An Act to authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes
PL 84-968 (H.R.12270), enacted 08/03/1956

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Public Law 968 
CHAPTER 939 
AN ACT 
August 3, 195(5 
To authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other 
[H. R. 12270] ^ 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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public works. 
SEC. 101. The Secretary of the Army may establish or develop mili- ^«»y* 
tary installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, 
rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, 
including site preparation, appurtenances, utilities and equipment, 
for the following projects: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
TECHNICAL SERVICES FACILITIES 
(Ordnance Corps) 
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: Training and storage facili-
ties, $147,000. 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology), 
California: Research and development facility, $143,000. 
Pueblo Ordnance Depot, Colorado: Maintenance facility, $2,142,000. 
Seneca Ordnance Depot, New York: Utilities, $88,000. 
Umatilla Ordnance Depot, Oregon: Storage facilities, $258,000. 
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama: Maintenance facilities, training facili-
ties, family housing and utilities, $6,159,000. 
White Sands Proving Grounds, New Mexico: Utilities, $693,000. 
(Quartermaster Corps) 
Atlanta General Depot, Georgia: Operational facilities, and main-
tenance facilities, $832,000. 
Columbia Quartermaster Center, South Carolina: Administrative 
facility, $98,000. 
Fort Worth General Depot, Texas: Operational facilities, mainte-
nance facilities, land acquisition, and utilities, $1,285,000. 
New Cumberland General Depot, Pennsylvania: Maintenance facili-
ties, $631,000. 
Sharpe General Depot, California: Maintenance facilities, $665,000. 
(Chemical Corps) 
Army Chemical Center, Maryland: Troop housing, community fa-
cility, and operational facility, $889,000. 
Camp Detrick, Maryland: Storage facilities and utilities, $913,000. 
Dugway Proving Ground, Utah: Research and development facili-
ties and utilities, $867,000. 
(Signal Corps) 
Fort Huachuca, Arizona: Troop housing, maintenance facilities, 
storage facilities, administrative facility, and utilities, $6,856,000. 
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(Corps of Engineers) 
Fort Belvoir, Virginia: Storage facility, training facility, opera-
tional facilities, maintenance facilities, research and development facil-
ities, and utilities, $492,000. 
(Transportation Corps) 
Fort Eustis, Virginia: Operational facility, maintenance facility, 
and utilities, $1,281,000. 
(Medical Corps) 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, District of Columbia: Research 
and development facility and community facility, $4,209,000. 
FIELD FORCES FACILITIES 
(First Army Area) 
Fort Devens (Camp Wellfleet), Massachusetts: Land acquisition, 
$302,000. 
Fort Dix, New Jersey: Training facility, $54,000. 
Oswego, New York: Training facilities and land acquisition, 
$583,000. 
Fort Totten, New York: Troop housing, storage facilities, and 
utilities, $1,212,000. 
(Second Army Area) 
Fort Knox, Kentucky: Maintenance facilities, and community 
facilities, $1,698,000. 
Fort George G. Meade^ Maryland: Operational facilities, mainte-
nance facilities, medical facility, troop housing, and utilities, 
$5,885,000. 
South Park Military Reservation, Pennsylvania: Administrative 
facility, storage facilities, and utilities, $190,000. 
(Third Army Area) 
Fort Benning, Georgia: Administrative facilities, maintenance 
facilities, 
communications 
facilities, 
and 
community 
facilities, 
$422,000. 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina: Administrative facilities, operational 
facility, and utilities, $645,000. 
Charlotte Armed Forces Induction Station, North Carolina: Ad-
ministrative facility, $302,000. 
Fort McClelland, Alabama: Troop housing, training facility, and 
community facility, $397,000. 
Fort Rucker, Alabama: Operational facilitieSj maintenance facili-
ties, training facilities, storage facilities, administrative facilities, 
trailer site facilities, land acquisition, and utilities, $7,300,000. 
(Fourth Army Area) 
Fort BlisSj Texas: Training facilities, maintenance facilities, admin-
istrative facilities, troop housing, community facilities, and utilities, 
$5,301,000. 
Fort Hood, Texas: Community facilities, maintenance facilities, 
and storage facilities, $2,457,000. 
Fort Sill, Oklahoma: Training facilities, $4,173,000. 
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(Fifth Army Area) 
Fort Carson, Colorado: Storage facilities, administrative facilities, 
troop housing, training facilities, and land acquisition, $3,253,000. 
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana: Troop housing, $140,000. 
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Communications facilities and troop 
housing, $1,092,000. 
Fort Riley, Kansas: Administrative facilities, community facilities, 
troop housing, and utilities, $1,519,000. 
Saint Louis Support Center, Missouri: Administrative facility, 
$3,346,000. 
(Sixth Army Area) 
Fort Lewis, Washington: Community facilities, training facilities, 
maintenance facilities, family housing, and utilities, $3,022,000. 
Fort Ord, California: Maintenance facility and community facility, 
$223,000. 
United States Disciplinary Barracks, California: Community 
facility, $197,000. 
Yuma Test Station, Arizona: Troop housing, research and develop^ 
ment facility, and storage facility, $1,520,000. 
(Military District of Washington) 
Fort McNair, D. C.: Academic facilities, $4,111,000. 
(Armed Forces Special Weapons Project) 
Various installations: Utilities, $478,000. 
(Tactical Site Support Facilities) 
Various locations: Administrative facilities, mainienance facilities, 
storage facilities, and land acquisition, $8,506,000i 
OuTsmE THE UNITED STATES 
(Alaskan Area) 
Ladd Air Force Base: Troop housing and maintenance facilities, 
$1,688,000. 
Fort Richardson: Storage facilities, $2,333,000. 
Whittier: Storage facilities and training facilities, $2,849,000. 
Wild 
wood Station (Kenai): Storage facility, $352,000. 
(Far East Command Area) 
Okinawa: Storage facilities, operational facilities, maintenance fa-
cilities, medical facilities, and utilities, $540,000. 
Korea: Maintenance facilities, storage facilities, port facilities, 
community facilities, improvements to buildings and utilities, 
$6,000,000. 
(Pacific Command Area) 
Alimanu Military Reservation, Hawaii: Land acquisition, $143,000. 
Helemano, Hawaii: Community facility, land acquisition and 
utilities, $136,000. 
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii: Family housing and land acquisition, 
$2,668,000. 
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(Caribbean Command Area) 
Panama Canal Zone: Sewage disposal system for Army, Navy, 
and Air Force facilities, $1,060,000. 
(United States Army, Europe) 
Various locations: Operational facilities, maintenance facilities, 
community facilities, storage facilities, training facilities, administra-
tive facilities, medical facilities, troop housing, and utilities, 
$17,994,000. 
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^^^- ^^^- "^^^ Secretary of the Army may establish or develop 
faculties. 
classified military installations and facilities by acquiring, construct-
ing, converting^ rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary 
public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appur-
tenances, utilities and equipment, in a total amount $200,783,000. 
SEC. 103. (a) Public Law 161, Eighty-fourth Congress, is amended 
with respect to Fort Jay, New York, under the heading "CONTINENTAL 
UNITED STATES" and subheadings "FIELD FORCES FACILITIES (First 
69stat.326,35o. Army Area)" in section 101, by striking out "$731,000" and inserting 
in place thereof "$1,081,000", and in clause (1) of section 502, by 
striking out "$224,927,000" and "$533,904,000" and inserting in place 
thereof "$225,277,000" and "$534,254,000", respectively. 
(b) So much of section 401 of Public Law 534, Eighty-third Con-
es stat.seo, 564. gress, as reads "Adak Station, Alaska: Operational Facilities (in-
cluding troop housing), $70,000" is amended to read "Adak Station, 
Alaska: Operational facilities (including troop housing), $180,000" 
and clause (4) of section 502 thereof is amended by striking the figure 
"$462,600" and inserting in place thereof "$572,600". 
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SEO. 104. The Secretary of the Army shall make all necessary 
ReiocaUon. 
studies, by contract or otherwise, to determine an appropriate site 
for the relocation of the San Jacinto Ordnance Depot, Texas; such 
studies to be completed by January 31,1957. Expenditure of $25,000 
out of appropriations available to the Department of the Army is 
authorized for such studies. 
T I T L E I I 
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SEC. 201. The Secretary of the Navy may establish or develop mili-
tary installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, 
rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, 
including site preparation, appurtenances, utilities and equipment, for 
the following projects: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
SHIPYARD FACILITIES 
Naval shipyard, Boston, Massachusetts: Replacement of pier, and 
plans and specifications for drydock facilities, $7,332,000. 
Naval shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina: Dredging equipment, 
$148,000. 
Naval minecraft base, Charleston, South Carolina: Operational fa-
cilities, personnel facilities, training facilities, maintenance facilities, 
storage facilities, community facilities, security facilities, and utilities, 
$7,902,000. 
Naval shipyard. Long Beach, California: Facilities for remedying 
effects of ground subsidence and waterfront facilities, $5,984^000. 
Navy underwater sound laboratory, New London, Connecticut: Re-
search and development facilities and land acquisition, $304,000. 
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Harbor defense base, Norfolk, Virginia: Personnel 
facilities, 
$300,0C0. 
Naval shipyard, Norfolk, Virginia: Utilities and land acquisition, 
$244,000. 
Navy mine defense laboratory, Panama City, Florida: Medical fa-
cilities, $84,000. 
Naval shipyard, San Francisco, California: Plans and specifications 
for drydock facilities, $1,300,000. 
Naval industrial reserve shipyard, Tampa, Florida: Land acquisi-
tion, $200,000. 
FLEET BASE FACILITIES 
Naval station. Key West, Florida: Utilities, $927,000. 
Naval station, Long Beach, California: Waterfront facilities, $2,-
256,000. 
Naval station. New Orleans, Louisiana: Utilities, $226,000. 
Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: Waterfront facilities, per-
sonnel facilities, community facilities and utilities, $11,672,000. 
Naval station, Norfolk, Virginia: Personnel facilities, $2,844,000. 
Naval station. Orange, Texas: Flood-protection facilities, including 
land acquisition, $265,000. 
AVIATION FACILITIES 
(Naval Air Training Stations) 
Naval auxiliary landing field, Alice-Orange Grove, Texas: Airfield 
pavements, $2,242,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station. Chase Field, Texas: Personnel facilities, 
operational facilities, community facilities, station and aircraft main-
tenance facilities, and utilities, $2,247,000. 
Naval air station, Glynco, Georgia: Airfield pavements, personnel 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, fuel pipe-
line and storage facilities, and land acquisition, $4,003,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Kingsville, Texas: Personnel facilities, 
training facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, community facili-
ties, and utilities, $2,610,000. 
Naval air station, Memphis, Tennessee: Fuel storage facilities and 
aircraft maintenance facilities, $511,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station. Meridian, Mississippi: Site prepara-
tion, utilities, plans and specifications for jet aircraft training facili-
ties, and land ac(}uisition, $8,231,000. 
Naval air station, Pensacola, Florida: Community facilities and 
plans and specifications for waterfront facilities, $347,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Whiting Field, Florida: Land acquisi-
tion, $13,000. 
(Fleet Support Air Stations) 
Naval air station, Alameda, California: Aircraft maintenance facil-
ities, $2,675,000. 
Naval air station, Atlantic City, New Jersey: Navigational aids 
and land acquisition, $421,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Brown Field, California^ Personnel 
facilities and utilities, $778,000. 
Naval air station, Brunswick, Maine: Personnel facilities, airfield 
pavements, station maintenance facilities, community facilities, and 
storage facilities, $3,738,000. 
Naval air station, Cecil Field, Florida: Aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, personnel facilities, storage facilities, operational facilities, train-
ing facilities, community facilities, and utilities, $4,052,000. 
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Naval air station, Chiiicoteague, Virginia: Aircraft maintenance 
facilities, $170,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Edenton, North Carolina: Aircraft and 
station maintenance facilities, airfield pavements, fuel dispensing 
facilities, operational facilities, administrative facilities, personnel 
facilities, communications facilities, community facilities, and utilities, 
$13,926,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, El Centro, California: Aircraft main-
tenance facilities, and land acquisition including not to exceed $660,000 
to be paid to Imperial County, California, to partially defray the 
county's cost in relocating the Niland-Blythe Road, $831,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Fallon, Nevada: Training facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, community facilities, and land acquisi-
tion, except none of the authorization for land acquisition pertaining 
to the Black Rock area shall apply unless the Secretary of Defense 
shall resurvey the entire requirement, including the possible use of 
other Government-controlled lands in the State of Nevada and the 
possibility of joint Navy-Air Force utilization of existing facilities, 
and the Secretary of Defense shall certify to the Armed Services 
Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives that the 
acquisition of the Black Roc^: extension is essential to meet the Navy's 
training requirements, $8,304,000. 
Naval air facility, Harvey Point, North Carolina: Airfield pave-
ments, waterfront facilities, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, 
navigational aids, aircraft and station maintenance facilities, utilities, 
and land acquisition, $6,000,000. 
Naval air station, Jacksonville, Florida: Navigational aids, opera-
tional facilities, and land acquisition, $2,380,000. 
Naval air station. Key West, Florida: Aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, $170,000. 
Naval air station, Lemoore, California: Plans and specifications 
for development of master jet aircraft facilities, and land acquisition, 
$10,089,000. 
Naval air station, Miramar, California: Personnel facilities, opera-
tional facilities, training facilities, ordnance facilities, land acquisi-
tion, and obstruction removal for flight clearance, $8,835,000. 
Naval air station, Moffett Field, California: Land acquisition, 
$89,000. 
Naval air station, Norfolk, Virginia: Aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, $170,000. 
Naval air station. North Island, San Diego, California: Airfield 
pavements, ordnance and ammunition storage facilities, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, waterfront facilities, operational facilities, naviga-
tional aids, and land acquisition, $13,072,000. 
Naval air station, Oceana, Virginia: Aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, personnel facilities, operational facilities, community facilities, 
training facilities, ordnance facilities, open storage facilities, security 
facilities, utilities, and relocation of Coast Guard facilities, $5,286,000. 
Naval air station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island: Aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, and navigational aids, $2,753,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Sanford, Florida: Aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, airfield pavements, personnel facilities, and utilities, 
$6,926,000. 
Naval air station, Whidbey Island, Washington: Utilities, $149,000. 
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(Marine Corps Air Stations) 
Marine Corps auxiliary air station, Beaufort, South Carolina: Air-
craft and station maintenance facilities, administrative facilities, 
medical facilities, personnel facilities, training facilities, operational 
facilities, covered and cold storage facilities, community facilities, 
fuel dispensing facilities, and utilities, $17,384,000. 
Marine Corps air station. Cherry Point, North Carolina: Aircraft 
maintenance facilities, $170,000. 
Marine Corps air station, El Toro, California: Aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, administrative facilities, airfield pavements, storage 
facilities, ammunition storage facilities, medical facilities, training 
facilities, personnel facilities, operational facilities, and utilities, 
$6,863,000. 
Marine Corps auxiliary air station, Mojave, California: Aircraft 
maintenance facilities, airfield pavements, personnel facilities, train-
ing facilities, community facilities, fuel storage and dispensing facili-
ties, land acquisition, and utilities, $12,556,000. 
(Special Purpose Air Stations) 
Naval air development center, Johnsville, Pennsylvania: Plans and 
specifications for research and development facilities, $693,000. 
Naval air station, Lakehurst, New Jersey: Research and develop-
ment facilities and equipment maintenance facilities, $6,438,000. 
Naval air station, Patuxent River, Maryland: Aircraft maintenance 
facilities and research and development facilities, $475,000. 
Naval air missile test center. Point Mugu, California: Waterfront 
facilities, fuel dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, and 
community facilities, $1,682,000. 
Naval air turbine test station, Trenton, New Jersey: Research and 
development facilities, $128,000. 
SUPPLY FACILITIES 
Naval supply depot, Clearfield, Utah: Utilities, $149,000. 
Naval supply depot, Newport, Rhode Island: Storage facilities, 
$390,000. 
Naval supply center, Oakland, California: Utilities, $50,000. 
Naval supply depot, Seattle, Washington: Replacement of seawall, 
$199,000. 
MARINE CORPS FACILITIES 
Marine Corps suppljr center, Albany^ Georgia: Storage facilities, 
personnel facilities, maintenance facilities, community facilities, and 
utilities, $1,742,000. 
Marine Corps supply center, Barstow, California: Operational facil-
ities, maintenance facilities, personnel facilities, administrative facili-
ties, and community facilities, $3,436,000. 
Marine Corps base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina: Personnel fa-
cilities, administrative facilities, training facilities, community facili-
ties, medical facilities, storage facilities, and utilities, $5,092,000. 
Marine Corps recruit depot, Parris Island, South Carolina: Per-
sonnel facilities, administrative facilities, storage facilities, training 
facilities, community facilities, and utilities, $4,266,000. 
Marine Corps base. Camp Pendleton, California: Utilities, boat 
basin facilities, and land acquisition, $3,429,000. 
Marine Corps cold weather battalion, Bridgeport, 
California: 
Utilities, $294,000. 
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Marine Corps training center, Twentynine Palms, California: Com-
munity facilities and land acquisition, $1,165,000, 
Marine Corps supply forwarding annex, Portsmouth, Virginia: 
Security facilities, $91,000. 
Marine Corps schools, Quantico, Vir^nia: Training facilities, am-
munition storage and ordnance facilities, community facilities, and 
utilities, $2,178,000. 
Marine Corps recruit depot, San Diego, California: Personnel fa-
cilities and community facilities, $1,679,000. 
ORDNANCE FACILITIES 
Naval ammunition depot, Bangor, Washington: Ordnance facili-
ties, $1,100,000. 
Naval ammunition depot, Charleston, South Carolina: Ordnance 
facilities, $404,000. 
Naval ordnance test station, China Lake, California: Research and 
development facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, airfield pave-
ments and fuel storage and dispensing facilities, $6,028,000. 
Naval ammunition depot, Earle, New Jersey: Ordnance facilities, 
$600,000. 
Naval ammunition depot, Fallbrook, California: Ammunition stor-
age and ordnance facilities, $1,584,000. 
Naval ammunition depot, Hingham, Massachusetts: Ammunition 
storage and ordnance facilities, $993,000. 
Naval ammunition and net depot. Seal Beach, California: Ord-
nance facilities, $2,176,000. 
Naval mine depot, Yorktown, Virginia: Ammunition storage and 
ordnance facilities and utilities, $3,480,000. 
SERVICE SCHOOL FACILITIES 
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: Earthwork and land 
acquisition, $7,469,000. 
Naval training center, Bainbridge, Maryland: Personnel facilities, 
training facilities, and utilities, $6,569,000. 
Naval receiving station, Brooklyn, New York: Personnel facilities, 
$97,000. 
Naval amphibious base, Coronado, California: Training facilities, 
personnel facilities, and utilities, $5,660,000. 
Fleet air defense training center. Dam Neck, Virginia: Personnel 
facilities, $237,000. 
Naval training center, Great Lakes, Illinois: Personnel facilities, 
and training facilities, $8,413,000. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
Naval hospital. Great Lakes, Illinois: Medical facilities, $12,730,000. 
Naval hospital, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Hospital elevator, 
$57,000. 
COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES 
Naval radio station, Cheltenham, Maryland: Communications fa-
cilities, personnel facilities, and utilities, $2,489,000. 
Naval radio station, Maine: Utilities and land acquisition, 
$2,450,000. 
Naval communication station, San Francisco, California: Commu-
nications facilities and personnel facilities, $2,029,000. 
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Naval communication station, Seattle, Washington: Communica-
tions facilities, $45,000. 
Naval radio station. Winter Harbor, Maine: Communications 
facilities, $83,000. 
OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH FACILITIES 
Naval research laboratory, District of Columbia: Plans and speci-
fications for research and development facilities, $1,300,000. 
YARDS AND DOCKS FACILITIES 
Public works center, Norfolk, Virginia: Utilities and land acquisi-
tion, $443,000. 
Naval construction battalion center, Port Hueneme, California: Re-
placement of wharf, and storage facilities, $2,581,000. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
SHIPYARD F A C I L I T I E S 
Naval ship repair facilities, Subic Bay, Philippine Islands: Water-
front facilities, $1,637,000. 
Naval base, Subic Bay, Philippine Islands: Utilities at Olongapo, 
flood control and drainage facilities and community facilities, 
$9,378,000. 
FLEET BASE FACILITIES 
Naval station, Adak, Alaska: Operational facilities, and laundry 
and dry cleaning facilities, $2,351,000. 
Naval station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Utilities, $680,000. 
AVIATION FACILITIES 
Naval air station, Atsugi, Japan: Airfield pavements, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, fuel storage facilities, personnel facilities, and utili-
ties, $1,961,000. 
Naval air station. Barber's Point, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii: Per-
sonnel facilities and aircraft maintenance facilities, $870,000. 
Naval air station, Cubi Point, Philippine Islands: Personnel facili-
ties, $1,264,000. 
Naval air station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Aircraft maintenance 
facilities, personnel facilities, communications facilities, family hous-
ing, community facilities, and utilities, $4,572,000. 
Naval air station, Iwakuni, Japan: Aircraft maintenance facilities, 
airfield pavements, dredging, navigational aids, and fuel storage facil-
ities, $1,704,000. 
Marine Corps air station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii: 
Aircraft maintenance facilities, airfield pavements, and operational 
facilities, $1,045,000. 
Naval air facility, Port Lyautey, French Morocco: Aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, and family housing, $1,401,000. 
Naval station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico: Aircraft maintenance 
facilities, airfield pavements, fuel storage facilities, ordnance facili-
ties, personnel facilities, medical facilities, and utilities, $4,470,000. 
Naval air station, Sangley Point, Philippine Islands: Airfield pave-
ments, breakwater, and personnel facilities, $3,811,000. 
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SUPPLY FACILITIES 
Naval station, Adak, Alaska: Replacement of fuel storage facilities, 
$5,000,000. 
Naval station, Argentia, Newfoundland: Fuel storage facilities, 
$1,599,000. 
Naval supply depot, Subic Bay, Philippine Islands: Covered and 
cold storage facilities, administrative facilities, operational facilities, 
maintenance facilities, waterfront facilities, and utilities, $11,598,000. 
ORDNANCE FACILITIES 
Naval ammunition depot, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii: Ordnance 
facilities, $971,000. 
Naval ordnance facility. Port Lyautey, French Morocco: Ordnance 
facilities, $245,000. 
Naval ordnance facility, Yokosuka, Japan: Ordnance facilities, 
$241,000. 
COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES 
Naval communication unit, Futema, Okinawa: Communications 
facilities, $75,000. 
Naval communication station, Guam, Mariana Islands: Communi-
cation facilities, $222,000. 
Naval communication facility, Philippine Islands: Communica-
tions facilities, and land acquisition, $4,320,000. 
YARDS AND DOCKS FACILITIES 
Fifteenth naval district. Canal Zone: Utilities, $2,210,000. 
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^^^- 2^^- "^^^^ Secretary of the Navy is authorized to obtain by con-
tract, such engineering, location, and site planning studies as may be 
necessary to enable him to determine the feasibility and advisability of 
establishing, continuing, or relocating the following facilities: Naval 
air station, Norfolk, Virginia (bombing targets); Naval magazine, 
Port Chicago, California. 
Expenditures not to exceed $150,000 for 
such studies may be made out of the appropriation "Military Construc-
tTii«ee**'on*Ar^*'rd ^^^^i Navy". 
The Secretary of the Navy shall report to the Corn-
Forces, 
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives 
the conclusions of these studies together with such recommendations as 
he shall consider appropriate. 
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^^^* ^^^" "^^^ Secretary of the Navy may establish or develop classi-
tiea. 
fied naval installations and facilities by constructing, converting, 
rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, 
including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, 
equipment, and family housing in the total amount of $84,043,000. 
SEC. 204. Public Law 564, Eighty-first Congress is amended as 
follows: 
64 Stat. 240. 
(a) In title I I under the heading "CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES" 
change the amount for "Naval base, Newport, Rhode Island: Sewage 
facilities", from "$1,243,000" to "$1,268,000." 
64 Stat. 244. 
(jj) j ^ title IV sectiou 402, clause (2) change the amount for public 
works authorized by title I I : "Inside continental United States", 
from "$135,719,800" to "$135,744,800." 
SEC. 205. Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress, as amended, is 
amended as follows: 
66 Stat. 613, 
(a) lu sectiou 201, as amended, strike out so much thereof under 
the heading "CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES" and subheading "SUPPLY 
FACILITIES" as reads as follows: 
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"Harpswell Neck Fuel Facility, Portland, Maine, area: Aviation 
gasoline and jet fuel bulk storage; $2,766,500"; and insert in place 
thereof the following: 
"Harpswell Neck Fuel Facility, Portland, Maine, area: Aviation 
gasoline and jet fuel bulk storage and land acquisition, $2,766,500". 
(b) In section 201, under the heading "OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL 
^S stat. 349. 
UNITED STATES" and subheading "COMMUNICATION FACILITIES", strike 
out so much thereof as reads as follows: 
"Naval communication station, Philippine Islands: Consolidated 
communication facilities; $2,694,500"; and insert in place thereof the 
following: 
"Naval communication station, Philippine Islands: Consolidated 
communications facilities, and land acquisition, $2,694,500". 
SEC. 206. Public Law 534, Eighty-third Congress, is amended as 
follows: 
(a) In section 201, under the heading "CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES" 
^^ ^tat. 540. 
and subheading "AVIATION FACILITIES , change the amount for "Naval 
air missile test center (San Nicolas Island), Point Mugu, California," 
from "$1,132,000" to "$1,816,000". 
(b) In section 201, under the heading "CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES" 
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and subheading "ORDNANCE FACILITIES", change the amount for "Naval 
ammunition 
depot, 
Hawthorne, 
Nevada" 
from 
"$308,000" 
to 
"$538,000". 
(c) In section 502, clause (2), change the amount for public works 
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authorized by title I I for inside continental United States from "$102,-
042,000" to "$102,956,000"; and total amount from "$201,893,000" to 
"$202,807,000". 
SEC. 207. Public Law 161, Eighty-fourth Congress, is amended as 
follows: 
(a) In section 201, under the heading "CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES" 
^^ stat. 330. 
and subheading "SHIPYARD FACILITIES", change the amount for "Naval 
electronics laboratory, San Diego, California" from "$143,000" to 
"$162,000". 
(b) In section 201, under the heading "CONTINENTAL 
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STATES" and subheading "FLEET BASE FACILITIES", delete that portion 
which reads as follows: "Navy Department District of Columbia: 
family housing, $81,000". 
(c) In section 201, under the heading "CONTINENTAL 
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STATES" and subheading "AVIATION FACILITIES", change the amount for 
"Naval auxiliary air station. El Centro, California" from "$366,000" 
to "$450,000"; strike out so much thereof as reads as follows: 
"Naval air station, Norfolk, Virginia: Aircraft maintenance facil- 
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ities, training facilities, communication facilities, operational facili-
ties, $4,660,000"; and insert in place thereof the following: 
"Naval air station, Norfolk, Virginia: Aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, training facilities, communication facilities, operational facili-
ties, and land acquisition, $4,660,000". 
(d) In section 201 under the heading "CONTINENTAL 
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STATES" and subheading "ORDNANCE FACILITIES", delete that portion 
which reads as follows: "Naval proving ground, Dahlgren, Virginia: 
Land acquisition, $200,000". 
(e) In section 201, under the heading "OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL 
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UNITED STATES" and subheading "ORDNANCE FACILITIES", strike out so 
much thereof as reads as follows: 
"Naval ammunition depot, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii: Testing fa-
cilities, and railroad facilities and barricades, $1,132,000"; and insert 
in place thereof the following: 
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"Naval ammunition depot, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii: Testing 
facilities, railroad facilities and barricades, and land acquisition, 
$1,132,000". 
69 Stat. 350. 
(f^ jjj gection 502, clause (2), change the amount for public works 
authorized by title I I for inside continental United States from 
"$299,690,600" to "$299,512,600"; and the total amount 
from 
"$564,224,300" to "$564,046,300". 
Air Force. 
T I T L E I I I 
SEC. 301. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop 
military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, con-
verting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public 
works, including site preparation, appurtenances, utilities and equip-
ment, for the following projects: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
AIR DEFENSE COMMAND 
Buckingham Air Force Base, Fort Myers, Florida: Operational 
and training facilities, $629,000. 
Duluth Municipal Airport, Duluth, Minnesota: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, and land 
acquisition, $863,000. 
Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado: Housing and 
community facilities, $342,000. 
Ethan Allen Air Force Base, Winooski, Vermont: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, and land 
acquisition, $4,211,000. 
Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington: Operational and training fa-
cilities, maintenance facilities, and housing and community facilities, 
and family housing, $2,827,000. 
Glasgow Air Force Base, Glasgow, Montana: Operational and train-
ing facilities, maintenance facilities, utilities and ground improve-
ments, land acquisition, and family housing, $2,470,000. 
Grand Forks Air Force Base, Grand Forks, North Dakota: Opera-
tional and training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, 
housing and community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, 
and land acquisition, $18,969,000. 
Grandview Air Force Base, Kansas City, Missouri: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and community fa-
cilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land acquisition, 
$1,673,000. 
Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania: Operational 
and training facilities, maiiitenance facilities, supply facilities, hous-
ing and community facilities, and land acquisition, $1,087,000. 
Hamilton Air Force Base, San Rafael, California: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, utilities and ground im-
provements, and land acquisition, $2,966,000. 
K. I. Sawyer Municipal Airport, Marquette, Michigan: Operational 
and training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, admin-
istrative facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities and 
ground improvements, and land acquisition, $5,051,000. 
Kinross Air Force Base, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan: Operational 
and training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and community 
facilities, and land acquisition, $2,156,000. 
Klamath Falls Municipal Airport, Klamath Falls, Oregon: Opera-
tional and training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and 
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community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land 
acquisition, $1,130,000. 
McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Washington: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, and land 
acquisition, 
$1,514,000. 
McGhee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, administrative facilities, 
housing and community facilities, and land acquisition, $2,054,000. 
Majors Field, Greenville, Texas: Operational and training facili-
ties, and land acquisition, $440,000. 
Manistee Air Force Base, Manistee, Michigan: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, adminis-
trative facilities, housing and community facilities, and utilities and 
ground improvements, $2,906,000. 
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, Minne-
sota: Operational and training facilities, and maintenance facilities, 
$3,015,000. 
Minot Air Force Base, Minot, North Dakota: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, housing 
and community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land 
acquisition, $21,215,000. 
Newcastle County Airport, Wilmington, Delaware: Operational 
and training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, hous-
ing and community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and 
land acquisition, $6,184,000. 
Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, Niagara Falls, New York: Oper-
ational and training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, 
housing and community facilities, and land acquisition, $3,030,000. 
Otis Air Force Base, Falmouth, Massachusetts: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, housing 
and community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, land 
acquisition, and family housing, $11,577,000. 
Oxnard Air Force Base, Camarillo, California: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and community 
facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land acquisition, 
$2,392,000. 
Paine Air Force Base, Everett, Washington: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, and land 
acquisition, $4,127,000. 
Greater Portland, Oregon, area: Operational and training facilities, 
maintenance facilities, supply facilities, utilities and ground improve-
ments, and land acquisition, $13,508,000. 
Presque Isle Air Force Base, Presque Isle, Maine: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and community 
facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land acquisition, 
$8,057,000. 
Eichard Bon^ Air Force Base, Kansasville, Wisconsin: Opera-
tional and training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, 
administrative facilities, housing and community facilities, and utili-
ties and ground improvements, $6,801,000. 
Self ridge Air Force Base, Mount Clemens, Michigan: Operational 
and training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, and 
land acquisition, $2,494,000. 
Sioux Cit3^ Municipal Airport, Sioux City, Iowa: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and community 
facilities, and land acquisition, $2,288,000. 
Stewart Air Force Base, Newburgh, New York: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and community 
facilities, and land acquisition, $1,802,000. 
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Suffolk County Air Force Base, Westhamptou Beach, New York: 
Operational and training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing 
and community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land 
acquisition, $5,441,000. 
Truax Field, Madison, Wisconsin: Operational and training facili-
ties, maintenance facilities, housing and community facilities, and 
land acquisition, $4,876,000. 
Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Oscoda, Michigan: Oj)erational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, admin-
istrative facilities, housing and community facilities^ utilities and 
ground improvements, land acquisition, and family housing, $3,278,000. 
Youngstown Municipal Airport, Youngstown, Ohio: Operational 
and training facilities, maintenance facilities, utilities and ground 
improvements, and land acquisition, $2,255,000. 
Yuma County Airport, Yuma, Arizona: Operational and training 
facilities, maintenance facilities, administrative facilities, housing and 
community facilities, and land acquisition, $3,545,000. 
Various locations: Operational and training facilities, maintenance 
facilities, supply facilities, administrative facilities, housing and com-
munity facilities, utilities and ground improvements and land acquisi-
tion, $21,510,000. 
AIR MATERIEL COMMAND 
Brookley Air Force Base, Mobile, Alabama: Housing and commu-
nity facilities, and land acquisition, $1,541,000. 
Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, New York: Operational and training 
facilities, maintenance facilities, research, development and test facili-
ties, supply facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities and 
ground improvements, and land acquisition, $17,966,000. 
Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah: Maintenance facilities, housing 
and community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land 
acquisition, $1,339,000. 
Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas: Operational and train-
ing facilities, maintenance facilities, and utilities and ground imDrove-
ments, $1,570,000. 
Marietta Air Force Station, Marietta, Pennsylvania: Supply facili-
ties, $52,000. 
McClellan Air Force Base, Sacramento, California: Administrative 
facilities, housing and community facilities, and land acquisition, 
$1,424,000. 
Mukilteo Fuel Storage Station, Mukilteo, Washington: Land acqui-
sition, $4,000. 
Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, California: Operational 
and training facilities, and housing and community 
facilities, 
$1,572,000. 
Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown, Pennsylvania: Maintenance 
facilities, administrative facilities, and utilities and ground improve-
ments, $3,983,000. 
Robins Air Force Base, Macon, Georgia: Operational and training 
facilities, housing and community facilities, and utilities and ground 
improvements, $5,478,000. 
Searsport Fuel Storage Station, Searsport, Maine: Supply facili-
ties, $473,000. 
Tacoma Fuel Storage Station, Tacoma, Washington: Supply fa-
cilities, $129,000. 
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Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Operational 
and training facilities, hospital facilities, and housing and community 
facilities, $5,990,000. 
Wilkins Air Force Station, Shelby, Ohio: Family housing, $89,000. 
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, research, development and 
test facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities, and ground 
improvements, and land acquisition, $17,138,000. 
Various locations: Administrative facilities, housing and commu-
nity facilities, and utilities, and ground improvements, $444,000. 
AIR PROVING GROUND COMMAND 
Eglin Air Force Base, Valparaiso, Florida: Operational and train-
ing facilities, maintenance facilities, research, development and test 
facilities, hospital and medical facilities, housing and community 
facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land acquisition, 
$21,094,000. 
AIR TRAINING 
COMMAND 
Amarillo Air Force Base, Amarillo, Texas: Operational and train-
ing facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, and utilities 
and ground improvements, $17,121,000. 
Bryan Air Force Base, Bryan, Texas: Housing and community 
facilities, and land acquisition, $1,288,000. 
Craig Air Force Base, Selma, Alabama: Operational and training 
facilities, and land acquisition, $18,000. 
Edward Gary Air Force Base, San Marcos, Texas: Maintenance 
facilities, $783,000. 
Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas: Land acquisition, 
$63,000. 
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming: Hous-
ing and community facilities, and utilities and ground improvements, 
$1,654,000. 
Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas: Operational and 
training facilities, supply facilities, utilities and ground improvements, 
and land acquisition, $8,804,000. 
James Connally Air Force Base, Waco, Texas: Operational and 
training facilities, and land acquisition, $4,687,000. 
Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi: Land acquisition, 
$34,000. 
Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas: Hospital and med-
ical facilities, $3,440,000. 
Laredo Air Force Base, Laredo, Texas: Utilities and ground im-
provements, and land acquisition, $225,000. 
Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Eio, Texas: Operational and train-
ing facilities, and housing and community facilities, $212,000. 
Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado: Land 
acquisition, 
$410,000. _ 
Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Arizona: Operational and training 
facilities, maintenance facilities, and land acquisition, $2,902,000. 
Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, California: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, housing 
and community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land 
acquisition, $21,650,000. 
McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, Kansas: Land acquisition, 
$396,000. 
Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, Georgia: Operational and train-
ing facilities, and maintenance facilities, $1,848,000. 
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Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada: Operational and train-
ing facilities, and land acquisition, $3,456,000. 
Parks Air Force Base, Pleasanton, California: Utilities and ground 
improvements, $111,000. 
Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, Texas: Operational and training 
facilities, and land acquisition, $2,260,000. 
Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas: Land acquisition, 
$133,000. 
Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Texas: Operational and training 
facilities, and land acquisition, $4,164,000. 
Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois: Operational and training 
facilities, supply facilities, and land acquisition, $3,296,000. 
Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, hospital 
and medical facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities and 
ground improvements, and land acquisition, $24,433,000. 
Stead Air Force Base, Reno, Nevada: Supply facilities, housing 
and community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land 
acquisition, $2,221,000. 
Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama Cityj Florida: Operational and 
training facilities, and maintenance facilities, $716,000. 
Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Oklahoma: Operational and training 
facilities, and land acquisition, $977,000. 
Webb Air Force Base, Big Spring, Texas: Operational and training 
facilities, $90,000. 
Williams Air Force Base, Chandler, Arizona: Operational and train-
ing facilities, maintenance facilities, and land acquisition, $6,347,000. 
AIR UNIVERSITY 
Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama: Operational and 
training facilities, and housing and community facilities, $215,000. 
CONTINENTAL AIR COMMAND 
Beale Air Force Base, Mar^^sville, California: Operational and 
training facilities, supply facilities, and utilities and ground improve-
ments, $13,395,000. 
Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas: Operational and train-
ing facilities, and maintenance facilities, $237,000. 
Dobbins Air Force Base, Marietta, Georgia: Housing and commu-
nity facilities, $345,000. 
Mitchel Air Force Base, Hempstead, New York: Utilities and 
ground improvements, $205,000. 
HEADQUARTERS COMMAND 
Boiling Air Force Base, Washington, D. C.: Utilities and ground 
improvements, $8,000. 
MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND 
Andrews Air Force Base, Camp Springs, Maryland: Operational 
and training facilities, supply facilities, housing and community 
facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land acquisition, 
$7,335,000. 
Charleston Air Force Base, Charleston, South Carolina: Opera-
tional and training facilities, and utilities and ground improvements, 
$868,000. 
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Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware: Operational and training 
facilities, supply facilities, administrative facilities, housing and com-
munity facilities, and utilities and ground improvements, $3,195,000. 
McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown, New Jersey: Operational 
and training facilities, supply facilities, hospital and medical facili-
ties, administrative facilities, and housing and community facilities, 
$2,169,000. 
Palm Beach Air Force Base, Palm Beach, Florida: Operational and 
training facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities and 
ground improvements, and land acquisition, $1,545,000. 
Vint Hill Farm Station, Warrenton, Virginia: Operational and 
training facilities, $768,000. 
Washington National Airport, District of Columbia: Maintenance 
facility, $275,000. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELGI'MENT COMMAND 
Canel Air Force Plant #62, Hartford, Connecticut: Research, 
development, and test facilities, and utilities and ground improve-
ments, $22,445,000. 
Edwards Air Force Base, Muroc, California: Research, develop-
ment, and test facilities, and housing and community facilities, 
$5,488,000. 
Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico: Operational 
and training facilities, maintenance facilities, research, development, 
and test facilities, and housing and community facilities, $7,877,000. 
Indian Springs Air Force Base, Indian Springs, Nevada: Housing 
and community facilities, and utilities and ground improvements, and 
family housing, $961,000. 
Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Operational 
and training facilities, maintenance facilities, and research, develop-
ment, and test facilities, $5,481,000. 
Laredo Test Site, Laredo, Texas: Research, development, and test 
facilities, and land acquisition, $1,219,000. 
Laurence G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts: Operational 
and training facilities, maintenance facilities, research, development 
and test facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities, and 
ground improvements, and land acquisition, $6,939,000. 
National Reactor Test Station, Idaho Falls, Idaho: Operational 
and training facilities, research, development and test facilities, and 
utilities and ground improvements, $11,415,000. 
Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa, Florida: Operational and training 
facilities, research, development and test facilities, housing and com-
munity facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land acquisi-
tion, $15,169,000. 
Sacramento Peak Observatory, Sacramento Peak, New Mexico: 
Family housing, $153,000. 
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Abilene Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas: Operational and training 
facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities and ground im-
provements, and land acquisition, $1,043,000. 
Altus Air Force Base, Altus, Oklahoma: Housing and community 
facilities, and utilities and ground improvements, $1,003,000. 
Barksdale Air Force Base, Shrevei)ort, Louisiana: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, administrative facilities, 
housing and community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, 
and land acquisition, $2,117,000. 
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Ber^strom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas: Operational and training 
facilities, supply facilities, housing and community facilities, and land 
acquisitions, $15,938,000. 
Biggs Air Force Base, El Paso, Texas: Operational and training 
facilities, and housing and community facilities, $922,000. 
Campbell Air Force Base, Hopkinsville, Kentucky: Operational and 
training facilities, and utilities and ground improvements, $479,000. 
Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas: Operational and train-
ing facilities, and maintenance facilities, $2,438,000. 
Castle Air Force Base, Merced, California: Operational and train-
ing facilities, maintenance facilities, hospital and medical facilities, 
and housing and community facilities, $2,179,000. 
Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base, Clinton, Oklahoma: Operational 
and training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, hous-
ing and community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and 
land acquisition, $7,004,000. 
Columbus Air Force Base, Columbus, Mississippi: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, housing 
and community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land 
acquisition, $14,518,000. 
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona: Operational and 
training facilities, and land acquisition, $503,000. 
Dow Air Force Base, Bangor, Maine: Operational and training 
facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, housing and com-
munity facilities, and utilities and ground improvements, $7,665,000. 
Dublin Air Force Base, Georgia: Operational and training facili-
ties, maintenance facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and 
land acquisition, $6,478,000. 
Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, South Dakota: Operational 
and training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and community 
facilities, and land acquisition, $943,000. 
Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and community 
facilities, and utilities and ground improvements, $4,457,000. 
Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka, Kansas: Operational and training 
facilities, and housing and community facilities, $1,271,000. 
Gray Air Force Base, Killeen, Texas: Operational and training 
facilities, $23,000. 
Greenville Air Force Base, Greenville, Mississippi: Operational 
and training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, and 
land acquisition, $2,483,000. 
Hobbs Air Force Base, Hobbs, New Mexico: Operational and train-
ing facilities, maintenance facilities, utilities and ground improve-
ments, and land acquisitions, $6,547,000. 
Homestead Air Force Base, Homestead, Florida: Operational and 
training facilities, hospital and medical facilities, housing and com-
munity facilities, utilities, and ground improvements, and land acqui-
sition, $1,694,000. 
Hunter Air Force Base, Savannah, Georgia: Operational and train-
ing facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land acquisition, 
$1,131,000. 
Lake Charles Air Force Base, Lake Charles, Louisiana: Opera-
tional and training facilities, housing and community facilities, and 
utilities and ground improvements, $1,552,000. 
Lincoln Air Force Base, Lincoln, Nebraska: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and community 
facilities, and utilities and ground improvements, $4,685,000. 
Little Rock Air Force Base, Little Rock, Arkansas: Operational 
and training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, admin-
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i strative facilities, housing and community facilities, and land acqui-
sition, $1,528,000. 
Lockbourne Air Force Base, Columbus, Ohio: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and community 
facilities, and land acquisition, $4,952,000. 
Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine: Operational and train-
ing facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, and housing 
and community facilities, $2,522,000. 
MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida: Operational and training 
facilities, maintenance facilities, and housing and community facilities, 
$3,262,000. 
Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, and housing and community 
facilities, $1,236,000. 
March Air Force Base, Riverside, California: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and community fa-
cilities, and land acquisition, $5,156,000. 
Mitchell Air Force Base, Mitchell, South Dakota: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, utilities and ground im-
provements, and land acquisition, $6,374,000. 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Mountain Home, Idaho: Opera-
tional and training facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and com-
munity facilities, and utilities and ground improvements, $2,064,000. 
Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska: Operational and training 
facilities, supply facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities 
and ground improvements, land acquisition, and family housing, 
$5,697,000. 
Pinecastle Air Force Base, Orlando, Florida: Housing and com-
munity facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land acqui-
sition, $786,000. 
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, New York: Housing and 
community facilities, $1,491,000. 
Portsmouth Air Force Base, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Opera-
tional and training facilities, and housing and community facilities, 
$661,000. 
Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Salina, Kansas: Operational and 
training facilities, hospital and medical facilities, administrative 
facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities and ground 
improvements, and land acquisition, $3,882,000. 
Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, and utilities and ground 
improvements, $923,000. 
Turner Air Force Base, Albany, Georgia: Operational and train-
ing facilities, housing and community facilities, and land acquisition, 
$781,000. 
Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, New Mexico: Operational and 
training facilities, supply facilities, and housing and community facili-
ties, $2,791,000. 
Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts: Opera-
tional and training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, 
administrative facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities 
and ground improvements, and land acquisition, $9,315,000. 
Whiteman Air Force Base, Knobnoster, Missouri: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, housing 
and community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and 
land acquisition, $3,815,000. 
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Ardmore Air Force Base, Ardmore, Oklahoma: Maintenance fa-
cilities, supply facilities, and land acquisition, $330,000. 
Blytheville Air Force Base, Blytheville, Arkansas: Operational and 
training facilities, and maintenance facilities, $933,000. 
Bunker Hill Air Force Base, Peru, Indiana: Operational and train-
ing facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and community facilities, 
and removal of hazard, $2,169,000. 
Clovis Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico: Operational and train-
ing facilities, maintenance facilities, housing and community facilities, 
and relocation of structure, $4,505,000. 
Donaldson Air Force Base, Greenville, South Carolina: Operational 
and training facilities, $2,428,000. 
England Air Force Base, Alexandria, Louisiana: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, administrative facilities, and 
housing and community facilities, $2,919,000. 
Foster Air Force Base, Victoria, Texas: Operational and training 
facilities, maintenance facilities, and utilities and ground improve-
ments, $952,000. 
George Air Force Base, Victorville, California: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, and hous-
ing and community facilities, $3,144,000. 
Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Virginia: Operational and 
training facilities, and land acquisition, $2,613,000. 
Larson Air Force Base, Moses Lake, Washington: Operational and 
training facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities and 
ground improvements, and land acquisition, $1,111,000. 
Myrtle Beach Municipal Airport, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: 
Operational and training facilities, maintenance facilities, hospital 
and medical facilities, and housing and community 
facilities, 
$1,665,000. 
Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: Operational 
and training facilities, maintenance facilities, and land acquisition, 
$1,106,000. 
Sewart Air Force Base, Smyrna, Tennessee: Operational and train-
ing facilities, maintenance facilities, utilities and ground improve-
ments, and land acquisition, $1,583,000. 
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, North Carolina: 
Operational and training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply 
facilities, hospital and medical facilities, administrative facilities, 
and housing and community facilities, $6,637,000. 
Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina: Operational and 
training facilities, maintenance facilities, and housing and community 
facilities, $3,805,000. 
Wendover Air Force Base, Wendover, Utah: Operational and train-
ing facilities, $67,000. 
SPECIAL FACILITIES 
Various locations: Research, development and test facilities, admin-
istrative facilities, and land acquisition, $1,240,000. 
AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SYSTEM 
Various locations: Operational and training facilities, mainte-
nance facilities, supply facilities, hospital and medical facilities, ad-
ministrative facilities, housing, and community facilities^ utilities and 
ground 
improvements, land 
acquisition, 
and 
family 
housing, 
$80,942,000. 
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OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
ALASKAN AIR COMMAND 
Eielson Air Force Base: Operational and training facilities, main-
tenance facilities, and family housing, $14,984,000. 
Elmendorf Air Force Base: Operational and training facilities, 
maintenance facilities, supply facilities, housing and community facil-
ities, and utilities and ground improvements, $5,444,000. 
Galena Airfield: Operational and training facilities and supply 
facilities, $1,772,000. 
King Salmon Airport: Operational and training facilities, $289,000. 
Ladd Air Force Base: Operational and training facilities, supply 
facilities, and utilities and ground improvements, $7,055,000. 
Various locations: Operational and training facilities, $6,628,000. 
FAR EAST AIR FORCES 
Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii: Operational and train-
ing facilities, $991,000. 
Johnston Island Air Force Base, Johnston Island: Operational and 
training facilities, and housing and community facilities, $724,000. 
Various locations: Operational and training facilities, maintenance 
facilities, supply facilities, hospital and medical facilities, utilities and 
ground improvements, land acquisition, and family housing, $25,-
969,000. 
MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE 
Various locations: Operational and training facilities, maintenance 
facilities, supply facilities, housing and community facilities, and utili-
ties and ground improvements, $55,859,000. 
NORTHEAST AIR COMMAND 
Various locations: Operational and training facilities, maintenance 
facilities, supply facilities, hospital and medical facilities, housing and 
community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and family 
housing, $75,650,000. 
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam: Operational and training facili-
ties, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, housing and community 
facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and family housing, 
$23,980,000. 
Harmon Air Force 
fease, 
Guam: Land acquisition, $14,000. 
Northwest Air Force Base, Guam: Operational and training fa-
cilities, and maintenance facilities, $229,000. 
Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico: Operational and training fa-
cilities, maintenance facilities, and land acquisition, $1,213,000. 
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN EUROPE 
Various locations: Operational and training facilities, maintenance 
facilities, supply facilities, hospital and medical facilities, adminis-
trative facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities and 
ground improvements, and erection of prefabricated structures, 
$114,260,000. 
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AIRCRAFT CONTROI^ AND WARNING SYSTEM 
Various locations: Operational and training facilities, maintenance 
facilities, supply facilities, hospital and medical facilities, adminis-
trative facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities and 
ground improvements, and land acquisition, $70,000,000. 
stSiationi^nd f7- 
^EC. 302. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop: 
ciiities. 
(a) classified military installations and facilities by acquiring, con-
structing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or tem-
porary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, ap-
purtenances, utilities and equipment, in the total amount of 
$163,000,000. 
(b) Air Force installations and facilities by proceeding with 
construction made necessary by changes in Air Force missions, new 
weapons developments, or improved production schedules, if the Sec-
retary 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 
c^n^^ri^s'^sVon Li ^^ $50,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the Air Force, or his 
committees, 
dcsignce, sliall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final de-
cision to implement, of the cost of construction of any public work 
undertaken under this subsection, including those real estate actions 
pertaining thereto. 
63 Stat. 17. 
gj,(, 303 Section 1 of the Act of March 30,1949 (ch. 41, 50 U. S. C. 
491), is amended by the addition of the following: 
"The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to procure commu-
nication services required for the semiautomatic ground environment 
system. No contract for such services may be for a period of more 
than ten years from the date communication services are first fur-
nished under such contract. The aggregate contingent liability of the 
Government under the termination provisions of all contracts author-
ized hereunder may not exceed a total of $222,000,000 and no termi-
nation payment shall be final until audited and approved by the 
General Accounting Office which shall have access to such carrier 
records and accounts as it may deem necessary for the purpose. 
In 
procuring such services, the Secretary of the Air Force shall utilize 
to the fullest extent practicable the facilities and capabilities of com-
munication common carriers, including rural telephone cooperatives, 
within their respective service areas and for power supply, shall utilize 
to the fullest extent practicable, the facilities and capabilities of public 
utilities and rural electric cooperatives within their respective service 
areas. Negotiations with communication common carriers, including 
cooperatives, and representation in proceedings involving such car-
riers before Federal and State regulatory bodies where such negotia-
tions or proceedings involve contracts authorized by this paragraph 
shall be in accordance with the provisions of section 201 of the Act of 
63 Stat. 383. 
j ^ ^ e 30, 1949, as amended (40 U. S. C. A. sec. 481)." 
SEC. 304. (a) Public Law 161, Eighty-fourth Congress, is amended, 
69 Stat. 337. 
uuder the heading "CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES" in section 301, as 
follows: 
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Under the subheading "AIR DEFENSE COMMAND"— 
(1) with respect to Buckingham Weapons Center, Fort Myers, 
Florida, strike out "$11,577,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$15,462,000". 
69 Stat. 339. 
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(2) with respect to Duluth Municipal Airport, Duluth, Min- 
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nesota, strike out "$1,200,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$1,623,000". 
(3) with respect to Grand Forks site, North Dakota, strike out 
^^ stat. 337. 
"$5,822,000" and insert in place thereof "$7,709,000". 
(4) with respect to Greater Milwaukee area, Wisconsin, airbase 
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to be known as "Richard Bong Air Force Base", strike out 
"$16,608,000" and insert in place thereof "$23,859,000". 
(5) with respect to Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Coraopolis, 
^^ stat. 337. 
Pennsylvania, strike out "$404,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$525,000". 
(6) with respect to Hamilton Air Force Base, San Rafael, Cali- 
^^ ^tat. 337. 
fornia, strike out "$1,501,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$2,229,000". 
(7) with respect to Klamath Falls Municipal Airport, Klamath 
^9 stat. 338. 
Falls, Oregon, strike out "$2,042,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$2,656,000". 
(8) with respect to McGhee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Ten- 
^^ stat. 338. 
nessee, strike out "$582,000" and insert in place thereof "$817,000". 
(9) with respect to Minot site, North Dakota, strike out 
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"$5,339,000" and insert in place thereof "$6,603,000". 
(10) with respect to Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, Niagara 
^9 stat. 338. 
Falls, New York, strike out "$1,748,000" and insert in place 
thereof "$2,575,000". 
(11) with respect to Paine Air Force Base, Everett, Washing- 
^^ stat. 338. 
ton, strike out "$1,039,000" and insert in place thereof "$1,199,000". 
Under the subheading "AIR MATERIEL COMMAND"—With respect to 
Searsport Air Force Tank Farm, Searsport, Maine, strike out 
"$133,000" and insert in place thereof "$329,000". 
Under the subheading "AIR TRAINING COMMAND"— 
(1) with respect to Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas, 
^^ stat. 340. 
strike out "$2,816,000" and insert in place thereof "$3,438,000". 
(2) with respect to Greenville Air Force Base, Greenville, Mis- 
^^ stat. 340. 
sissippi, strike out "$349,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$600,000". 
(3) with respect to Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Arizona, 
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strike out "$1,557,000" and insert in place thereof "$1,923,000". 
(4) with respect to Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada, 
^^ stat. 340. 
strike out "$1,153,000" and insert in place thereof "$1,837,000". 
(5) with respect to Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, Texas, 
^^ stat. 340. 
strike out "$956,000" and insert in place thereof "$1,210,000". 
(6) with respect to Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, 
^^ stat. 341. 
Texas, strike out "$549,000" and insert in place thereof "$730,000". 
(7) with respect to Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois, 
69 stat. 341. 
strike out "$1,247,000" and insert in place thereof "$1,862,000". 
(8) with respect to Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, 
^9 stat. 341. 
Florida, strike out "$478,000" and insert in place thereof "$534,-
000". 
(9) with respect to Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Oklahoma, 
^^ stat. 341. 
strike out "$871,000" and insert in place thereof "$1,181,000". 
(10) With respect to Williams Air Force Base, Chandler, Ari- 
^^ ^*«*' 3''** 
zona, strike out "$1,045,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$1,215,000". 
(11) AVith respect to Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Chey- 
^^ stat. 340. 
enne, Wyoming, strike out "$1,403,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$1,746,000". 
Under the subheading "AIR UNIVERSITY"—With respect to Maxwell 
^9 stat. 341. 
Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama, strike out "$2,661,000" and 
insert in place thereof "$3,031,000". 
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69 Stat. 342. 
69 Stat. 342. 
Under the subheading "CONTINENTAL AIR COMMAND"— 
69 Stat. 341. 
(1) Tj^ith respect to Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, 
strike out "$590,000" and insert in place thereof "$697,000". 
69 Stat. 341. 
(2) -^ith respect to Dobbins Air Force Base, Marietta, Georgia, 
strike out "$758,000" and insert in place thereof "$859,000". 
Under the subheading "MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE"—^With 
69 Stat. 341. 
respect to Charleston Air Force Base, Charleston, South Carolina, 
strike out "$4,032,000" and insert in place thereof "$5,306,000". 
Under the subheading "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND"— 
69 Stat. 342. 
^i^ with respcct to Edwards Air Force Base, Muroc, Califor-
nia, strike out "$12,429,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$13,299,000". 
(2) with respect to Hartford Eesearch Facility, Hartford, 
Connecticut, strike out "$22,375,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$25,780,000". 
(3) with respect to Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, 
New Mexico, strike out "$4,965,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$5,637,000". 
Under the subheading "STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND"— 
69 Stat. 342. 
(1) ^jth rcspcct to Abilene Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas, 
strike out "$4,214,000" and insert in place thereof "$4,656,000". 
69 Stat. 343. 
(2) with rcspcct to Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, 
South Dakota, strike out "$12,380,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$15,186,000". 
69 Stat. 343. 
(3^ ^j^]^ rcspcct to Forbcs Air Force Base, Topeka, Kansas, 
strike out "$4,753,000" and insert in place thereof "$5,885,000". 
69 Stat. 343. 
(4) -^ith rcspcct to Great Falls Air Force Base, Great Falls. 
Montana, strike out "$5,435,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$6,713,000". 
69 Stat. 343. 
(5) with rcspect to Hunter Air Force Base, Savannah, Georgia, 
strike out "$4,115,000" and insert in place thereof "$4,951,000". 
69 Stat. 344. 
^gj ^j^j^ Tespcct to Piuecastle Air Force Base, Orlando, 
Florida, strike out "$4,118,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$5,599,000". 
Under the subheading "TACTICAL AIR COMMAND"—With respect to 
Larson Air Force Base, Moses Lake, Washington, strike out "$3,574,-
000" and insert in place thereof "$4,724,000". 
Under the subheading "AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SYSTEM"— 
69 Stat. 346. 
^^Hh. rcspcct to "Various locations" strike out "$100,382,000" and 
insert in place thereof "$120,382,000". 
(b) Public Law 161, Eighty-fourth Congress, is amended under the 
heading "OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES" in section 301, as 
follows: 
69 Stat. 346. 
^i^ With rcspcct to Kenai Airfield under the subheading 
"ALASKAN AIR COMMAND" Strike out "$356,000" and insert in place 
thereof "$2,247,000". 
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(^) Public Law 161, Eighty-fourth Congress, as amended, is 
amended by striking out in clause (3) of section 502 the amounts 
"$743,989,000", "$530,563,000" and "$1,279,902,000" and inserting in 
place thereof "$801,256,000", "$532,454,000" and "$1,339,060,000", 
respectively. 
68 Stat. 549. 
(^j) Public Law 534, Eighty-third Congress, is amended, under the 
heading "CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES" in section 301, as follows: 
Under the subheading "AIR DEFENSE COMMAND" with respect to Klam-
ath Falls Airport, Klamath Falls, Oregon, strike out "$4,133,000" 
and insert in place thereof "$5,077,000". 
69 Stat. 349. 
^^^ Public Law 534, Eighty-third Congress, as amended, is amended 
by striking out in clause (3) of section 502 the amounts "$405,176,000" 
and "$415,005,000" and inserting in place thereof "$406,120,000" and 
"$415,949,000", respectively. 
69 Stat. 345. 
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PUBLIC LAW 968-.AUG. :3, 1956 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. The Secretary of each militarjy^ department may proceed to 
establish or develop installations and facilities under this Act without 
regard to sections 1136, 3648, and 3734 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended. The authority to place permanent or temporary improve-
ments on land includes authority for surveys, administration, over-
head, planning and supervision incident to construction. That au-
thority may be exercised before title to the land is approved under 
section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, and even though the 
land is held temporarily. The authority to provide family housing 
includes authority to acquire such land as the Secretary concerned de-
termines, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, to be neces-
sary in connection with that housing. The authority to acquire real 
estate or land includes authority to make surveys and to acquire land, 
and interests in land (including temporary use), by gift, purchase, 
exchange of Government-owned land, or otherwise. 
SEC. 402. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, but appropriations for 
public works projects authorized by titles I, II, and III shall not 
exceed— 
(1) for title I: Inside the United States, $86,916,000; outside 
the United States, $35,763,000; section 102, $200,783,000; or a 
total of $323,462,000. 
(2) for title I I : Inside the United States, $292,572,000; outside 
the United States, $61,625,000; section 203, $84,043,000, or a total 
of $438,240,000; and 
(3) for title III: Inside the United States, $742,873,000; outside 
the United States, $405,061,000; section 302 (a), $163,000,000; 
section 302 (b), $50,000,000 or a total of $1,360,934,000. 
SEC. 403. Any of the amounts named in title I, II, or III of this Act 
may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be increased by 5 
per centum for projects inside the United States and by 10 per centum 
for projects outside the United States. However, the total cost of all 
projects in each such title may not be more than the total amount 
authorized to be appropriated for projects in that title. 
SEC. 404. Wlienever— 
(1) the President determines that compliance with section 4 (c) 
of the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947 (41 U. S. C. 153 
(c)) for contracts made under this Act for the establishment or 
development of military installations and facilities in foreign 
countries would interfere with the carrying out of this Act; and 
(2) the Secretary of Defense and the Comptroller General have 
agreed upon alternative methods for adequately auditing those 
contracts; 
the President may exempt those contracts from the requirements of 
that section. 
SEC. 405. Contracts made by the United States under this Act 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 the Armed Services Procurement Act of 
1947 (41U. S. C. 153 et seq.). 
SEC. 406. The Secretaries of the military departments may acquire 
land, and interests in land, not exceeding $5,000 in cost (exclusive of 
administrative costs and deficiency judgment awards), which the Sec-
retary concerned determines to be urgently required in the interests 
of national defense. The authority under this section may not, how-
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Land i m p r o v e -
ments, etc. 
10 u s e 1339; 31 
u s e 529; 40 USe 
259, 267. 
33 u s e 733 and 
note. 
Appropriations. 
Cost variation!!. 
Contracts. 
65 Stat. 700. 
Contracts. 
62 Stat. 21. 
A c qui sition of 
land. 
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Re storation of 
d a m a g e d facili-
ties. 
Additional proj-
ects. 
Cost limitation. 
Report to Con-
gressional commit-
tees. 
Housing. 
Chairman, Joint 
Chiefs of Staff. 
5 u s e 626p. 
34 u s e § I Ib-
9 lid. 
Authorization 
r e p e a l s and ex-
ceptions. 
ever, be used to acquire more than one parcel of land unless the parcels 
are noncontifjuous or, if contiguous, do not exceed $5,000 in total cost. 
SEC. 407. The Secretaries of the military departments may, with 
the approval of the Secretary of Defense and following notification 
of the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, acquire, construct, rehabilitate, or install permanent or 
temporary public works, including site preparation, appurtenances, 
utilities, and equipment, to restore or replace facilities damaged or 
destroyed. 
SEC. 408. (a) Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the 
Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the military departments may 
expend out of appropriations available for military construction such 
amounts as may be required for the establishment and development of 
military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing (except 
family quarters), converting, extending, or installing permanent or 
temporary public works determined to be urgently required, including 
site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, for projects 
not otherwise authorized by law when the cost of the project is not 
in excess of $200,000, subject to the following limitations: 
(1) No such project, the cost of which is in excess of $50,000, shall 
be authorized unless approved in advance by the Secretary of Defense. 
(2) No such project, the cost of which is in excess of $25,000 shall 
be authorized unless approved in advance by the Secretary of the 
military department concerned. 
(3) Not more than one allotment may be made for any project 
authorized under this section. 
(4) The cost of conversion of existing structures to family quar-
ters may not exceed $50,000 in any fiscal year at any single facility. 
(b) The Secretaries of the military departments may expend out 
of appropriations available for maintenance and operation amounts 
necessary to accomplish a project which, except for the fact that its 
cost does not exceed $25,000, would otherwise be authorized to be 
accomplished under subsection (a). 
(c) The Secretary of each department shall report in detail semi-
annually to the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives with respect to the exercise of the authori-
ties granted by this section. 
(d) Section 26 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 853, 856; 
34 U. S. C. 559), is repealed. 
SEC. 409. (a) The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Secre-
tary of a military department, may provide family housing at Fort 
McNair, District of Columbia, for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff by the construction or rehabilitation of one set of family 
housing, and special communication facilities, without regard to the 
second proviso of section 3 of the Act of June 12, 1948 (62 Stat. 375, 
379), or section 3 of the Act of June 16, 1948 (62 Stat. 459, 462). 
(b) Appropriations not to exceed $180,000 ($100,000 for the family 
housing unit and $80,000 for special communication facilities) avail-
able to the military departments for military construction may be 
utilized for the purposes of this section without regard to the limita-
tions on the cost of family housing otherwise prescribed by law. 
SEC. 410. As of July 1, 1957, all authorizations for military public 
works to be accomplished by the Secretary of a military department 
in connection with the establishment or development of military in-
stallations and facilities, and all authorizations for appropriations 
therefor, that are contained in Acts enacted before July 15, 1952, and 
not superseded or otherwise modified by a later •authorization are 
repealed, except— 
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(1) authorizations for public works and for appropriations 
therefor that are set forth m those Acts in the titles that contain 
the general provisions; 
(2) the authorization for public works projects as to which 
appropriated funds have been obligated for construction con-
tracts m whole or in part before July 1,1957, and authorizations 
for appropriations therefor; 
(3) the authorization for the rental guaranty for family hous-
ing in the amount of $100,000,000 that is contained in section 302 
of Public Law 534, Eighty-second Congress; 
(4) the authorizations for public works and the appropriation 
of funds that are contained in the National Defense Facilities 
Act of 1950, as amended (50 U. S. C. 881 et seq.); and 
(5) the authorization for the development of the Line of Com-
munications, France, in the amount of $82,000,000, that is con-
tained in title I, section 102 of Public Law 534, Eighty-second 
Congress. 
SEC. 411. (a) The first paragraph of section 407 of the Act of 
September 1,1954 (68 Stat. 1119), as amended, is further amended to 
read as follows: 
"In addition to family housing and community facilities otherwise 
authorized to be constructed or acquired by the Department of Defense, 
the Secretary of Defense is authorized, subject to the approval of 
the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, to construct, or acquire 
by lease or otherwise, family housing for occupancy as public quar-
ters, and community facilities, in foreign countries through housing 
and community facilities projects which utilize foreign currencies 
to a value not to exceed $250,000,000 acquired pursuant to the pro-
visions of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954 (68 Stat. 454) or through other commodity transactions of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation." 
(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretaries of 
the military departments such amounts other than foreign currencies 
as are necessary for the construction, or acquisition by lease or other-
wise, of family housing and community facilities projects in foreign 
countries that are authorized by section 407 of the Act of September 
1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1119), as amended, but the amount so appropriated 
for anv such project may not be more than 25 per centum of the total 
cost of that project. 
SEC. 412. Section 515 of the Act of July 15,1955 (69 Stat. 324, 352) 
is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 515. During the fiscal years 1956,1957, and 1958 the Secretaries 
of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, are authorized to 
lease housing facilities at or near military tactical installations for 
assignment as public quarters to military personnel and their depend-
ents, if any, without rental charge upon a determination by the Sec-
retary of Defense or his designee that there is a lack of adequate 
housing facilities at or near such military tactical installations. Such 
housing facilities shall be leased on a family or individual unit basis 
and not more than three thousand of such units may be so leased at any 
one time. Expenditures for the rental for such housing facilities may 
be made out of appropriations available for maintenance and opera-
tion but may not exceed $150 a month for any such unit." 
SEC. 413. (a) The net floor limitations prescribed by section 3 of the 
Act of June 12, 1948 (5 U. S. C. 626p) do not apply to forty-seven 
units of the housing authorized to be constructed at the United States 
Air Force Academy by the Act of April 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 47). 
The 
net floor area limitations for those forty-seven units are as follows: 
five thousand square feet for one unit for the Superintendent; three 
66 Stat. 302. 
64 Stat. 829. 
66 Stat. 609. 
68 Stat. 1125. 
5 u s e 171z-l„ 
Housing in for-
eign countries. 
7 USC69lnot.j. 
Limitation. 
5 u s e 171Z-1. 
Leases 
without 
rental charge. 
Limitation. 
Air Force Acad-
emy. 
62 Stat. 379. 
10 u s e 1852. 
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10 use 1857. 
64 Stat. 830. 
12 use 1748. 
Liquid fuels, 
e o n t r a c t 
for 
storage, etc. 
10 use 1339; 31 
use 529; 40 use 
259, 267. 
Five-year lease 
limitation. 
T y p e of c on-
struction. 
Restriction. 
thousand square feet for each of two units for deans; and one thousand 
seven hundred and fifty square feet for each of forty-four units for de-
partment heads. 
(b) The last sentence of section 9 of the Air Force Academy Act 
(68 Stat. 49) is amended by striking out "$1,000,000" and inserting in 
place thereof "$1,858,000". 
SEC. 414. Section 3 of the National Defense Facilities Act of 1950, 
as amended (50 U. S. C. 882), is further amended by striking out clause 
(a) and inserting in place thereof the following: 
"(a) acquire by purchase, lease, or transfer, construct, expand, 
rehabilitate, convert, and equip such facilities as he shall deter-
mine to be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act, except 
that expenditures for the leasing of property for such purposes 
may be made from appropriations otherwise available for the 
payment of rentals and without regard to the monetary limitation 
otherwise imposed by this section; . 
SEC. 415. To the extent that housing is to be constructed at a military 
installation under title IV of the Housing Amendments of 1955 (69 
Stat. 635, 646), any outstanding authority under the Act of September 
1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1119), the Act of July 15, 1955 (69 Stat. 324), and 
this Act to provide housing at that installation may be exercised at 
other military installations of the department concerned. 
SEC, 416. The Secretaries of the military departments are author-
ized to contract for the storage, handling, and distribution of liquid 
fuels for periods not exceeding five years, with option to renew for 
additional periods not exceeding five years, for a total not to exceed 
twenty years. 
This authority is limited to facilities which conform 
to the criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for protection, 
including dispersal, and also are included in a program approved by 
the Secretary of Defense for the protection of petroleum facilities. 
Such contracts may provide that the Government at the expiration or 
termination thereof shall have the option to purchase the facility under 
contract without regard to sections 1136, 3648, and 3734 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended, and prior to approval of title to the underly-
ing land by the Attorney General: Provided further^ That the Secre-
taries of the military departments shall report to the Armed Services 
Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives with 
respect to the names of the contractors and the terms of the contracts, 
the reports to be furnished at times and in such form as may be agreed 
upon between the Secretaries of the military departments and the 
Committees on Armed Services. 
SEC. 417. That, notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of a 
military department may lease, for terms of not more than five years, 
off-base structures including real property relating thereto, in foreign 
countries, needed for militarv purposes. 
SEC. 418. In the design of family housing or any other repetitive 
type buildings in the continental United States authorized by this 
Act, the military departments may, to the extent deemed practicable, 
use the principle of modular design in order that the facility may be 
built by conventional construction, on-site fabrication, or factory 
fabrication. 
SEC. 419. Notwithstanding any other j)rovisions of this Act or of 
any other provision of law except a provision of law hereafter enacted 
expressly in limitation hereof, no contract shall be entered into by the 
United States for the construction or acquisition of family housing 
units by or for the use of military or civilian personnel of any of the 
military services unless— 
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(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to the Armed 
Services Committees of the Senate and of the House of Repre-
sentatives a written report stating the intent to construct or acquire 
such units, certifying that the number of units to be constructed 
or acquired is consistent with the long range troop strength to be 
stationed at the location of such units, and showing the location, 
number, and estimated cost of such housing units, and the existing 
housing at such location; and 
(2) (a) a one hundred and eighty-day period has elapsed 
since the submission of such report^ or (b) the committees have 
advised the Secretary of Defense, m writing, that there are no 
further questions to be asked concerning the project contemplated 
in such contract. 
SEC. 420. The first two sentences of section 404 of the Housing 
Amendments of 1955 are amended to read as follows: "Whenever the 
Secretary of Defense or his designee deems it necessary for the pur-
pose of this title, he may acquire by purchase, donation, condemnation, 
or other means of transfer, any land or (with the approval of the 
Federal Housing Commissioner) any housing financed with mort-
gages insured under the provisions of title VIII of the National Hous-
ing Act as in effect prior to the enactment of the Housing Amendments 
of 1955. The purchase price of any such housing shall not exceed the 
Federal Housing Administration Commissioner's estimate of the 
replacement cost of such housing and related property (not including 
the value of any improvements installed or constructed with appro-
priated funds) as of the date of final endorsement for mortgage 
insurance reduced by an appropriate allowance for physical deprecia-
tion, as determined by the Secretary of Defense or his designee upon 
the advice of the Commissioner: Provided^ That in any case where the 
Secretary or his designee acquires a project held by the Commissioner, 
the price paid shall not exceed the face value of the debentures (plus 
accrued interest thereon) which the Commissioner issued in acquiring 
such project." 
SEC. 421. None of the authority contained in titles I, II, and I I I 
of this Act shall be deemed to authorize any building construction 
project within the continental United States at an average nationwide 
unit cost in excess of— 
(a) $22 per square foot for cold-storage warehousing; 
(b) $6 per square foot for regular warehousing; 
(c) $1,850 per man for permanent barracks; 
(d) $6,500 per man for bachelor officer quarters, 
unless the Secretary of Defense determines that, because of special 
circumstances, application to such project of the limitation on unit 
costs contained in this section is impracticable. 
SEC. 422. None of the authorization contained in section 101 of this 
Act for the construction of three-hundred-and-twenty-six-man bar-
racks with mess shall be used to provide, with respect to any such 
barracks, for mess facilities other than a single, consolidated mess. 
Approved August 3, 1956. 
Report to C o n -
gressional cotrimit-
tees. 
69 Stat. 652. 
4 2 u s e 1594a. 
Ante, p. 273. 
Cost limitation. 
An te, pp. 991, 
994, 
1 . O, 
J. 
1002. 
Army. 
Mess facilities. 
Public Law 969 
CHAPTER 940 
AN ACT 
To auieiid the Veterans Regulations to provide additional compensation for 
veterans having the service-incurred disability of loss or loss of use of both 
buttocks. 
August 3,1956 
[H. R. 2845] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asseinbled^ That subparagraphs