,000. 
Ryukyu Islands, $1,388,000. 
Korea, $478,000. 
STRATEGIC AIR 
COMMAND 
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, $850,000. 
UNITED STATES AIR FORCES I N 
EUROPE 
Germany, $1,254,000. 
United Kingdom, $585,000. 
Various Locations, $1,192,000. 
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[85 STAT. 
POLLUTION 
ABATEMENT 
Classified in-
stallations, estab-
lishment. 
Emergency con-
struction. 
Congressional 
committees, noti-
fication. 
Authorization 
expiration. 
79 Stat. 809. 
79 Stat. 8 10. 
81 Stat, 295. 
83 Stat. 309. 
84 Stat. 1215. 
84 Stat. 1221. 
Various Locations, Water Pollution Abatement Facilities, $985,000. 
SEC. 802. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop 
classified military installations and facilities by acquiring, construct-
ing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary 
public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurte-
nances, utilities, and equipment in the total amount of $11,985,000. 
SEC. 303. 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 
M'hich have been occasioned by: (1) unforeseen security considera-
tions, (2) new weapons developments, (3) new and unforeseen research 
and development requirements, or (4) improved production schedules, 
if the Seci-etary of Defense determines that deferral of such construc-
tion for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization 
Act would be inconsistent with interests of national security, and in 
connection therewith to acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or 
install permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisi-
tion, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities and equipment in the 
total amount of $10,000,000: Provided^ That the Secretary of the Air 
Force 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 undertaken under this section, including those real estate actions 
pertaining thereto. This authorization will expire as of September 30, 
1972, 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 that date. 
SEC. 304. (a) Public Law 88-174, as amended, is amended under the 
heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 301 as follows: 
(1) Under the subheading "AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND" with 
respect to Sacramento Peak Upper Air Research Site, New Mexico, 
strike out "$3,167,000" and insert in place thereof "$3,410,000". 
(b) Public Law 88-174, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (3) of section 602 "$162,287,000" and "$491,969,000" and insert-
ing in place thereof "$162,530,000" and "$492,212,000", respectively. 
SEC. 305. (a) Public Law 90-110, as amended, is amended under the 
heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 301 as follows: 
(1) Under the subheading "MILITARY AIRLIFT COMMAND" with 
respect to Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California, strike out 
"$6,047,000" and insert in place thereof "$6,946,000". 
(b) Public Law 90-110, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (3) of section 802 "$314,578,000" and "$400,950,000" and insert-
ing in place thereof "$315,477,000" and "$401,849,000", respectively. 
SEC. 306. (a) Public Law 91-511 is amended under the heading 
"INSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 301 as follows: 
(1) Under the subheading "STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND" with respect 
to Minot Air Force Base, Minot, North Dakota, strike out "$134,000" 
and insert in place thereof "$330,000". 
(b) Public Law 91-511 is amended by striking out in clause (3) of 
section 602 "$191,937,000" and "$256,189,000" and inserting in place 
thereof "$192,133,000" and "$256,385,000", respectively. 
TITLE IV 
Defense agen-
cies. 
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. 
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405 
including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities 
and equipment, for defense agencies for the following acquisition and 
construction: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
DEFENSE ATOMIC SUPPORT AGENCY 
Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, $662,000. 
DEFENSE SUPPLY AGENCY 
Defense Automatic Addressing System Office, Dayton, Ohio, 
$143,000. 
Defense Construction Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio, $1,569,000. 
Defense Depot, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, $1,209,000. 
Defense Depot, Memphis, Tennessee, $136,000. 
Defense Depot, Ogden, Utah, $1,452,000. 
Defense Depot, Tracy Annex, Stockton, California, $100,000. 
Defense General Supply Center, Richmond, Virginia, $432,000. 
Defense Industrial Supply Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
$541,000. 
Defense Personnel Support Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
$134,000. 
DSA Subsistence Regional Headquarters, Alameda, California, 
$268,000. 
Various locations. Air Pollution Abatement Facilities, $1,317,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, $2,638,000. 
SEC 402. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop installa-
tions and facilities which he determines to be vital to the security of the 
United States, and in connection therewith to acquire, construct, con-
vert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or temporary public works, 
including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, 
and equipment in the total amount of $10,000,000: Promded^ That the 
Secretary of Defense, or his designee, shall notify the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, immedi-
ately upon reaching a final decision to implement, of the cost of 
construction of any public work undertaken under this section, includ-
ing real estate actions pertaining thereto. 
TITLE V—MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
SEC. 501. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized 
to construct, at the locations hereinafter named, family housing units 
and trailer court facilities in the numbers hereinafter listed, but no 
family housing construction shall be commenced at any such locations 
in the United States, until the Secretary shall have consulted with the 
Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, as 
to the availability of adequate private housing at such locations. If 
agreement cannot be reached with respect to the availability of ade-
<iuate private housing at any location, the Secretary of Defense shall 
immediately notify the Committees on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, in writing, of such diflference 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. 
Congres 
committee 
fication. 
sional 
s, noti-
Construction. 
authorization. 
Congressional 
committees, noti-
fication. 
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[85 STAT. 
(a) Family housing units— 
Army, 
(l)The Department of the Army, one thousand five hundred 
and seventy-eight units, $40,784,900: 
Fort Carson, Colorado, two hundred units. 
Fort Gordon, Georgia, two hundred units. 
United States Army Installations, Oahu, Hawaii, three 
hundred units. 
Camp Drum, New York, eighty-eight units. 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, one hundred and fifty units. 
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, sixty units. 
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, three hundred units. 
Fort Hood, Texas, two hundred eighty units, 
Navy. 
(2) The Department of the Navy, four thousand two hundred 
fifty-four units, $107,146,000: 
Naval Complex, East Bay, San Francisco, California, three 
hundred units. 
Naval Complex, Long Beach, California, three hundred 
units. 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, two 
hundred units. 
Naval Complex, San Diego, California, six hundred units. 
Naval Complex, District of Columbia, one hundred fifty 
units. 
Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, three hundred 
units. 
Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida, four units. 
Naval Air Station, Glynco, Georgia, one hundred thirty 
units. 
United States Naval Installations, Oahu, Hawaii, four 
hundred units. 
Naval Complex, Warminster, Pennsylvania, two hundred 
units. 
Naval Complex, Newport, Khode Island, two hundred 
units. 
Naval Complex, Charleston, South Carolina, two hundred 
and eighty units. 
Naval Air Station, Memphis, Tennessee, one hundred units. 
Naval Complex, Norfolk, Virginia, six hundred and forty 
units. 
Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, two hundred 
and fifty units. 
Naval Complex, Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines, 
two hundred units. 
Air Force. 
(3) The Department of the Air Force, three thousand six hun-
dred units, $86,022,000 : 
Beale Air Force Base, California, two hundred units. 
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, two hundred 
units. 
Ent-Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, two hundred and 
fifty units. 
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, three hundred units. 
Boiling Air Force Base, District of Columbia, four hun-
dred units. 
Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, one hundred and sixty 
units. 
Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, four hundred and fifty 
units. 
Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, three hundred units. 
Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, two hundred and 
fiftv units. 
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407 
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, five hundred units. 
Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, hve hundred units. 
Woomera, Australia, ninety units, 
(b) Trailer Court Facilities— 
(1) The Department of the Navy, one thousand five hundred 
spaces, $4,500,000. 
(2) The Department of the Air Force, eight hundred fifty spaces 
$2,780,000. 
SEC. 502. Authorization for the construction of family housing pro-
vided in this Act shall be subject, under such regulations as the Secre-
tary of Defense may prescribe, to the following limitations on cost, 
which shall include shades, screens, ranges, refrigerators, and all other 
installed equipment and fixtures: 
(a) The average unit cost for each military department for all units 
of family housing constructed in the United States (other than Hawaii 
and Alaska) shall not exceed $24,000 including the cost of the family 
unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site preparation, 
and installation of utilities. 
(b) No family housing unit in the area specified in subsection (a) 
shall be constructed at a total cost exceeding $42,000 including the cost 
of the family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site 
preparation, and installation of utilities. 
(c) When family housing units are constructed in areas other than 
that specified in subsection (a) the average cost of all such units shall 
not exceed $33,500 and in no event shall the cost of any unit exceed 
$42,000. The cost limitations of this subsection shall include the cost of 
the family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site 
preparation, and installation of utilities. 
SEC. 503. Notwithstanding the limitations contained in prior military 
construction authorization Acts on cost of construction of family hous-
ing, the limitations contained in section 502 of this Act shall apply to 
all prior authorizations for construction of family housing and not 
heretofore repealed and for Avhich construction contracts have not been 
executed by date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 504. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to 
accomplish alterations, additions, expansions or extensions not other-
wise authorized by law, to existing public quarters at a cost not to 
exceed 
(1) for the Department of the Army, $10,367,000. 
(2) for the Department of the Navy, $8,271,000. 
(3) for the Department of the Air Force, $13,825,000. 
(4) for the Defense Agencies, $205,000. 
SEC. 505. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to 
construct or otherwise acquire, four family housing units in foreign 
countries at a total cost not to exceed $106,000. This authority shall 
include the authority to acquire lands and interests in land, and shall 
be limited to such projects as may be funded by use of excess foreign 
currencies when so provided in Department of Defense appropriations 
A^cts 
SEC. 506. Section 515 of Public Law 84-161 (69 Stat. 324, 352) as 
amended, is amended by (1) striking out "1971 and 1972" in the first 
sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "1972 and 1973", (2) striking 
out "seven thousand five hundred" in the second sentence and inserting 
in lieu thereof "ten thousand", and (3) striking out "$190" and "$250" 
in the third sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "$200" and "$275", 
respectively. 
SEC. 507. Section 507 of Public Law 88-174 (77 Stat. 307, 326) as 
amended, is amended by (1) striking out "1971 and 1972" and inserting 
Cost limitations. 
Retroactive 
provision. 
Foreign coun-
tries. 
L e a s in g 
facil 
84 
10 
note. 
81 
ities. 
Stat. 
use 
Stat, 
; of 
1220. 
267 4 
304; 
84 Stat. 1220, 
42 use lS94k, 
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[85 STAT. 
Space limita-
tions, 
76 Stat. 239. 
Repeal, 
70A Stat. 269. 
Repeal. 
70A Stat. 590. 
U.S. Naval 
Academy, cost 
limitation excep-
tion. 
Appropri ation. 
84 Stat. 1865. 
Appropriation. 
42 u s e 3374 
and note. 
in lieu thereof "1972 and 1973", and (2) striking out "$185" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "$210". 
SEC. 508. (a) Sections 4774(f) and 9774(f) of title 10, United States 
Code, are amended to read as follows: "(f) If the Secretary of 
Defense, or his designee, determines, on the basis of a survey of the 
family housing needs at any installation where the construction of 
family housing is authorized, that the construction of four-bedroom 
units or five-bedroom units for enlisted men is required, such units 
may be constructed with a net floor area of not more than one thousand 
two hundred fifty square feet, and one thousand four hundred square 
feet, respectively." 
(b) Section 7574(d) of title 10, LTnited States Code is amended to 
read as follows: "(d) If the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, 
determines, on the basis of a survey of the family housing needs at any 
installation w^here the construction of family housing is authorized, 
that the construction of four-bedroom units or five-bedroom units for 
enlisted men is required, such units may be constructed with a net floor 
area of not more than one thousand two hundred fifty square feet, and 
one thousand four hundred square feet, respectively.". 
(c) Sections 4774(g), 7574(e), and 9774(g) of title 10, United States 
Code, are amended by inserting "or five-bedroom units" after "four-
bedroom units". 
SEC. 509. (a) Chapter 449 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by repealing section 4775 and by striking out the corresponding item 
in the analysis. 
(b) Chapter 949 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
repealing section 9775 and by striking out the corresponding item in 
the analysis. 
SEC. 510. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to 
accomplish repairs and improvements to existing public quarters in 
amounts in excess of the $10,000 limitation prescribed in section 610(a) 
of Public Law 90-110 (81 Stat. 279, 805), as amended, for the United 
States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryhind, five units, $125,000. 
SEC. 511. There is authorized to be appropriated for use by the Secre-
tary of Defense, or his designee, for military family housing as 
authorized by law for the following purposes: 
(1) for construction and acquisition of 
family 
housing, 
including improvements to adequate quarters, improvements to 
inadequate quarters, minor construction, relocation of family 
housing, rental guarantee payments, construction and acquisition 
of trailer court facilities, and planning, an amount not to exceed 
$270,919,000, and, 
(2) for support of military family housing, including oper-
ating 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, as amended (12 LLS.C. I7l5m), an amount not to exceed 
$633,212,000. 
TITLE VI—HOMEOWNEES ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 601. In accordance with subsection 1013 (i) of Public Law 
89-754 (80 Stat. 1255,1292) there is authorized to be appropriated for 
use by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of section 1013 of 
Public Law 89-754, including acquisition of properties, an amount not 
to exceed $7,575,000. 
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409 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. The Secretary of each military department may proceed ^^^^""/iJ'^"''""" 
to establish or develop installations and facilities under this Act with- ^"waWer'of restric-
out regard to section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 tions, 
U.S.C. 529) and sections 4774(d) and 9774(d) of title 10, United 
States Code. The authority to place permanent or temporary ^J^^ ^tat. 269, 
improvements on land includes authority for surveys, administration, 
overhead planning, and supervision incident to construction. That 
authority may be exercised before title to the land is approved under 
section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U.S.C. 255), and 
even though the land is held temporarily. The authority to acquire 
real estate or land includes authority to make surveys and to acquire 
land, and interests in land (including temporary use), by gift, pur-
chase, exchange of Government-owned land, or otherwise. 
SEC. 702. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
Appropriation, 
may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, but appropriations for 
public works projects authorized by titles I, 11, III, IV, V, and VI, 
shall not exceed— 
(1) for title I : Inside the United States, $363,126,000; outside 
the United States, $41,374,000; or a total of $404,500,000. 
(2) for title I I : Inside the United States, $266,068,000; out-
side the United States, $52,042,000; section 202, $3,733,000; or a 
total of $321,843,000. 
(3) for title I I I : Inside the United States, $226,484,000; out-
side the United States, $8,878,000; section 302, $11,985,(K)0; or a 
total of $247,347,000. 
(4) for title IV: A total of $20,601,000. 
(5) for title V: Military family housing, $904,131,000. 
(6) for title V I : Homeowners assistance, $7,575,000. 
SEC. 703. Except as provided in subsection (b), any of the amounts 
^°^* variations. 
specified in titles I, II, III, and IV of this Act, may, hi the discretion of 
the Secretary concerned, be increased by 5 per centum when inside the 
Ignited States (other than Hawaii and Alaska), and by 10 per centum 
when outside the United States or in Hawaii and Alaska, if he deter-
mines that such increase (1) is required for the sole purpose of meet-
ing unusual variations in cost, and (2) could not have been reasonably 
anticipated at the time such estimate was submitted to the Congress. 
However, the total cost of all construction and acquisition in each 
such title may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appropri-
ated in that title. 
(b) When the amount named for any construction or acquisition in 
title I, II, III, or IV of this Act involves only one project at any mili-
tary installation and the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, deter-
mines that the amount authorized must be increased by more than the 
applicable percentage prescribed in subsection (a), the Secretary con-
cerned may proceed w^ith such construction or acquisition if the 
amount of the increase does not exceed by more than 25 per centum 
the amount named for such project by the Congress. 
(c) Subject to the limitations contained in subsection (a), no indi-
vidual project authorized under title I, II, III, or IV of this Act for 
any specifically listed military installation may be placed under con-
tract if— 
(1) the estimated cost of such project is $250,000 or more, and 
(2) the current working estimate of the Department of Defense, 
based on bids received, for the construction of such project exceeds 
by more than 25 per centum the amount authorized for such proj-
ect by the Congress, until after the expiration of thirty days from 
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[85 STAT. 
Annual report 
to Congress. 
Contract super-
vision. 
Reports to 
Congress. 
70A Stat. 127. 
10 u s e 2301. 
Reports to 
Congress. 
Public works 
authorizations. 
Repeals. 
Exceptions, 
the date on which a written report of the facts relating to the 
increased cost of such project, including a statement of the reasons 
for such increase has been submitted to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
(d) The Secretary of Defense shall submit an annual report to the 
Congress identifying each individual project which has been placed 
under contract in the preceding twelve-month period and with 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 m such report each indi-
vidual project with respect to which the scope was reduced in order 
to permit contract award within the available authorization for such 
project. Such report shall include all pertinent cost information for 
each individual project, including the amount in dollars and percent-
age by which the current working estimate based on the contract price 
for the project exceeded the amount authorized for such project by the 
Congress. 
SEC. 704. Contracts for construction made by the United States for 
performance within the United States and its possessions under this 
Act shall be executed under the jurisdiction and supervision of the 
Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, or the Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command, Department of the Navy, or such other 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 con-
struction herein authorized. The Secretaries of the military depart-
ments 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, 
supervision, 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 
authorized by the Congress, shall continue to be awarded in accordance 
with presently established procedures, customs, and practice) shall be 
awarded, insofar as practicable, on a competitive basis to 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 semiannually 
to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives with respect to all contracts awarded on other than a com-
petitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder. 
SEC. 705. (a) As of October 1, 1972, all authorizations for military 
public works (other than family housing) to be accomplished by the 
Secretary of a military department in connection with the establish-
ment or development of military installations and facilities, and all 
authorizations for appropriations therefor, that are contained in titles 
I, II, III, and IV of the Act of October 26, 1970, Public Law 91-511 
(84 Stat. 1204), and all such authorizations contained in Acts approved 
before October 27,1970, and not superseded or otherwise modified by a 
later authorization are 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; 
^ 
(2) authorizations for public works projects as to which appro-
priated funds have been obligated for construction contracts, land 
acquisitions, or payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion, in whole or in part before October 1,1972, and'authorizations 
for appropriations therefor; 
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411 
(3) notwithstanding the repeal provisions of section 605(a) of 
the Act of October 26, 1970, Public Law 91-511 (84 Stat. 1204, 
1223), authorization for the following item which shall remain 
in effect until October 1,1973: 
(a) utilities in the amount of $2,874,000 at Navy Public 
Works Center, Newport, Rhode Island, that is contained in 
title II, section 201 of the Act of July 21,1968 (82 Stat. 373) ; 
and 
(4) notwithstanding the repeal provisions of section 605(a) of 
the Act of October 26, 1970, Public Law 91-511 (84 Stat. 1204, 
1223) authorizations for the following items which shall remain 
in effect until October 1,1973: 
(a) Utilities in the amount of $288,000 at Fort Hancock, 
New Jersey, that is contained in title I, section 101 of the Act 
of December 5,1969 (83 Stat. 293), as amended. 
(b) Utilities in the amount of $545,000 at Fort Wadsworth, 
New York, that is contained in title I, section 101 of the Act 
of December 5,1969 (83 Stat. 293), as amended. 
(b) Effective fifteen months from the date of enactment of this Act, eons^ucti^on"''"^ 
all authorizations for construction of family housing, including trailer authorizations, 
court facilities, all authorizations to accomplish alterations, additions, ^1^/^^^^^' ^"^'" 
expansions, or extensions to existing family housing, and all authori-
zations for related facilities projects, which are contained in this or 
any previous Act, are hereby repealed, except— 
Exceptions. 
(1) authorizations for family housing projects as to which 
appropriated funds have been obligated for construction contracts 
or land acquisitions or manufactured structural component con-
tracts in whole or in part before such date; and 
(2) authorizations to accomplish alterations, additions, expan-
sions, or extensions to existing family housing, and authorizations 
for related facilities projects, as to which appropriated funds 
have been obligated for construction contracts before such date. 
SEC. 706. None of the authority contained in titles I, II, III, and IV 
.""^^ '=°^t umita-
of this Act shall be deemed to authorize any building construction proj-
ects inside the United States in excess of a unit cost to be determined 
in proportion to the appropriate area construction cost index, based on 
the following unit cost limitations where the area construction cost 
index is 1.0: 
(1) $3,200 per man for permanent barracks; 
(2) $11,000 per man for bachelor officer quarters; unless the 
Secretary of Defense or his designee determines that because of 
special circumstances, application to such project of the limita-
tions on unit costs contained in this section is impracticable: Pro-
vided^ That notwithstanding the limitations contained in prior 
Retroactive 
military construction authorization Acts on unit costs, the limita-
tions on such costs contained in this section shall apply to all prior 
authorizations for such construction not heretofore repealed and 
for which construction contracts have not been awarded by the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 707. Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as 
^° ^^"^ ^eei, 
follows: 
(1) Section 2674(a) is amended by adding immediately before the y^'^starsii'*^^' 
period at the end thereof "or for a project which the Secretary of a 
military department determines will, within three years following 
completion of the project, result in savings in maintenance and opera-
tion costs in excess of the cost of the project". 
(2) The catchline and text of section 2672, and the corresponding 
item in the analysis are amended by striking out "$25,000" wherever 
it appears and inserting in place thereof "$50,000". 
(3) Section 2672 is amended by adding the following new sentence at 
the end thereof: "The authority to acquire an interest in land under 
conveyance. 
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[85 STAT. 
this section includes authority to make surveys and acquire interests 
in land (including temporary use), by gift, purchase, exchange of 
land owned by the United States, or otherwise.". 
76 Stat, 242. 
(4) Sectiou 2677 (b) is amended by deleting the last sentence thereof. 
74 Stat. 186. 
(5) Section 2662 is amended by deleting subsection (a) (3) and 
inserting in its place the following new subsection: 
"(3) A lease or license of real property owned by the United States, 
if the estimated annual fair market rental value of the property is 
more than $50,000." 
Texas, land 
gj,^.^ ^08. (a) The Secretary of the Army, or his designee, is author-
ized to convey to the btate oi Texas, subject to such terms and con-
ditions as the Secretary of the Army, or his designee, may deem to be 
in the public interest, all right, title and interest of the United States, 
except as retained in this section, in and to a certain parcel of land 
containing 20 acres, more or less, out of and a part of section 2, block 
81, township 2, Texas and Pacific Eailroad Company Survey, El Paso 
County, Texas, within the Castner Kange area of the Fort Bliss Mili-
tary Eeservation, being more particularly described as follows: 
Starting at a United States Government monument, marking the 
corners common to sections 2, 3, 8, and 9, block 81, township 2, El 
Paso County, Texas, 
thence proceeding north 88 degrees 48 minutes 17 seconds east 
along the south line of said section 2, a distance of 94.09 feet to a 
point on the east line of the proposed north-south freeway; 
thence north 01 degree 18 minutes 22 seconds west, along the east 
line of said freeway, and the west line of a 95.0-foot wide easement 
to the city of El Paso, Texas, a distance of 95.0 feet, to the point of 
beginning of subject parcel; 
thence north 01 degree 18 minutes 22 seconds west along the east 
right-of-way line of said north-south freeway, and the west line of 
subject parcel, a distance of 1244.58 feet to a point; 
thence north 88 degrees 48 minutes 17 seconds east into said sec-
tion 2, a distance of 700.0 feet to a point; 
thence south 01 degree 18 minutes 22 seconds east, along the east 
line of subject parcel, a distance of 1244.58 feet to a point on the 
north line of a 95.0-foot-wide easement to the city of El Paso, 
Texas; 
thence south 88 degrees 48 minutes 17 seconds west along the 
north line of said easement to the city of El Paso, Texas, and the 
south line of subject parcel, a distance of 700.0 feet to the point of 
beginning. 
(b) In consideration for the conveyance by the United States of the 
property described in subsection (a), the State of Texas shall convey 
to the United States a parcel of land containing 18.3106 acres, more or 
less, out of and part of section 21, block 81, township 2, El Paso 
County, Texas, said parcel being a portion of a 24.25-acre parcel of 
land heretofore conveyed by the United States to the State of Texas 
for National Guard and military use by deed dated November 4,1954, 
pursuant to the Act of August 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 974), said 18.3106-
acre parcel being more particularly described as follows: 
Beginning at a point on the south line of Hayes Avenue and the west 
right-of-way line of the proposed north-south freeway; 
thence south 30 degrees 26 minutes 35 seconds west along the 
west line of said freeway, and the east line of subject area, a dis-
tance of 570.42 feet to a point; 
thence south 34 degrees 26 minutes 10 seconds west, along the 
west line of said freeway and the east line of subject area, a dis-
tance of 260.00 feet to a point; 
thence south 27 degrees 15 minutes 37 seconds west, along the 
west line of said freeway and the east line of subject area, a dis-
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413 
tance of 218.63 feet to a point on the north line of Truman Avenue; 
thence south 86 degrees 32 minutes 40 seconds east, along the 
north line of Truman Avenue and the south line of subject area, a 
distance of 635.32 feet to a point on the east line of Pollard Street; 
thence north 03 degrees 27 minutes 20 seconds east, along the 
east line of Pollard Street, and the west line of subject area, a dis-
tance of 902.37 feet to a point on the south line of Hayes Avenue; 
thence north 88 degrees 01 minute 34 seconds west, along the 
south line of Hayes Avenue, and the north line of subject area, a 
distance of 1116.62 feet to the point of beginning. 
(c) The legal descriptions in subsections (a) and (b) may be modi-
heel, as agreed upon by the Secretary, or his designee, and the State of 
Texas, consistent with any necessary changes which may be disclosed 
as the result of an accurate survey. 
(d) There shall be reserved to the United States in the conveyance of t^^fsl*^ reserved 
lands described in subsection (a) hereof the following— 
(a) all mineral rights including gas and oil; and 
(b) rights of ingress and egress over roads in the described 
lands serving buildings or other works operated by the United 
States or its successors or assigns in connection w^ith Fort Bliss, 
rights-of-way for water lines, sewer lines, telephone and telegraph 
lines, power lines, and such other utilities which now exist, or 
which may become necessary to the operation of the said Fort 
Bliss. 
(e) The conveyance of the property authorized by subsection (a) of 
conditions. 
this section shall be upon the following conditions: 
(1) That such property shall be used primarily for training of the 
National Guard and for other military purposes, and that if the State 
of Texas shall cease to use the property so conveyed for the purposes 
intended, then title thereto shall immediately revert to the United 
States, and in addition, all improvements made by the State of Texas 
during its occupancy shall vest in the United States without payment 
of compensation therefor, 
(2) That whenever the Congress of the United States declares a 
state of w^ar or other national emergency, or the President declares a 
state of emergency, and upon the determination by the Secretary of 
Defense that the property conveyed under this Act is useful or neces-
sary for military, air, or naval purposes, or in the interest of national 
defense, the United States shall have the right, without obligation to 
make payment of any kind, to reenter upon the property and use the 
same or any part thereof, including any and all improvements made 
thereon by the State of Texas, for the duration of such state of war or 
of such emergency. Upon the termination of such state of war or of 
such emergency plus six months such property shall revert to the State 
of Texas, together with all appurtenances and utilities belonging or 
appertaining thereto. 
(3) That the State, in accepting the conveyance from the United 
States authorized in subsection (a) hereof, shall covenant and agree 
to all responsibility for clearance of ammunition from the area and 
to hold the United States harmless from liability in connection with 
any incidents arising therefrom. 
(f) In executing the deed of conveyance authorized by this section, 
the Secretary of the Army shall include specific provisions covering 
the reservations and conditions contained in subsections (a) and (b) 
of this section. 
(g) All expenses for surveys and the preparation and execution of 
legal documents necessary or appropriate to carry out the foregoing 
provisions of this section shall be borne by the State of Texas. 
(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3(b) of Public Law 
91-202, approved March 4,1970 (84 Stat. 20), structures and improve-
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[85 STAT. 
84 Stat. 20. 
Camp Pendletorii 
Calif., prohibi-
tion. 
Military Con-
struction Authori-
zation Act, 1972. 
ments which are to be replaced in kind at the expense of the city of 
El Paso, Texas, under such section, shall be constructed on land con-
veyed to the State of Texas under subsection (a) of this section instead 
of on the site designated in Public Law 91-202, but all other provisions 
of that law" shall remain in full force and effect. 
SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
lands constituting Camp Pendleton, California, may be sold, leased, 
transferred, or otherwise disposed of by the Department of Defense 
unless hereafter authorized by law. 
SEC. 710. Titles I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of this Act may be 
cited as the "^Military Construction Authorization Act, 1972". 
TITLE V I I I 
70A Stat. 
10 u s e 2 
120. 
231. 
Reserve 
Facilities 
thorization 
1972. 
Forces 
Au-
Act, 
RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
SEC. 801. Subject to chapter 13S of title 10, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Defense may establish or develop additional facilities for 
the 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) Army National Guard of the United States, $25,686,000. 
(b) Army Reserve, $30,300,000. 
(2) For the Department of the Navy; Naval and Marine Corps 
Reserves, $10,090,000. 
(3) For the Department of the Air Force: 
(a) Air National Guard of the United States, $9,000,000. 
(b) Air Force Reserve, $5,250,000. 
SEC. 802. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop instal-
lations and facilities under this title without regard to section 3648 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529), and sections 4774(d) 
and 9774(d) of title 10, United States Code. The authority to place 
permanent or temporary improvements on lands includes authority for 
surveys, administration, overhead, planning, and supervision incident 
to construction. That authority may be exercised before title to the 
land is approved under section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended 
(40 U.S.C. 255), and even though the land is held temporarily. The 
authority to acquire real estate or land includes authority to make sur-
veys and to acquire land, and interests in land (including temporary 
use), by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned land, or 
otherwise. 
SEC. 803. This title may be cited as the "Resen^e Forces Facilities 
Authorization Act, 1972." 
Approved October 27, 1971. 
Public Law 92-146 
October 29, 1971 
[S. 123] 
Missouri River 
Basin project, 
Wyo. 
Kortes unit. 
33 u s e 701-1. 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to modify the operation of the 
Kortes unit, Missouri River Basin project, Wyoming, for fishery conservation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Reiwesentatices 
of the 
United /States of America In Congress aMemhled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to modify the opera-
tion of the Kortes unit, Missouri River Basin project, Wyoming, 
authorized by the Act of December 22,1944 (58 Stat. 887), to provide 
for the conservation of fishery resources.