An Act to amend chapter 25, title 44, United States Code, to provide for two additional members of the National Historical Publications Commission, and for other purposes
PL 92-546 (H.R.15763), enacted 10/25/1972

86 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-546-OCT. 25, 1972 
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(1) For the Department of the Army: 
(a) 
Army 
National 
Guard 
of 
the United 
States, 
$33,570,000. 
(b) Army Keserve, $33,500,000. 
(2) For the Department of the Navy: Naval and Marine Corps 
Reserves, $19,215,000. 
(3) For the Department of the Air Force: 
(a) Air National Guard of the United States, $14,500,000. 
(b) Air Force Reserve, $6,400,000. 
SEC. 802. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop instal-
lations and facilities under this title without regard to section 3648 
of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529), and sections 
4774(d) and 9774(d) of title 10, United States Code. The authority 
to place permanent or temporary improvements on lands includes 
authority for surveys, administration, overhead, planning, and super-
vision incident to construction. That authority may be exercised before 
title to the land is approved under section 355 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended (40 U.S.C. 255), and even though the land is held tem-
porarily. 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. 803. This title may be cited as the "Reserve Forces Facilities 
Authorization Act, 1973". 
Approved October 25, 1972. 
70A Stat. 269, 
590 
Citation of 
title. 
Public Law 92-546 
-AN ACT 
To amend chapter 2o, title 44, United States Code, to provide for two additional 
members of the National Historical Publications Commission, and for other 
purposes. 
October 25, 1972 
[H. R. 15763] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 25 of 
title 44, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(a) In section 2501, by inserting immediately after the word "Asso-
ciation;" where it appears for the second time, the following: "two 
members of the Organization of American Historians to be appointed 
for tenns of four years by the Executive Board of the Organization, 
one of whom shall be appointed for an initial term of two years, and 
whose successors shall each serve four years;". 
(b) In section 2503, by deleting "$25" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$40". 
(c) In section 2504, by inserting at the beginning of the text subsec-
tion designation " (a)", and by adding at the end thereof a new subsec-
tion (b), as follows: 
"(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the General 
Services Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and 
for each of the four succeeding fiscal years an amount not to exceed 
$2,000,000 for each year for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of 
this section: Provided, That such appropriations shall be available 
until expended when so provided in appropriation Acts." 
SEC. 2. Section 503(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, as added by the Act of July 28, 1964 (78 Stat. 
335), and as amended by the Act of August 8, 1968 (82 Stat. 638), is 
repealed. 
Approved October 25, 1972. 
National 
Historical 
Publications 
Commission. 
Additional 
members. 
82 Stat. 1293. 
Appropriation. 
Repeal. 
44 u s e 2504 
note.