An Act to authorize certain construction at military, naval, and Air Force installation, and for other purposes
PL 84-161 (H.R.6829), enacted 07/15/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 161-JULY 15, 1955 
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Public Law 161 
CHAPTER 368 
July 15.1955 
AN ACT 
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To authorize certain construction at inilitai-y, naval, and Air F<n"ce installations, 
and for otlier purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
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United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
and Air Force con> 
struction 
TITLE I 
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SEC. 101. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to establish or 
develop military installations and facilities by the acquisition, con-
struction, conversion, rehabilitation, or installation of permanent or 
temporary public works in respect of the following projects, which 
include site preparation, appurtenances, and related utilities and 
equipment: 
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
TECHNICAL SERVICES FACILITIES 
(Ordnance Corps) 
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: Troop housing, community 
facilities, utilities, and family housing, $1,736,000. 
Black Hills Ordnance Depot, South Dakota: Family housing, 
$1,428,000. 
Blue Grass Ordnance Depot, Kentucky: Operational and mainte-
nance facilities, $509,000. 
Erie Ordnance Depot, Ohio: Operational and maintenance facilities 
and utilities, $1,933,000. 
Frankford Arsenal, Pennsylvania: Utilities, $855,000. 
LOrdstown Ordnance Depot, Ohio: Operational and maintenance 
facilities, $875,000. 
Pueblo Ordnance Depot, (^olorado: Operational and maintenance 
facilities, $1,843,000. 
Ked River Arsenal, Texas: Operational and maintenance facilities, 
$140,000. 
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama: Research and development facilities 
and community facilities, $2,865,000. 
E(.>ck Island Arsenal, Illinois: Operational and maintenance facil-
ities, $347,000. 
Rossford Ordnance Depot, Ohio: Utilities, $400,000. 
Savanna Ordnance Depot, Illinois: Operational and maintenance 
facilities, $342,000. 
Seneca Ordnance Depot, New York: Community facilities, $129,000. 
Sierra Ordnance Depot, California: Operational and maintenance 
facilities, $1,075,000. 
White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico: Troop supporting 
facility, and research and development facilities, $1,247,000. 
Wingate Ordnance Depot, New Mexico: Operational and mainte-
nance facilities, $632,000. 
(Quartermaster Corps) 
Atlanta General Depot, Georgia: Storage facilities, $84,000. 
Belle Meade General Depot, New Jersey: Operational and mainte-
nance facilities, $174,000. 
Fort Lee, Virginia: Troop housing, community facilities, medical 
facility, storage facilities, training facilities, operational and mainte-
nance facilities, and family housing, $8,589,000. 
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Memphis General Depot, Tennessee: Family housing, $99,000. 
New Cumberland General Depot, Pennsylvania: Family housing, 
$568,000. 
Sharpe General Depot, California: Utilities and family housing, 
$337,000. 
(Chemical Corps) 
Army Chemical Center, Maryland: Troop housing, storage facil-
ities, operational and maintenance facilities, and utilities, $1,248,000. 
Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah: Maintenance facilities, $92,000. 
Camp Detrick, Maryland: Utilities, $452,000. 
Dugway Proving Ground, Utah: Troop housing, hospital and medi-
cal facilities, operational and maintenance facilities, and family hous-
ing, $1,129,000. 
Pine Bluff Arsenal (including Midwest Chemical Depot), Arkan-
sas : Land acquisition, $3,000. 
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado: Operational and maintenance 
facilities and utilities, $773,000. 
(Signal Corps) 
Decatur Signal Depot, Illinois: Operational and maintenance 
facilities, $303,000. 
Fort Huachuca, Arizona: Airfield pavements, community facilities, 
storage facilities, operational and maintenance facilities, utilities, 
troop housing, and family housing, $5,913,000. 
Lexington Signal Depot, Kentucky: Maintenance facility, and 
family housing, $538,000. 
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey: Community facilities, $615,000. 
Sacramento Signal Depot, California: Troop housing, maintenance 
facility, and family housing, $715,000. 
Tobyhanna Signal Depot, Pennsylvania: Troop housing, $649,000. 
Two Rock Ranch Station, California: Community facilities, and 
family housing, $1,298,000. 
Vint Hill Farms Station, Virginia: Community facilities, storage 
facility, and operational and maintenance facility, $695,000. 
(Corps of Engineers) 
Army Map Service, Maryland: Operational and maintenance facil-
ity, $62,000. 
Fort Belvoir, Virginia: Troop housing, community facilities, re-
search and development facilities, operational and maintenance facil-
ities, utilities, and family housing, $4,608,000. 
Granite City Engineer Depot, Illinois: Operational and mainte-
nance facilities, and family housing, $1,822,000. 
Marion Engineer Depot, Ohio: Storage facilities and utilities, 
$1,146,000. 
(Transportation Corps) 
Brooklyn Army Base, New York: Utilities, $1,055,000. 
Charleston Transportation Depot, South Carolina: Storage facil-
ities and utilities, $329,000. 
Fort Eustis, Virginia: Troop housing, community facilities, train-
ing facilities, medical facility, and operational and maintenance facil-
ities, $6,597,000. 
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New Orleans Army Base, Louisiana: Storage facility, $117,000. 
Oakland Army Base, California: Community facilities, storage fa-
cilities, and operational and maintenance facilities, $1,923,000. 
Fort Story, Virginia: Utilities, $41,000. 
West Coast Ammunition Terminal, California: Land acquisition, 
$3,209,000. 
(Medical Corps) 
William Beaumont Army Hospital, Texas: Hospital and medical 
facilities, $586,000. 
Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas: Hospital and medical facil-
ities, $549,000. 
Madigan Army Hospital, Washington: Hospital and medical fa-
cilities, $333,000. 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, District of Columbia: Hospital 
facilities, and research and development facilities, $3,557,000. 
FIELD FORCES FACILITIES 
(First Army Area) 
Fort Devens, Massachusetts: Troop housing, administrative facil-
ities, and family housing, $7,275,000. 
Fort Dix, New Jersey: Community facilities, medical facilities, ad-
ministrative facilities, and family housing, $6,698,000. 
Fort Jay, New York: Waterfront facilities, $731,000. 
Fort Niagara, New York: Storage facilities, $209,000. 
Fort Totten, New York: Utilities, $170,000. 
(Second Army Area) 
Fort Holabird, Maryland: Troop housing, $612,000. 
Fort Knox, Kentucky: Troop housing, training and administrative 
facilities, community facilities, medical facilities, operational and 
maintenance facilities, and family housing, $8,990,000. 
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: Community facilities, training 
and medical facilities, and operational and maintenance facilities, 
$923,000. 
(Third Army Area) 
Fort Benning:, Georgia: Troop housing, community facilities, train-
ing and administrative facilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, 
operational 
and 
maintenance 
facilities, 
and 
family 
housing, 
$10,392,000. 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina: Troop housing, community facilities, 
training and administrative facilities, medical facilities, airfield pave-
ments, operational and maintenance facilities, and family housing, 
$15,659,000. 
Fort Campbell, Kentucky: Troop housing, community facilities, 
training and administrative facilities, medical facilities, operational 
and maintenance facilities, and family housing, $12,377,000. 
Camp Gordon, Georgia: Community^ facilities, $261,000. 
Camp Jackson, South Carolina: Medical facilities, $5,000,000. 
Fort McClellan, Alabama: Community facilities, storage facilities, 
operational and maintenance facilities, and family housing, $2,611,000. 
Camp Rucker, Alabama: Airfield pavements, and operational and 
maintenance facilities, $2,070,000. 
Camp Stewart, Georgia: Troop housing, storage facilities, and oper-
ational and maintenance facilities, $967,000. 
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(Fourth Army Area) 
Fort Bliss, Texas: Troop housing, community facilities, training 
and administrative facilities, and operational and maintenance facil-
ities, $4,645,000. 
Fort Hood, Texas: Troop housing, community facilities, training 
and administrative facilities, medical facilities, operational and main-
tenance facilities, and family housing, $12,922,000. 
Fort Sam Houston, Texas: Troop housing and operational facilities, 
$805,000. 
Fort Sill, Oklahoma: Community facilities, medical facilities, opera-
tional and maintenance facilities, and land acquisition, $3,053,000. 
(Fifth Army Area) 
Fort Carson, Colorado: Troop housing, community facilities, train-
ing and administrative facilities, medical facilities, airfield pave-
ments, storage facilities, and operational and maintenance facili-
ties, $7,487,000. 
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Hospital and medical facilities, training 
facilities, and operational facilities, $8,615,000. 
Camp Lucas, Michigan: Community facilities, $145,000. 
Fort Riley, Kansas: Troop housing, community facilities, training 
and administrative facilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, 
operational and maintenance facilities, and family housing, $8,657,000. 
Fort Sheridan, Illinois: Storage facilities, and family housing, 
$1,528,000. 
(Sixth Army Area) 
Camp Hanford, Washington: Waterfront facilities, $167,000. 
Fort Lewis, Washington: Troop housing, community facilities, 
training facilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, operational and 
maintenance facilities, and family housing, $15,275,000. 
Presidio of Monterey, California: Troop housing and training 
facilities, $1,878,000. 
Fort Ord, California: (Community facilities, medical facilities, and 
utilities, $1,407,000. 
Presidio of San Francisco, California: Liquid fuel dispensing 
facilities, $144,000. 
United States Disciplinary Barracks, California: Community facil-
ities, $184,000. 
Yuma Test Station, Arizona: Family housing, $709,000. 
(Military Academy) 
United States Military Academy, New York: (^onnnunity facilities 
!ind utilities, $756,000. 
(Armed Forces Special Weapons Project) 
Sandia Base, New Mexico: Family housing, $1,231,000. 
Various installations: Maintenance facilities, community facilities, 
and utilities, $3,014,000. 
(Tactical Installations) 
Various locations: Family housing, $8,135,000. 
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(Eehabilitation) 
Various locations: Rehabilitation of facilities for family housing, 
$2,661,000. 
OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
(Alaskan Area) 
Big Delta: Troop housing and community facilities, and family 
housing, $3,638,000. 
Eielson Air Force Base: Maintenance and storage 
facility, 
$1,047,000. 
Ladd Air Force Base: Storage facilities and liquid fuel dispensing 
facilities, $266,000. 
Fort Richardson: Troop housing, community facilities, storage 
facilities, operational and maintenance facilities, and utilities, 
$9,079,000. 
Whittier: Community facilities, and operational and maintenance 
facilities, $1,183,000. 
Wildwood Station 
(Kenai): 
Troop housing and community 
facilities, $469,000. 
Various locations: Rehabilitation of facilities for family housing, 
$1,656,000. 
(Far East Command Area) 
Okinawa: Community, troop supporting, and medical facilities, 
operational, maintenance, and administrative facilities, utilities, 
family housing, and land acquisition and resettlement, $42,983,000 
of which sum the total amount available for resettlement may be paid 
in advance to the Government of the Ryukyu Islands. 
(Pacific Command Area) 
Helemano, Hawaii: Family housing, $714,000. 
Camp O'Donnel, Philippine Islands: Utilities, $832,000. 
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii: Storage and community facilities, 
$3,162,000. 
Waiawa (Waipio) Radio Transmitting Station, Hawaii: Com-
munity facilities, and family housing, $363,000. 
(Icelandic Command Area) 
Keflavik Airport: Operational and training facilities, and family 
housing, $3,793,000. 
Classified installations: Family housing, $5,799,000. 
^^^' ^^^' '^^^ Secretary of the Army is authorized to establish or 
ciiiuesT"' """ "* develop classified military installations and facilities by the acquisi-
tion oi land and the construction, rehabilitation, or installation of 
permanent or temporary public works, including site preparation, 
appurtenances, and related utilities and equipment, in a total amount 
of $223,993,000. 
da^g^edfSitiM. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Army is authorized through the 
construction, rehabilitation, or installation of permanent or temporary 
public works, including site preparation, appurtenances, and related 
utilities and equipment, to restore or replace facilities damaged or 
destroyed in a total amount of $10,000,000. 
SEC. 104. Public Law 534, Eighty-second Congress, is hereby 
amended as follows: 
(a) Strike so much thereof under the heading "Continental United 
States" and subheading "Field Forces Facilities" (Second Army 
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Area) in section 101 as follows: 
C i a s s i f ied in-
stallations and fa-
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"Fort Knox, Kentucky: Training buildings and facilities, research 
and development facilities, maintenance facilities, land acquisition, 
and utilities, $11,411,000." 
and insert in lieu thereof the following: 
"Fort Knox, Kentucky: Training buildings and facilities, mainte-
nance facilities, land acquisition, and utilities, $9,411,000." 
(b) Strike so much thereof under the heading "Continental United 
States" and subheading "Technical Service Facilities" (Army Medical 
Service) in section 101 as follows: 
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"Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of 
Columbia: Operational facilities and research and development facili-
ties, $731,000." 
and insert in lieu thereof the following: 
"Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of 
Columbia, and Forest Glen, Maryland: Operational facilities, and 
research and development facilities, $2,731,000." 
SEC. 105. Public Law 534, Eighty-third Congress, is hereby amended 
by striking so much thereof under the heading "Continental United 
States" and subheading "(Signal Corps)" in section 101 as follows: 
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"Department of the Army transmitting station, vicinity of Wood-
bridge, Virginia:" 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"Department of the Army transmitting station, vicinity of Camp 
Detrick, Maryland:" 
TITLE II 
SEC. 201. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to establish or ^^"^y-
develop naval installations and facilities by the acquisition, construc-
tion, conversion, rehabilitation, or installation of permanent or tem-
porary public works in respect of the following projects, which include 
site preparation, appurtenances, and related utilities and equipment: 
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
SHIPYARD F A C I L I T I E S 
Naval shipyard, Boston, Massachusetts: Utilities and replacement 
of piers, $8,441,000. 
Naval shipyard, Puget Sound, Bremerton, Washington: Drydock 
facilities, including plans and specifications, $2,200,000. 
David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock, Maryland: Research and 
development facilities, $14,302,000. 
Naval industrial reserve shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina: 
Land acquisition, $427,000. 
Naval minecraft base, Charleston, South Carolina: Site preparation, 
waterfront facilities, administrative facilities, training facilities, utili-
ties, and land acquisition, $5,800,000. 
Naval shipyard. Mare Island, Vallejo, California: Waterfront facili-
ties and sand-blasting facilities, $4,553,000. 
Naval shipyard, Norfolk, Virginia: Replacement of wharf, $308,000. 
Naval underwater sound laboratory. New London, Connecticut: 
Family housing, $66,600. 
Naval mine countermeasures station, Panama City, Florida: Admin-
istrative facilities, community facilities, training facilities, helicopter 
facilities, ammunition storage facilities, waterfront facilities, research 
and development facilities, and land acquisition, $3,379,000. 
Naval shipyard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Utilities, and dry-
dock facilities, $946,000. 
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Naval electronics laboratory, San Diego, California: Land acquisi-
tion, $143,000. 
Naval repair facility, San Diego, California: Utilities, $629,000. 
Naval shipyard, San Francisco, California: Waterfront facilities, 
steam test facilities, and land acquisition, $4,369,000. 
FLEET BASE FACILITIES 
Navy Department, District of Columbia: Family housing, $81,000. 
Naval station, Green Cove Springs, Florida: Utilities, $72,000. 
Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: Personnel 
facilities, 
$1,583,000. 
Naval base, Norfolk^ Virginia: Waterfront facilities, pavements, 
utilities, and land acquisition, $9,972,000. 
Naval station. Orange, Texas: Personnel facilities, $399,000. 
Naval station, San Diego, California: Utilities, $57,000. 
Naval station. Treasure Island, San Francisco, California: Person-
nel facilities, and utilities, $3,147,000. 
Naval 
station, Tacoma, 
Washington: 
Waterfront 
facilities, 
$3,024,000. 
Naval station, Tongue Point, Astoria, Oregon: Personnel facilities, 
$92,000. 
AVIATION FACHilTIES 
(Naval Air Training Stations) 
Naval auxiliary landing field, Alice-Orange Grove Area, Texas: 
Airfield pavements, and land acquisition, $1,487,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Barin Field, Foley, Alabama: Airfield 
lighting facilities, $151,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station. Chase Field, Texas: Storage facilities, 
fuel dispensing facilities, operational facilities, personnel facilities, 
community facilities, land acquisition, and family housing, $1,953,500. 
Naval air station. Corpus Christi, Texas: Navigational aids, train-
ing facilities, and land acquisition, $664,000. 
Naval air station, Glynco, Georgia: Aircraft, station and equipment 
maintenance 
facilities, 
administrative 
facilities, 
and 
utilities, 
$1,886,000. 
Naval air station, Hutchinson, Kansas: Utilities, $81,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Kingsville, Texas: Aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, operational facilities, navigational aids, storage facil-
ities, maintenance facilities, personnel facilities, community facilities, 
and land acquisition, $3,686,000. 
Naval air station, Memphis, Tennessee: Utilities, $759,000. 
Naval air station, Pensacola, Florida: Airfield pavements, naviga-
tional aids, personnel facilities, fuel dispensing facilities, operational 
facilities, research and development facilities, ammunition storage 
facilities, land acquisition, and plans and specifications for aircraft 
overhaul and repair facilities, $3,453,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station. Port Isabel, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, operational facilities, administrative 
facilities, community facilities, fuel storage facilities, ammunition 
storage and ordnance facilities, security facilities, utilities, and land 
acquisition, $5,544,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station. New Iberia, Louisiana: Aircraft main-
tenance facilities, airfield pavements, operational facilities, naviga-
tional aids, maintenance facilities, communication facilities, training 
facilities, administrative facilities, fuel storage and dispensing facil-
ities, covered and cold storage facilities, ammunition storage facilities, 
personnel facilities, medical facilities, community facilities, utilities, 
and land acquisition, $24,361,000. 
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(Fleet Support Air Stations) 
Naval air station, Alameda, California: Aircraft 
maintenance 
facilities, seadrome lighting facilities, seawall, dredging, and land 
acquisition, $3,729,000. 
Naval air station, Atlantic City, New Jersey: Storage facilities, and 
utilities, $233,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Brown Field, California: Family hous-
ing, $214,600. 
Naval air station, Brunswick, Maine: Airfield pavements, airfield 
lighting facilities, communication facilities, storage facilities, ammu-
nition storage facilities, personnel facilities, community facilities, 
utilities, and land acquisition, $3,200,000. 
Naval air station, Cecil Field, Florida: Aircraft maintenance facil-
ities, airfield pavements, operational facilities, covered storage facili-
ties, ammunition storage and ordnance facilities, fuel dispensing facil-
ities, security facilities, personnel facilities, community facilities, and 
utilities, $7,400,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, El Centro, California: Ordnance facili-
ties, and land acquisition, $366,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Fallon, Nevada: Operational facilities, 
community facilities, and personnel facilities, $1,041,000. 
Naval air station, Jacksonville, Florida: Airfield pavements, com-
munication facilities, operational facilities, and land acquisition, 
$2,224,000. 
Naval air station. Key West, Florida: Fuel storage facilities, and 
boathouse, $211,000. 
Naval auxiliary landing field, Mayport, Florida: Waterfront facil-
ities, communication facilities, and security facilities, $738,000. 
Naval air station, Miramar, California: Storage facilities, training 
facilities, personnel facilities, fuel dispensing facilities, community 
facilities, and utilities, $4,370,000. 
Naval air station, Moffett Field, California: Fuel pipeline facilities, 
airfield pavements, and operational facilities, $2,581,000. 
Naval air station, Norfolk, Virginia: Aircraft maintenance facil-
ities, training facilities, communication facilities, operational facil-
ities, $4,660,000. 
Naval air station, Oceana, Virginia: Airfield pavements, storage 
facilities, personnel facilities, maintenance facilities, community facil-
ities, and fuel dispensing facilities, $5,281,000. 
Naval air station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island: Airfield lighting 
facilities, operational facilities, and utilities, $1,062,000. 
Naval air station, San Diego, California: Training facilities, opera-
tional facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, fuel dispensing facil-
ities, and utilities, $2,748,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Sanford, Florida: Family housing, 
$188,900. _ 
Naval air facility, Weeksville, North Carolina: Cold storage facil-
ities, and maintenance facilities, $342,000. 
Naval air station, Whidbey Island, Washington: xlirfield pave-
ments, airfield lighting facilities, training facilities, and land acquisi-
tion, $1,958,000. 
Outlying field, Whitehouse Field, Duval County, Florida: Air-
field pavements, and land acquisition, $1,087,000. 
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(Marine Corps Air Stations) 
Marine Corps auxiliary air station, Beaufort, South Carolina: Air-
field pavements, communications facilities, navigational aids, fuel dis-
pensing facilities, operational facilities, storage facilities, personnel 
facilities, community facilities, and land acquisition, $4,649,000. 
Marine Corps air station. Cherry Point, North Carolina: Airfield 
pavements, aircraft maintenance facilities, waterfront facilities, navi-
gational aids, airfield lighting facilities, ammunition storage and ord-
nance facilities, operational facilities, and land acquisition, $1,762,000. 
Marine Corps air station. El Toro, California: Airfield pavements, 
training facilities, communication facilities, storage facilities, per-
sonnel facilities, community facilities, and land acquisition, $2,492,000. 
Marine Corps auxiliary air station, Edenton, North Carolina: Fam-
ily housing, $1,421,500. 
Marine Corps air station, Miami, Florida: Land acquisition, 
$1,223,000. 
Marine Corps auxiliary air station, Mojave, California: Mainte-
nance facilities, land acquisition, and family housing, $2,305,400. 
Marine Corps air facility. New River, North Carolina: Airfield 
pavements, medical facilities, administrative facilitieSj storage facili-
ties, personnel facilities, community facilities, operational facilities, 
training facilities, and utilities, $2,762,000. 
(Special Purpose Air Stations) 
Naval auxiliary air station, Chincoteague, Virginia: Aircraft main-
tenance facilities, medical facilities, and operational 
facilities, 
$2,858,000. 
Naval ordnance test station, Inyokern, California: Research and 
development facilities, $2,615,000. 
Naval air station, Lakehurst, New Jersey: Research and develop-
ment facilities, storage facilities, navigational aids, and aircraft main-
tenance facilities, $16,311,000. 
Naval air test center, Patuxent River, Maryland: Airfield pave-
ments, aircraft maintenance facilities, oil storage facilities, and utili-
ties, $8,677,000. 
Naval air missile test center. Point Mugu, California: Aircraft 
maintenance facilities, communication facilities, and research and 
development facilities, $926,000. 
Naval air station, South Weymouth, Massachusetts: Testing facili-
ties, $270,000. 
Naval photographic interpretation center, Suitland, Maryland: 
Operational and photographic preservation facilities, $2,345,000. 
Various locations: Land acquisition, and obstruction removal, for 
flight clearance, $23,000,000. 
SUPPLY FACILITIES 
Naval fuel depot, Jacksonville, Florida: Family housing, $15,200. 
Naval supply depot, Newport, Rhode Island: Waterfront facilities, 
administrative facilities, and utilities, $1,041,000, 
Naval supply center, Norfolk, Virginia: Cold storage facilities, and 
warehouse freight elevators, $399,000. 
Naval supply center, Oakland, California: Utilities, and easement, 
$62,000. 
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MARINE CORPS FACILITIES 
Marine Corps supply center, Albany, Georgia: Storage facilities, 
community facilities, cold-storage facilities, personnel facilities, and 
utilities, $3,157,000. 
Marine Corps supply center, Barstow^ California: Storage facilities, 
community facilities, cold-storage facilities, personnel facilities, secu-
rity facilities, and land acquisition, $501,000. 
Marine Corps base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina: Personnel facil-
ities, security facilities, and utilities, $1,059,000. 
Marine Corps recruit depot, Parris Island, South Carolina: Train-
ing facilities, maintenance facilities, and utilities, $1,654,000. 
Marine 
Corps base, (^xmp I*endleton, (^alifornia: 
Utilities, 
>»648,000. 
Marine Corps clothing depot. Annex Numbered 3, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania: Utilities, $30,000. 
Marine Corps schools, Quantico, Virginia: (^overed and ammuni-
tion-storage facilities, medical facilities, training and personnel facili-
ties, utilities, and land acquisition, $8,857,000. 
Marine Corps recruit depot, San Diego, California: Pavements, and 
personnel facilities, $120,(;00, 
Marine Corps training center. Twenty-nine Palms, California: 
Family housing, $47,300. 
ORDNANCE FACILITIES 
Naval ammunition depot, Charleston, South Carolina: Ordnance 
facilities, $193,000. 
Naval aviation ordnance test station, (^hincoteague, Virginia: 
Kesearch and development facilities, $644,000. 
Naval proving ground, Dahlgren, Virginia: Land acquisition, 
$200,000. 
Naval ordnance aerophysics laboratory, Daingerfield, 
Texas: 
Research and development facilities, $1,111,000. 
Naval ammunition depot, Earle, New Jersey: 
Refrigerated 
storage facilities, $59,000. 
Naval ammunition depot, Fallbrook, (California: Ordnance and 
ammunition storage facilities, $514,000. 
Naval ammunition depot, Hawthorne, Nevada: l^arricaded sidings, 
and utilities, $1,424,000. 
Naval powder factory, Indian Head, Maryhmd: Research and 
development facilities, and utilities, $1,107,000. 
Naval ordnance test station, Inyokern, (^ilifornia: Community fa-
cilities, $375,000. 
Naval torpedo station, Keyport, Washington: Ordnance facilities, 
$376,000. 
Naval ordnance plant, Louisville, Kentucky: Ordnance drawings 
storage facilities, $927,000. 
Naval ordnance plant, Macon, Georgia: Ordnance manufacturing 
facilities, $3,800,000. 
Naval underwater ordnance station, Newport, Rhode Island: Test-
ing facilities, $370,000. 
Naval magazine, Port Chicago, California: Ordnance facilities, 
$241,000. 
Naval ammunition depot, Saint Juliens Creek, Virginia: Utilities, 
$420,000. 
Naval ammunition and net depot, Seal Beach, California: Water-
front facilities, $1,029,000. 
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Naval ammunition depot, Shumaker, Arkansas: Barricaded trans-
fer depot facilities, $765,000. 
Naval ordnance laboratory. White Oak, Maryland: Kesearch and 
development facilities, $1,976,000. 
Naval mine depot, Yorktown, Virginia: Ammunition storage and 
testing facilities, $113,000. 
SERVICE SCHOOL FACILITIES 
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: Utilities, $182,000. 
Naval station, Annapolis, Maryland: Personnel facilities, $307,000. 
Naval receiving station, Charleston, South Carolina: Community 
facilities, $553,000. 
Naval amphibious base, Coronado, California: Personnel facilities, 
$1,402,000. 
Fleet air defense training center, Dam Neck, Virginia: Training 
facilities, and personnel facilities, $1,942,000. 
Naval training center. Great Lakes, Illinois: Training facilities, 
and personnel facilities, $4,338,000. 
Naval powder factory, Indian Head, Maryland: Personnel facilities, 
$780,000. 
Naval postgraduate school, Monterey, California: Personnel facil-
ities, $119,000. 
Naval receiving station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Personnel fa-
cilities, $1,428,000. 
Naval retraining command, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Security 
facilities, $42,000. 
Flfeet sonar school, San Diego, California: Training facilities, 
$2,753,000. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
National naval medical center, Bethesda, Maryland: Plans and 
specifications for the Armed Forces Medical Library, $350,000. 
Naval hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts: Family housing, $192,800. 
Naval hospital, Corona, California: Family housing, and conver-
sion of existing structures to family housing, $256,800. 
Naval hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois: Plans and specifications for 
certain medical facilities, $750,000. 
Naval hospital, Jacksonville, Florida: Retaining wall, $46,000. 
Naval submarine base, NeAv London, Connecticut: Medical research 
facilities, $755,000. 
Naval hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Utilities, $60,000. 
COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES 
Naval radio station, Northwest, Virginia: Communication facili-
ties, $436,000. 
OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH FACILITIES 
Naval research laboratory, Washington, District of Columbia: 
Research facilities, and utilities, $163,000. 
Naval research laboratory, Chesapeake Bay Annex, Randle Cliffs, 
Maryland: Research facilities, and land acquisition, $52,000. 
YARDS AND DOCKS FACILITIES 
Naval construction battalion center, Davisville, Rhode Island: 
AVaterfront facilities, and storage facilities, $5,397,000. 
Public works center, Norfolk, Virginia: Utilities, $2,510,000. 
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Naval coiistriiction battalion center, Port Hueneme, California: 
Maintenance facilities, $1,225,000. 
Various locations: Facilities for abatement of water pollution, in-
cluding the acquisition of land, $15,149,000. 
OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
SHIPYARD FACILITIES 
Fleet activities, Sasebo, Japan: Personnel facilities, $57,000. 
FLEET BASE FACILITIES 
Naval station, Adak, Alaska: Family housing, $2,485,000. 
Naval base, Guam, Mariana Islands: Administrative facilities, 
$1,835,000. 
Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Utilities, $56,000. 
Naval base, Subic Bay, Philippine Islands: Personnel facilities, 
medical facilities, utilities, and family housing, $15,253,700. 
Fleet activities, Yokosuka, Japan: Family housing, $6,540,800. 
AVIATION FACILITIES 
Naval air station, A^^ana, Guam, Mariana Islands: Airfield pave-
ments, operational facilities, personnel facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, and utilities, $6,525,000. 
Naval station, Argentia, Newfoundland: Operational facilities, and 
family housing, $8,589,800. 
Naval air station, Atsugi, Japan: Personnel facilities, and family 
housing, $1,978,800. 
Naval station, Bermuda, British West Indies: Aircraft maintenance 
facilities, $91,000. 
Naval air facility, Cubi Point, Philippine Islands: Airfield pave-
ments, aircraft maintenance facilities, earthwork, personnel facilities, 
communication facilities, ordnance facilities, fuel-dispensing facilities, 
and utilities, $8,260,000. 
Naval air station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Fuel pipeline facilities, 
community facilities, utilities, and family housing, $2,977,300. 
Naval air facility, Iwakuni, Japan: Personnel facilities, $975,000. 
Marine Corps air station, Kaneohe Bay, Territory of Hawaii: Air-
field pavements, fuel-dispensing 
facilities, and family 
liousing, 
$3,227,600. 
Naval station, Kodiak, Alaska: Family housing, $2,613,100. 
Naval station, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands: (communication facili-
ties, ammunition storage facilities, and personnel facilities, $4,411,000. 
Naval station, Midway Islands, Territory of Hawaii: Communica-
tion facilities and operational facilities, $1,518,000. 
Naples, Italy: Operational facilities and storage facilities, $155,000. 
Naval air facility. Port Lyautey, French Morocco: Cold-storage 
facilities, and family housing, $1,958,500. 
Naval station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico: Operational facilities 
and airfield pavements, $3,721,000. 
Naval station, Sangley Point, Philippine Islands: Family housing, 
$522,900. 
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SUPPLY FACILITIES 
Naval supply depot, Guam, Mariana Islands: Waterfront facilities 
and storage facilities, $5,427,000. 
Naval supply depot, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Cold-storage facili-
ties, $1,318,000. 
Naval supply center. Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii: Opera-
tional facilities, utilities, and land acquisition, $270,000. 
ORDNANCE FACILITIES 
Naval ammunition depot, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii: Testing facili-
ties, and railroad facilities and barricades, $1,132,000. 
Naval ordnance facility, Sasebo, Japan: Personnel facilities, 
$66,000. 
SERVICE SCHOOL FACILITIES 
Fleet training center, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii: Train-
ing facilities, $M,000. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
Naval hospital, Guam, Mariana Islands: Community facilities, 
$269,000. 
COMMUNICATION FACILITIES 
Naval communication station, Adak, Alaska: Communication facili-
ties, $439,000. 
Naval radio facility, Kami-Seya, Japan: Communication facilities, 
and family housing, $2,564,700. 
Naval communication station, Kodiak, Alaska: Site preparation, 
communication facilities, maintenance facilities, personnel facilities, 
and utilities, $6,991,000. 
Naval communication facility, Philippine Islands: Communication 
facilities, community facilities, utilities, and family housing, 
$8,061,500. 
Naval communication facility. Port Lyautey, French Morocco: 
Storage facilities, personnel facilities, community facilities, utilities, 
and family housing, $2,848,600. 
YARDS AND DOCKS FACILITIES 
Fifteenth Naval District, Canal Zone: Utilities, and acquisition of 
family housing, $3,069,000. 
Guam, Mariana Islands: Utilities, $940,000. 
stauationi^ind fT- 
^EC. 202. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to establish or 
ciuties. 
develop classified naval installations and facilities by the acquisition 
of land, and the construction, conversion, rehabilitation, or installation 
of permanent or temporary public works, including site preparation, 
appurtenances, utilities, equipment and family housing, in the total 
amount of $151,342,400. 
damaged fi^mtie^s! 
^Ec. 203. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized through the con-
struction, rehabilitation or installation of permanent or temporary 
public works, including site preparation, appurtenances, and related 
utilities and equipment, to restore or replace facilities damaged or 
destroyed in a total amount of $6,000,000. 
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T I T L E I I I 
SEC. 301. The Secretary of the Air Force is hereby authorized to 
^' Force, 
establish or develop Air Force installations and facilities by the 
acquisition, construction, conversion, rehabilitation, or installation of 
permanent or temporary public works in respect of the following 
projects, which include site preparation, appurtenances and related 
utilities, equipment and facilities: 
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
AIR DEFENSE COMMAND 
Buckingham Weapons Center, Fort Myers, Florida: Airfield pave-
ments, fuel dispensing facilities, communications and navigational 
aids, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop hous-
ing and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, 
storage facilities, personnel facilities, administrative facilities, shop 
facilities, and family housing, $11,577,000. 
Duluth Municipal Airport, Duluth, Minnesota: xlirfield pavements, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, medical facilities, storage 
facilities, personnel facilities, and shop facilities, $1,200,000. 
Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado: Utilities, person-
nel facilities, and family housing, $1,808,000. 
Ethan Allen Air Force Base, Winooski, Vermont: Fuel dispensing 
facilities, airfield lighting, and utilities, $213,000. 
Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington: Airfield pavements, troop 
housing, storage facilities, and family housing, $1,716,000. 
Glasgow site, Montana: Airfield pavements, fuel dispensing facil-
ities, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, 
medical facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, administra-
tive and community facilities, shop facilities, and family housing, 
$4,706,000. 
Grand Forks site, North Dakota: Airfield pavements, fuel dispens-
ing facilities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting 
facilities, operational 
facilities, 
aircraft 
maintenance 
facilities, 
training facilities, troop housing, utilities, land acquisition, medical 
facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and 
community facilities, shop facilities, and family housing, $5,822,000. 
Grand 
view Air Force Base, Kansas City, Missouri: Airfield pave-
ments, fuel dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
storage facilities, personnel facilities, and family housing, $3,402,000. 
Greater Milwaukee area, Wisconsin, air base to be known as 
"Richard Bong xVir Force Base": Airfield pavements, fuel dis-
pensing facilities, communications and navigational aids, operational 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facil-
ities, personnel facilities, administrative and community facilities, 
shop facilities, and family housing, $16,608,000. 
Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania: Training 
facilities, utilities, medical facilities, and personnel facilities, $404,000. 
Hamilton Air Force Base, San Rafael, California: Airfield pave-
ments, operational facilities, troop housing, land acquisition, and per-
sonnel facilities, $1,501,000. 
Kinross Air Force Base, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan: Airfield 
pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, storage 
facilities, personnel facilities, and family housing, $2,029,000. 
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K. I. Sawyer Municipal Airport, Marquette, Michigan: Airfield 
pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, opera-
tional facilities, utilities, personnel facilities, administrative facilities, 
relocation of facilities, and family housing, $3,943,000. 
Klamath Falls Municipal Airport, Klamath Falls, Oregon: Airfield 
pavements, relocation of facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical 
facilities, personnel facilities, administrative facilities, and family 
housing, $2,042,000. 
McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Washington: Airfield pave-
ments, training facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, com-
munity facilities, and family housing, $2,959,000. 
McGhee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee: Airfield pavements, 
utilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, and shop facilities, 
$582j000. 
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, Minne-
sota : Airfield pavements, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop hous-
ing, storage facilities, personnel facilities, and community facilities, 
$1,423,000. 
Minot site, North Dakota: Airfield pavements, fuel dispensing facil-
ities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, 
operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facili-
ties, troop housing, utilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, per-
sonnel facilities, administrative and community facilities, and shop 
facilities, $5,339,000. 
New Castle County Municipal Airport, Wilmington, Delaware: Air-
field pavements, airfield lighting facilities, land acquisition, and 
storage facilities, $504,000. 
Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, Niagara Falls, New York: Air-
field pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, 
operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, land 
acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, and personnel facili-
ties, $1,748,000. 
Otis Air Force Base, Falmouth, Massachusetts: Airfield pavements, 
airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, training facilities, 
messing facilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, personnel 
facilities, administrative facilities, shop facilities, and family housing, 
$6,076,000. 
Oxnard Air Force Base, Oxnard, California: Airfield pavements, 
fuel dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing, utilities, storage 
facilities, personnel facilities, and administrative facilities, $2,445,000. 
Paine Air Force Base, Everett, Washington: Airfield pavements, 
fuel dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and personnel 
facilities, $1,039,000. 
Portland International Airport, Portland, Oregon: Airfield pave-
ments, utilities, storage facilities, and personnel facilities, $554,000. 
Presque Isle Air Force Base, Presque Isle, Maine: Airfield pave-
ments, airfield lighting facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, 
land acquisition, storage facilities, and family housing, $2,056,000. 
Self ridge Air Force Base, Mount Clemens, Michigan: Airfield pave-
ments, communications and airfield lighting facilities, troop housing 
and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, and 
personnel facilities, $5,526,000. 
Sioux City Municipal Airport, Sioux City, Iowa: Airfield pave-
ments, airfield lighting facilities, and messing facilities, $343,000. 
Stewart Air Force Base, Newburgh, New York: Navigational aids 
and airfield lighting facilities, storage facilities, and community facili-
ties, $112,000. 
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Suffolk County Air Force Base, Westhampton, New York: Airfield 
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avements, fuel dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, troop 
ousing, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, personnel facili-
ties, and family housing, $2,207,000. 
Traverse City area, Michigan: Airfield pavements, fuel dispensing 
facilities, operational facilities, training facilities, storage facilities, 
personnel facilities, administrative and community facilities, and shop 
facilities, $1,881,000. 
Truax Field, Madison, Wisconsin: Airfield pavements, fuel dis-
pensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, troop housing, land 
acquisition, storage facilities, personnel facilities, and shop facilities, 
$1,263,000. 
Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Oscoda, Michigan: Airfield pavements, 
airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop hous-
ing, utilities, storage facilities, administrative facilities, shop facilities, 
and family housing, $2,511,000. 
Youngstown Municipal Airport, Youngstown, Ohio: Airfield pave-
ments, airfield lighting facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and per-
sonnel facilities, $742,000. 
Yuma County Airport, Yuma, Arizona: Airfield lighting facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing, per-
sonnel facilities, and administrative facilities, $2,107,000. 
Various locations: Utilities, land acquisitions, storage facilities, and 
administrative facilities, $14,196,000. 
AIR MATERIEL COMMAND 
Brookley Air Force Base, Mobile, Alabama: Airfield pavements, 
fuel dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop hous-
ing and messing facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $4,170,000. 
Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, New York: Airfield pavements, fuel 
dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, troop housing, land acquisition, storage facilities, personnel 
facilities, administrative facilities, and family housing, $15,803,000. 
Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah: Airfield pavements, and airfield 
lighting facilities, $2,386,000. 
Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas: Airfield pavements, air-
field lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, and land acqui-
sition, $1,945,000. 
McClellan Air Force Base, Sacramento, California: Airfield pave-
ments, fuel dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, training facilities, troop housing, utilities, land acqui-
sition, and administrative facilities, $9,522,000. 
Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, California: Airfield pave-
ments, airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop 
housing and messing facilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, 
$3,205,000. 
Olmstead Air Force Base, Middletown, Pennsylvania: Airfield 
pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, 
utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $21,264,000. 
Robins Air Force Base, Macon, Georgia: Airfield pavements, com-
munications and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facil-
ities, troop housing, and land acquisition, $3,375,000. 
Searsport Air Force Tank Farm, Searsport, Maine: Fuel storage 
facilities, $133,000. 
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklaihoma City, Oklahoma: Storage facil-
ities, $205,000. 
Wilkins Air Force Station, Shelby, Ohio: Utilities, $305,000. 
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio: Airfield pave-
ments, training facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, utili-
ties, land acquisition, and administrative facilities, $12,001,000. 
Various locations: Storage facilities, $170,000. 
AIR PROVING GROUND COMMAND 
Eglin Air Force Base, Valparaiso, Florida: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, troop housing and messing fa-
cilities, land acquisition, research, development and test facilities, and 
storage facilities, $7,966,000. 
AIR TRAINING COMMAND 
Amarillo Air Force Base, Amarillo, Texas: Training facilities, 
$98,000. 
Bryan Air Force Base, Bryan, Texas: Troop housing and messing 
facilities, and utilities, $914,000. 
Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Illinois: Land acquisition, $3,000. 
Craig Air Force Base, Selma, Alabama: Airfield pavements, troop 
housing, and land acquisition, $1,650,000. 
Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas: Troop housing and 
messing facilities, land acquisition, and medical facilities, $2,816,000. 
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming: Troop 
liousing and messing facilities, $1,403,000. 
Goodf 
ellow Air Force Base, San An^elo, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
fuel dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop hous-
ing and messing facilities, and land acquisition, $4,081,000. 
Greenville Air Force Base, Greenville, Mississippi: Aircraft main-
tenance facilities, land acquisition, and personnel facilities, $349,000. 
Headq^uarters technical training. Air Force, (lulfport, Mississippi: 
Acquisition of land and facilities, $313,000. 
Harlingen Air Force Base, Harlingen, Texas: Communications and 
navigational aids and troop housing, $446,000. 
James Connally Air Force Base, Waco, Texas: Troop housing and 
messing facilities, $883,000. 
Laredo Air Force Base, Laredo, Texas: Aircraft maintenance facil-
ities, and family housing, $1,525,500. 
Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
operational facilities, training facilities, land acquisition, and family 
liousing, $3,695,000. 
Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado: Troop housing and mess-
ing facilities, $1,217,000. 
Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Arizona: Training facilities, troop 
housing and messing facilities, and land acquisition, $1,557,000. 
Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, California: Communications 
and navigational aids, troop housing and messing facilities, and per-
sonnel facilities, $1,516,000. 
McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, Kansas: Operational facili-
ties, and land acquisition, $104,030. 
Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, Georgia: Airfield pavements, air-
craft maintenance facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, land 
acquisition, and family housing, $4,322,000. 
Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada: Airfield pavements, air-
craft maintenance facilities, and troop housing and messing facilities, 
$1,153,000. 
Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, Texas: Troop housing and messing 
facilities, and land acquisition, $956,000. 
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Eandolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas: Troop housing, 
$549,000. 
Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Texas: Troo^ housing and messing 
facilities, land acquisition, and personnel facilities, $1,076,000. 
Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois: Troop housing and mess-
ing facilities, $1,247,000. 
Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas: Messing facilities, 
$80,000. 
Stead Air Force Base, Reno, Nevada: Aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, training facilities, troop housing, personnel facilities, and family 
housing, $4,187,000. 
Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Florida: Airfield lighting 
facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, and land 
acquisition, 
$478,000. 
Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Oklahoma: Troop housing and mess-
ing facilities, and land acquisition, $871,000. 
Webb Air Force Base, Big Spring, Texas: Shop facilities, and 
family housing, $2,410,000. 
Williams Air Force Base, Chandler, Arizona: Operational facilities, 
and troop housing and messing facilities, $1,045,000. 
AIR UNIVERSITY 
Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama: Troop housing, 
$275,000. 
Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama: Troop housing 
and messing facilities, utilities, and medical facilities, $2,661,000. 
CONTINENTAL AIR COMMAND 
Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, California: Land acquisition, 
personnel facilities, and family housing, $2,125,500. 
Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas: Troop housing, 
$590,000. 
Dobbins Air Force Base, Marietta, Georgia: Airfield pavements, 
and personnel facilities, $758,000. 
Mitchel Air Force Base, Hempstead, New York: Airfield pave-
ments, $1,891,000. 
Wolters Air Force Base, Mineral Wells, Texas: Operational facili-
ties, storage facilities, and personnel facilities, $331,000. 
HEADQUARTERS COMMAND 
Boiling Air Force Base, Washington, D. C.: Personnel facilities, 
$520,000. 
MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE 
Andrews Air Force Base, Camp Springs, Maryland: Medical 
facilities, and personnel facilities, $1,098,000. 
Charleston Air Force Base, Charleston, South Carolina: Airfield 
pavements, operational facilities, personnel facilities, administrative 
and community facilities, and land acquisition, $4,032,000. 
Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware: Airfield pavements, fuel 
dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, land acquisition, personnel facilities, administrative facili-
ties, and family housing, $7,073,000. 
McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown, New Jersey: Airfield pave-
ments, airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, utilities, stor-
age facilities, personnel facilities, and family housing, $5,564,000. 
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Palm Beach Air Force Base, Palm Beacli,^ Florida: Operational 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, utilities, and personnel facilities, $818,000. 
Saint Louis Aeronautical Chart Information Center, Saint Louis, 
Missouri: Administrative facilities, $861,000. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND 
Location to be determined: Headquarters building, $6,000,000. 
Carabelle Test Site, Carabelle, Florida: Land acquisition, $1,000. 
Edwards Air Force Base, Muroc, California: Airfield lighting 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, research, develop-
ment and test facilities, personnel facilities, and community facilities, 
$12,429,000. 
Hartford Research Facility, Hartford, Connecticut: Research and 
development facilities, $22,375,000. 
HoUoman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico: Airfield 
pavements, airfield lighting facilities, utilities, research and develop-
ment facilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, personnel facili-
ties, and community facilities, $4,965,000. 
Indian Springs Air Force Base (Kirtland Auxiliary Numbered 1), 
Clark, Nevada: Operational facilities, shop facilities, and family 
housing, $555,500. 
Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Aircraft 
maintenance facilities, utilities, and shop facilities, $905,000. 
Laurence G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts: Airfield 
pavements, communications and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, troop housing, utilities, land acquisition, 
research, and development facilities, storage facilities, personnel facil-
ities, shop facilities, and family housing, $3,705,000. 
Mount Washington Climatic Projects Laboratory, Mount Washing-
t on, New Hampshire: Research and development facilities, $588,000. 
Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa, Florida: Airfield pavements, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, research and develop-
ment facilities, and shop facilities, $7,600,000. 
Various locations: Research, development, and operational facil-
ities, $20,000,000. 
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Abilene Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas: Airfield pavements, fuel-
dispensing facilities, training facilities, troop housing, utilities, land 
acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, 
and administrative and community facilities, $4,214,000. 
Altus Air Force Base, Altus, Oklahoma: Airfield pavements, fuel 
dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
training facilities, utilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, 
administrative facilities, and family housing, $3,758,000. 
Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, Louisiana: Airfield pave-
ments, fuel-dispensing facilities, communications and airfield lighting 
facilities, training facilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, and 
personnel facilities, $7,379,000. 
Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
oi^erational facilities, utilities, land acquisition, personnel facilities, 
administrative facilities, and shop facilities, $1,770,000. 
Biggs Air Force Base, El Paso, Texas: Airfield pavements, fuel dis-
])ensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, troop housing, storage facilities, and personnel 
facilities, 
$5,063,000. 
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Campbell Air Force Base, Hopkinsville, Kentucky: Airfield pave-
ments, communications, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, 
land acquisition, and shop facilities, $1,975,000. 
Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop 
housing, utilities, medical facilities, personnel facilities, and land 
acquisition, $5,929,000. 
Castle Air Force Base, Merced, California: Airfield pavements, fuel 
dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facil-
ities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and administrative 
facilities, $5,550,000. 
Clinton-Sherman x\ir Force Base, Clinton, Oklahoma: Airfield 
pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
storage facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and community 
facilities, shop facilities, and family housing, $10,208,500. 
Columbus Air Force Base, Columbus, Mississippi: Airfield pave-
ments, fuel dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing and messing facil-
ities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, 
administrative facilities, shop facilities, and family housing, $6,-
629,000. 
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona: Airfield pave-
ments, training facilities, troop housing, medical facilities, storage fa-
cilities, and personnel facilities, $7,803,000. 
Dow Air Force Base, Bangor, Maine: Airfield pavements, fuel dis-
pensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facil-
ities, training facilities, troop housing, rehabilitation, land acquisi-
tion, personnel facilities, community facilities, and shop facilities, 
$11,155,000. 
Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, South Dakota: Airfield 
pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, navigational aids and airfield 
lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing, land 
acquisition, storage facilities, personnel facilities, and shop facilities, 
$12,380,000. 
Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington: Airfield pave-
ments, fuel-dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, train-
ing facilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and personnel facil-
ities, $2,187,000. 
Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka, Kansas: Airfield ])avements, fuel-
dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance fa-
cilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, 
personnel facilities, and shop facilities, $4,753,000. 
Gray Air Force IBase, Killeen, Texas: Troop housing, medical facil-
ities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, and community facilities, 
$482,000. 
Great Falls Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana: Airfield pave-
ments, communications, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, training facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, ad-
ministrative and community facilities, and shop facilities, $5,435,000. 
Homestead Air Force Base, Homestead, Florida: Airfield pave-
ments, fuel-dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, operational 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, 
medical facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, and family 
housing, $4,428,000. 
Hunter Air Force Base, Savannah, Georgia: Airfield pavements, 
airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, training facilities, utilities, medical facilities, and person-
nel facilities, $4,115,000. 
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Lake Charles Air Force Base, Lake Charles, Louisiana: Airfield 
pavements, fuel-dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing, utili-
ties, and personnel facilities, $2,396,000. 
Lincoln Air Force Base, Lincoln, Nebraska: Airfield pavements, 
fuel-dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training 
facilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, per-
sonnel facilities, and administrative facilities, $6,595,000. 
Little Rock Air Force Base, Little Rock, Arkansas: Airfield pave-
ments, fuel-dispensing facilities, navigational aids and airfield lighting 
facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, train-
ing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facil-
ities, personnel facilities, administrative and community facilities, and 
family housing, $5,317,000. 
Lockbourne Air Force Base, Columbus, Ohio: Airfield pavements, 
operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facili-
ties, troop housing, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage 
facilities, personnel facilities, and shop facilities, $8,571,000. 
Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine: Airfield pavements, 
fuel dispensing facilities, navigational aids, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, troop housing, utilities, land acquisition, personnel facilities, 
administrative 
and 
community 
facilities, 
and 
shop 
facilities, 
$3,542,000. 
MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida: Airfield pavements, air-
field lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing, 
land acquisition, and personnel facilities, $5,251,000. 
March Air Force Base, Riverside, California: Airfield pavements, 
fuel dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, troop housing, land acquisition, and personnel facili-
ties, $3,741,000. 
Mountain Home Air Force BasCj Mountain Home, Idaho: Airfield 
pavements, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, util-
ities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, personnel 
facilities, community facilities, and family housing, $5,961,000, 
Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska: Utilities, and land acqui-
sition, $128,000. 
Pinecastle Air Force Base, Orlando, Florida: Airfield pavements, 
communications and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facili-
ties, personnel facilities, and community facilities, $4,118,000. 
Plattsburg Air Force Base, Plattsburg, New York: Airfield pave-
ments, fuel dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, operational 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, 
land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, personnel facili-
ties, administrative and community facilities, and family housing, 
$21,988,000. 
Portsmouth Air Force Base, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Airfield 
pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, 
training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, person-
nel facilities, administrative and community facilities, and family 
housing, $24,850,000. 
Sedalia Air Force Base, Knobnoster, Missouri: Airfield pavements, 
airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, 
land acquisition, storage facilities, personnel facilities, community 
facilities, shop facilities, and family housing, $9,646,000. 
Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Salina, Kansas: Airfield pavements, 
operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing, 
utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, person-
nel facilities, administrative facilities, shop facilities, and family hous-
ing, $8,773,500. 
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Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California: Airfield pavements, 
fuel dispensing facilities, navigational aids, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, troop housing, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, 
personnel facilities, administrative and community facilities, and shop 
facilities, $9,769,000. 
Turner Air Force Base, Albany, Georgia: Airfield pavements, fuel 
dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing, utilities, and land acqui-
sition, $3,744,000. 
Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, New Mexico: Airfield pavements, 
fuel dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop hous-
ing, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, 
and personnel facilities, $6,657,000. 
Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts: Airfield 
pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, communications and naviga-
tional aids, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop 
housing, land acquisition, storage facilities, personnel facilities, and 
community facilities, $7,951,000. 
TACTICAL AIR COMMAND 
Alexandria Air Force Base, Alexandria, Louisiana: Airfield pave-
ments, fuel dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, and personnel facilities, 
$2,684,000. 
Ardmore Air Force Base, Ardmore, Oklahoma: Airfield pavements, 
fuel dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, personnel facilities, and family housing, $6,800,000. 
Blytheville Air Force Base, Blytheville, Arkansas: Airfield light-
ing facilities, training facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and com-
munity facilities, $208,000. 
Bunker Hill Air Force Base, Peru, Indiana: Airfield lighting facili-
ties, operational facilities, training facilities, and administrative 
facilities, $559,000. 
Clovis Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico: Training facilities, and 
family housing, $2,570,500. 
Donaldson Air Force Base, Greenville, South (^arolina: Airfield 
pavements, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, and medical facilities, $2,403,000. 
Foster Air Force Base, Victoria, Texas: Airfield pavements, train-
ing facilities, troop housing, and family housing, $4,624,000. 
George Air Force Base, Victorville, California: Airfield pavements, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, training facilities, 
troop housing and messing facilities, land acquisition, and storage 
facilities, $1,598,000. 
Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Virginia: Airfield pavements, 
training facilities, utilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, and 
administrative facilities, $3,384,000. 
Larson Air Force Base, Moses Lake, Washington: Airfield pave-
ments, utilities, medical facilities, and personnel facilities, $3,574,000. 
Myrtle Beach Municipal Airport, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: 
Airfield pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, communications and 
navigational aids, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, 
messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage 
facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and community facilities, 
and shop facilities, $6,303,000. 
Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: Airfield pave-
ments, communications and navigational aids, troop housing and mess-
ing facilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, and storage facili-
ties, $2,548,000. 
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Sewart Air Force Base, Smyrna, Tennessee: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, land 
acquisition, 
personnel 
facilities, 
and 
administrative 
facilities, 
$3,589,000. 
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, North Carolina: Air-
field pavements, fuel-dispensing facilities, communications and navi-
gational aids, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, 
training facilities, troop housing, utilities, land acquisition, medical 
facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and 
community facilities, and shop facilities, $7,429,000. 
Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina: Airfield pavements, 
operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing 
and messing facilities, utilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, 
and family housing, $7,035,000. 
SPECIAL FACILITIES 
Various locations: Operational facilities, and utilities, $387,000. 
AIRCRAFT CONTliOL AND WARNING SYSTEM 
Various locations: Fuel-dispensing facilities, communications and 
navigational aids, operational facilities, training facilities, troop 
housing and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical 
facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and 
community facilities, and shop facilities, $100,382,000. 
OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
ALASKAN AIR COMMAND 
Eielson Air Force Base: Medical facilities, storage facilities, and 
community facilities, $1,307,000. 
Elmendorf Air Force Base: Airfield pavements, fuel dispensing 
facilities, airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, 
troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical 
facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, and shop facilities, 
$23,275,000. 
Galena Airfield: Airfield lighting facilities, and storage facilities, 
$518,000. 
Kenai Airfield: Airfield pavements, $356,000. 
Ladd Air Force Base: Training facilities, land acquisition, and 
storage facilities, $1,510,000. 
Naknek Airfield: Airfield pavements, airfield lighting facilities, 
operational facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $1,863,000. 
CARIBBEAN AIR COMMAND 
Albrook Air Force Base, Canal Zone: Communication facilities, 
l-^AR EAST AIR FORCES 
$163,000. 
Various locations: Airfield pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, storage facilities, personnel 
facilities, and community facilities, $42,017,000. 
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MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE 
Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii: Airfield pavements, 
airfield lighting facilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and 
harbor facilities, $4,978,000. 
Johnston Island Air Force Base, Johnston Island: Communica-
tion facilities, $182,000. 
Midway Island: Airfield pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, and 
airfield lighting facilities, $303,000. 
Wake Island: Airfield pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, and 
navigational aids, $2,991,000. 
Various locations: Airfield pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, troop housing, utilities, personnel facilities, and family 
housing, $11,393,000. 
NORTHEAST AIR COMMAND 
Various locations: Airfield pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, 
operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facili-
ties, troop housing, utilities, storage facilities, and shop facilities, 
$23,601,000. 
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico: Airfield pavements, fuel dis-
pensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, operational facili-
ties, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, personnel facilities, 
and harbor facilities, $9,739,000. 
UNITED STATES AIR FORCES I N EUROPE 
Various locations: Airfield pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, 
communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, 
operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facil-
ities, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, medical facilities, 
storage facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and community 
facilities, and shop facilities, $234,996,000. 
AREA CONTROL NAVIGATIONAL AIDS 
Various 
locations: 
Communications 
and 
navigational 
aids, 
$526,000. 
SPECIAL FACILITIES 
Various locations: Operational facilities, and utilities, $293,000. 
AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SYSTEM 
Various locations: Airfield pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, 
communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, 
operational facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, 
medical facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, administra-
tive and community facilities, shop facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, harbor facilities, and land acquisition, $98,552,000. 
SEC. 302. The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized through the 
Replacement of 
construction, rehabilitation, or installation of permanent or temporary '^^"^^^^ facilities, 
public works, including site preparation, appurtenances, and related 
utilities and equipment, to restore or replace facilities damaged or 
destroyed in a total amount of $5,000,000. 
SEC. 303. The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to provide 
an off-base roadway approximately two miles in length in the vicinity 
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68 Stat. 546. 
68 Stat. 548. 
of the south boundary of Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, 
by the acquisition of land and the construction of permanent and 
related facilities and appurtenances at a cost not to exceed $350,000. 
Six:;. 304. Public Law 534, Eighty-third Congress, is hereby 
amended as follows: 
(a) With respect to Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas, 
under the heading "Continental United States" and subheading 
68 Stat. 544. 
"Strategic Air Command" in section 301 strike "$2,248,000" and insert 
in lieu thereof "$2,750,000". 
(b) With respect to Matagorda Island Air Force Range. Texas, 
under the heading "Continental United States" and subheading 
"Strategic Air Command" in section 301 strike "$607,000" and insert 
in lieu thereof "$847,000". 
(c) With respect to Bismarck-Minot area. North Dakota, under 
the heading "Continental United States" and subheading "Air De-
fense Command" in section 301 strike "Bismarck-Minot area, North 
Dakota" and "$6,494,000" and insert in lieu thereof "Minot Site, 
North Dakota" and "$12,124,000", respectively. 
(d) With respect to Fargo area, North Dakota, under the heading 
"Continental United States" and subheading "Air Defense Com-
es Stat. 548. 
mand" in section 301 strike "Fargo area. North Dakota" and 
"$7,055,000" and insert in lieu thereof "Grand Forks Sit©, North 
Dakota" and "$10,903,000", respectively. 
(e) With respect to Glasgow-Miles City area, Montana, under the 
heading "Continental United States" and subheading "Air Defense 
68 Stat. 548. 
Commaud" in section 301 strike "Glasgow-Miles City area, Montana" 
and "$8,391,000" and insert in lieu thereof "Glasgow Site, Montana" 
and "$10,660,000", respectively. 
(f) With respect to K. I. Sawyer Airport, Marquette, Michigan, 
under the heading "Continental United States" and subheading "Air 
68 Stat. 549. 
Defense Command" in section 301 strike "$8,556,000" and insert in 
lieu thereof "$9,949,000". 
(g) With respect to Traverse City area, Michigan, under the head-
ing "Continental United States" and subheading "Air Defense Com-
68 Stat. 550. 
maud" in section 301 strike "$8,635,000" and insert in lieu thereof 
"$10,267,000". 
(h) With respect to Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas, 
under the heading "Continental United States" and subheading "Air 
68 Stat. 553. 
Training Command" in section 301 strike "$1,073,000" and insert in 
lieu thereof "$2,478,000". 
(i) With respect to Webb Air Force Base, Big Spring, Texas, under 
the heading "Continental United States" and subheading "Air Train-
68 Stat. 554. 
• j^g Command" in section 301 strike "$100,000" and insert in lieu 
thereof "$135,000". 
(j) With respect to Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, Cali-
fornia, under the heading "Continental United States" and subhead-
ing "Air Materiel Command" in section 301 strike "$4,303,000" and 
"$2,183,000" and insert in lieu thereof "$4,735,000" and "$2,615,000", 
respectively. 
(k) With respect to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, 
Ohio, under the heading "Continental United States" and subheading 
68 Stat. 556. 
»^-j. Materiel Command" in section 301 strike "$5,847,000" and insert 
in lieu thereof "$6,849,000". 
(1) With respect to Atlantic City Consolan Station, Atlantic City, 
New Jersey, under the heading "Continental United States" and sub-
68 Stat. 548. 
heading "Air Defense Command" in section 301, strike "$72,000" and 
insert in lieu thereof "$285,000". 
(m) With respect to Nantucket Consolan Station, Nantucket, 
Massachusetts, under the heading "Continental United States" and 
68 Stat. 555. 
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subheading "Air Defense Connnand" in section 301, strike "$107,000"' 
and insert in lieu thereof "$224,000". 
(n) With respect to Pescadero Consohm Station, Pescadero, Cali-
fornia, under the heading "Continental United States" and subhead-
ing "Air Defense Command" in section 301, strike "$107,000" and in-
sert in lieu thereof "$224,000". 
(o) With respect to Point Conception Onsolan Station, Point 
Conception, California, under the heading "C^ontinental United 
States" and subheading "Air Defense Command" in section 301, strike 
"$72,000" and insert in lieu thereof "$232,000". 
(p) In clause (3) of section 502 thereof delete the amounts 
"$389,125,000" and "$398,954,000" and insert in lieu thereof the 
amounts "$405,176,000" and "$415,005,000", respectively. 
SEC. 305. Classified location: The authority granted by section 
302, of the Act of July 14, 1952, may be utilized to the extent of 
$8,127,400 for the direct construction of family housing. 
68 Stat. 549. 
68 Stat. 550. 
68 Stat. 550. 
68 Stat. 561. 
66 Stat. 622. 
TITLE IV 
SEC. 401. The Director of Central Intelligence is authorized to pro-
vide for a headquarters installation for the (^entral Intelligence 
Agency, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, by the acquisition of 
land at a cost of not to exceed $1,000,000, and construction of buildings, 
facilities, appurtenances, utilities, and access roads at a cost of not to 
exceed $54,500,000, of which not more than $8,500,000 shall be avail-
able for transfer to the National (\ipital Planning Commission and 
the Department of the Interior for acquisition of land for and con-
struction to extend the George Washington Memorial Parkway to 
the present site of the research station of the Bureau of Public Roads 
at Langley, Fairfax County, Virginia: Provided^ That at such time as 
it is determined that construction of such headquarters installation 
at said research station will not be commenced or continued, said 
amount of $8,500,000, or the remainder thereof, shall no longer be 
available for obligation: Provided further^ That at such time as the 
Central Intelligence Agency occupies the headquarters installation 
authorized by this title, the Administrator of General Services is 
authorized and directed to accomplish the demolition and removal of 
temporary Government building space in the District of Columbia 
of equivalent occupancy to that relinquished by the Central Intelli-
gence Agency. 
TITLE V 
C e n t r a l Intelli-
gence Agency. 
Headquarters in^ 
stallation. 
Demol it i o n of 
temporary space. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are 
respectively authorized to proceed with the establishment or develop-
ment of military and naval installations and facilities as authorized 
by titles I, II, and I I I of this Act, and the Director of Central Intelli-
gence is authorized to proceed with the establishment of a Central 
Intelligence Agency Headquarters Installation as authorized by title 
IV of this Act, without regard to the provisions of sections 1136, 3648, 
and 3734, as respectively amended, of the Revised Statutes, and prior 
to approval of title to underlying land, as provided by section 355, 
as amended, of the Revised Statutes. The authority under this Act of 
the Secretary of a military department to provide family housing 
includes authority to acquire such land as the Secretary concerned 
determineSj with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, to be 
necessary in connection therewith. 
The authority to establish or 
Ac q u i s i t ion of 
land, etc. 
10 u s e 1339; 31 
u s e 529; 40 USe 
259, 267. 
33 u s e 733 and 
note. 
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A p p r o priations 
authorized. 
Post, 
p. 453. 
Post, p. 453. 
Poat, p. 454. 
Post, p. 453. 
Cost variations. 
Inc i d e n t a l ex-
penses. 
Contracts. 
65 Stat. 700. 
41 u s e 153,254. 
62 Stat. 21. 
41 u s e 151 note. 
Family housing. 
U s e 
of foreign 
currencies. 
68 Stat. 1125. 
5 u s e 171«-1. 
develop such installations and facilities shall include, in respect of 
those installations and facilities as to which family housing or the 
acquisition of land is specified in titles I, II, III, and IV of this Act, 
authority to make surveys and to acquire lands and rights and interests 
thereto or therein, including the temporary use thereof, by donation, 
purchase, exchange of Government-owned lands, or otherwise, and to 
place permanent or temporary improvements thereon whether such 
lands are held in fee or under lease or under other temporary tenure. 
SEC. 502. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
of money as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act, 
but not to exceed— 
(1) for public works authorized by title I : Inside continental 
United States, $224,927,000; outside continental United States, 
$74,984,000; section 102, $223,993,000; section 103, $10,000,000; 
or a total of $533,904,000; 
(2) for public works authorized by title I I : Inside continental 
United States, $299,690,600; outside continental United States, 
$107,191,300; section 202, $151,342,400; section 203, $6,000,000; 
or a total of $564,224,300; 
(3) for public works authorized by title I I I : Inside continental 
United States, $743,989,000; outside continental United States, 
$458,563,000; section 302, $5,000,000; section 303, $350,000; or a 
total of $1,207,902,000; and 
(4) for public works authorized by title I V : $54,500,000. 
SEC. 503. Any of the approximate costs enumerated in titles I, II, 
and I I I of this Act may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, 
be varied upward by 5 per centum in the case of projects within the 
continental United States, and 10 per centum in the case of projects 
outside the continental United States, but the total cost of all projects 
so enumerated under each of such titles shall not exceed the total of all 
amounts specified in respect of projects in such title. 
SEC. 504. Appropriations made to carry out the purposes of this 
Act shall be available for expenses incident to construction, including 
surveys, administration, overhead, planning, and supervision. 
SEC. 505. Whenever— 
(a) the President determines that compliance with the require-
ments of Public Law 245, Eighty-second Congress, in the case 
of contracts made pursuant to this Act with respect to the estab-
lishment or development of military installations and facilities 
in foreign countries would interfere with the carrying out of the 
provisions of this Act; and 
(b) the Secretary of Defense and the Comptroller General have 
agreed upon alternative methods for conducting an adequate 
audit of such contracts, the President is authorized to exempt 
such contracts from the requirements of Public Law 245, Eighty-
second Congress. 
SEC. 506. All contracts entered into by the United States pursuant 
to the authorization contained in this Act shall be awarded, so far 
as practicable, if the interest of the national security shall not be im-
paired thereby and if such award is consistent with the provision 
of the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947, on a competitive 
basis to the lowest responsible bidder. 
SEC. 507. Section 407 of Public Law 765, Eighty-third Congress, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 407. In addition to family housing 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 bj^ lease or otherwise, 
family housing for occupancy as public quarters in foreign countries 
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tlirough housing projects which utilize foreign currencies to a value 
not in excess of $100,000,000 acquired, pursuant to the provisions of 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
(Public Law 480, Eighty-third Congress) or through other com-
modity transactions of the Commodity Credit Corporation. 
"The Department of Defense shall pay the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration, from appropriations otherwise available for the payment of 
quarters allowances for military personnel for the fiscal year 1956 and 
each succeeding fiscal year, amounts equal to the quarters allowances 
otherwise payable to personnel occupying any housing constructed or 
acquired under authority of this section after deducting amounts 
chargeable for the maintenance and operation of such housing: Pro-
vided^ That such payments shall not exceed the dollar equivalent of 
the value of the foreign currencies used for all such construction or 
acquisition. 
"The Secretary of Defense shall furnish to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives quarterly 
reports, the first of which shall be submitted three months subsequent 
to the date of enactment of this Act, setting forth the cost, number, 
and location of housing units constructed or acquired pursuant to 
the authority contained in this section during the three-month period 
preceding the date of such report, and setting forth the cost, number, 
and location of the housing units intended to be constructed or 
acquired pursuant to such authority during the next succeeding 
quarter." 
SEC. 508. All housing units constructed under the authority of this 
Act shall be subject to the net floor area permanent limitations pre 
scribed in the second, third, and fourth provisos of section 3 of the Act 
of June 12, 1948 (62 Stat. 375), or in section 3 of the Act of June 
16,1948 (62 Stat. 459), other than the first, second, and third provisos 
thereof. 
SEC. 509. The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are 
respectively authorized to acquire by purchase housing units which 
are located near military installations, which are adequate and suit-
able for housing military personnel and their dependents, and as to 
Avliich a mortgage is insured by the Federal Housing Commissioner 
pursuant to title VI or title I X of the National Housing Act, subject 
to the outstanding mortgage thereon, and to assume the payments 
thereafter becoming due on such mortgage. 
The Secretary of the 
military department concerned may utilize appropriations available 
for the construction of military public works for the liquidation of 
any outstanding mortgage assumed by the Government. 
SEC. 510. 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 a unit cost in excess of— 
(a) $20 per square foot for cold-storage warehousing; 
(b) $6 per square foot for regular warehousing ; 
(c) $1,700 per man for permanent barracks; 
(d) $1,400 per man for ten-year-life barracks; or 
(e) $5,000 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. 511. As of July 1, 1956, all authorizations for military public 
works projects to be accomplished by the Secretary of a military 
department in connection with the establishment or development of 
military, naval, or Air Force installations and facilities, and all 
authorizations for appropriations therefor, that are contained in Acts 
68 Stat. 454. 
7 u s e 1691 note. 
Payment toCCC. 
Reports to Coir>-
gressional 
C o m -
mittees. 
Floor area. 
62 Stat. 379. 
10 u s e 
1337b 
and note. 
62 Stat. 462. 
34 u s e 9 1 It)-
91 Id. 
Housing units. 
Acquisition, 
55 Stat, 55; 65 
Stat. 295. 
12 u s e 1736 et 
seq.; 1750 et 
seq. 
Unit cost. 
Repeal of prior 
authorizations. 
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Exceptions. 
SO u s e 881 note. 
F u n d s for ad-
vance planning. 
65 Stat. 364. 
31 u s e 723. 
Re imbursement 
of owners and ten-
ants. 
68 Stat. 562. 
68 Stat. 562. 
M e s s facilities 
for barracks. 
Leasing of hous-
ing facilities. 
approved prior to October 1, 1951, and not superseded or otherwise 
modified by a later authorization are repealed, except (1) authoriza-
tions for public works and for appropriations therefor that are set 
forth in such Acts in the titles that contain the general provisions, (2) 
authorizations for military public works projects as to which appro-
priated funds shall have been obligated in whole or in part prior to 
July 1, 1956, and authorizations for appropriations therefor, and (3) 
the authorizations with respect to military public works and the 
appropriation of funds that are contained in the National Defense 
Facilities Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 829). 
SEC. 512. Section 504 of Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress, 
is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 504. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated without 
fiscal year limitation, funds for advance planning, construction design, 
and architectural services in connection with public works projects 
which are not otherw^ise authorized by law." 
SEC. 513. (a) The first sentence of section 501 (b) of the Act entitled 
"An Act to authorize certain construction at military and naval instal-
lations, and for other purposes", approved September 28, 1951 (65 
Stat. 36), is amended by striking out "used by such owners and tenants 
for residential or agricultural purposes,". 
(b) The first sentence of section 401 (b) of the Act entitled "An Act 
to authorize certain construction at military and naval installations, 
and for other purposes", approved July 14, 1952 (66 Stat. 606), is 
amended by striking out "used by such owner and tenants for resi-
dential or agricultural purposes,". 
SEC. 614. 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 bar-
racks, for mess facilities other than a single, consolidated mess. 
SEC. 515. During the fiscal years 1956 and 1957 the Secretaries of the 
Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, are authorized to lease 
housing facilities at or near military tactical installations for assign-
ment as public quarters to military personnel and their dependents 
without rental charge upon a determination by the Secretary of De-
fen'se or his designee that there is a lack of adequate housing facilities 
at or near such military tactical installations: Provided^ That not more 
than one thousand housing units may be so leased and the rental cost 
to the Government for any housing unit may not exceed $150 per 
month. 
Approved July 15, 1955. 
July 15,1955 
[H. R. 7066] 
Public Law 162 
CHAPTER 369 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conservation of anthracite coal resources through measures of 
flood control and anthracite mine drainage, and for other purposes. 
Anthracite mine 
drainage. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That it is hereby 
recognized that the presence of large volumes of water in anthracite 
coal formations involves serious wastage of the fuel resources of the 
Nation, and constitutes a menace to health and safety and national 
security. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the Congress to