An Act to authorize certain construction at military and naval installations and for the Alaska Communications System, and for other purposes
PL 83-534 (H.R.9242), enacted 07/27/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 534-JULY 27, 1954 
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Public Law 534 
CHAPTER 579 
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July 2 7,1954 
To authorize certain construction at military and naval installations and for the 
[H. R. 9242] 
Alaska Communications System, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
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United /States of America in Congress assembled. 
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TITLE I 
SEC. 101. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to establish or 
Army. 
develop military installations and facilities by the construction, con-
version, 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: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the Army, in exercising the authority 
granted herein, shall, whenever practicable and in the best interests 
of the United States, provide for the rehabilitation of existing bar-
racks and officer quarters in lieu of new construction: 
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
TECHNICAL SERVICES FACILITIES 
(Ordnance Corps) 
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: Troop housing, research and 
development facilities, and training facilities, $1,579,000. 
Atchison storage facility, Atchison, Kansas: Development of under-
ground storage facilities, including the acquisition of land, $1,155,000. 
Benicia Arsenal, California: Utilities, $352,000. 
Black Hills Ordnance Depot, South Dakota: Post engineer facilities, 
ammunition maintenance facilities, utilities, $811,000. 
Frankford Arsenal, Pennsylvania: Utilities, $1,626,000. 
Jet propulsion laboratory (California Institute of Technology), 
California: Utilities, $247,000. 
Letterkenny Ordnance Depot, Pennsylvania: Land acquisition and 
utilities, $2,190,000. 
Lima Ordnance Depot, Ohio: Operational facilities, $33,000. 
Navajo Ordnance Depot, Arizona: Utilities, $185,000. 
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama: Troop housing and research and devel-
opment facilities, $580,000. 
Savanna Ordnance Depot, Illinois: Utilities, $360,000. 
(Quartermaster Corps) 
Fort Lee, Virginia: Troop housing, $983,000. 
New Cumberland General Depot (United States disciplinary bar-
racks), Pennsylvania: Troop housing, $492,000. 
Richmond Quartermaster Depot, Virginia: Land acquisition and 
utilities, $97,000. 
(Chemical Corps) 
Army chemical center, Maryland: Research and development facili-
ties, $632,000. 
(Signal Corps) 
Department of the Army transmitting station, vicinity of Wood-
bridge, Virginia: Troop housing and operational and closed storage 
facilities, $2,360,000. 
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Lexington Signal Depot, Kentucky: Troop housing, $492,000. 
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey: Troop housing, $330,000. 
Sacramento Signal Depot, California: Troop housing, $492,000. 
(Corps of Engineers) 
Fort Belvoir, Virginia: Troop housing, utilities, operational and 
maintenance facilities, and liquid storage facilities, $2,787,000. 
(Transportation Corps) 
Brooklyn Army Base, New York: Utilities, $1,264,000. 
Charleston Transportation Depot, South Carolina: Operational and 
waterfront facilities, $370,000. 
Fort Eustis, Virginia: Troop housing, $3,400,000. 
Oakland Army Base, California: Troop housing, $785,000. 
Point Aux Pins Area Ammunition Terminal, Alabama-Mississippi: 
Ammunition 
loading terminal, including 
acquisition 
of 
land, 
$26,951,000. 
(Medical Corps) 
Beaumont Army Hospital, Texas: Troop housing, $391,000. 
Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas: Troop housing, $1,129,000. 
FIELD FORCES FACILITIES 
(First Army Area) 
Fort Devens, Massachusetts: Troop housing, $1,314,000. 
Fort Dix, New Jersey: Troop housing, $330,000. 
Fort Hamilton, New York: Utilities, $450,000. 
Fort Jay, New York: Utilities, $1,488,000. 
(Second Army Area) 
Fort Knox, Kentucky: Troop housing, $1,014,000. 
(Third Army Area) 
Fort Benning, Georgia: Troop housing, $4,264,000. 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina: Troop housing, operational and 
maintenance facilities, and liquid and covered storage facilities, 
$3,470,000. 
Fort Campbell, Kentucky: Troop housing and open storage 
facilities, $3,623,000. 
(Fourth Army Area) 
Fort Bliss, Texas: Troop housing, $10,994,000. 
Fort Hood, Texas: Troop housing and supporting facilities, oper-
ational and maintenance facilities, utilities, and closed and open storage 
facilities, $10,182,000. 
Fort Sill, Oklahoma: Troop housing, and operational and open 
storage facilities, $2,216,000. 
(Fifth Army Area) 
Camp Carson, Colorado: Troop housing and supporting facilities, 
$3,582,000. 
Fort Riley, Kansas: Troop housing and utilities, $3,871,000. 
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(Sixth Army Area) 
Fort Lewis, Washington: Troop housing and utilities, $6,268,000. 
Presidio of Monterey, California: Troop housing, $330,000. 
Fort Ord, California: Troop housing and maintenance facilities, 
$774,000. 
Camp Cooke (United States disciplinary barracks), California: 
Troop housing, $923,000. 
(Military Academy) 
United States Military Academy, New York: Troop housing and 
training facilities, $9,950,000. 
(Armed Forces Special Weapons Project) 
Various installations: Community facilities, maintenance facilities, 
liquid storage facilities, and utilities, $2,080,000. 
OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
(Alaskan Area) 
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska: Tactical facilities, $800,(;00. 
Kenai, Alaska: Family housing and operational facilities, $1,674,000. 
Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska: Troop housing and tactical facilities, 
$2,821,000. 
Fort Richardson, Alaska: Tactical facilities, $1,800,000. 
Wliittier, Alaska: Utilities and maintenance facilities, $541,000. 
(Far East Command Area) 
Okinawa: Community, troop supporting and medical facilities, 
troop housing, family housing (including one set of family quarters 
with a net floor area of not to exceed twenty-one hundred square feet), 
operational, maintenance and administrative facilities, and utilities, 
$5,917,000. 
(Pacific Command Area) 
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Waiawa Radio Transmission Station, Hawaii: Troop housing and 
utilities, $221,000. 
(Icelandic Command Area) 
Keflavik (and vicinity), Iceland: Family housing, troop housing 
and su})porting facilities, operational and maintenance facilities, and 
ammunition and closed storage facilities, $5,490,000. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to establish or 
develop classified military installations and facilities by the acquisi- cuATe^" 
tion of land and the construction, conversion, rehabilitation or installa-
tion of permanent or temporary public works, including site prepara-
tion, appurtenances, utilities and equipment, in the total amount of 
$87,700,000. 
SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to lease, without 
efse^ier^Nfas's"'^ 
regard to the provisions of section 321 of the Act of June 30, 1932 
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(47 Stat. 412; 40 U. S. C. 303b), or title VI of the Act of September 28, 
1951 (65 Stat. 365; 40 U. S. C. 551-554), to the Commonwealth of 
Massacluisetts. subject to the provisions of this Act and upon such 
terms and conditions as he shall determine are in the public interest, 
with the riglit to said Commonwealtli to sublease, the pier comprising a 
part of the Boston Army Base in the port of Boston, and such other 
property at or portions of said base as the Secretary may determine. 
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Repair, etc. 
National e m e r -
gency, etCa 
Breach of lease. 
Utilities or serv-
ices. 
Gleason W o r k s , 
N. Y. 
Land exchange. 
The lease shall be for a term of twenty-five years, with successive op-
tions to said Commonwealth to extend the term by one or more ex-
tensions, none of which shall be for less than five years, the aggregate 
of such extensions not to exceed fifty years, unless terminated or ex-
tended as provided in subsection (c) and (d) of this section. 
The 
agreement of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to protect, repair, 
and maintain the premises leased on terms to be negotiated, and to pay 
an annual rental of $1 per year, together with payment of an amount 
to be determined as provided in subsection (b) of this section, shall 
constitute the consideration for any such lease. 
(b) In order to carry out the purpose of this section, the Secretary 
of the Army shall provide for the repair and rehabilitation of such 
pier and other facilities to be leased hereunder, at an overall cost of 
not to exceed $11,000,000, but not less than 10 per centum of the esti-
mated overall cost of such repair and rehabilitation, as such cost is 
determined by the Secretary of the Army, shall be paid by the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts as a condition to the execution and deliv-
ery of such lease. The money so received from the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts shall be used exclusively for the purpose of such 
repair and rehabilitation. 
(c) Any lease entered into under this section shall provide (1) that 
during any national emergency declared by the President, or in the 
event the Congress shall declare a state of war to exist, and the Secre-
tary of the Army shall determine that the leased property is useful or 
necessary for military purposes, the United States shall have the right 
to reenter such property and use the same for such period of time as 
shall be determined by the Secretary of the Army to be necessary in the 
interests of national security; (2) that upon any such reentry, and 
at the option of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the lease shall 
be terminated, or the term thereof extended for such period of time 
as the United States may be in possession following any such reentry; 
and (3) that in the event the lease is terminated, the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts shall be appropriately compensated for the cost of 
repairing and rehabilitating the leased property, as provided in 
subsection (b) of this section, and for the cost of capital items provided 
by it. 
(d) Any such lease shall also provide for termination by the Secre-
tary of the Army in the event of a breach of the terms or conditions 
of the lease. 
(e) In the event that a lease is entered into under this section, the 
Department of the Army, or any other department or agency of the 
United States, which, prior to the entering into such lease, was furnish-
ing necessary utilities or services to the leased property, may, upon the 
request of the lessee, continue to provide such utilities or services. 
Any such utilities or services so furnished shall be paid for by the 
lessee at a rate to be determined by the supplying agency. Such rate 
shall be fixed with a view to obtaining full reimbursement for the cost 
to any such agency of supplying any such utilities or services to the 
lessee. Any sums so received shall be covered into the Treasury to 
the credit of the appropriation or appropriations from which the 
cost of furnishing such utilities or services was paid. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army is authorized, upon such terms 
and conditions as he may determine to be in the public interest, to 
convey to the Gleason Works, a New York corporation, the lands and 
buildings comprising the Rochester Ground Forces Equipment Depot 
Numbered 1, located at 1044 University Avenue, Rochester, New 
York, in exchange for land in the Rochester, New York, area, together 
with a suitable building and other improvements thereon to be con-
structed by the said Gleason Works in accordance with plans and 
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specifications approved by the Secretary of the Army for use as a new 
depot facility, and a sum of money representing, in the opinion of the 
Secretary of the Army, (1) the amount by which the fair market 
value of the property so conveyed by the Secretary of the Army 
exceeds the fair market value of the land with the building and 
improvements thereon accepted in exchange therefor, and (2) the cost 
of moving the depot activity to the new depot facility. The money 
to be received by the Secretary of the Army in connection with such 
exchange shall be covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt, 
except that such amount thereof as represents the cost of moving the 
depot activity to the new depot facility shall be credited to the 
appropriation to which such cost is charged. 
TITLE I I 
SEC. 201. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to establish or 
Navy, 
develop naval installations and facilities by the construction, conver-
sion, rehabilitation or installation of permanent or temporary public 
works in respect to the following projects, which include site prepa-
ration, appurtenances, and related utilities and equipment: 
CONTINENTAL IjNrrED STATES 
SHIPYARD F A C I L I T I E S 
Naval shipyard, Boston, Massachusetts: Replacement of pier, 
$3,400,000. 
Naval shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina: Compressed air 
facilities, $555,000. 
Naval shipyard. Mare Island, Vallejo, California: Acquisition of 
railroad facilities, including land, $225,000. 
Naval shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Crane tracks for 
drydock, $3,415,000. 
Naval Mine Countermeasures Station, Panama City, Florida: 
Waterfront and technical facilities, $1,254,000. 
Naval shipyard, San Francisco, California: Crane tracks for dry-
dock, and pipefitters shop, $2,091,000. 
FLEET F A C I L I T I E S 
Morehead City, North Carolina: LST loading ramps, including land 
acquisition, $710,000. 
Naval submarine base. New London, Connecticut: Ordnance facil-
ities, $476,000. 
Naval minecraft base, Charleston, South Carolina: Land acquisi-
tion, $158,000. 
AVIATION FACILITIES 
Naval air station, Alameda, California: Aircraft maintenance and 
overhaul facilities, $4,463,000. 
Alice-Orange Grove area, Texas: Operational facilities, $151,000. 
Naval air station, Atlantic City, New Jersey: Operational facilities 
and navigational aids, $779,000. 
Marine Corps auxiliary air station, Beaufort, South Carolina: Air-
craft maintenance facilities, airfield pavements, administrative and 
community facilities, open and covered storage and fuel storage fa-
cilities, utilities, security facilities, maintenance facilities, personnel 
facilities, and land acquisition, $11,096,000. 
Naval air station, Brunswick, Maine: Operational facilities, navi-
gational aids, and utilities, $632,000. 
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Naval air station, Cecil Field, Florida: Operational facilities, 
covered storage facilities, ammunition storage and ordnance facilities, 
navigational aids, and utilities, $1,384,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station. Chase Field, Texas: Aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, $241,000. 
Marine Corps air station, Cherry Point, North Carolina: Airfield 
pavements, fuel dispensing facilities, communication facilities, navi-
gational aids, utilities, and land acquisition, $1,609,000. 
Naval air station. Corpus Christi, Texas: Fuel dispensing facilities 
and navigational aids, $342,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Corry Field, Florida: Airfield pave-
ments and airfield lighting facilities, $2,153,000. 
Naval auxiliary landing field, Crows Landing, California: Crash 
facilities, $89,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station. El Centro, California: Ammunition 
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storage facilities, $225,000. 
Marine Corps air station. El Toro, California: Fuel dispensing 
facilities, navigational aids, communication facilities, and utilities, 
$1,675,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Fallon, Nevada: Operational facilities, 
personnel facilities, and medical facilities, $569,000. 
Naval air station, Glenview. Illinois: Land acquisition, $70,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Glynco, Georgia: Fuel storage facilities, 
communication facilities, utilities, training equipment, and land acqui-
sition, $6,531,000. 
Naval auxiliary air station, Kingsville, Texas: Navigational aids, 
fuel storage facilities, and utilities, $666,000. 
Naval air facility, Litchfield Park, Arizona: Operational facilities, 
airfield pavements, aircraft maintenance facilities, communication 
facilities, and land acquisition, $1,654,000. 
Naval auxiliary air facility, Mayport, Florida: Land acquisition, 
$75,000. 
Naval air station, Miramar, California: Navigational aids, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, and utilities, $4,001,000. 
Naval air station, Moffett Field, California: Navigational aids, fuel 
dispensing 
facilities, 
training 
facilities, 
and 
land 
acquisition, 
$1,336,000. 
Marine Corps auxiliary air station, Mojave, California: Land acqui-
sition, ^160,000. 
Marine Corps air facility, New River, North Carolina: Personnel 
facilities, maintenance facilities, and utilities, $972,000. 
Naval air station, Norfolk, Virginia: Training facilities, $628,000. 
Naval air station, Oceana, Virginia: Personnel facilities, community 
facilities, covered storage facilities, security facilities, navigational 
aids, utilities, and aircraft maintenance facilities, $4,696,000. 
Naval air station, Pensacola, Florida: Navigational aids and con-
struction of outlying field, including avigation easements and land 
acquisition, $1,533,000. 
Naval air missile test center (San Nicolas Island), Point Mugu, 
California: Testing facilities, administrative facilities, maintenance 
facilities, security facilities, and utilities, $1,132,000. 
Naval air station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island: Navigational aids, 
$579,000. 
Naval air station, San Diego, California: Operational facilities and 
aircraft maintenance facilities, $1,157,000. 
Padre Island, Texas: Operational facilities, $80,000. 
Naval air turbine test station, Trenton, New Jersey: Research and 
development facilities, $5,209,000. 
Naval air station, Whidbey Island, Washington: Aircraft mainte-
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nance facilities, airfield pavements, communication facilities, navi-
gational aids, and utilities, $4,197,000. 
SUPPLY FACILITIES 
Naval supply center (Cheatham Annex), Norfolk, Virginia: Cold 
storage facilities, $653,000. 
Naval supply center, Oakland, California: Fire protection facilities, 
$3,051,000. 
MARINE CORPS FACILITIES 
Marine Corps depot of supplies, Albany, Georgia: Security facilities 
and maintenance facilities, $892,000. 
Marine Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina: Training facilities, 
maintenance facilities and personnel facilities, $749,000. 
Marine Corps recruit depot, Parris Island, South Carolina: Utili-
ties, cold storage facilities, and training facilities, $1,025,000. 
Marine Corps schools, Quantico, Virginia: Personnel facilities and 
community facilities, $585,000. 
Marine Corps recruit depot, San Diego, California: Training 
facilities, $82,000. 
ORDNANCE FACILITIES 
Naval ammunition depot, Charleston, South Carolina: Barricaded 
sidings, $671,000. 
Naval proving grounds, Dahlgren, Virginia: Testing facilities, 
$212,000. 
Naval ammunition depot, Earle, New Jersey: Land acquisition, 
$73,000. 
Naval ammunition depot, Hawthorne, Nevada: Ordnance facilities, 
$308,000. 
Naval ordnance plant, Indianapolis, Indiana: Research 
and 
development facilities, $1,183,000. 
Naval powder factory, Indian Head, Maryland: Utilities, $345,000. 
Naval mine depot, Melville, Rhode Island: Ammunition storage 
facilities, $380,000. 
Naval magazine, Port Chicago, California: Transfer depot facili-
ties and land acquisition, $519,000. 
Naval ordnance laboratory. White Oak, Maryland: Research and 
development facilities, $361,000. 
Naval mine depot, Yorktown, Virginia: Barricaded 
sidings, 
$480,000. 
SERVICE SCHOOL FACILITIES 
Naval 
Academy, 
Annapolis, 
Maryland: 
Training 
facilities, 
$5,680,000. 
Naval amphibious base, Coronado, California: Personnel facilities, 
$1,444,000. 
Naval training center. Great Lakes, Illinois: Personnel facilities, 
$1,664,000. 
Naval post graduate school, Monterey, California: Personnel facili-
ties, $332,000. 
Fleet air defense training center. Point Loma, California: Training 
facilities, $340,000. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
Naval hospital. Saint Albans, Long Island, New York: tJtilities, 
$245,000. 
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Naval hospital, San Diego, California: 
Personnel 
facilities, 
$756,000. 
O m O E OF NAVAL RESEARCH FACILITIES 
Naval research laboratory, Washington, District of Columbia: 
teriiill!°"^''^* "**' I^^search facilities, $996,000: Provided^ hoioever^ That any fissionable 
material to be used in such facilities shall be obtained from the 
Atomic Energy Commission in the same manner and on the same 
terms and conditions as the Atomic Energy Commission makes fis-
sionable material available for use in research reactors in non-Gov-
ernmental facilities. 
YARDS AND DOCKS FACILITIES 
• Naval construction battalion center, Port Hueneme, California: 
Waterfront facilities and covered storage facilities, $3,384,000. 
San Bruno, California: Land acquisition, $750,000. 
Marine Corps training center. Twenty-nine Palms, California: 
Land acquisition, $14,000. 
Various locations: For restoration or replacement of facilities 
damaged or destroyed and provision for other urgent construction 
requirements, $2,500,000. 
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OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
FLEET F A C I L I T I E S 
Naval station, Subic Bay, Philippine Islands: Waterfront facili-
ties, site preparation for family housing, and utilities, $9,976,000. 
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AVIATION FACILITIES 
Naval air facility, Cubi Point, Philippine Islands: Air freight ter-
minal facilities, personnel facilities, family housing, community facil-
ities, waterfront protection facilities, covered and ammunition stor-
age facilities, medical facilities, security facilities, and utilities, 
$6,085,000. 
Naval air station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Medical facilities, 
$230,000. 
Naval air station, Iwakuni, Japan: Airfield pavements, ammuni-
tion and fuel storage facilities, and aircraft maintenance facilities, 
$2,246,000. 
Naval air station, Kodiak, Alaska: Community facilities, $719,000. 
Naval station, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands: Aircraft maintenance 
facilities, $990,000. 
SUPPLY FACILITIES 
Naval station, Subic Bav, Philippine Islands: Fuel storage facili-
ties, $5,956,000. 
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COMMUNICATION FACILITIES 
Naval communication station, Philippine Islands: Communica-
tion facilities, personnel facilities, covered storage facilities, main-
tenance facilities, administrative facilities, community facilities, medi-
cal facilities, site preparation for family housing, land acquisition, 
waterfront facilities, and utilities, $8,791,000. 
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YARDS AND DOCKS FACILITIES 
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Various locations: For restoration or replacement of facilities 
damaged or destroyed and provision for other urgent construction 
requirements, $1,500,000. 
SEC. 202. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to establish or 
develop classified naval installations and facilities by the construction, 
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conversion, rehabilitation, or installation of permanent or temporary 
public works, including site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and 
equipment, in the total amount of $63,358,000. 
SEC. 203. Public Law 209, Eighty-third Congress, is hereby amended 
as follows: 
Strike so much thereof under the heading "Continental United 
States" and subheading "Aviation Facilities" in section 201 as reads 
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as follows: 
"Alice, Texas: Land acquisition and airfield pavements, $2,148,000." 
and insert in lieu thereof the following: 
"Alice-Orange Grove area, Texas: Land acquisition, including navi-
gation easements, and airfield pavements, $1,845,000." 
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TITLE I I I 
SEC. 301. The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to establish 
Air Force, 
or develop military installations and facilities by the 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 and equipment (the 
references hereinafter to Public Laws 60,420,564,838,910,155,534, and 
209 mean, respectively, Public Law 60, Eighty-first Congress, Public 
63 stat. 66; 943; 
Law 420, Eighty-first Congress, Public Law 564, Eighty-first Congress, 1221; 6
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Public Law 838, Eighty-first Congress, Public Law 910, Eighty-first |ttt?4%**o. ^°^' ^^ 
Congress, Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress, Public Law 534, 
Eighty-second Congress, and Public Law 209, Eighty-third Congress, 
as amended), and the authorizations for military public works con-
tained in this title supersede, to the extent they are represented by 
dollar amounts specified as being included in such prior Acts, equiva-
lent amounts of the authorizations for military puolic works in such 
prior Acts, but do not otherwise affect any authorizations for military 
public works in prior Acts: 
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Abilene Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas: Airfield pavements, liquid 
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and naviga-
tional aids, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, train- 
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ing facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land 
acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, 
administrative and community facilities, and shop facilities, a total of 
$17,435,000, of which amount $2,760,000 is included in the authoriza-
tions in Public Laws 534 and 209, and $14,675,000 is herewith 
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authorized. 
Altus Air Force Base, Altus, Oklahoma: Airfield pavements, liquid 
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational 
aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing and messing 
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facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, personnel facili-
ties, administrative and community facilities, and shop facilities, a 
total of $16,098,000, of which amount $323,000 is included in 
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tile authorizatloii in Public Law 155, and $15,775,000 is herewith 
authorized. 
Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, Louisiana: Airfield pave-
ments, communications, navigational aids and airfield 
lighting 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and shop facilities, $3,905,000, 
Ante, p. 543. 
which amouut is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 564, 
910, 155, 534 and 209. 
Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and 
navigational aids, operational facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and shop 
facilities, $1,608,000, w^hich amount is included in the authorizations in 
Public Laws 910, 155 and 209. 
Biggs Air Force Base, El Paso, Texas: Airfield pavements, liquid 
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and naviga-
tional aids, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, 
and land acquisition, a total of $2,254,000, of which amount $1,110,000 
is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 564, 910,155 and 534, 
and $1,144,000 is herewith authorized. 
Campbell Air Force Base, Hopkinsville, Kentucky: Airfield pave-
ments, communications, navigational aids and airfield 
lighting 
facilities, operational facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and admin-
istrative and community facilities, a total of $1,451,000, of which 
amount $691,000 is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 
Ante, p. 543. 
554 and 155, and $760,000 is herewith authorized. 
Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and 
navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, 
training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities and 
shop facilities, $2,248,000, which amount is included in the authoriza-
Ante, p. 543. 
tious iu PubHc Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209. 
Castle Air Force Base, Merced, California: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navi-
gational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facil-
ities, personnel facilities, administrative and community facilities, 
and shop facilities, a total of $9,581,000, of which amount $2,050,000 
Ante, p. 543. 
is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 564, 910,155, 534, and 
209, and $7,531,000 is herewith authorized. 
Clinton-Sherman Airport, Clinton, Oklahoma: Airfield pavement, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navi-
gational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical 
facilities, and storage facilities, a total of $11,393,000, of which amount 
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$9,930,000 is included in the authorization in Public Law 534, and 
$1,463,000 is herewith authorized. 
Columbus Air Force Base, Columbus, Mississippi: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage 
facilities, personnel facilities, and shop facilities, $3,663,000. 
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona: Airfield pave-
ments, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, 
and shop facilities, $3,034,000, which amount is included in the 
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authorizatious in Public Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209. 
Dow Air Force Base, Bangor, Maine: Airfield pavements, liquid 
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational 
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maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and administrative and community 
facilities, a total of $16,782,000, of which amount $8,782,000 is included 
in the authorizations in Public Laws 534 and 209, and $13,000,000 is 
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Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, South Dakota: Airfield 
pavements, communications and navigational aids, operational facili-
ties, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, land 
acquisition, storage facilities, and shop facilities, a total of $7,174,000, 
of which amount $4,364,000 is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 564, 910,155, 534, and 209, and $2,810,000 is herewith authorized, 
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Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, utilities, land acquisi-
tion, storage facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and com-
munity facilities, and shop facilities, $6,796,000, which amount is 
included in the authorizations in Public Laws 564, 910, 155, and 534. 
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Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka, Kansas: Airfield pavements, liquid 
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational 
aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and shop 
facilities, a total of $10,029,000, of which amount $2,176,000 is included 
in the authorizations in Public Laws 155, 534, and 209, and $7,853,000 
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is herewith authorized. 
Gray Air Force Base, Killeen, Texas: Airfield pavements, com-
munications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, utilities, 
land acquisition, storage facilities, and shop facilities, $465,000, which 
amount is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 564, 910, 
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and 155. 
Great Falls Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, 
utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, personnel facilities, and 
administrative and community facilities, a total of $6,600,000, of which 
amount $1,783,000 is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 
564, 910,155, 534, and 209, and $4,817,000 is herewith authorized. 
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Homestead Air Force Base, Homestead, Florida: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acqui-
sition, medical facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, admin-
istrative and community facilities, shop facilities, and harbor facilities, 
a total of $13,271,000, of which amount $10,768,000 is included in the 
authorizations in Public Laws 534 and 209 and $2,503,000 is herewith 
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authorized. 
Hunter Air Force Base, Savannah, Georgia: Airfield pavements, 
communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, 
operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facili-
ties, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
personnel facilities, administrative and community facilities, and 
shop facilities, $8,946,000, which amount is included in the authoriza- 
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tions in Public Laws 564, 910,155, and 534. 
Lake Charles Air Force Base, Lake Charles, Louisiana: Airfield 
pavements, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communica-
tions, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational 
facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land acqui-
sition, personnel facilities, administrative and community facilities, 
and shop facilities, a total of $9,277,000, of which amount $6,141,000 
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is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910, 155, 534, and 
209, and $3,136,000 is herewith authorized. 
Limestone Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, naviga-
tional aids and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, personnel facilities, 
administrative and community facilities, and shop facilities, a total 
of $15,722,000, of which amount $12,359,000 is included in the author-
izations in Public Laws 564, 910, 155, 534, and 209, and $3,363,000 is 
herewith authorized. 
Lincoln Air Force Base, Lincoln, Nebraska: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
medical facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, administra-
tive and community facilities, and shop facilities, a total of $4,664,000, 
of which amount $3,536,000 is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 155, 534, and 209, and $1,128,000 is herewith authorized. 
Little Rock Air Force Base, Little Rock, Arkansas: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, 
and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facili-
ties, storage facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and com-
munity facilities, and shop facilities, a total of $12,085,000, of which 
amount $227,000 is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 534 
and 209, and $11,858,000 is herewith authorized. 
Lockbourne Air Force Base, Columbus, Ohio: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, 
land acquisition, storage facilities, and shop facilities, a total of 
$10,687,000, of which amount $1,696,000 is included in the author-
izations in Public Laws 910, 155, and 534, and $8,991,000 is herewith 
authorized. 
MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
storage facilities, and shop facilities, $2,214,000, which amount is 
included in the authorizations in Public Laws 564, 910, 155, and 534. 
March Air Force Base, Riverside, California: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navi-
gational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, lancl acquisition, personnel 
facilities, administrative and community facilities, and shop facilities, 
a total of $8,772,000, of which amount $2,432,000 is included in the 
authorizations in Public Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209, and $6,340,000 
is herewith authorized. 
Matagorda Island Air Force Range, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, and utilities, $607,000. 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Mountain Home, Idaho: Airfield 
pavements, communications and navigational aids, training facilities, 
utilities, land acquisition, administrative and community facilities, 
and shop facilities, $595,000, which amount is included in the authori-
zations in Public Laws 155, 534, and 209. 
Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, naviga-
tional aids and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, troop housing and messing facilities^ utilities, land acquisition, 
and administrative and community facilities, $1,628,000. 
Pinecastle Air Force Base, Orlando, Florida: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and 
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navigational aids, operational facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
storage facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and community 
facilities, and shop facilities, $4,627,000, which amount is included in 
the authorizations in Public Laws 155, 534, and 209. 
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Plattsburg Barracks, Plattsburg, New York: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navi-
gational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing and 
messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, stor-
age facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and community 
facilities, and shop facilities, a total of $19,408,000, of which amount 
$690,000 is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 534 and 209, 
and $18,718,000 is herewith authorized. 
Portsmouth Air Force Base, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Air-
field pavements, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, com-
munications and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, personnel facili-
ties, administrative and community facilities, and shop facilities, 
$13,785,000. 
Sedalia Air Force Base, Knobnoster, Missouri: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
medical facilities, personnel facilities, and shop facilities, a total of 
$2,743,000, of which amount $274,000 is included in the authorizations 
in Public Laws 155 and 209, and $2,469,000 is herewith authorized. 
Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Salina, Kansas: Airfield pavements, 
communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, util-
ities, land acquisition, personnel facilities, administrative and conrniu-
nity facilities, and shop facilities, a total of $7,612,000, of which 
amount $7,308,000 is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 
155, 534, and 209, and $304,000 is herewith authorized. 
Stead x\ir Force Base, Reno, Nevada: Communications and naviga-
tional aids, utilities, personnel facilities, and administrative and com-
munity facilities, a total of $750,000, of which amount $657,000 is in-
cluded in the authorizations in Public Laws 155 and 534, and $93,000 
is herewith authorized. 
Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, ad-
ministrative and community facilities, and shop facilities, a total of 
$7,822,000, of which amount $3,081,000 is included in the authorizations 
in Public Laws 564, 910, 155, and 209, and $4,741,000 is herewith 
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authorized. 
Turner Air Force Base, Albany, Georgia: Airfield pavements, com-
munications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, opera-
tional facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisi-
tion, and shop facilities, a total of $5,661,000, of which amount $4,778,-
000 is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910,155, and 209, 
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and $883,000 is herewith authorized. 
Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, New Mexico: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navi-
gational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, util-
ities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and shop facilities, a total of 
$4,087,000, of which amount $3,333,000 is included in the authoriza-
tions in Public Laws 564, 910, 155, 534, and 209, and $754,000 is here- 
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Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts: Airfield 
pavements, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communica-
tions and navigational aids, utilities, land acquisition, storage facil-
ities, and shop facilities, $1,146,000, which amount is included in the 
authorizations in Public Laws 910,155, 534, and 209. 
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Atlantic City Consolan Station, Atlantic City, New Jersey: Com-
munications and navigational aids, $72,000. 
Bismarck-Minot area, North Dakota : Airfield pavements, liquid fuel 
storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids 
and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing and messing facili-
ties, family housing, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, 
storage facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and conmiunity 
facilities, and shop facilities, $6,494,000. 
Burlington Municipal Airport, Burlington, Vermont: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications 
and navigational aids, aircraft maintenance facilities, and land acqui-
sition, a total of $1,018,000, of which amount $608,000 is included in 
the authorizations in Public Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209, and $410,0;)0 
is herewith authorized. 
Duluth Municipal Airport, Duluth, Minnesota : Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, aircraft maintenance facilities, 
utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, and personnel facilities, a 
total of $2,173,000, of which amount $787,000 is included in the authori-
zations in Public Laws 910,155, 534, and 209, and $1,386,000 is herewith 
authorized. 
Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado: Connnunications 
and navigational aids, troop housing and messing facilities, land acqui-
sition, and personnel facilities, a total of $324,000, of which amount 
$256,000 is included in the authorization in Public Law 155, and 
$68,000 is herewith authorized. 
Fargo area. North Dakota: Airfield pavements, liquid fuel storage 
and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and air-
field lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisi-
tion, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $7,055,000. 
Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington: Communications and naviga-
tional aids, troop housing and messing facilities, and storage facilities, 
$296,000, which amoimt is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 910,155, 534, and 209. 
Glasgow-Miles City area, Montana: Airfield pavements, liquid fuel 
storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids 
and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land 
acquisition, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $8,391,000. 
Grandview Air Force Base, Kansas City, Missouri: Airfield ])ave-
ments, communications and navigational aids, operational facilities, 
utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and personnel facilities, 
$1,583,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 155 and 209. 
Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania : Liquid fuel 
storage and dispensing facilities, communications and navigational 
aids, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, and personnel facili-
ties, $245,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209. 
Hamilton Air Force Base, San Eafael, California: Airfield pave-
ments, communications and navigational aids, utilities, land acquisi-
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tion, and shop facilities, $1,042,000, which amount is included in the 
authorizations in Public Laws 564, 910, 155, 534, and 209. 
Kinross Air Force Base, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan: Communica-
tions and navigational aids, aircraft maintenance facilities, util,ities, 
land acquisition, storage facilities, and personnel facilities, $1,013,000, 
which amount ^s included in the authorizations in Public Laws 155, 534, 
and 209. 
Klamath Falls Airport, Klamath Falls, Oregon: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing and 
messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage 
facilities, personnel facilities, and administrative and community 
facilities, $4,133,000. 
K. I. Sawyer Airport, Marquette, Michigan: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, naviga-
tional aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing and 
messing facilities, utilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, per-
sonnel facilities, administrative and community facilities, and shop 
facilities, $8,556,000. 
McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Washington : Airfield pavements, 
communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, 
operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facil,ities, troop housing 
and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and 
shop facilities, $1,605,000, which amount is included in the authoriza-
tions in Public Laws 564, 910,155, 534, and 209. 
McGliee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee: Communications 
and navigational aids, utilities, land acquisition, and personnel facili-
ties, $195,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Pub-
lic Laws 910,155, 534, and 209. 
Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Airfield 
pavements, communications and navigational aids, operational facili-
ties, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, and land acquisition, a 
total of $2,156,000, of which amount $672,000 is included in the 
authorizations in Public Laws 910,155, 534, and 209, and $1,484,000 is 
herewith authorized. 
Nantucket Consolan Station, Nantucket, Massachusetts: Communi-
cations and navigational aids, $107,000. 
New Castle County Airport, Wilmington, Delaware : Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications 
and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $677,000, which 
amount is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910, 155, 534, 
and 209. 
Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, Niagara Falls, New York: Com-
munications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, utili-
ties, land acquisition, medical facilities, and shop facilities, $265,000, 
which amount is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910, 
155, 534, and 209. 
O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois: Liquid fuel stor-
age and dispensing facilities, communications and navigational aids, 
utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $228,000, which 
amount is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910, 155, 534, 
and 209. 
Otis Air Force Base, Falmouth, Massachusetts: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, operational facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, and storage 
facilities, $2,413,000, which amount is included in the authorizations 
in Public Laws 564, 910,155, 534, and 209. 
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Oxnard Air Force Base, Oxnard, California: Communications and 
navigational aids, training facilities, troop housing and messing facili-
ties, land acquisition, storage facilities, and personnel facilities, 
$497,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209. 
Paine Air Force Base, Everett, Washington: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, land acquisition, storage facili-
ties, and personnel facilities, $1,214,000, which amount is included 
in the authorizations in Public Laws 910,155, 534, and 209. 
Pescadero Consolan Station, Pescadero, California: Communica-
tions and navigational aids, $107,000. 
Point Conception Consolan Station, Point Conception, California: 
Communications and navigational aids, $72,000. 
Portland International Airport, Portland, Oregon: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications 
and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage 
facilities, a total of $2,222,000, of which amount $500,000 is included 
in the authorizations in Public Laws 155, 534, and 209, and $1,722,000 
is herewith authorized. 
Presque Isle Air Force Base, Presque Isle, Maine: Communications 
and navigational aids, operational facilities, and land acquisition, 
$155,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209. 
Southern California area: Expansion of airfield and base facilities, 
including the acquisition of land, $4,000,000. 
Self ridge Air Force BasQ, Mount Clemens, Michigan: Airfield 
pavements, communications and navigational aids, operational facil-
ities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and 
storage facilities, $718,000, which amount is included in the autlior,iza-
tions in Public Laws 564, 910, 155, 534, and 209. 
Sioux City Municipal Airport, Sioux City, Iowa: Communications 
and navigational aids, and land acquisition, $11,000, which amount is 
included in the authorizations in Public Laws 155, 534, and 209. 
Stewart Air Force Base, Newburg, New York: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navi-
gational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, air-
craft maintenance facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, 
utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities and personnel facilities, 
$2,659,000. 
Suffolk County Air Force Base, Westhampton, New York: Airfield 
pavements, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting 
facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utili-
ties, land acquisition, storage facilities, and shop fac,ilities, a total of 
$1,445,000, of which amount $624,000 is included in the authorizations 
in Public Laws 910,155, and 534, and $821,000 is herewith authorized. 
Traverse City area, Michigan: Airfield pavements, liquid fuel 
storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids 
and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land 
acquisition, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $8,635,000. 
Truax Field, Madison, Wisconsin: Airfield pavements, liquid fuel 
storage and dispensing facilities, communications and navigational 
aids, aircraft maintenance facilities, land acquisition, and storage 
facilities, $1,256,000, which amount is included in the authorizations 
in Public Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209. 
Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Oscoda, Michigan: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, naviga-
tional aids and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facil-
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ities, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
and storage facilities, a total of $2,395,000, of which amount $655,000 
is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910, 155, 534, and 
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Youngstown Municipal Airport, Youngstown, Ohio: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications 
and navigational aids, aircraft maintenance facilities, land acquisi-
tion, storage facilities, and shop facilities, $687,000, which amount is 
included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910, 155, and 209. 
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Yuma County Airport, Yuma, Arizona: Airfield pavements, liquid 
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, oper-
ational facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land 
acquisition, and jjersonnel facilities, a total of $2,127,000, of which 
amount $541,000 is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 534 
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TACTICAL AIR COMMAND 
Alexandria Air Force Base, Alexandria, Louisiana: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications 
and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisi-
tion, storage facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and com-
munity facilities, and shop facilities, a total of $5,852,000, of which 
amount $4,239,000 is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 
155, 534, and 209, and $1,613,000 is herewith authorized. 
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Ardmore Air Force Base, Ardmore, Oklahoma: Communications, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, personnel facilities, and adminis-
trative and community facilities, $502,000, which amount is included 
in the authorizations in Public Laws 155 and 534. 
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Blytheville Air Force Base, Blytheville, Arkansas: Airfield pave-
ments, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facili-
ties, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, personnel facili-
ties, administrative and community facilities, and shop facilities, 
$2,717,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 534 and 209. 
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Bunker Hill Airport, Peru, Indiana: Airfield pavements, commu-
nications and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft main-
tenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, family housing, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, 
storage facilities, personnel facilities, and shop facilities, a total of 
$2,728,000, of which amount $2,652,000 is included in the authoriza-
tions in Public Laws 534 and 209, and $76,000 is herewith authorized, 
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Clovis Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and 
navigational aids, operational facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, family housing, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, 
and administrative and community facilities, a total of $2,748,000, 
of which amount $741,000 is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 155, 534, and 209, and $2,007,000 is herewith authorized. 
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Donaldson Air Force Base, Greenville, South Carolina: Airfield 
pavements, communications and navigational aids, aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and shop facilities, a total 
of $3,212,000, of which amount $1,906,000 is included in the authoriza-
tions in Public Laws 910 and 155, and $1,306,000 is herewith 
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Eglin Auxiliary Field, Hurlburt, Florida: Liquid fuel storage and 
dispensing facilities, communications and navigational aids, opera-
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tional facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, family 
housing, 
utilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, 
administrative and community facilities, and harbor 
facilities, 
$1,772,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 155 and 209. 
Foster Air Force Base, Victoria, Texas: Airfield pavements, liquid 
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and naviga-
tional aids, operational facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage 
facilities, personnel facilities, and administrative and community facil-
ities, $1,378,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in 
Public Laws 155, 534, and 209. 
George Air Force Base, Victorville, California: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and navi-
gational aids, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, 
training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, person-
nel facilities, administrative and community facilities, and shop facili-
ties, a total of $5,140,000, of which amount $366,000 is included in the 
authorizations in Public Laws 910,155, and 209, and $4,774,000 is here-
with authorized. 
Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Virginia: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and navi-
gational aids, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, 
family housing, utilities, and land acquisition, $2,534,000, which 
amount is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 564, 910, 155, 
and 209. 
Larson Air Force Base, Moses Lake, Washington: Airfield pave-
ments, communications and navigational aids, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and shop facili-
ties, $1,890,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in 
Public Laws 564, 910,155, 534, and 209. 
Lawson Air Force Base, Columbus, Georgia: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, storage facilities, 
administrative and community facilities, and shop facilities, a total 
of $4,469,000, of which amount $3,250,000 is included in the authori-
zations in Public Laws 910 and 155, and $1,219,000 is herewith 
authorized. 
Myrtle Beach Airport, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing and 
messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, person-
nel facilities, and administrative and community facilities, a total of 
$11,817,000, of which amount $8,383,000 is included in the authorization 
in Public Law 534, and $3,434,000 is herewith authorized. 
Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, 
navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, 
aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acqui-
sition, storage facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and com-
munity facilities, and shop facilities, $2,104,000, which amount is 
included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910, 155, and 209. 
Sewart Air Force Base, Smyrna, Tennessee: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, operational facilities, utilities, 
land acquisition, and shop facilities, $872,000, which amount is included 
in the authorizations in Public Laws 910 and 155. 
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, North Carolina : Air-
field pavements, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, commu-
nications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational 
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facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop 
housing and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facili-
ties, personnel facilities, and shop facilities, a total of $13,444,000, of 
M'hich amount $6,916,000 is included in the authorization in Public 
Law 534, and $6,528,000 is herewith authorized. 
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Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and navi-
gational aids, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, 
training facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, land 
acquisition, storage facilities, administrative and community facili-
ties, and shop facilities, $2,997,000, which amount is included in the 
authorizations in Public Laws 910 and 155. 
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AIR TRAINING 
COMMAND 
Amarillo Air Force Base, Amarillo, Texas: Communications and 
navigational aids, utilities, land acquisition, and personnel facilities, 
$393,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 910 and 155. 
^"'e, p. S43, 
Bryan Air Force Base, Bryan, Texas: Communications and naviga-
tional aids, utilities, and land acquisition, $108,000, which amount is 
included in the authorizations in Public Laws 155, 534, and 209. 
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Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Illinois: Communications and 
navigational aids, operational facilities, and land acquisition, $186,000. 
Craig Air Force Base, Selma, Alabama: Airfield pavements, com-
munications and navigational aids, and land acquisition, $138,000, 
which amount is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910, 
155, 534, and 209. 
^"t^> p- 543. 
Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational 
aids, and training 
facilities, 
$1,073,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 564,155, 534, and 209. 
^"'e, p. 543. 
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming: Com-
munications and navigational aids, and land acquisition, $26,000, 
which amount is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910 
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and 155. 
Gila Bend Auxiliary Field, Gila Bend, Arizona: Communications 
and navigational aids, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, 
land acquisition, personnel facilities, and shop facilities, $842,000. 
Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas: Communications 
and navigational aids, $15,000, which amount is included in authoriza-
tions in Public Laws 155, 534, and 209. 
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Greenville Air Force Base, Greenville, Mississippi: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications 
and navigational aids, land acquisition, and harbor facilities, a total 
of $813,000, of which amount $111,000 is included in the authorizations 
in Public Laws 910 and 209, and $702,000 is herewith authorized. 
^"'e, P. 543. 
Harlingen Air Force Base, Harlingen, Texas: Communications and 
navigational aids, training facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, utilities, and land acquisition, $2,035,000, which amount is 
included in the authorizations in Public Laws 155, 534, and 209. 
^"'e, p. 543. 
James Connally Air Force Base, Waco, Texas: Airfield pavements, 
communications 
and 
navigational 
aids, and 
land 
acquisition, 
$3,853,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 910,155, 534, and 209. 
^nte, p. 543. 
Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi: Communications and 
navigational aids, operational facilities, training facilities, utilities, 
and land acquisition, $207,000, which amount is included in the 
authorizations in Public Laws 910 and 155. 
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Laredo Air Force Base, Laredo, Texas: Airfield pavements, com-
munications and navigational aids, aircraft maintenance facilities, 
training facilities, and land acquisition, $459,000, which amount is 
included in the authorizations in Public Laws 155 and 534. 
Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Kio, Texas: Communications and 
navigational aids, utilities, land acquisition, and personnel facilities, 
$267,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public Law^s 
155, 634, and 209. 
Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Arizona: Airfield pavements, com-
munications and navigational aids, training facilities, utilities, and 
administrative and community facilities, a total of $862,000, of which 
amount $481,000 is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910, 
155, 534, and 209, and $381,000 is herewith authorized. 
Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, California: Airfield pave-
ments, communications and navigational aids, and land acquisition, 
$1,530,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209. 
Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, Georgia: Airfield pavements, 
$339,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 155, 534, and 209. 
Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada: Airfield pavements, com-
munications and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and administrative and commu-
nity facilities, $1,932,000, which amount is included in the authoriza-
tions in Public Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209. 
Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, Texas: Airfield pavements, com-
munications and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, personnel facilities, 
and storage facilities, a total of $1,940,000, of which amount $1,508,000 
is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910,155, 534, and 209, 
and $432,000 is herewith authorized. 
Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Texas: Communications and navi-
gational aids, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $112,000, 
which amount is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910, 
155, 534, and 209. 
Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois: Airfield pavements, com-
munications and navigational aids, operational facilities, and land 
acquisition, $934,000, which amount is included in the authorizations 
in Public Laws 910,155, 534, and 209. 
Selma Municipal Airport, Selma, Alabama: Airfield pavements, 
$176,000. 
Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas: Communications 
and navigational aids, and land acquisition, $32,000, which amount is 
included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910 and 155. 
Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Florida: Airfield pavements, 
commvmications and navigational aids, aircraft maintenance facilities, 
utilities, and land acquisition, a total of $1,479,000, of which amount 
$412,000 is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910,155, 534, 
and 209, and $1,067,000 is herewith authorized. 
Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Oklahoma : ("Communications and navi-
gational aids, and land acquisition, $138,000, which amount is included 
in the authorizations in Public Laws 910,155, 534, and 209. 
Webb Air Force Base, Big Springs, Texas: Communications and 
navigational aids, utilities, land acquisition, and personnel facilities, 
$100,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209. 
Wichita Air Force Base, Wichita, Kansas: Airfield pavements, 
training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, personnel facilities, and 
administrative and community facilities, $2,479,000. 
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Williams Air Force Base, Chandler, Arizona: Communications and 
navigational aids, aircraft maintenance facilities, and utilities, $94,000, 
which amount is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910, 
155, and 534. 
AIR MATERIEL COMMAND 
Ante, p. 543. 
Birmingham Modification Center, Birmingham, Alabama: Utilities 
and shop facilities, $78,000, which amount is included in the authori-
zation in Public Law 534. 
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Brookley Air Force Base, Mobile, Alabama: Airfield pavements, 
liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, naviga-
tional aids and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, utilities, land acquisition, personnel facilities, and administrative 
and community facilities, $3,814,000, which amount is included in the 
authorizations in Public Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209. 
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Gentile Air Force Depot, Dayton, Ohio: Utilities, storage facilities, 
and shop facilities, $489,000, which amount is included in the authori-
zations in Public Laws 910 and 155. 
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Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah: Airfield pavements, communi-
cations, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
storage facilities, and administrative and community facilities, a total 
of $10,170,000, of which amount $2,237,000 is included in the author-
izations in Public Laws 910, 155, and 534, and $7,933,000 is herewith 
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authorized. 
Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas: Airfield pavements, com-
munications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, opera-
tional facilities, utilities, and land acquisition, $12,713,000, which 
amount is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 564, 910, 155, 
534, and 209. 
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Mallory Air Force Depot, Memphis, Tennessee: Aircraft mainte-
nance facilities and utilities, a total of $268,000, of which amount 
$25,000 is included in the authorization in Public Law 155, and $243,000 
is herewith authorized. 
McClellan Air Force Base, Sacramento, California: Airfield pave-
ments, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facili-
ties, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and administrative and commu-
nity facilities, $3,415,000, which amount is included in the authoriza-
tions in Public Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209. 
Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, California: 
Airfield 
pavements, communications and navigational aids, aircraft mainte-
nance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, a total 
of $4,303,000, of which amount $2,120,000 is included in the authoriza-
tions in Public Laws 910, 155, and 209, and $2,183,000 is herewith 
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authorized. 
Norwalk No. 1 Air Force Tank Farm, Norwalk, California: Liquid 
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, $156,000. 
Norwalk No. 2 Air Force Tank Farm, Norwalk, California: Liquid 
fuel storage and dispensing facilities, and utilities, a total of $737,000, 
of which amount $19,000 is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 564 and 910, and $718,000 is herewith authorized. 
^"'«' P* 543. 
Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown, Pennsylvania: Operational 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
and storage facilities, $1,970,000, which amount is included in the 
authorizations in Public Laws 910, 155, and 209. 
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Kobins Air Force Base, Macon, Georgia: Airfield pavements, com-
munications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, opera-
tional facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing and 
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messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and 
administrative and community facilities, a total of $14,645,000, of 
which amount $6,427,000 is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 910, 155, and 209, and $8.218,0;)() is herewith authorized. 
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Airfield pave-
ments, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications 
and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, administrative 
and community facilities, and shop facilities, a total of $6,159,000, of 
which amount $206,000 is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 910, 155, 534, and 209, and $5,953,000 is herewith authorized. 
Topeka Air Force Depot, Topeka, Kansas: Utilities, a total of 
$218,000, of which amount $24,000 is included in the authorization in 
Public Law 155, and $194,000 is herewith authorized. 
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio: Communications 
and navigational aids, operational facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
and research, development and test facilities, $5,847,000, which amount 
is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 564, 910,155, and 209. 
Various locations: Operational facilities, utilities, storage facilities, 
and personnel facilities, $802,000. 
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MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE 
Andrews Air Force Base, Camp Springs, Maryland: Airfield pave-
ments, communications and navigational aids, operational facilities, 
aircraft 
maintenance 
facilities, 
utilities, and 
land 
acquisition, 
$2,059,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 910,155, and 209. 
Charleston Air Force Base, Charleston, South Carolina: Airfield 
pavements, liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communica-
tions and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, training facilities, troop housing and messing facilities, 
utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, person-
nel facilities, administrative and community facilities, and shop 
facilities, a total of $7,472,000, of which amount $2,088,000 is included 
in the authorizations in Public Laws 155 and 209, and $5,384,000 is 
herewith authorized. 
Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware: Airfield pavements, oper-
ational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, 
utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, personnel facilities, admin-
istrative and community facilities, and shop facilities, a total of 
$3,348,000, of which amount $1,694,000 is included in the authorizations 
in Public Laws 910 and 155, and $1,654,000 is herewith authorized. 
McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown, New Jersey: Airfield pave-
ments, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facili-
ties, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training 
facilities, utilities, and land acquisition, $4,638,000, which amount is 
included in the authorizations in Public Laws 564, 910, 155, and 209. 
Palm Beach International Airport, Palm Beach, Florida: Airfield 
pavements, communications and navigational aids, operational facili-
ties, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing and messing facili-
ties, utilities, and land acquisition, $2,440,000, which amount is 
included in the authorizations in Public Laws 155, 534, and 209. 
Ante, 
p. 543. 
CONTINENTAL AIR COMMAND 
Beale Air Force- Base, Marysville, California: Utilities, storage 
facilities, and personnel facilities, $192,000, which amount is included 
in the authorization in Public Law 155. 
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Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas: Communications and 
navigational aids, aircraft maintenance facilities, and utilities, 
$757,000. 
Dobbins Air Force Base, Marietta, Georgia: Operational facilities, 
troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and 
personnel facilities, $576,000. 
Mitchel Air Force Base, Hempstead, New York: Communications 
and navigational aids, operational facilities, utilities, and land 
acquisition, a total of $729,000, of which amount $43,000 is included 
in the authorization in Public Law 155, and $686,000 is herewith 
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authorized. 
Wolters Air Force Base, Mineral Wells, Texas: Troop housing 
and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and 
personnel facilities, $845,000, which amount is included in the author-
izations in Public Laws 910 and 155. 
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KESEAKCH AND DEVELOPMP^NT COMMAND 
Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tullahoma, Tennessee: 
Research, development and test facilities, liquid fuel storage and dis-
pensing facilities, utilities, and personnel facilities, $73,500,000. 
Edwards Air Force Base, Muroc, California: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, operational facilities, aircraft 
maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, utilities, land acquisition, research, development and test 
facilities, storage facilities, personnel facilities, and administrative 
and community facilities, a total of $27,478,000, of which amount 
$11,286,000 is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 564, 910, 
155, and 209, and $16,192,000 is herewith authorized. 
Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, New York: Airfield pavements, com-
munications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, opera-
tional facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, 
utilities, land acquisition, research, development and test facilities, 
storage facilities, and shop facilities, a total of $2,869,000, of which 
amount $1,217,000 is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 
838, 910, 155, 534, and 209, and $1,652,000 is hereby authorized. 
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Hartford 
Research Facility, Hartford, Connecticut: Research, 
development and test facilities, and land acquisition, $5,750,000. 
Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico: Airfield 
pavements, airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, troop 
housing and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, research, 
development and test facilities, storage facilities, administrative and 
community facilities, and shop facilities, a total of $7,141,000, of 
which amount $2,489,000 is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 564, 910,155, 534, and 209, and $4,652,000 is herewith authorized. 
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Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Airfield 
pavements, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting 
facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop 
housing and messing facilities, family housing, utilities, land acquisi-
tion, research, development and test facilities, storage facilities, per-
sonnel facilities, and shop facilities, a total of $5,l72,000, of which 
amount $4,928,000 is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 
564, 910, 155, 534, and 209, and $244,000 is herewith authorized. 
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Laurence G. Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, Massachusetts: 
Airfield pavements, communications, navigational aids and ajirfield 
lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facili-
ties, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, 
storage facilities, personnel facilities, administrative and community 
facilities, and shop facilities, $6,649,000. 
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Sacramento Peak (Laurence G. Hanscom Auxiliary No. 2), New 
Mexico: Land acquisition, $114,000. 
Climatic projects laboratory, Mount Washington, New Hampshire: 
Liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities, troop housing and mess-
ing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, a total 
of $877,000, of which amount $19,000 is included in the authorizations 
Ante. p. 543. 
jn Public Laws 564, 910, and 155, and $858,000 is herewith authorized. 
Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa, Florida: Communications, naviga-
tional aids and airfield fighting facilities, operational facilities, troop 
housing and messing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, research, 
development and test facilities, and administrative and community 
facilities, $6,463,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in 
Ante, p. 543. 
Public Laws 60,534, and 209. 
AIR PROVING GROUND COMMAND 
Eglin Air Force Base, Valparaiso, Florjda: Airfield pavements, 
communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, 
operational facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and research, develop-
ment and test facilities, $6,149,000, which amount is included in the 
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authorizatious in Public Laws 564, 155, 534, and 209. 
AIR UNIVERSITY 
Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama: Communications 
and navigational aids, operational facilities, training facilities, troop 
housing and messing facilities, utilities, and land 
acquisition, 
$1,392,000. 
HEADQUARTERS COMMAND 
Boiling Air Force Base, Washington, District of Columbia: Com-
munications and navigational aids, troop housjing and messing facili-
ties, utilities, and land acquisition, a total of $236,000, of which amount 
Ante, p. 543. 
$123,000 is includcd in the authorization in Publjc Law 534, and 
$113,000 is herewith authorized. 
COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATIONAL AIDS 
Various locations: Communications and navigational aids, and land 
acquisition, $1,040,000. 
OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 
ALASKAN 
A I R 
COMMAND 
'' 
Adak (Davis Naval Station): Communications and navigational 
aids, $24,000. 
Eielson Air Force Base: Communications and navigational aids, 
and land acquisition, $66,000, which amount is included in the author-
>infe, p. 543. 
i;5ations iu Public Laws 420,564,910,155, aiid 534. 
Elmendorf Air Force Base: Communications, navigational aids 
and airfield lighting facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage 
facilities, $449,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in 
Ante, p. 543. 
Public Laws 420,564,910,155, and 534. 
Galena Airfield: Airfield pavements, liquid fuel storage and dis-
pensing facilities, communications and navigational aids, operational 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing and messing 
facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, a total of $6,362,000, of 
which amount $50,000 is included in the authorization in Public Law 
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Ladd Air Force Base: Airfield pavements, communications, navi-
gational aids and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, training facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $2,223,000, 
which amount is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 420, 
564, 910, 155, and 534. 
Naknek Air Force Base: Liquid fuel storage and dispensing facili-
ties, communications and navigational aids, aircraft maintenance facil-
ities, troop housing and messing facilities, utilities, and storage facili-
ties, a total of $2,862,000, of which amount $1,775,000 is included in 
the authorizations in Public Laws 910, 155, and 534, and $1,087,000 
is herewith authorized. 
Various locations: Communications and navigational aids, and land 
acquisition, $890,000, which amount is included in the authorizations 
in Public Laws 155 and 534. 
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FAR EAST AIR FORCES 
Clark Air Force Base, Philippine Islands: Communications and 
navigational aids, $132,000, which amount is included in the authori-
zation in Public Law 534. 
Various locations, Guam: Airfield pavements, liquid fuel storage 
and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and air-
field lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance 
facilities, family housing, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, 
and administrative and community facilities, $13,774,000, which 
amount is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910,155, and 
534. 
Various locations, Okinawa: Communications and navigational 
aids, operational facilities, family housing, utilities, and administra-
tive and community facilities, $14,308,000, which amount is included 
in the authorizations in Public Laws 420, 910, 155, and 534. 
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MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE 
Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii: Airfield pavements, 
communications and navigational aids, troop housing and messing 
facilities, and utilities, a total of $4,450,000, of which amount $2,044,000 
is included in the authorizations in Public Laws 910 and 155, and 
$2,406,000 is herewith authorized. 
Johnston Island Air Force Base, Johnston Island: Communications 
and navigational aids, $27,000, which amount is included in the author-
izations in Public Laws 564, 910, and 155. 
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p. 543. 
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STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico: Liquid fuel storage and dis-
pensing facilities, communications and navigational aids, operational 
facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, 
personnel facilities, and administrative and community facilities, 
$2,386,000, which amount is included in the authorizations in Public 
Laws 910, 155, and 534. 
SEC. 302. (a) The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to estab-
lish or develop classified military installations and facilities for air- and^aciiiries 
craft control and warning system by the acquisition of land and the 
construction, conversion, rehabilitation or installation of permanent or 
temporary public works, which include site preparation, appurte-
nances, utilities and equipment, in the amount of $110,325,000, which 
amount is included in the authorization in Public Law 155. 
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t a r y installations 
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Puerto Rico. 
Conveyance. 
(b) Section 302 of the Act approved September 28, 1951 (65 Stat. 
336), is hereby amended by striking the figures "$1,071,638,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$1,034,906,000". 
SEC. 303. The Secretary of the Air Force may convey by quitclaim 
deed to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico without cost to said Com-
monwealth all right, title and interest of the United States in and to 
approximately eighteen and three-hundredths acres of land located in 
the Ward of Monacillo, Municipality of Rio Piedras at San Juan, 
Puerto Rico, known as tract numbered 2 of the San Patricio gasoline 
storage project. 
TITLE IV 
ics4oM%yst2S?"" 
^^^- '*^^- "^^^ Secretary of the Army is authorized to establish or 
develop installations and facilities of the Alaska Communications 
System by the 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 and equipment: 
Adak Station, Alaska: Operational facilities 
(including troop 
housing), $70,000. 
Bethel Station, Alaska: Troop housing, family housing, utilities, 
and operational facilities, $185,000. 
Cordova Station, Alaska: Operational facilities and utilities, 
$25,600. 
Kotzebue Station, Alaska: Troop housing, family housing, opera-
tional facilities, and utilities, $182,000. 
TITLE V 
Ac qui si t ion of 
land, etc. 
10 use 1339; 31 
use 529; 40 use 
259, 267. 
33 use 733 and 
note. 
Restriction. 
Options 
Report. 
SEC. 501. (a) The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force 
are respectively authorized to proceed with the establishment or 
development of military and naval installations and facilities as 
authorized by titles I, II, III, and 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 to establish or develop military 
installations and facilities shall include, in respect of those installa-
tions and facilities as to which the acquisition of land is specified in 
titles I, II, and III of this Act, authority 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. 
(b) No real estate not in Federal ownership shall be acquired by 
a military department except as such acquisition is or shall be 
expressly authorized by law: r*rovided, however, That the Secretaries 
of the military departments may, prior to such authorization, procure 
options on real estate which in their judgment is suitable and likely 
to be required in connection with prospective public works projects 
of the military departments and to pa^?^, out of any funds available to 
such departments for real estate activities, amounts not in excess of 
3 per centum per annum of the appraised fair market value of the 
real estate involved as consideration for such options: Provided 
fur-
ther, That for each semiannual period beginning July 1, 1954, during 
which a military department procures any option under the authority 
of this section, the Secretary of such military department shall render 
to the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives a report as to the options procured during such period. 
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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, $129,096,000; outside continental United States, 
$19,264,000; classified installations and facilities, $87,700,000; or 
a total of $236,060,000; 
(2) for public works authorized by title I I : Inside continental 
United States, $102,042,000; outside continental United States, 
$36,493,000; classified installations and facilities, $63,358,000; or 
a total of $201,893,000; 
(3) for public works authorized by title I I I : Inside continental 
United States, $389,125,000; outside continental United States, 
$9,829,000; or a total of $398,954,000; and 
(4) for public works authorized by title IV: a total of $462,600. 
SEC. 503. Any of the approximate costs enumerated in titles I, II, 
III, and IV as to which appropriations are authorized by this Act may, 
in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be varied upward by 5 
per centum in the case of projects within 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. Except as otherwise specifically autliorized in this Act, 
no family quarters shall be constructed under the authority of this Act 
with a net floor area in excess of one thousand two hundred and fifty 
square feet, and the average net floor area of all such family quarters 
shall not exceed one thousand and eighty square feet. 
SEC. 505. Appropriations made to carry out the purposes of this 
Act shall be available with respect to public works projects authorized 
by law for expenses incident to construction, including administration, 
overhead, planning, and supervision. 
SEC. 506. 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 establish-
ment 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 require-
ments of Public Law 245, Eighty-second Congi-ess. 
SEC. 507. Section 405 of the Act of June 17,1950 (64 Stat. 236, 244) 
is repealed. 
SEC. 508. 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 Un,ited 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. 
Appr op r i a t ions 
authorized. 
Cost variations. 
Family quarters. 
P ubl i c works 
projects. 
Contracts. 
65 Stat. 700. 
41 use 153, 254. 
Unit cost limita-
tions. 
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[68 ST A T . 
Relmbur seme n t 
of own er s and 
tenants. 
65 Stat. 364. 
Restriction. 
66 Stat. 624. 
Restriction. 
Applicability. 
Aw ard 
tracts. 
of con-
62 Stat. 21. 
41 u s e 151 note. 
SEC. 509. (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, 336), is amended to read as follows: The Secretary of the Army, 
the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force are 
respectively authorized, to the extent administratively determined 
by each to be fair and reasonable under regulations approved by the 
Secretary of Defense, to reimburse the owners and tenants of land, 
used by such owners and tenants for residential or agricultural pur-
poses, acquired by their departments pursuant to the provisions of 
this Act for expenses and other losses and damages incurred by such 
owners and tenants, respectively, in the process and as a direct result 
of the moving of themselves and their families and possessions because 
of such acquisition of land, which reimbursement shall be in addi-
tion to, but not in duplication of, any payments in respect, of such 
acquisition as may otherwise be authorized by law^: Provided^ That 
the total of such reimbursement to the owners and tenants of any 
parcel of land shall in no event exceed 25 per centum of the fair 
value of such parcel of land as determined by the Secretary of the 
military department concerned. 
No payment in reimbursement shall 
be made unless application therefor, supported by an itemized state-
ment of the expenses, losses and damages so incurred, shall have been 
submitted to the Secretary of the military department concerned 
within one year following the date of such vacating. 
(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 to read as follows: "The Secretary of the Army, the Secre-
tary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force are respectively 
authorized, to the extent administratively determined by each to be 
fair and reasonable, under regulations approved by the Secretary of 
Defense, to reimburse the owners and tenants of land, used by such 
owners and tenants for residential or agricultural purposes, to be 
acquired for any public works project of the military department 
concerned for expenses and other losses and damages incurred by such 
owners and tenants, respectively, in the process and as a direct result 
of the moving of themselves and their families and possessions because 
of such acquisition of land, which reimbursement shall be in addition 
to, but not in duplication of, any payments in respect of such acquisi-
tion as may otherwise be authorized by law: Provided^ That the total 
of such reimbursement to the owners and tenants of any parcel of land 
shall in no event exceed 25 per centum of the fair value of such parcel 
of land as determined by the Secretary of the military department 
concerned." 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply only with 
respect to land acquired subsequent to the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 510. 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 impaired 
thereby and if such award is consistent with the provisions of the 
Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947, on a competitive basis to 
the lowest responsible bidder. 
Approved July 27, 1954.