An Act making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for other purposes
PL 92-160 (H.R.11418), enacted 11/18/1971

482 
PUBLIC LAW 92-160-NOV. 18, 1971 
Public Law 92-160 
[85 STAT. 
November 18,197 1 
^ ^ 
A C T 
[H. R. 11418] 
Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense 
for tlie fiscal year ending June 30,1972, and for other purposes. 
Military Con-
struction Appro-
priation Act, 197 2. 
72 Stat. 1459; 
i4 Stat. 1224. 
70A Stat. 120. 
10 u s e 2231. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, for mili-
tary construction functions administered by the Department of 
Defense, and for other purposes, namely: 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tempo-
rary or permanent public works, military installations, and facilities 
for the Army as currently authorized m military public works or 
military construction Acts, and in sections 2673 and 2676 of title 10, 
United States Code, $438,316,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, naval installations, and facilities 
for the Navy as currently authorized in military public works or mili-
tary construction Acts, and in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, United 
States Code, including personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering 
Command and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 
this appropriation, $355,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, military installations, and facili-
ties for the Air Force as currently authorized in military public works 
or military construction Acts, and in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, 
United States Code, $289,189,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, installations, and facilities for 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 
military departments and the Office of Civil Defense), as currently 
authorized in military public works or military construction Acts, and 
in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, United States Code, $14,801,000, 
to remain available until expended; and, in addition, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 to be derived by transfer 
from the 
appropriation 
"Research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense Agencies" as 
determined by the Secretary of Defense: Provided^ That such amounts 
of this appropriation as may be determined by the Secretary of 
Defense may be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 
of Defense available for military construction as he may designate. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the Army 
National Guard as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United States 
Code, as amended, and the Eeserve Forces Facilities Acts, $29,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
85 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-160-NOV. 18, 1971 
483 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the Air 
National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter 
133 of title 10, United States Code, as amended, and the Reserve ]'^^%l'^^;Xf' 
Forces Facilities Acts, $10,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
10 u s e 2231. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESER\^ 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the Army 
Reserve as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, 
as amended, and the Reserve Forces Facilities Acts, $33,500,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVAL RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the reserve 
components of the Navy and Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 
133 of title 10, United States Code, as amended, and the Reserve 
Forces Facilities Acts, $10,900,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conver-
sion of facilities for the training and administration of the Air Force 
Reserve as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, 
as amended, and the Reserve Forces Facilities Acts, $6,581,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING, DEFENSE 
For expenses of family housing for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
Air Force, and Defense agencies, for construction, including acquisi-
tion, replacement, addition, expansion, extension and alteration and 
for operation, maintenance, and debt payment, including leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance pre-
miums, as authorized by law, $933,955,000, to be obligated and 
expended in the Family Housing Management Account established 
pursuant to section 501(a) of Public Law 87-554, in not to exceed the 
76 stat. 236. 
following amounts: 
For the Army: 
Construction, $55,776,000; 
For the Navy and Marine Corps: 
Construction, $135,717,000; 
For the Air Force: 
Construction, $109,045,000; 
For Defense agencies: 
Construction, $205,000; 
For Department of Defense: 
Debt payment, $158,917,000; 
Operation, maintenance, $474,295,000. 
Provided, That the amounts provided under this head for construction 
and for debt payment shall remain available until expended. 
HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE FUND, DEFENSE 
For use in the Homeowners Assistance Fund established pursuant 
75-432 O - 72 - 33 
42 u s e 1594a-l. 
484 
PUBLIC LAW 92-160-NOV. 18, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
80 Stat, 1290; 
83 Stat. 313, 
Prior appropri-
ations. 
Contracts. 
Construction, 
expedition. 
Service facili-
ties. 
Motor vehicles, 
hire. 
Access roads, 
construction. 
72 Stat, 908, 
New bases. 
Land purchases 
or easements. 
Foreign proj-
ects. 
to section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 
Development Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-754, approved November 3, 
1966) (42 U.S.C. 3374(d)), $7,575,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIOXS 
SEC. 101. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for 
construction in prior years are hereby made available for construction 
authorized for each such department by the authorizations enacted into 
law during the first session of the Ninety-second Congress. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work, 
where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United 
States, except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 
Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended for additional costs involved in expediting construction 
unless the Secretary of Defense certifies such costs to be necessary to 
protect the national interest and establishes a reasonable completion 
date for each project, taking into consideration the urgency of the 
requirement, the type and location of the project, the climatic and sea-
sonal conditions affecting the construction, and the application of 
economical construction practices. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, laun-
dry, or drycleaning facility in the United States, its territories, or 
possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify, in 
writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished 
by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at 
reasonable rates. 
SEC. 105. Funds herein appropriated to the Department of Defense 
for construction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
SEC. 106. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for con-
stiuction may be used for advances to the Federal HigliAvay Adminis-
traticm. Department of Transportation, for the construction of access 
I'oads as authorized by section 210 of title 23, United States Code, when 
projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national 
defense by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to begin construction of new bases inside the continental United States 
for which specific appropriations have not been made. 
SEC. 108. No part of the funds provided in this Act shall be used for 
{)urchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 per centum of 
the value as determined by the Corps of Engineers or tlie Naval 
Facilities Engineering Command, except: (a) where there is a deter-
mination of value by a Federal court, or (b) purchases negotiated by 
the Attorney General or his designee, or (c) where the estimated value 
is less than $25,000, or (d) as otherwise determined by the Secretary 
of Defense to be in the public interest. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to make payments under contracts for any project in a foieign country 
unless the Secretary of Defense or his designee, after consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee, certifies to the 
(Wgress that the use, by purchase from the Treasury, of currencies 
of such country acquired pursuant to laAv is not feasii)le for the pur-
pose, stating the reason therefor. 
85 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-162-NOV. 20, 1971 
485 
SEC. 110. ^one of the funds appropriated in this Act sliall be used 
to (1) acquire land, (2) provide for site preparation, or (3) install 
utilities for any family housing, except housing for which funds have 
been made available in annual military construction appropriation 
Acts. 
This Act may be cited as the "Military Construction .\ ppropriation 
Act, 1972". 
Approved November 18, 1971. 
Family housing, 
limitations. 
Short title. 
Public Law 92-161 
A N A C T 
November 18,1971 
To extend for an additional temporary period the existing suspension of duties 
[H. R. leso; 
on certain classifications of yam of silk. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ameiica in Congress assembled, That (a) items 905.30 
certain siik 
and 905.31 of the appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States ^^Dmy suspen-
(19 U.S.C 1202) are each amended by striking out "11/7/71" and sion, extension. 
inserting in lieu thereof "11/7/73". 
8 3 stat. se. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
Effective date. 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, after 
Xoveniber 7, 1971. 
Approved November 18, 1971. 
Public Law 92-162 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1972, and for other 
purposes. 
November 20,1971 
[H. J. Res. 946] 
Resoh^ed by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the joint resolution 
of July 1, 1971 (Public Law 92-38), as amended, is hereby further 
amended (1) by striking out "November 15, 1971" in clause (c) of 
section 102 and inserting in lieu thereof "December 8, 1971"; and {"!) 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. lOS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint reso-
lution, obligations incurred hereunder for foreign economic and mili-
tary assistance and sales shall not exceed the rate provided for in 
authorization bills for such assistance passed during the 1st session, 
*
.
>
2
d Congress: Provided, That, whenever the rate of obligations for 
such assistance made available under such an authorization bill as 
[)assed by the Senate is different from that contained under such a 
bill as passed by the House, the rate of obligations shall be limited to 
the lower rate." 
Approved November 20, 1971. 
Continuing ap-
propriations, 197 2. 
Ante, p. 390. 
Limitation.