Military Construction Authorization Act
PL 95-356 (H.R.12602), enacted 09/08/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-356—SEPT. 8, 1978 
92 STAT. 5(55 
Public Law 95-356 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize certain construction at military installations for fiscal year 1979, 
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and for other purposes. 
[H.R. 12602] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may Military 
be cited as the "Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979". 
Construction 
Authorization 
TITLE I-ARMY 
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AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 
SEC. 101. The Secretary of the Army may establish or develop 
military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, convert-
ing, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, 
including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, 
and equipment, for the following acquisition and construction: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES COMMAND 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, $8,836,000. 
Fort Carson, Colorado, $25,636,000. 
Fort Devens, Massachusetts, $799,000. 
Fort Greeley, Alaska, $2,651,000. 
Helemano Military Reservation, Hawaii, $1,916,000. 
Fort Hood, Texas, $62,086,000. 
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, $1,633,000. 
Fort Lewis, Washington, $8,933,000. 
Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, $991,000. 
Fort Meade, Maryland, $10,669,000. 
Fort Ord, California, $1,628,000. 
Fort Polk, Louisiana, $25,845,000. 
Fort Richardson, Alaska, $1,974,000. 
Fort Riley, Kansas, $5,915,000. 
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, $12,223,000. 
Fort Stewart Hunter Army Air Field, Georgia, $57,129,000. 
Fort Wainwright, Alaska, $3,323,000. 
Yakima Firing Center, Washington, $1,270,000. 
U N I T E D STATES ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND 
Fort Benning, Georgia, $5,173,000. 
Fort Bliss, Texas. $4,758,000. 
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, $1,601,000. 
Fort Eustis, Virginia, $5,353,000. 
Fort Gordon, Georgia, $3,247,000. 
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, $2,359,000. 
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, $3,300,000. 
Fort Knox, Kentucky, $15,058,000. 
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, $2,251,000. 
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Fort Lee, Virginia, $3,074,000. 
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Fort Rucker, Alabama, $2,280,000. 
Fort Monroe, Virginia, $550,000. 
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Fort Sill, Oklahoma, $24,756,000. 
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, $13,947,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY MATERIEL DEVELOPMENT AND READINESS 
COMMAND 
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, $9,412,000. 
Anniston Army Depot, Alabama, $10,736,000. 
Hawthorne Ammunition Depot, Nevada, $1,547,000. 
Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Tennessee, $30,650,000. 
lovra Army Ammunition Plant, Iowa, $1,028,000. 
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant, Kansas, $1,124,000. 
Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant, Texas, $507,000. 
Michigan Army Missile Plant, Michigan, $1,284,000. 
Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Tennessee, $1,239,000. 
Natick Laboratories, Massachusetts, $3,221,000. 
Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, $16,381,000. 
Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas, $523,000. 
Red River Army Depot, Texas, $813,000. 
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, $3,825,000. 
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Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, $1,957,000. 
Seneca Army Depot, New York, $1,087,000. 
Sierra Army Depot, California, $843,000. 
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, Kansas, $1,281,000. 
Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania, $1,227,000. 
Watervliet Arsenal, New York, $27,021,000. 
AMMUNITION FACILITIES 
Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Tennessee, $398,000. 
Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, Indiana, $771,000. 
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, Iowa, $5,011,000. 
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant, Kansas, $394,000. 
Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Texas, $172,000. 
Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant, Texas, $137,000. 
Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, Louisiana, $276,000. 
Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Tennessee, $9,370,000. 
Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Virginia, $2,960,000. 
Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, Pennsylvania, $1,928,000. 
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, Kansas, $2,251,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY COMMUNICATIONS COMMAND 
Fort Huachuca, Arizona, $3,811,000. 
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Fort Ritchie, Maryland, $5,115,000. 
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY 
United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 
$12,265,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY HEALTH SERVICES COMMAND 
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Colorado, $1,372,000. 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, District of Columbia, $3,524,000. 
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MILITARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMIINT COMMAND 
Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal, North Carolina, $1,228,000. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
UNITED STATES ARMY, KOREA 
Various Locations, $7,580,000. 
KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE 
National Missile Range, $6,571,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY, EUROPE 
Germany, Various Locations, $213,875,000. 
EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Army may establish or develop Army 
installations and facilities by proceeding with construction made nec-
essary by changes in Army missions and responsibilities which have 
been occasioned by (1) unforeseen security considerations, (2) new 
weapons developments, (3) new and unforeseen research and devel-
opment requirements, (4) improved production schedules, or (5) 
revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation 
or facility or for environmental considerations, if the Secretary of 
Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in 
the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be incon-
sistent with interests of national security and, in connection therewith, 
may acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent 
or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site prepara-
tion, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, in the total amount of 
$20,000,000. The Secretary of the Army, or his designee, shall notify 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement, 
of the cost of construction of any public work undertaken under this 
section, including those real estate actions pertaining thereto. This 
authorization will expire upon the date of enactment of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1980, except for those 
public works projects concerning which the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been notified 
pursuant to this section prior to such date. 
MINOR CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to accomplish 
minor construction projects under section 2674 of title 10, United 
States Code, in the amount of $35,365,000. 
TITLE II—NAVY 
Notification to 
congressional 
committees. 
Authorization 
expiration. 
AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 
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. 
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including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, 
and equipment, for the following acquisition and construction: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
MARINE CORPS 
Headquarters Marine Corps, Arlington, Virginia, $12,000,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, ISTorth Carolina, $16,130,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, $19,700,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina, $2,000,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, $7,150,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, $8,500,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, New River, North Carolina, $5,300,000. 
Marine Corps Development and Education Command, Quantico, 
Virginia, $3,300,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Santa Ana, California, $920,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California, $12,000,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona, $930,000. 
O F F I C E o r NAVAL RESEARCH 
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, District of Columbia, 
$5,400,000. 
CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS 
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, $14,240,000. 
Naval Station, Annapolis, Maryland, $1,000,000. 
Naval Submarine Support Base, Kings Bay, Kingsland, Georgia, 
$39,100,000. 
Naval Support Activity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $5,700,000. 
Commandant Naval District Washington, District of Columbia, 
$4,135,000. 
COMMANDER I N CHIEF, ATLANTIC FLEET 
Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine, $16,290,000. 
Naval Air Station, Cecil Field, Florida, $2,030,000. 
Naval Station, Charleston, South Carolina, $10,240,000. 
Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, $1,285,000. 
Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia, $4,100,000. 
Naval Station, Mayport, Florida, $16,800,000. 
Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, $13,650,000. 
Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia, $12,760,000. 
Naval Air Station, Oceana, Virginia, $6,405,000. 
COMMANDER IN CHIEF, PACIFIC FLEET 
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Naval Station, Adak, Alaska, $8,075,000. 
Naval Air Station, Alameda, California, $1,380,000. 
Naval Air Station, Lemoore, California, $1,450,000. 
Naval Air Station, Miramar, California, $9,500,000. 
Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California, $1,000,000. 
Naval Air Station, North Island, California, $7,110,000. 
Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $16,790,000. 
Naval Station, San Diego, California, $41,000,000. 
Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Washington, $9,500,000. 
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CHIEF OP NAVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic, Dam Neck, Virginia, 
$6,000,000. 
Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Charleston, 
South Carolina, $800,000. 
Fleet Training Center, Mayport, Florida, $630,000. 
Naval Air Station, Memphis, Tennessee, $5Y0,00O._ 
Naval Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, $6,050,000. 
Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, Rhode Island, 
$4,600,000. 
Surface Warfare Officers School Command, Newport, Rhode Island, 
$1,750,000. 
Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida, $5,620,000. 
Naval 
Submarine Training Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 
$1,500,000. 
Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center, San Diego, Cali-
fornia, $4,250,000. 
Fleet Combat Training Center, Pacific, San Diego, California, 
$760,000. 
Fleet Training Center, San Diego, California, $8,200,000. 
Naval Training Center, San Diego, California, $850,000. 
Naval Technical Training Center, San Francisco, California, 
$1,550,000. 
BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY 
National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, $8,430,000. 
Naval Regional Medical Center, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 
$51,500,000. 
Naval Hospital, Cherry Point, North Carolina, $700,000. 
Naval Regional Dental Center, Norfolk, Virginia, $7,400,000. 
Naval Hospital, Quantico, Virginia, $1,800,000. 
CHIEF OF NAVAL MATERIAL 
Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Bethesda, Mary-
land, $1,290,000. 
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, $16,650,000. 
Puget Sound Naval Supply Center, Bremerton, Washington, 
$2,700,000. 
Charleston 
Naval 
Shipyard, 
Charleston, 
South 
Carolina, 
$20,200,000. 
Naval Supply Center, Charleston, South Carolina, $1,100,000. 
Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, South Carolina, $3,455,000. 
Polaris Missile Facility Atlantic, Charleston, South Carolina, 
$6,500,000. 
Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, $5,360,000. 
Naval Weapons Station, Concord, California, $2,600,000. 
Naval Surface Weapons Center, Dahlgren, Virginia, $10,700,000. 
Naval Weapons Station, Earle, New Jersey, $10,050,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, $3,300,000. 
Naval Avionics Facility, Indianapolis, Indiana, $2,900,000. 
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, $16,150,000. 
Naval Air Engineering Center, Lakehurst, New Jersey, $140,000. 
Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, California, $15,810,000. 
Navy Ships Parts Control Center, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 
$700,000. 
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Naval Air Rework Facility, Norfolk, Virginia, $4,000,000. 
Naval Supply Center, Norfolk, Virginia, $4,270,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Norfolk, Virginia, $4,200,000. 
Naval Supply Center, Oakland, California, $6,360,000. 
Naval Coastal Systems Laboratory, Panama 
City, Florida, 
$3,150,000. 
Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, $8,900,000. 
Naval Supply Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $3,750,000. 
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $5,390,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $750,000. 
Philadelphia 
Naval 
Shipyard, 
Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, 
$9,050,000. 
Pacific Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, California, $3,810,000. 
Naval Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, California, 
$940,000. 
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, $13,350,000. 
Naval Supply Center, San Diego, California, $15,250,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, San Francisco, California, $3,300,000. 
Naval Air Development 
Center, Warminster, 
Pennsylvania, 
$3,290,000. 
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, $19,000,000. 
Naval Weapons Station. Yorktown. Virginia. $9,680,000. 
NAVAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
COMMAND 
Naval Communication Station, Adak, Alaska, $790,000. 
Naval Radio Transmitter Facility, Annapolis, Maryland, $850,000. 
Naval Communication Area Master Station Atlantic, Norfolk, Vir-
ginia, $830,000. 
NAVAL SECURITY GROUP COMMAND 
Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, $540,000. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
MARINE CORPS 
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Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan, $4,500,000. 
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CHIEF, ATLANTIC FLEET 
Naval Air Station, Bermuda, $4,300,000. 
Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland, $6,230,000. 
Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, $4,680,000. 
COMMANDER I N CHIEF, PACIFIC FLEET 
Naval Magazine, Guam, Mariana Islands, $22,340,000. 
Naval Supply Depot, Yokosuka, Japan, $3,700,000. 
COMMANDER IN CHIEF, NAVAL FORCES EUROPE 
Naval Station, Rota, Spain, $3,350,000. 
Naval Air Facility, Sigonella, Italy, $7,150,000. 
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BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY 
Naval Medical Research Unit Number 3, Cairo, Arab Republic of 
Egypt, $960,000. 
NAVAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMAND 
Naval Communication Unit, Thurso, Scotland, $890,000. 
NAVAL SECURITY GROUP COMMAND 
Naval Security Group Activity, Classified Location, $1,663,000. 
EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 202. The Secretary of the Navy may establish or develop Navy 
installations and facilities by proceeding with construction made neces-
sary by changes in Navy missions and responsibilities which have been 
occasioned by (1) unforeseen security considerations, (2) new weapons 
developments, (3) new and unforeseen research and development re-
quirements, (4) improved production schedules, or (5) revisions in 
the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or facility or 
for environmental considerations, if the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in the next 
Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with 
interest of national security and, in connection therewith, may acquire, 
construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or temporary 
public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurten-
ances, utilities, and equipment, in the total amount of $20,000,000. The 
Secretary of the Navy, or his designee, shall notify the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, immedi-
ately upon reaching a final decision to implement, of the cost of 
construction of any public work undertaken under this section, includ-
ing those real estate actions pertaining thereto. This authorization will 
expire upon the date of enactment of the Military Construction Au-
thorization Act for fiscal year 1980, except for those public works 
projects concerning which the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and House of Representatives have been notified pursuant to 
this section prior to such date. 
MINOR CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 203. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to accomplish 
minor construction projects under section 2674 of title 10, United 
States Code, in the amount of $39,662,000. 
AMENDMENT TO SAN DIEGO NAVAL ATHLETIC FIELD TRANSFER 
SEC. 204. (a) Section 203 of the Militarv Construction Authoriza-
tion Act, 1978 (Public Law 95-82, 91 Stat. 365) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "the total cost" in subsection (a) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "a total of $4,500,000 for the cost"; and 
(2) by striking out paragraph (1) of subsection (b) and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(1) the Secretary, or his designee, determines that the recrea-
tional facilities to be constructed under such subsection will be 
Notification to 
congressional 
committees. 
Authorization 
expiration. 
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satisfactory replacements for the facilities on the existing Navy 
Athletic Field; and". 
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, CAIRO, EGYPT 
SEC. 205. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to expend excess 
foreign exchange funds in the amount of $6,000,000 for the con-
struction of a biomedical research laboratory at the Naval Medical 
Research Unit Number 3, Cairo, Arab Eepublic of Egypt. 
TITLE III—AIR FORCE 
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AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 
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 land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, 
utilities, and equipment, for the following acquisition and construc-
tion: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
AEROSPACE D E F E N S E COMMAND 
Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, $8,687,000. 
AIR FORCE LOGISTICS COMMAND 
Hill Air Force Base, Utah, $8,163,000. 
Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, $17,219,000. 
McClellan Air Force Base, Calif omia, $3,700,000. 
Newark Air Force Station, Ohio, $1,400,000. 
Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, $9,424,000. 
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, $2,354,000. 
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, $13,600,000. 
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND 
Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tennessee, $2,710,000. 
Buckley Air National Guard Base, Colorado, $2,628,000. 
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, $9,624,000. 
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif ornia, $4,423,000. 
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, $3,579,000. 
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Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, $3,237,000. 
Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, $3,504,000. 
Various Locations, $688,000. 
AIR TRAINING COMMAND 
Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, $1,586,000. 
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Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, $7,835,000. 
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Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, $6,945,000. 
Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, $329,000. 
Mather Air Force Base, Calif ornia, $4,522,000. 
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Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, $850,000. 
Reese Air Force Base, Texas, $742,000. 
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Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, $913,000. 
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ALASKAN AIR COMMAND 
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, $1,602,000. 
Galena Airport, Alaska, $540,000. 
Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska, $546,000. 
Various Locations, $3,400,000. 
MILITARY AIRLIFT COMMAND 
Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, $1,111,000. 
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, $8,021,000. 
Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, $1,450,000. 
Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, $504,000. 
McChord Air Force Base, Washington, $594,000. 
Norton Air Force Base, California, $506,000. 
Scott Air Force Ba^e, Illinois, $4,014,000. 
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, $510,000. 
Beale Air Force Base, California, $2,256,000. 
Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, $2,910,000. 
Castle Air Force Base, California, $13,351,000. 
Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, $2,670,000. 
Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, $3,454,000. 
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, $23,143,000. 
Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, $650,000. 
Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, $1,344,000. 
Griffiss Air Force Base, New York, $7,499,000. 
Grissom Air Force Base, Indiana, $314,000. 
Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, $5,400,000. 
March Air Force Base, California, $357,000. 
McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, $2,200,000. 
Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, $1,182,000. 
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, $11,691,000. 
Rickenbacker Air Force Base, Ohio, $946,000. 
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, $141,782,000. 
Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, $113,000. 
TACTICAL AIR COMMAND 
Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, $4,129,000. 
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, $1,610,000. 
England Air Force Base, Louisiana, $1,875,000. 
George Air Force Base, California, $2,392,000. 
Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, $4,135,000. 
Langley Air Force Base, Virginia ,$3,539,000. 
Luke Air Force Base., Arizona, $3,843,000. 
Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, $2,343,000. 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, $2,644,000. 
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina, $2,694,000. 
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, $16,950,000. 
Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, $2,950,000. 
Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, $3,790,000. 
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Notification to 
congressional 
committees. 
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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY 
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, $4,635,000. 
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AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
McEntire Air National Guard Base, South Carolina, $230,000. 
Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, $2,578,000. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
MIMTARY AIRLIFT COMMAND 
Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, $9,350,000. 
PACIFIC AIR FORCES 
Kadena Air Base, Japan, $4,799,000. 
Kunsan Air Base, Korea, $6,648,000. 
Osan Air Base, Korea, $7,515,000. 
Various Locations, $2,800,000. 
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, $1,120,000. 
TACTICAL AIR COMMAND 
Howard Air Force Base, Canal Zone, $718,000. 
UNITED STATES AIR FORCES I N EUROPE 
Germany, Various Locations, $7,847,000. 
United Kingdom, Various Locations, $1,518,000. 
Various Locations, $26,648,000. 
EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 302. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop 
Air Force installations and facilities by proceeding with construction 
made necessary by changes in Air Force missions and responsibilities 
which have been occasioned by (1) unforeseen security considerations, 
(2) new weapons developments, (3) new and unforeseen research and 
development requirements, (4) improved production schedules, or 
(5) revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installa-
tion or facility or for environmental considerations, if the Secretary 
of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion 
in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be incon-
sistent with interests of national security and, in connection therewith, 
may acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or 
temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, 
appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, in the total amount of 
$20,000,000. The Secretary of the Air Force, or his designee, shall 
notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House 
of Representatives, immediately upon reaching a final decision to 
implement, of the cost of construction of any public work undertaken 
under this section, including those real estate actions pertaining 
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92 STAT. 575 
thereto. This authorization will expire upon the date of enactment Authorization 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1980, expiration, 
except for those public works projects concerning which the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives 
have been notified pursuant to this section prior to such date. 
MINOR CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 303. The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to accomplish 
minor construction projects under section 2674 of title 10, United 
States Code, in the amount of $30,721,000. 
TITLE IV—DEFENSE AGENCIES 
ATJTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR THE DEFENSE AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop military 
installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, 
rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, 
including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, 
and equipment, for defense agencies for the following acquisition or 
construction: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 
Defense Construction Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio, $529,000. 
Defense Depot, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, $1,096,000. 
Defense Depot, Memphis, Tenne^ee, $3,555,000. 
Defense Depot, Ogden, Utah, $1,573,000. 
Defense Depot, Tracy, California, $1,927,000. 
Defense Fuel Support Point, Charleston, South Carolina, $532,000. 
Defense Fuel Support Point, Norwalk, California, $1,488,000. 
Defense Property Disposal Office, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, $755,000. 
Defense Property Disposal Office, Fort Hood, Texas, $555,000. 
Defense Property Disposal Office, Fort Lewis, Washington, 
$1,033,000. 
Defense Property Disposal Office, Fort Meade, Maryland, $546,000. 
Defense Property Disposal Office, Indianapolis, Indiana, $1,353,000. 
Defense Property Disposal Office, Jacksonville, Florida, $811,000. 
Defense Property Disposal Office, Keesler Air Force Base, Mis-
sissippi, $611,000. 
Defense Property Disposal Office, McClellan Air Force Base, Cali-
fornia, $1,533,000. 
Defense Property Disposal Office, Pensacola, Florida, $558,000. 
Defense Property Disposal Office, Selfridge Air National Guard 
Base, Michigan, $1,497,000. 
DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY 
Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center, St. Louis Air Force 
Station, Missouri, $1,130,000. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY 
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Mary-
land, $6,300,000. 
92 STAT. 576 
PUBLIC LAW 95-356—SEPT. 8, 1978 
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, $2,850,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
Classified Activity, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, $9,200,000. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
DEFENSE L O G I S T I C S AGENCY 
Defense Property Disposal OiRce, Nuremberg, Germany, $870,000. 
Defense Property Disposal Office, Subic Bay, Philippines, $584,000. 
OFFICE OF T H E SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF DEPENDENTS SCHOOLS 
Nuremberg, Germany, $4,545,000. 
Pattonville Housing Area, Ludwigsburg, Germany, $6,4] 5,000. 
Pioneer Kaserne, Hanau, Germany, $6,297,000. 
Ramstein Air Base, Germany, $9,160,000. 
Zweibruecken Air Base, Germany, $7,263,000. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Notification to 
congressional 
committees. 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE 
Various Locations: For the United States share of the cost of multi-
lateral programs for the acquisition or construction of military facili-
ties and installations (including international military headquarters) 
for the collective defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area, 
$120,000,000. Within thirty days after the end of each ca,lendar-year 
quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall furnish to the Committees on 
Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a description of the obligations incurred by the United 
States for the United States share of the cost of such multilateral 
programs. 
EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC 402. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop installa-
tions and facilities which he determines to be vital to the security of 
the United States and, in connection therewith, may acquire, construct, 
convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or temporary public works, 
including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, 
and equipment, in the total amount of $10,000,000. The Secretary of 
Defense, or his designee, shall notify the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and House of Representatives, immediately upon 
reaching a final decision to implement, of the cost of construction of 
any public works undertaken under this section, including real estate 
actions pertaining thereto. 
MINOR CONSTRUCTION 
SEC 403. The Secretary of Defense is authorized to accomplish 
minor construction projects under section 2674 of title 10, United 
States Code, in the amount of $13,044,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-356—SEPT. 8, 1978 
TITLE V—MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
92 STAT. 577 
AUTHORIZATION TO CONSTRUCT OR ACQUIRE HOUSING 
SEC. 501. (a) The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized 
to construct or acquire sole interest in existing family housing units 
in the numbers and at the locations hereinafter named, but no family 
housing construction shall be commenced at any such location in the 
United States until the Secretary shall have consulted with the Secre-
tary of Housing and Urban Development as to the availability of 
suitable private housing at such location. If agreement cannot be 
reached with respect to the availability of suitable private housing 
at any location, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 
in writing, of such difference of opinion, and no contract for construc-
tion at such location shall be entered into for a period of thirty days 
after such notification has been given. This authority shall include the 
authority to acquire land, and interests in land, by gift, purchase, 
exchange of Government-owned land, or otherwise. 
(b) With respect to the family housing units authorized to be con-
structed by this section, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to 
acquire sole interest in privately owned or Department of Housing 
and Urban Development held family housing units in lieu of con-
structing all or a portion of the family housing authorized by this 
section, if he, or his designee, determines such action to be in the best 
interests of the United States, but any family housing units acquired 
under authority of this subsection shall not exceed the cost limitations 
specified in this section for the project nor the limitations on size 
specified in section 2684 of title 10, United States Code. In no case 
may family housing units be acquired under this subsection through 
the exercise of eminent domain authority, and in no case may family 
housing units other than those authorized by this section be acquired 
in lieu of construction unless the acquisition of such units is hereafter 
specifically authorized by law. 
(c) Family housing units and mobile home facilities: 
National Guard Advisory Detachments, Alaska, three units, 
$137,000. 
Naval Facility, Centerville Beach, California, twenty-eight 
units, $1,509,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, two hundred 
sixteen units, $9,396,000. 
Fort Ord, California, five hundred sixty units, $24,432,000, and 
fifty mobile home spaces, $690,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California, one hun-
dred units, $4,307,000. 
Fort Stewart, Georgia, one hundred and thirty-two units, 
$4,600,000. 
Naval Submarine Support Base, Kings Bay, Kingsland, Geor-
gia, two hundred and fifty units, $11,505,000. 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, fifty mobile home 
spaces, $445,000. 
Fort Polk, Louisiana, one hundred and sixty units, $7,300,000. 
Naval Communications Unit, Cutler, Maine, twenty units, 
$1,355,000. 
Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nevada, seventy units, $2,820,000. 
Secretary of 
HUD, 
consultation. 
Notification to 
congressional 
committees. 
Cost limitations; 
92 STAT. 578 
PUBLIC LAW 95-356—SEPT. 8, 1978 
Nuclear Power Training Unit, Ballston Spa, New York, one 
hundred units, $5,541,000. 
Defense Attache Office, Brasilia, Brazil, two units, $322,000. 
Defense 
Installations, 
Cairo, 
Egypt, 
twenty-one 
units, 
$2,950,000, to be funded by use of excess foreign currency when 
so provided in Department of Defense Appropriation Acts. 
Defense Attache Office, Helsinki, Finland, six units, $670,000. 
Defense Attache Office, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, two units, 
$170,000. 
Defense Attache Office, Oslo, Norway, five units, $476,000. 
Defense Attache Office, Manila, Philippines, six units, $502,000. 
Defense Attache Office, Stockholm, Sweden, four units, 
$398,000. 
Defense Attache Office, Kinshasa, Zaire, four units, $350,000. 
(d) Any of the amounts specified in this section may, at the discre-
tion of the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, be increased by 10 
per centum, if he determines that such increase (1) is required for the 
sole purpose of meeting unusual variations in cost, and (2) could not 
have been reasonably anticipated at the time such estimate was sub-
mitted to the Congress. The amounts authorized include the costs of 
shades, screens, ranges, refrigerators, and all other installed equip-
ment and fixtures, the cost of the family housing unit, design, super-
vision, inspection, overhead, land acquisition, site preparation, and 
installation of utilities. 
IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING QUARTERS 
SEC. 502. (a) The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized 
to accomplish alterations, additions, expansions, or extensions, not 
otherwise authorized by law, to existing public quarters at a cost not 
to exceed— 
(1) for the Department of the Army, $18,786,000, of which 
$1,OOK),000 shall be available only for energy conservation 
projects; 
(2) for the Department of the Navy, $10,768,000, of which 
$1,725,000 shall be available only for energy conservation projects; 
(3) for the Department of the Air Force, $31,740,000, of which 
$5,807,000 shall be available only for energy conservation proj-
ects; and 
(4) for the Defense Mapping Agency, $86,000. 
'^2 use 
(b) Section 610(a) of the Military Construction Authorization 
1594h-2. 
^^^^ i9g3 (Public Law 90-110, 81 Stat. 305), is amended by striking 
out "$15,000" in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$20,000". 
(c) The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, within the amounts 
specified in subsection (a) of this section, is authorized to accomplish 
repairs and improvements to existing public quarters in amounts in 
excess of the $20,000 limitation prescribed in section 610(a) of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act, 1968 (Public Law 90-110, 
81 Stat. 305),as follows: 
Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, two hundred and sixty-four 
units, $2,904,000. 
Marine Barracks, Washington, District of Columbia, one unit, 
$80,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-356—SEPT. 8, 1978 
92 STAT. 579 
Marine Corps Development and Education Command, Quan-
tico, Virginia, forty-eight units, $1,117,400. 
Eamstein Air Base (Vogelweh-Landstuhl), Federal Republic 
of Germany, ninety-six units, $1,680,200. 
Ramstein Air Base, Federal Republic of Germany, three hun-
dred and sixty units, $8,151,600. 
Rhein-Main Air Base, Federal Republic of Germany, four 
hundred and twenty-four units, $9,215,000. 
Vilseck, Federal Republic of Germany, eight substandard units, 
$244,500. 
LEASING OF FAMILY HOUSING 
SEC. 503. (a) Section 2686 (c) of title 10, United States Code, relating 
to leases for military family housing, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "$280" and "$450" in paragraph (1) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$300" and "$475", respectively; and 
(2) by striking out "$350" and "$450" in paragraph (2) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$370" and "$475", respectively. 
(b) Section 2675 (d) of title 10, United States Code, relating to leases 
in foreign coimtries, is amended— 
<1) by striking out "$435" and "$760" in the first sentence of 
paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof "$485" and "$850", 
respectively; and 
(2) by striking out "15,000" in paragraph (2) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "18,000". 
SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS 
SEC. 504. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the 
Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to settle claims regarding con-
struction of public quarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 
in the amount of $500,000 plus interest from December 6,1977, at the 
rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Public 
Law 92-41 (85 Stat. 97). 
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other public law, the 
Secretary of the Navy is authorized to settle claims regarding con-
struction of public quarters at the Naval Complex, South Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania, in the amount of $1,750,000. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. .505. There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1979 
in a Military Construction Appropriation Act for use by the Secretary 
of Defense, or his designee, for military family housing as authorized 
by law for tiie following purposes: 
(1) For construction ol, or acquisition of sole interest in, family 
housing, including demolition, authorized improvements to public 
quarters, minor construction, relocation of family housing, rental 
guarantee payments, and planning, an amount not to exceed 
$139,105,000. 
(2) For support of military family housing, including operat-
ing expenses, leasing, maintenance of real property, payments of 
principal and interest on mortgage debts incurred, payment to the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, and mortgage insurance pre-
miums authorized under section 222 of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715m), an amount not to exceed $1,562,500,000. 
92 STAT. 580 
PUBLIC LAW 95-356—SEPT. 8, 1978 
HOUSING FOR NAVAL STATION, ADAK, ALASKA 
SEC. 506. Section 501(c) of the Military Consti-uction Authorization 
91 Stat. 369. 
Act, 1978, is amended by striking out "$8,500,000" in the item relating 
to the Naval Station. Adak, Alaska, and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$10,500,000". 
TITLE VI—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
WAIVER OF RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 601. The Secretary of each military department may proceed 
to establish or develop installations and facilities under this Act with-
out regard to section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 
U.S.C. 529), and sections 4774 and 9774 of title 10, United States Code. 
The authority to place permanent or temporary improvements on land 
includes authority for surveys, administration, overhead, planning, 
and supervision incident to construction. That authority may be exer-
cised before title to the land is approved under section 355 of the 
Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U.S.C. 255), and even though the 
land is held temporarily. The authority to acquire real estate or lands 
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. 
AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 602. There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
1979 such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, but 
appropriations for public works projects authorized by titles I, II, III, 
IV, and V, shall not exceed— 
(1) for title I : inside the United States $487,853,000; outside 
the United States $228,026,000; minor construction $35,365,000; 
for a total of $751,244,000. 
(2) for title II: inside the United States $690,885,000; outside 
the United States $59,763,000; minor construction $39,662,000; 
for a total of $790,310,000. 
(3) for title I I I : inside the United States, $423,059,000; outside 
the United States, $68,963,000; minor construction $30,721,000; 
for a total of $522,743,000. 
(4) for title IV: a total of $217,610,000, including $13,044,000 
for minor construction. 
(5) for title V: military family housing, $1,701,605,000. 
COST VARIATIONS 
SEC. 603. (a) OVERALL TITLE TOTAL LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding 
the provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c), and (g), the total cost of 
all construction and acquisition in each of titles I, II, III, and IV 
may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appropriated in that 
title. 
(b) VARIATIONS IN INSTALLATION TOTALS—^UNUSUAL VARIATIONS IN 
COST.—Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), anv of the 
amounts specified in titles I, II, III, and IV of this Act (other than 
in sections 103, 203, 303, and 403) may, at the discretion of the Sec-
retary of the military department or Director of the defense agency 
concerned, be increased by 5 per centum when inside the United States 
PUBLIC LAW 95-356—SEPT. 8, 1978 
92 STAT. 581 
(other than Alaska or Hawaii), and by 10 per centum when outside 
the United States or in Alaska or Hawaii, if he determines that such 
increase (1) is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual varia-
tions in cost, and (2) could not have been reasonably anticipated at 
the time such estimate was submitted to the Congress. 
(c) VARIATIONS I N INSTALLATION TOTALS—ONLY O N E PROJECT AT 
AN INSTALLATION.—^When the amount named for any construction or 
acquisition in title I, I I , I I I , or I V of this Act involves only one 
project at any military installation and the Secretary of the military 
department or Director of the defense agency concerned determines 
that the amount authorized must be increased by more than thQ 
applicable percentage prescribed in subsection (b), he may proceed 
with such construction or acquisition if the amount of the increase 
does not exceed by more than 25 per centum the amount named for 
such project by the Congress. 
(d) VARIATIONS I N INSTALLATION TOTALS—REPORTS BY THE SECRE-
TARY OF DEFENSE.—^When the Secretary of Defense determines that 
any amount named in title I, I I , I I I , or I V of this Act must be 
exceeded by more than the percentages permitted in subsections (b) 
and (c) to accomplish authorized construction or acquisition, the 
Secretary of the military department or Director of the defense 
agency concerned may proceed with such construction or acquisition 
after a written report of the facts relating to the increase of such 
amount, including a statement of the reasons for such increase, has 
been submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Representatives, and either (1) thirty days have elapsed 
from the date of submission of such report, or (2) both committees 
have indicated approval of such construction or acquisition. Notwith-
standing the provisions in prior Military Construction Authorization 
Acts, the provisions of this subsection shall apply to such prior Acts. 
(e) COST AND SCOPE VARIATIONS or INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS; REPORTS 
TO CONGRESS.—No individual project authorized under title I, I I , I I I , 
or I V of this Act for any specifically listed military installation for 
which the current working estimate is $400,000 or more may be placed 
under contract if— 
(1) the approved scope of the project is reduced in excess of 
25 per centum; or 
(2) the current working estimate, based upon bids received, 
for the construction of such project exceeds by more than 25 
per centum the amount authorized for such project by the 
Congress; 
until a written report of the facts relating to the reduced scope or 
increased cost of such project, including a statement of the reasons 
for reduction in scope or increase in cost, has been submitted to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, and either thirty days have elapsed from the date of sub-
mission of such report, or both committees have indicated approval of 
such reduction in scope or increase in cost, as the case may be. 
(f) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—^The Secretary of Defense shall 
submit an annual report to the Congress identifying each individual 
project (other than a project authorized under section 103, 203, 303, or 
403) which has been placed under contract in the preceding twelve-
month period and with respect to which the then current working 
estimate of the Department of Defense based upon bids received for 
such project exceeded the amount authorized by the Congress for that 
project by more than 25 per centum. The Secretary shall also include 
in such report each individual project with respect to which the scope 
92 STAT. 582 
PUBLIC LAW 95-356—SEPT. 8, 1978 
Effective date. 
10 use 2674 
note. 
Report to 
Congress. 
10 u s e 2301 et 
seq. 
Report to 
Congress. 
was reduced by more than 25 per centum in order to permit contract 
award within the available authorization for such project. Such report 
shall include all pertinent cost information for each individual project, 
including the amount in dollars and percentage by which the current 
working estimate based on the contract price for the project exceeded 
the amount authorized for such project by the Congress. 
(g) COST AND FLOOR AREA VARIATIONS—SOLAR ENERGY.—The Secre-
tary of Defense shall encourage the utilization of solar energy as a 
source of energy for projects authorized by this Act where utilization 
of solar energy would be practical and economically feasible. In order 
to equip any project authorized by this Act with solar heating equip-
ment, solar cooling equipment, or both solar heating and solar cooling 
equipment, the Secretary of Defense may authorize increases in the cost 
limitations or floor area limitations for such project by such amounts as 
may be necessary for such purpose. Any increase under this section in 
the cost or floor area of a project authorized by this Act shall be in 
addition to any other increase in such cost or variation in floor area 
limitations authorized by this or any other Act. 
(h) COST VARIATIONS—MINOR CONSTRUCTION.— (1) The first sen-
tence of section 2674(b) of title 10, United States Code, relating to 
minor construction projects, is amended to read as follows: "This sec-
tion does not authorize a project costing more than $500,000, except 
that tlie cost authorized for a project may be increased above $500,000 
by not more than 10 percent of the original approved cost of such proj-
ect if the Secretary of Defense determines— 
"(1) that such an increase is required for the sole purpose of 
meeting unusual variations in cost, and 
"(2) that such variations in cost could not have been reason-
ably anticipated at the time the project was originally approved.". 
(2) The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect on 
October 1,1978. 
CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION 
SEC. 604. Contracts for construction made by the United States for 
performance within the United States and its possessions under this 
Act shall be executed under the jurisdiction and supervision of the 
Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; the Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command, Department of the Navy; or such other 
department or Government agency as the Secretaries of the military 
departments recommend and the Secretary of Defense approves to 
assure the most efficient, expeditious, and cost-effective accomplishment 
of the construction herein authorized. The Secretaries of the military 
departments shall report annually to the President of the Senate and 
Speaker of the House of Representatives a breakdown of the dollar 
value of construction contracts completed by each of the several con-
struction agencies selected together with the design, construction 
supervision, and overhead fees charged by each of the several agents 
in the execution of the assigned construction. Further, such contracts 
(except architect and engineering contracts which, unless specifically 
authorized by the Congress shall continue to be awarded in accordance 
with presently established procedures, customs, and practice) shall be 
awarded, insofar as practicable, on a competitive basis to the lowest 
responsible bidder, if the national security will not be impaired and 
the award is consistent with chapter 137 of title 10, United States 
Code. The Secretaries of the military departments shall report 
annually to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of 
Representatives with respect to all contracts awarded on other than a 
PUBLIC LAW 95-356—SEPT. 8, 1978 
92 STAT. 583 
competitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder. Such reports shall 
also show, in the case of the ten architect-engineering firms which, in 
terms of total dollars, were awarded the most business; the names of 
such firms; the total number of separate contracts awarded each firm; 
and the total amount paid or to be paid in the case of each such action 
under all such contracts awarded such firm. 
REPEAL o r PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS; EXCEPTIONS 
SEC. 605. (a) As of October 1, 1979, all authorizations for military 
public works, including family housing, to be accomplished by the 
Secretary of a military department in connection with the establish-
ment or development of installations and facilities, and all authoriza-
tions for appropriations therefor, that are contained in titles I, II, III, 
IV, and V of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1978 (Pub-
lic Law 95-82; 91 Stat. 358), and all such authorizations contained in 
Acts approved before August 1,1977, and not superseded or otherwise 
modified by a later authorization are repealed except— 
(1) authorizations for public works and for appropriations 
therefor that are set forth in those Acts in the titles that contain 
the general provisions; and 
(2) authorizations for public works projects as to which appro-
priated funds have been obligated for construction contracts, land 
acquisition, or payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion, in whole or in part, before October 1, 1979, and authoriza-
tions for appropriations therefor. 
(b) Notwithstanding the repeal provisions of subsection (a) of this 
section and section 605 of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act, 1978 (Public Law 95-82; 91 Stat. 358), authorizations for the fol-
lowing items sihall remain in effect until October 1, 1980: 
(1) Medical Facility construction in the amount of $2,014,000 
at Fort Drum, New York, authorized in section 101 of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act, 1977 (Public Law 94r-431; 90 
Stat. 1349). 
(2) Barracks Building construction in the amount of $5,100,000 
at Fort Drum, New York, authorized in section 101 of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act, 1977 (Public Law 94-431; 90 
Stat. 1349). 
(3) Effluent Land Irrigation System construction in the amount 
of $6,933,000 at Fort Ord, California, authorized in section 101 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1977 (Public Law 
94-431; 90 Stat. 1349). 
(4) Sulphuric Acid Eegenerator construction in the amount of 
$15,238,000 at the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, Kansas, 
authorized in section 101 of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act, 1977 (Public Law 94-431; 90 Stat. 1350). 
(5) Cold Storage Warehouse construction in the amount of 
$1,215,000 at Fort Dix, New Jersej, authorized in section 101 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1973 (Public Law 
92-545; 86 Stat. 1135), and extended in section 605 (3) (B) of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act, 1975 (Public Law 
93-552; 88 Stat. 1762), and in section 605(b) (2) of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act, 1977 (Public Law 94-431; 90 
Stat. 1363). 
(6) Solid Waste System construction in the amount of $300,000 
at the Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, author-
ized in section 201 of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act, 1977 (Public Law 94-431; 90 Stat. 1352). 
92 STAT. 584 
PUBLIC LAW 95-356—SEPT. 8, 1978 
(7) Naval Historical Center construction in the amount of 
$1,300,000 at Headquarters, Naval District of Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, authorized in section 201 of the Military Con-
struction Authorization Act, 1977 (Public Law 94-431; 90 Stat. 
1352). 
UNIT COST LIMITATIONS 
SEC. 606. None of the authority contained in titles I, II, III, and 
IV of this Act shall be deemed to authorize any building construction 
projects inside the United States in excess of a unit cost to be deter-
mined in proportion to the appropriate area construction cost index, 
based on the following unit cost limitations where the area construction 
index is 1.0: 
(1) $45 per square foot for permanent barracks; or 
(2) $48 per square foot for bachelor of&cer quarters; 
unless the Secretarj^ of Defense, or his designee, determines that, 
because of special circumstances, application to such project of the 
limitations on unit cost contained in this section is impracticable. Not-
withstanding the limitations contained in prior Military Construc-
tion Authorization Acts on unit costs, the limitations on such costs 
contained in this section shall apply to all prior authorizations for 
such construction not heretofore repealed and for which construction 
contracts have not been awarded by the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
TITLE VII—GUAKD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
AUTHORIZATION FOR FACILITIES 
10 use 2231 et 
SEC. 701. Subject to chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, the 
*«9- 
Secretary of Defense may establish or develop additional facilities for 
the Guard and Reserve Forces, including the acquisition of land there-
for, but the cost of such facilities shall not exceed the following 
amounts: 
(1) For the Department of the Army— 
(A) for the Army National Guard of the United States, 
$47,300,000; and 
(B) for the Army Reserve, $27,400,000. 
(2) For the Department of the Navy, for the Naval and Marine 
Corps Reserves, $19,350,000. 
(3) For the Department of the Air Force— 
(A) for the Air National Guard of the United States, 
$39,350,000; and 
(B) for the Air Force Reserve, $11,400,000. 
WAIVER OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 702. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop installa-
tions and facilities under this title without regard to section 3648 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529), and sections 4774 
and 9774 of title 10, United States Code. The authority to place 
permanent or temporary iniprovements on land includes authority^ for 
surveys, administration, overhead, planning, and supervision incident 
to construction. That authority may be exercised before title to the 
land is approved under section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended 
(40 U.S.C. 255), and even though the land is held temporarily. The 
authority to acquire real estate or land includes authority to make 
surveys and to acquire land and interests in land (including temporary 
PUBLIC LAW 95-356—SEPT. 8, 1978 
92 STAT. 585 
use), by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned land, or 
otherwise. 
TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
10 u s e 2201 et 
seq. 
10 u s e 2212. 
ADVANCE REPORTS TO CONGRESS OE CERTAIN ADVANCE PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION DESIGN COSTS 
SEC, 801. Section 612 of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act, 1967 (31 U.S.C. 723a), relating to advance planning and design 
projects, is amended by striking out "$225,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$250,000". 
TRANSMISSION OF ANNUAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 
REQUEST TO CONGRESS 
SEC. 802. (a) (1) Chapter 131 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
^§ 2212. Transmission of annual military construction authoriza-
tion request 
"The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to the Congress the annual 
request for military construction authorization for a fiscal year during 
the first ten days after the President transmits to the Congress the 
Budget for such fiscal year pursuant to section 201 of the Budget and 
Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 11).". 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 131 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new item: 
"2212. Transmission of annual military construction authorization request.". 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 10 USe 2212 
respect to fiscal year 1980 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
"ote. 
DEVELOPMENT OF SOURCES OF ENERGY ON MILITARY LANDS 
SEC. 803. (a) The Secretary of each military department may 30 USC 1002a 
develop for the use or benefit of the Department of Defense any geo-
thermal energy resource within lands under his jurisdiction other 
than public lands administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) (1) If the Secretary of a military department determines that 
it is in the interest of the Government to do so, he may contract, for 
a period not to exceed thirty years, for the provision and operation 
of energy production facilities on real property under his jurisdiction 
and for the purchase of energy produced from such facilities, except 
that no such contract may be made for the development of energy 
resources derived from nuclear or fossil fuel sources. 
(2) Any contract under paragraph (1) may be made only— 
(A) after the approval of the Secretary of Defense of the 
proposed contract; and 
(B) after the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Representatives have been notified of the terms of 
the proposed contract, including the dollar value of such con-
tract and the amount of energy to be delivered to the Govern-
ment under such contract. 
(c) This section shall take effect on October 1,1978. 
Notification to 
congressional 
committees. 
REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS 
Effective date. 
30 USC 1002a 
note. 
SEC. 804. (a) Effective ninety days after the date of the enactment 42 USC 5504a, 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall require that 25 per centum, 
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based on the estimated dollar value of the construction cost, of all new 
facilities except family housing that are placed under design shall 
include solar energy systems to the extent that engineering analyses 
demonstrate is cost effective. 
(b) Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall require that all family housing authorized for con-
struction shall include solar energy systems to the extent that engi-
neering analyses demonstrate is cost effective. 
(c) For the purposes of this section, a solar energy system shall be 
considered to be cost effective if the original investment cost differen-
tial can be recovered over the expected life of the facility. 
BASE CLOSUEE AND BEALINEMENT AMENDMENT 
SEC. 805. Clause (B) of paragraph (1) of section 2687(d) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "five hundred" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "three hundred". 
REAL ESTATE, PEASE AIR FORCE BASE 
SEC. 806. No official acting on behalf of the Department of Defense 
or any of the military departments shall purchase, or directly or 
indirectly negotiate for the purchase of, any of the land contiguous to 
the existing boundaries of Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire, 
without the express authorization of the Congress. 
LAND C O N V E Y A N C E , MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 
SEC. 807. (a) The Secretary of the Navy (hereinafter in this sec-
tion referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to convey to Plough 
Inc., a Delaware corporation with j)rincipal offices in the city of Mem-
phis, Tennessee, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to the land and improvements which comprise the Marine Corps 
Reserve Center, Memphis, Tennessee. Such conveyance shall be made 
subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appro-
priate, but may not be made until a replacement facility for such 
Reserve Center is available in accordance with subsection (b). 
Funds, 
(b)(1) In consideration for such conveyance by the Secretary under 
availability. 
subsection (a), Plough Inc.— 
(A) shall make available to the Secretary funds for the pur-
chase of land and the purchase or making of improvements on 
such land which are acceptable to the Secretary as a replace-
ment facility for such Marine Corps Reserve Center; or 
(B) shall convey to the United States unencumbered fee simple 
title to land in the area of Memphis, Tennessee, which contains 
improvements acceptable to the Secretary as a replacement facility 
for such Marine Corps Reserve Center. 
(2) In addition. Plough Inc., as a further condition of the convey-
ance under subsection (a), shall pay to the Secretary the cost of the 
relocation of the such Marine Corps Reserve Center from the facility 
on the land conveyed by the Secretary under subsection (a) to the 
facility on the land acquired by the Secretary under this subsection. 
(c) The replacement facility to be provided under subsection (b) 
shall be designed to meet the current and foreseeable future require-
ments of the Marine Corps Reserve in and around Memphis, Tennes-
see, as determined by the Secretary. 
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(d) Funds made available under subsections (b) ^1) and (2), and 
land conveyed under subsection (b) (1), shall be subject to terms and 
conditions which shall be agreed upon by the Secretary and Plough 
Inc. and which the Secretary considers to be in the public interest. If 
the cost of the replacement facility is less than the replacement cost 
or fair market value, whichever is greater, of the existing facility of 
such Marine Corps Reserve Center, Plough Inc. shall pay the amount 
of the difference between such costs to the United States, and such 
amount shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
(e) The exact acreage and legal description of any land conveyed 
under this section shall be determined by surveys which are satisfac-
tory to the Secretary. 
(f) The Secretary is authorized to accept any land conveyed, or any 
funds made available, to the United States under subsection (b), and 
any such land shall be administered by the Secretary and any such 
funds may be obligated and disbursed by the Secretary. The authority 
under this section to place improvements on land (including site prepa-
ration) may be exercised before title to the land is approved under 
section 355 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 255). 
LAND CONVEYANCE, NICEVILLE, ELORIDA 
' 
SEC. 808. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Air 
Force (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretarv") is 
authorized to convey to the city of Niceville, Florida (hereinafter in 
this section referred to as the "City"), all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to the land described in subsection (c), 
(b) (1) The conveyance authorized in subsection (a) shall be made 
only if not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the City— 
• , 
(A) conveys land to the United States which has a fair market 
value which is not less than the fair market value of the land 
authorized to be conveyed in subsection (a); 
(B) pays the United States an amount of money equal to such 
fair market value; or 
(C) conveys land and pays an amount of money to the United 
States which in total equals an amount which is not less than such 
fair market value. 
(2) If such land is used for any purpose other than a cemetery which 
is operated on a nonprofit basis, title to such land shall revert to the 
United States. 
(3) The Secretary shall include in any instrument making such 
conveyance terms which will carry out the provisions of para-
graph (2). 
(c) The land referred to in subsection (a) is a portion of Eglin Air 
Force Base, Florida, containing 48.59 acres, more or less. 
(d) The exact acreage and legal description of any land conveyed 
under this section shall be determined by surveys which are satisfac-
tory to the Secretary. 
LAND C O N V E Y A N C E , OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA 
SEC. 809. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Air 
Force (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") is 
authorized to convey to the Air Force Enlisted Men's Widows and 
Dependents Home Foundation, Incorporated (hereinafter in this sec-
tion referred to as the "Foundation"), of Washington, District of 
Columbia, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
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land described in subsection (c). Such conveyance shall be made sub-
ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appro-
priate to carry out the provisions of this section. 
(b) (1) In consideration for such conveyance made by the Secretary 
under subsection (a), the Foundation shall— 
(A) convey land to the United States which has a fair market 
value which is not less than the fair market value of the land 
authorized to be conveyed in subsection (a); 
(B) pay the United States an amount of money equal to such 
fair market value; or 
(C) convey land and pay an amount of money to the United 
States which in total equals an amount which is not less than such 
fair market value. 
(2) If the land conveyed under subsection (a) is not used as a 
permanent location for facilities of the Foundation before the end of 
the ten-year period beginning on the date on which such land is con-
veyed, title to such land shall revert to the United States. 
(3) If such reversion occurs, the Secretary shall pay to the Founda-
tion an amount of money equal to 50 per centum of the fair market 
value of the land reverting to the United States. Such fair market 
value shall be determined as of the date on which such land was con-
veyed to the Foundation by the Secretary. 
(4) No construction shall be started on such land until plans for 
such construction are approved by the Secretary. 
(5) Notwithstanding sections 2733 of title 10, United States Code, 
sections 1346 and 2672 of title 28, United States Code, and section 715 
of title 32, United States Code, the United States shall not be liable 
to the Foundation for any damage to, or diminution in value of, the 
land conveyed pursuant to this section or improvements thereon, if 
such damage or diminution of value is caused by any activity of the 
United States at Eglin Air Force Base. 
(c) The land referred to in subsection (a) is a portion of Eglin Air 
Force Base, Florida, composed of two parcels containing a total of 
seventy-nine acres. 
(d) The exact acreage and legal description of any land conveyed 
under this section shall be determined by surveys which are satisfactory 
to the Secretary. 
LAND CONVEYANCE, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 
SEC. 810. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Army 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") is author-
ized to convey to the Central-Wyandotte Development Corp. (herein-
after in this section referred to as the "Corporation") of Kansas City, 
Missouri, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate, all right, title, and interests of the United States in 
and to the following lots, including all improvements on such lots, 
located in block 4, J. H. McGee's Addition, Kansas City, Jackson 
County, Missouri: 
(1) The south 371/2 feet of lot 47. 
(2) Lot 48. 
(3) The north 17.34 feet of lot 49. 
(b) (1) In consideration for such conveyance by the Secretary under 
subsection (a), the Corporation shall convey to the United States 
unencumbered fee simple title to the following lots located in block 4, 
J. H. McGee's Addition, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri: 
(A) The south 4.84 feet of lot 50. 
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(B) Lots 51 and 52. 
(2) The Corporation shall make improvements on such lots in 
accordance with requirements of, and subject to the approval of, the 
Secretary. 
(c) If the combined fair market value of the lots to be ccmveyed 
to the United States by the Corporation and the improvements made 
on such lots by the Corporation (and approved by the Secretary) is 
less than the fair market value of the lots conveyed by the Secretary 
to the Corporation, the Corporation shall pay the amount of the differ-^ 
ence in such fair market values to the Secretary, and such amount shall 
be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
(d) The cost of any survey necessary to complete any conveyance 
under this section shall be paid by the Corporation. 
(e) The Secretary is authorized to accept any land conveyed to the 
United States under subsection (b), and any such land shall be admin-
istered by the Secretary. 
LAND CONVEYANCE, LOGAN, UTAH 
SEC. 811. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Army 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") is author-
ized to convey to Utah State University (hereinafter m this section 
referred to as the "University"), an agency of the State of Utah, all 
. 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to improvements 
located on land which is leased from the University by the United 
States and which is located on the campus of the University in Logan, 
Cache County, Utah. 
(b) (1) In consideration for such conveyance by the Secretary under 
.subsection (a), the University shall— 
(A) make improvements, for use as a United States Armv 
Reserve Center, on land owned by the University at Eighteenth 
North Street and Second East Street, North Logan, Cache County, 
Utah; and 
(B) lease to the Secretary, for a period of ninety-nine years 
and at a nominal amount of rent, the land upon which such 
improvements are made. 
(2) Such improvements shall be made in accordance with require-
ments of, and subject to the approval of, the Secretary, except that the 
value of such improvements shall not be less than the fair market value 
of the existing United States Army Reserve Center on the land 
described in subsection (a). 
(3) Funds for such improvements shall be provided as follows: 
(A) The TTniversity shall contribute not less than $210,000. 
(B) The United States shall contribute all additional funds 
needed to complete such improvements, not to exceed $501,756, 
from funds available without fiscal year limitation from the mili-
tary construction appropriation for the Army Reserve for fiscal 
year 1978. 
LAND CONVEYANCE, HAWAII 
SEC. 812. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of the Navy is authorized to convey to the State of Hawaii, 
subject to the terms and conditions stated m this section and to such 
other terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Navy considers to be 
in the public interest, all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to certain land, with improvements thereon, referred to as the 
Navy Drum Storage Area and as described in subsection (c). 
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(b) In consideration for the conveyance by the United States of the 
property described in subsection (c), the State of Hawaii shall pay to 
the United States an amount which is the greater of (1) the total cost 
of a replacement facility for the improvements on such property, or 
(2) the fair market value of the property to be conveyed, as determined 
by the Secretary of the Navy. The money so paid shall be available for 
site preparation and construction by the Navy of new storage facilities 
to replace the Navy Drum Storage Facilities (Ewa Junction), and the 
Secretary is authorized to accept, hold, obligate, and disburse such 
money to accomplish such replacement. 
(c) The land authorized to be conveyed to the State of Hawaii by 
subsection (a) is an area of land referred to as the Navy Drum Storage 
Area and comprising approximately 43.813 acres, including an area 
designated as the "public works center" and the "naval supply center", 
together with improvements thereon, as generally depicted on the Real 
Estate Sunmiary Map, Ewa Junction, Oahu, Hawaii, Department of 
the Navy (revised December 4,1975). The exact description and acre-
age of the land to be conveyed shall be determined by a survey as 
mutually agreed upon between the State of Hawaii and the Secretary 
of the Navy. 
EFFECTIVE DATE FOK CONVEYANCES 
SEC. 813. Sections 807 through 812 shall take effect on October 1, 
1978. 
Approved September 8, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-1147 (Comm. on Armed Services) and No. 95-1448 (Comm. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-847 accompanying S. 3079 (Comm. on Armed Services). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
May 22, considered and passed House. 
July 12, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 3079. 
Aug. 16, House agreed to conference report. 
Aug. 17, Senate agreed to conference report.