An Act making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.
PL 93-636 (H.R.17468), enacted 01/03/1975

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continue to serve until the expiration of the terms for which they 
were so appointed. The member first appointed by the Mayor, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Council, on or after Janu-
ary 2,1975, shall serve until June 30,1978.'. 
"^2^ The third sentence of such paragraph is repealed. 
Repeal. 
"(3) The sixth sentence of such paragraph is amended to read 
as follows: 'No Commissioner shall, during his term of office, hold 
any other public office.'. 
(4) The seventh sentence of such paragraph is amended by 
deleting 'The Commissioners of the District of Columbia' and 
inserting in lieu thereof 'The Mayor'. 
" (5) The eighth sentence of such paragraph is amended to read 
as follows: 'No person shall be eligible to the office of Commis-
sioner of the Public Service Commission of the District of Colum-
bia who has not been a bona fide resident of the District of 
Columbia for a period of at least three years next preceding his 
appointment or who has voted or claimed residence elsewhere dur-
ing such period.' ". 
SEC. 18. (a) Section 103(a) of the Act of September 3, 1974 (77 ^"'^' P- I°38. 
Stat. 1036), relating to police and firemen's compensation, is amended 
by deleting "subsections (b) and (c)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"subsections (b), (c), and (d)". 
(b) Section 103(a) of such Act is further amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following: 
"(d) The amendment made by paragraph (4) of section 101 shall 
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take effect on and after the first day of the first pay period beginning 
on or after June 1,1974.". 
SEC. 19. Section 122 of the Act of September 3, 1974 (relating to ^^°,^^''^^^^^'^^ZTt' 
police and firemen's compensation), is amended by adding at the end ^nd Reiief^B^ani, 
thereof the following new subsection: 
membership. 
" (d) In addition to the members and alternates of the Board desig- 
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nated by subsection (a) of this section, in all cases of retirement, dis-
ability, or other relief involving a member of the Executive Protective 
Service or a member of the United States Secret Service, who con-
tribute to the Policemen and Firemen's Relief Fund of the District 
of Columbia, a member and alternate of the Executive Protective 
Service or a member and alternate of the United States Secret Service, 
as designated by the Director, United States Secret Service, as appro-
priate shall sit as a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement 
and Relief Board.". 
Approved January 3, 1975. 
Public Law 93-636 
AN ACT 
January 3, 1975 
Making appropriations for military construction for tlie Department of Defense 
[H. R. 17468] 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following stJ!J,'^\'o'^^A^°"o 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise priation^Act, 1975. 
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, for military 
construction functions administered by the Department of Defense, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, military installations, and facilities 
for the Army as currently authorized in military public works or mili-
tary construction Acts, and in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, United 
States Code, $656,825,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, naval installations, and facilities 
for the Navy as currently authorized in military public works or mili-
tary construction Acts, and in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, United 
States Code, including personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering 
Command and other pei-sonal services necessary for the purposes of 
this appropriation, $606,376,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, military installations, and facilities 
for the Air Force as currently authorized in military public works or 
military construction Acts, and in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, 
United States Code, $456,439,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, installations, and facilities for 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 
military departments and the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency), 
as currently authorized in military public works or military construc-
tion Acts, and in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, United States 
Code, $31,260,000, to remain available until expended; and, in addi-
tion, not to exceed $20,000,000 to be derived by transfer from the 
appropriation "Research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense 
Agencies" as determined by the Secretary of Defense: Provided^ That 
such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by the 
Secretary of Defense may be transferred to such appropriations of 
the Department of Defense available for military construction as he 
may designate. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the Army 
National Guard as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United States 
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Code, as amended, and the Reserve Forces Facilities Acts, $59,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the Air 
National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter 
133 of title 10, United States Code, as amended, and the Reserve Forces 
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Facilities Acts, $35,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the Army 
Reserve as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, 
as amended, and the Reserve Forces Facilities Acts, $43,700,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVAL RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the reserve 
components of the Navy and Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 
133 of title 10, United States Code, as amended, and the Reserve 
Forces Facilities Acts, $22,135,000, to remain availal3le until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the Air 
Force Reserve as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United States 
Code, as amended, and the Reserve Forces Facilities Acts, $16,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING, DEFENSE 
For expenses of family housing for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
Air Force, and Defense agencies, for construction, including acquisi-
tion, replacement, addition, expansion, extension and alteration and 
for operation, maintenance, and debt payment, including leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance 
premiums, as authorized by law, $1,245,790,000, to be obligated and 
expended in the Family Housing Management Account established 
pursuant to section 501(a) of Public Law 87-554, in not to exceed the 
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following amounts: 
For the Army: 
Construction, $122,500,000; 
For the Navy and Marine Corps: 
Construction, $127,275,000; 
For the Air Force: 
Construction, $60,500,000; 
For Department of Defense: 
Debt payment, $162,348,000; 
Operation, maintenance, $773,167,000. 
Provided, That the amounts provided under this head for construction 
and for debt payment shall remain available until expended. 
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STAT. 
42 u s e 3374. 
Prior appropria-
tions. 
Construction 
costs, expedition. 
Service facili-
ties. 
Motor vehicles, 
hire. 
31 u s e 638f. 
Access roads, 
construction. 
31 u s e 700b. 
New bases. 
Land purchases 
or easements. 
Foreign proj-
ects. 
HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE FUND, DEFENSE 
For use in the Homeowners Assistance Fund established pursuant to 
section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan De-
velopment Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-754, as amended), $5,000,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for 
construction in prior years are hereby made available for construction 
authorized for each such department by the authorizations enacted into 
law during the second session of the Ninety-third Congress. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for 
work, where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be performed within the 
United States, except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing 
of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended for additional costs involved in expediting construction 
unless the Secretary of Defense certifies such costs to be necessary to 
protect the national interest and establishes a reasonable completion 
date for each project, taking into consideration the urgency of the 
requirement, the type and location of the project, the climatic and 
seasonal conditions affecting the construction, and the application 
of economical construction practices. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, 
laundry, or drycleaning facility in the United States, its territories, or 
possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify, in 
writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished 
by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at 
reasonable rates. 
SEC. 105. Funds herein appropriated to the Department of Defense 
for construction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
SEC. 106. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for 
construction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, for the construction 
of access roads as authorized by section 210 of title 23, United States 
Code, when projects authorized therein are certified as important to 
the national defense by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 
begin construction of new bases inside the continental United States 
for which specific appropriations have not been made. 
SEC. 108, No part of the funds provided in this Act shall be used for 
purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 per centum of the 
value as determined by the Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command, except: (a) where there is a determination of 
value by a Federal court, or (b) purchases negotiated by the Attorney 
General or his designee, or (c) where the estimated value is less than 
$25,000, or (d) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense 
to be in the public interest. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to make payments under contracts for any project in a foreign country 
unless the Secretary of Defense or his designee, after consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee, certifies to the 
Congress that the use, by purchase from the Treasury, of currencies 
of such country acquired pursuant to law is not feasible for the 
purpose, stating the reason therefor. 
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SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used ^^ft'^il^J^s"""'"^ 
to (1) acquire land, (2) provide for site preparation, or (3) install 
utilities for any family housing, except housing for which funds have 
been made available in annual military construction appropriation 
Acts: Provided^ That funds in this Act may be available for family 
housing in accordance with section 502 of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act, 1975, excluding the costs of design and supervision, 
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inspection and overhead. 
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds avail-
able to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year for 
the construction of family housing units may be used to purchase sole 
interest in privately owned and Federal Housing Commissioner held 
family housing units if the Secretary of Defense determines it is in the 
best interests of the Government to do so: Provided^ That family 
housing units so purchased do not exceed annual Military Construction 
Authorization Act limitations on unit cost and numbers and are at the 
locations authorized: Provided further^ That housing units so pur-
chased are within the size limitations of title 10, United States Code, 
section 2684. 
This Act may be cited as the "Military (\)nsi ruction Appropriation 
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Approved January 3, 1975. 
Public Law 93-637 
AN A C T 
January 4, 1975 
To provide minimum disclosure standards for written consumer product war- 
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ranties; to define minimum Federal content standards for such warranties; 
to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act in order to improve its consumer 
protection activities; and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this act may 
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be cited as the "Magnuson-Moss Warranty—Federal Trade Commis- "^^"decolmislto, 
sion Improvement Act". 
improvement Act. 
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TITLE I—CONSUMER PRODUCT WARRANTIES 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 101. For the purposes of this title: 
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(1) The term "consumer product" means any tangible personal 
property which is distributed in commerce and which is normally 
used for personal, family, or household purposes (including any 
such property intended to be attached to or installed in any real 
property without regard to whether it is so attached or installed). 
(2) 
The term "Commission" means the Federal 
Trade 
Commission.