An Act to authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes
PL 92-545 (H.R.15641), enacted 10/25/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-545-OCT. 25, 1972 
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Public Law 92-545 
AN ACT 
October 25, 1972 
To authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other 
FH.R. 156411 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhted. 
Military Con-
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serve Forces 
TITLE I 
Facilities author-
ization acts, 1973. 
SEC. 101. The Secreitary of the Army may establish or develop 
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military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, con-
verting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public 
works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, 
utilities, and equipment for the following acquisition and construction: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL ARMY COMMAND 
(First Army) 
Fort Belvoir, Virginia, $11,027,000. 
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, $1,078,000. 
Fort Dix, New Jersey, $1,215,000. 
Fort Eustis, Virginia, $7,535,000. 
Fort Knox, Kentucky, $20,244,000. 
Fort Lee, Virginia, $1,048,000. 
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, $1,818,000. 
(Third Army) 
. Fort Benning, Georgia, $6,040,000. 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, $964,000. 
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, $10,957,000. 
Fort Gordon, Georgia, $5,225,000. 
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, $18,650,000. 
Fort McClellan, Alabama, $333,000. 
Fort Rucker, Alabama, $3,232,000. 
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(Fifth Army) 
Fort Bliss, Texas, $3,382,000. 
Fort Benj amin Harrison, Indiana, $1,966,000. 
Fort Hood, Texas, $36,193,000. 
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, $1,054,000. 
Fort Polk, Louisiana, $4,997,000. 
Fort Riley, Kansas, $787,000. 
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Fort Sill, Oklahoma, $14,958,000. 
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, $18,578,000. 
(Sixth Army) 
Fort Carson, Colorado, $16,098,000. 
Presidio of Monterey, California, $4,118,000. 
Fort Ord, California, $8,451,000. 
Presidio of San Francisco, California, $12,367,000. 
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Fort McNair, District of Columbia, $120,000. 
Fort Myer, Virginia, $1,815,000. 
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UNITED STATES ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND 
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Anniston Army Depot, Alabama, $1,460,000. 
Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center, Massachusetts, 
$332,000. 
Harry Diamond Laboratories, Maryland, $20,867,000. 
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Edgewood Arsenal,Maryland,$1,902,000. 
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Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, $1,610,000. 
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, $475,000. 
Pueblo Army Depot, Colorado, $654,000. 
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, $547,000. 
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, $444,000. 
Sierra Army Depot, California, $2,633,000. „, 
Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, $926,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR DEFENSE COMMAND 
Various Locations, $1,923,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY SECURITY AGENCY 
Vint Hill Farms, Virginia, $1,549,000. 
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Fort Ritcliie, Maryland, $545,000. 
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UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY 
United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 
$3,493,000. 
ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 
Fitzsimons General Hospital, Colorado, $685,000. 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, District of Columbia, 
$13,161,000. 
MILITARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND TERMINAL SERVICE 
Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne, New Jersey, $3,245,000. 
Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, North Carolina, $802,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY, ALASKA 
Alaska General, Alaska, $673,000. 
Fort Richardson, Alaska, $l,273,0i[)0. 
UNITED STATES ARMY, HAWAII 
Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii, $1,245,000. 
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, $2,918,000. 
Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, $1,589,000. 
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BARRACKS MODERNIZATION 
Various Locations, $103,225,000. 
POLLUTION ABATEMENT 
Various Locations, Air Pollution Abatement, $22,776,000. 
Various Locations, Water Pollution Abatement, $36,502,000. 
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UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES, SOUTHERN COMMAND 
Canal Zone, Various Locations, $8,129,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMT, PACIFIC 
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Korea, Various Locations, $2,018,000. 
KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE 
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National Missile Range, $13,289,000. 
Site Defense of Minuteman, $19,000,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY SECURITY AGENCY 
Various Locations, $3,273,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS COMMAND 
Various Locations, $1,412,000. 
UNITED STATES ARMY, EUROPE 
Germany, Various Locations, $11,953,000. 
Various Locations: For the United States share of the cost of mul-
tilateral programs for the acquisition or construction of military 
facilities and installations, including international military headquar-
ters, for the collective defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area, 
$58,000,000: Provided, That, within thirty days after the end of each 
Report to con-
quarter, the Secretary of the Army shall furnish to the Committees fees.'^°"^^ ''°""^^* 
on Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a description of obligations incurred as the 
United States share of such multilateral programs. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Army may establish or develop Army stm^uon*"''^ ^°"" 
installations and facilities by proceeding with construction made nee 
essary by changes in Army missions and responsibilities which htive 
been occasioned by (a) unforeseen security considerations, (b) new 
weapons developments, (c) new and unforeseen research and devel-
opment requirements, or (d) improved production schedules if the 
Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction 
for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act 
would be inconsistent with interests of national security, and in con-
nection therewith to acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install 
permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site 
preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, in the total 
amount of $10,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, ^^^°"^'"*"'°"°^ 
or his designee, shall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the noaficati!>n'. 
Senate and House of Representatives, immediately upon reaching a 
final decision to implement, of the cost of construction of any public 
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work undertaken under this section, including those real estate actions 
Authorization 
pertaining thereto. This authorization will expire as of September 30, 
expiration. 
1973, except for those public works projects concerning which 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives have been notified pursuant to this section prior to that 
date. 
SEC. 103. (a) Public Law^ 91-511, as amended, is amended under the 
heading "Inside the United States" in section 101 as follows: 
(1) With respect to "Burlington Army Ammunition Plant, New 
Jersey", strike out "$384,000" and insert m place thereof "$650,000". 
(2) With respect to "Sierra Army Depot, California", strike out 
"$369,000" and insert in place thereof "$761,000". 
(3) With respect to "Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania", strike 
out "$115,000" and insert in place thereof "$261,000". 
(b) Public Law 91-511, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (1) of section 602 "$180,502,000" and "$265,699,000" and insert-
ing in place thereof "$181,306,000" and "$266,503,000", respectively. 
SEC. 105. (a) Public Law 92-145 is amended under the heading 
85 Stat. 395. 
"Pollutiou Abatement" in section 101 as follows: With respect to 
"Various Locations, Water Pollution Abatement Facilities", strike 
out "S34,791,000" and "$2,000,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$35,291,000" and "$2,500,000", respectively. 
(b) Public Law 92-145 is amended by striking out in clause (1) 
of section 702 "$363,126,000" and "$404,500,000" and inserting in place 
thereof "$363;626,000" and "$405,000,000", respectively. 
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Navy. 
SEC. 201. The Secretary of the Navy may establish or develop mili-
tary installations and facilities by acquiring, oonstructing, converting, 
rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, 
including land acquisition, site preparation, appuitenances, utilities 
and equipment for the following acquisition and construction: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
FIRST NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine, $2,499,000. 
Naval Hospital, Newport, Rhode Island, $423,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Newport, Rhode Island, $546,000. 
Naval Station, Newport, Rhode Island, $2,050,000. 
Naval Underwater 
Systems Center, Newport, Rhode Island, 
$2,257,000. 
Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, $8,469,000. 
Naval 
Air 
Rework 
Facility, Quonset 
Point, Rhode 
Island, 
$1,460,000. 
Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, $3,636,000. 
THIRD NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, $7,647,000. 
Naval Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, $728,000. 
FOURTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
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Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, $107,000. 
Naval Air Test Facility, Lakehurst, New Jersey, $1,504,000. 
Navy Finance Center, Cleveland, Ohio, $2,777,000. 
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NAVAL DISTRICT, WASHINGTON 
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, $9,323,000. 
Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent Kiver, Maryland, $4,914,000. 
Naval Electronic Systems Test and Evaluation Facility, St. 
Inigoes, Maryland, $140,000. 
Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland, $438,000, 
Naval Hospital, Quantico, Virginia, $185,000. 
FIFTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia, 
$294,000. 
Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia, $1,300,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Norfolk, Virginia, $3,319,000. 
Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, Virginia, $5,116,000. 
Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia, $3,186,000. 
Naval Supply Center, Norfolk, Virginia, $5,968,000. 
Naval Air Station, Oceana, Virginia, $2,347,000. 
Naval Ophthalmic Support and Training Activity, Yorktown, 
Virginia, $421,000. 
Naval Security Detachment, Sugar Grove, West Virginia, $475,000. 
SIXTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Air Station, Cecil Field, Florida, $479,000. 
Naval Air Eework Facility, Jacksonville, Florida, $6,950,000. 
Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, $3,676,000. 
Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida, $1,058,000. 
Naval 
Coastal 
Systems Laboratory, 
Panama 
City, 
Florida, 
$1,216,000. 
Naval Air Eework Facility, Pensacola, Florida, $6,275,000. 
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, $2,850,000. 
Naval Communications Training Center, Pensacola, Florida, 
$4,998,000. 
Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Florida, $19,156,000. 
Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Florida, $756,000. 
Naval Air Station, Glynco, Georgia, $1,213,000. 
Naval Home, Gulfport, Mississippi, $3,300,000. 
Naval Air Station, Meridian, Mississippi, $6,584,000. 
Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina, $5,316,000. 
Naval Station, Charleston, South Carolina, $3,452,000. 
Naval Air Station, Memphis, Tennessee, $10,512,000. 
EIGHTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, $11,680,000. 
Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility, White Sands, New Mexico, 
$160,000. 
Naval Ammunition Depot, McAlester, Oklahoma, $6,336,000. 
Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, $642,000. 
Naval Air Station, Kingsville, Texas, $250,000. 
N I N T H NAVAL DISTRICT 
Navy Public Works Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, $108,000. 
Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, $5,147,000. 
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ELEVENTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, California, $2,761,000. 
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Naval Air Station, Imperial Beach, California, $1,252,000. 
Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, California, $5,586,000. 
Naval Station, Long Beach, California, $1,844,000. 
Naval Air Station, Miramar, California, $4,372,000. 
Naval Air Eework Facility, North Island, California, $3,015,000. 
Naval Air Station, North Island, California, $12,144,000. 
Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu, California, $665,000. 
Naval Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, California, 
$470,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, San Diego, California, $1,758,000. 
Naval Station, San Diego, California, $8,291,000. 
Navy Submarine Support Facility, San Diego, California, $631,000. 
TWELFTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Air Station, Alameda, California, $8,134,000, 
Naval Facility, Centerville Beach, Ferndale, California, $664,000. 
Naval Air Station, Lemoore, California, $3,981,000. 
Naval 
Schools Command, Mare Island, Vallejo, 
California, 
$5,153,000. 
Naval Shipyard, Mare Island, Vallejo, California, $4,450,000. 
Naval Air Station, MoJOfet Field, California, $5,491,000. 
Fleet Numerical Weather Central, Monterey, California, $2,830,000. 
Naval 
Station, Treasure 
Island, 
San 
Francisco, 
California, 
$2,690,000. 
Naval Security Group Activity, Skaggs Island, California, $615,000. 
Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nevada, $214,000. 
Navgil Ammunition Depot, Hawthorne, Nevada, $6,003,000. 
T H I R T E E N T H NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Communication Station, Adak, Alaska, $591,000. 
Naval Arctic Research Laboratory, Barrow, Alaska, $1,114,000. 
Naval Shipyard, Puget Sound, Bremerton, Washington, $5,992,000. 
Naval Torpedo Station, Keyport, Washington, $96,000. 
Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Washington, $8,744,000. 
FOURTEENTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii, $100,000. 
Naval Ammunition Depot, Oahu, Hawaii, $10,089,000. 
Naval Dispensary, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $3,593,000. 
Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $424,000. 
Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $2,623,000. 
Naval Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, $2,755,000. 
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MARINE CORPS FACILITIES 
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Marine Barracks, Washington, District of Columbia, $5,233,000. 
Marine Corps Development and Education Command, Quantico, 
Virginia, $6,492,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, $9,672,000. 
Marine Corps Air 
Station, Cherry 
Point, North 
Carolina, 
$2,143,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, New River, North Carolina, $3,748,000. 
Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, $2,602,000. 
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Marine Corps Supply Center, Albany, Georgia, $236,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina, $2,757,000. 
Marine Corps Eecruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, 
$4,612,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona, $2,030,000. 
Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field, Camp Pendleton, Cali-
fornia, $2,996,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, $14,972,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, $523,000. 
Marine Corps Air Stations, Orange County, California, $40,379,000. 
Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California, $2,017,000. 
Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, $1,050,000. 
POLLUTION ABATEMENT 
Various Locations, Air Pollution Abatement Facilities, $25,194,000. 
Various Locations, 
Water 
Pollution 
Abatement 
Facilities, 
$55,016,000. 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
TENTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
Naval Communication Station, Ponce, Puerto Kico, $586,000. 
Naval Facility, Kamey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico, $207,000. 
Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, $1,497,000. 
Naval Security Group Activity, Sabana Seca, Puerto RicOj 
$660,000. 
Naval Facility, Grand Turk, The West Indies, $271,000. 
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ATLANTIC OCEAN ABEA 
Naval Air Facility, Lajes, Azores, $120,000. 
Naval Air Station, Bermuda, Bermuda Islands, $90,000. 
Naval Air Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, $144,000. 
Naval Hospital, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, $738,000. 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, $3,310,000. 
Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland, $1,297,000. 
EUROPEAN AREA 
Naval Communication Unit, London, England, $88,000. 
Naval Detachment, Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, $5,308,000. 
Naval Air Facility, Sigonella; Sicily, Italy, $8,932,000. 
Naval Station, Rota, Spain, $860,000. 
INDIAN OCEAN AREA 
Naval Communication Facility, Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago, 
$6,100,000. 
PACIFIO OCEAN AREA 
Naval Communication Station, Harold E. Holt, Exmouth, Aus-
tralia, $1,743,000. 
Naval Air Station, Agana, Guam, Mariana Islands, $1,008,000. 
Naval Hospital, Guam, Mariana Islands, $598,000. 
Naval Magazine, Guam, Mariana Islands, $968,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Guam, Mariana Islands, $158,000. 
Naval Station, Guam, Mariana Islands, $202,000. 
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Emergency 
construction. 
Congressional 
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Authorization 
expiration. 
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84 Stat. 1213. 
81 Stat. 284. 
83 Stat. 302. 
84 Stat. 1209. 
Naval Air Station, Cubi Point, Kepublic of the Philippines, 
$4,470,000. 
Naval Communications Station, San Miguel, Republic of the Philip-
pines, $395,000. 
Navy Public Works Center, Subic Bay, Republic of the Philip-
pines, $267,000. 
POLLUTION ABATEMENT 
Various 
Locations, 
Water 
Pollution 
Abatement 
Facilities, 
$1,200,000. 
SEC. 202. The Secretary of the Navy may establish or develop Navy 
installations and facilities by proceeding with construction made neces-
sary by changes in Navy missions and responsibilities which have been 
occasioned by (1) unforeseen security considerations, (2) new weapons 
developments, (3) new and unforeseen research and development 
requirements, or (4) improved production schedules, if the Secretary 
of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclu-
sion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be 
inconsistent with interests of national security, and in connection there-
with to acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent 
or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, 
appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, in the total amount of 
$10,000,000: Provided^ That the Secretary of the Navy, or his designee, 
shall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives, immediately upon reaching a decision to 
implement, of the cost of construction of any public work undertaken 
under this section, including those real estate actions pertaining thereto. 
This authorization will expire as of September 30, 1973, except for 
those public works projects concerning which the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been 
notified pursuant to this section prior to that date. 
SEC. 203. (a) Public Law 89-568, as amended, is amended under the 
heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES" in section 201 as follows: With 
respect to Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California, strike out 
"$3,412,000" and insert in place thereof "$4,017,000". 
(b) Public Law 89-568, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (2) of section 602 "$123,909,000" and "$148,072,000" and insert-
ing in place thereof "$124,514,000" and "$148,677,000", respectively. 
SEC. 204. (a) Public Law 90-110, as amended, is amended under 
the heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 201 as follows: 
With respect to Naval Submarine Medical Center, New London, Con-
necticut, strikeout "$1,590,000" and insert in place thereof "$2,575,000". 
(b) Public Law 90-110, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (2) of section 802, "$422,599,000" and "$470,796,000" and 
inserting in place thereof "$423,584,000" and "$471,781,000", respec-
tively. 
SEC. 205. (a) Public Law 91-511, as amended, is amended under the 
heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 201 as follows: 
(1) With respect to Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station, Flag-
staff, Arizona, strike out "$286,000" and insert in place thereof 
"$1,804,000". 
(2) With respect to Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Caro-
lina, strike out "$1,384,000" and insert in place thereof "$1,703,000". 
(b) Public Law 91-511, as amended, is amended under the heading 
"OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES", in section 201 as follows: With respect 
to Naval Magazine, Guam Mariana Islands, strike out "$3,287,000" 
and insert in place thereof "$7,457,000". 
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(c) Public Law 91-511, as amended, is amended by striking out 
in clause (2) of section 602, "$246,118,000", "$21,994,000" and „ ^"^ ^'^'- ^221; 
"$269,086,000" and inserting in place 
thereof 
"$246,955,000", 
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"$26,164,000" and "$274,093,000", respectively. 
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SEC. 301, The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop 
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military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, con-
verting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public 
works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, 
utilities, and equipment, for the following a.cquisition and construc-
tion : 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
AEROSPACE D E F E N S E 
COMMAND 
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, Colorado, $5,423,000. 
Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Florida, $388,000. 
AIR FORCE LOGISTICS COMMAND 
Gentile Air Force Station, Dayton, Ohio, $138,000. 
Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah, $2,755,000. 
Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, $4,444,000. 
McClellan Air Force Base, Sacramento, California, $9,318,000. 
Kobins Air Force Base, Macon, Georgia, $8,149,000. 
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, $10,569,000. 
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, $14,074,000. 
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS 
COMMAND 
Arnold Engineering Development Center, TuUahoma, Tennessee, 
$300,000. 
Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, $3,566,000. 
Edwards Air Force Base, Muroc, California, $534,000. 
Eglin Air Force Base, Valparaiso, Florida, $10,920,000. 
Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, $893,000. 
Satellite Tracking Facilities, $151,000. 
AIR TRAINING COMMAND 
Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Illinois, $5,875,000. 
Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, $4,454,000. 
Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, $3,644,000. 
Laredo Air Force Base, Laredo, Texas, $133,000. 
Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Eio, Texas, $711,000. 
Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado, $987,000. 
Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, California, $1,558,000. 
Kandolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, $674,000. 
Reese Air Force Base, Lubbockj Texas, $2,235,000. 
Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas, $5,074,000. 
Williams Air Force Base, Chandler, Arizona, $329,000. 
AIR UNIVERSITY 
Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama, $3,000,000. 
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ALASKAN AIR COMMAND 
Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska, $2,885,000. 
Various Locations, $2,012,000. 
HEADQUARTERS 
COMMAND 
Andrews Air Force Base, Camp Sj)rings, Maryland, $3,714,000. 
Boiling Air Force Base, Washington, District of Columbia, 
$20,226,000. 
MILITARY AIRLIFT 
COMMAND 
Altus Air Force Base, Altus, Oklahoma, $543,000. 
Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware. $3,164,000. 
McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Washington, $1,470,000. 
McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown, New Jersey, $4,509,000. 
Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, California, $1,009,000. 
Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois, $359,000. 
Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California, $274,000. 
PACIFIC AIR FORCES 
Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii, $4,330,000. 
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, Louisiana, $2,708,000. 
Blytheville Air Force Base, Blytheville, Arkansas, $92,000. 
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, $2,665,000. 
Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, South Dakota, $103,000. 
Grand Forks Air Force Base, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 
$1,812,000. 
Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, New York, $3,306,000. 
Grissom Air Force Base, Peru, Indiana, $138,000. 
K. I. Sawj^er Air Force Base, Marquette, Michigan, $338,000. 
Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine, $2,523,000. 
Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana, $1,145,000. 
March Air Force Base, Riverside, California, $4,512,000. 
Minot Air Force Base, Minot, North Dakota, $1,664,000. 
Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska, $5,271,000. 
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California, $3,185,000. 
Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, $455,000. 
Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Oscoda, Michigan, $948,000. 
TACTICAL AIR 
COMMAND 
Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas^ $210,000. 
Cannon Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico, $558,000. 
England Air Force Base, Alexandria, Louisiana, $2,095,000. 
George Air Force Base, Victorville, California, $501,000. 
HoUoman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, $772,000. 
Homestead Air Force Base, Homestead, Florida, $3,184,000. 
Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Virginia, $2,514,000. 
MacDiil Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida, $4,428,000. 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Mountain Home, Idaho, $318,000. 
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, Myrtle Beaxjh, South Carolina, 
$145,000. 
Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada, $2,722,000. 
Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, North Carolina, $1,955,000. 
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1145 
Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina, $4,000,000. 
UNITED STATES AIK FORCE ACADEMY 
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 
$3,312,000. 
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SECURITY SERVICE 
Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas, $1,564,000. 
POLLUTION ABATEMENT 
Various Locations, Air Pollution Abatement Facilities, $7,300,000. 
Various 
Locations, 
Water 
Pollution 
Abatement 
Facilities, 
$9,691,000. 
AIR INSTALLATION COMPATIBLE USE ZONES 
Various Locations, $12,000,000. 
' " 
' " 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND 
Satellite Tracking Facilities, $310,000. 
AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND 
Naval station, Keflavik, Iceland, $1,704,000. 
" 
^ ^' 
PACIFIC AIR FORCES 
Various Locations, $4,612,000. 
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, $800,000. 
UNITED STATES AIR FORCES I N EUROPE 
Germany, $11,422,000. 
United Kingdom, $5,605,000. 
Various Locations, $3,404,000. 
POLLUTION ABATEMENT 
Various Locations, Air Pollution Abatement Facilities, $171,000. 
Various 
Locations, 
Water 
Pollution 
Abatement 
Facilities, 
$4,537,000. 
SEC. 302. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop 
classified in-
classified military installations and facilities by acquiring, construct- n'shmii°"^' ^^*°''" 
ing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary 
public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurte-
nances, utilities, and equipment in the total amount of $18,660,000. 
SEC. 303. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop 
Emergency con-
Air Force installations and facilities by proceeding with construe- ' '•"*=*^°''* 
tion made necessary by changes in Air Force missions and responsi-
bilities which have been occasioned by: (a) unforeseen security 
considerations, (b) new weapons developments, (c) new and unfore-
seen research and development requirements, or (d) improved 
production schedules, if the Secretary of Defense determines that 
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[86 STAT. 
Congressional 
committees, noti-
fication. 
Authorization 
expiration. 
83 Stat. 305. 
83 Stat. 314. 
deferral of sucli construction for inclusion in the next Military Con-
struction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with interests of 
national security, and in connection therewith to acquire, construct, 
convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or temporary public works, 
including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, 
and equipment in the total amount of $10,000,000: Provided, That the 
Secretary of the Air Force or his designee, shall notify the Committee 
on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, 
immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement, of the cost 
of construction of any public work undertaken under this section, 
including those real estate actions pertaining thereto. This authoriza-
tion will expire as of September 30,1973, except for those public works 
projects concerning which the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and House of Representatives have been notified pursuant to 
this secition prior to that date. 
SEC. 304. (a) Public Law 91-142, as amended, is amended under the 
heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES," in section 301 as follows: With 
respect to Williams Air Force Base, Chandler, Arizona, strike out 
"$4,462,000" and insert in place thereof "$5,008,000". 
(b) Public Law 91-142, as amended, is amended by striking out in 
clause (c) of section 702 "$208,611,000" and "$268,994,000" and 
inserting 
in 
place 
thereof 
"$209,157,000" 
and 
"$269,540,000", 
respectively. 
TITLE IV 
Defense agen- 
gjjQ^ 40^^ ^he Secretary of Defense may establish or develop mili-
tary installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, 
rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, 
including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities 
and equipment, for defense agencies for the following acquisition and 
construction: 
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
« 
: '..r,, 
Arlington Hall Station, Virginia, $1,600,000. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY 
Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland, $2,236,000. 
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Mary-
land, $360,000. 
DEFENSE SUPPLY AGENCY 
Automatic 
Addressing 
Facility, 
Tracy, 
California, 
Construction Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio, $1,199,000. 
Documentation Center, Alexandria, Virginia, $98,000. 
Depot, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, $722,000. 
Depot, Memphis, Tennessee, $828,000. 
Depot, Ogden, Utah, $1,091,000. 
Depot, Tracy Annex, Stockton, California, $682,000. 
Electronics Supply Center, Dayton, Ohio, $159,000. 
General Supply Center, Richmond, Virginia, $1,171,000. 
Defense 
$137,000. 
Defense 
Defense 
Defense 
Defense 
Defense 
Defense 
Defense 
Defense 
NATIONAL S E C U R I T Y AGENCY 
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, $5,221,000. 
SEC. 402. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop installa-
tions and facilities which he determines to be vital to the security of 
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1147 
the United States, and in connection therewith to acquire, construct, 
convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or temporary public works, 
including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, 
and equipment in the total amount of $17,500,000: Provided^ That the 
Secretary of Defense, or his designee, shall notify the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, imme-
diately upon reaching a final decision to implement, of the cost of con-
struction of any public work undertaken under this section, including 
real estate actions pertaining thereto. 
Congressional 
committees, noti-
fication. 
TITLE V 
MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
SEC. 501. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to 
construct, at the locations hereinafter named, family housing units and 
mobile home facilities in the numbers hereinafter listed, but no fam-
ily housing construction shall be commenced at any such locations 
in the United States until the Secretary shall have consulted with the 
Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
as to the availability of adequate private housing at such locations. 
If agreement cannot be reached with respect to the availability of ade-
quate private housing at any location, the Secretary of Defense shall 
immediately notify the Committees on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, in writing, of such difference of 
opinion, and no contract for construction at such location shall be 
entered into for a period of thirty days after such notification has been 
given. This authority shall include the authority to acquire land, and 
interests in land, by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned 
land, or otherwise. 
(a) Family housing units— 
(1) The Department of the Army, three thousand nine hundred 
and forty-eight units $100,098,000: 
National Guard Battalion Headquarters, Bethel, Alaska, 
two units. 
National Guard Battalion Headquarters, Nome, Alaska, 
two units. 
Fort Huachuca, Arizona, one hundred units. 
Sierra Army Depot, California, eighty units. 
Fort Carson, Colorado, three hundred units. 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, District of Columbia, 
three hundred units. 
Fort Benning, Georgia, four hundred and seventy-four 
units. 
United States Army Installations, Oahu, Hawaii, six hun-
dred and forty units. 
Fort Riley, Kansas, one hundred units. 
United States Army Installations, St. Louis, Missouri, two 
hundred units. 
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, one hundred units. 
Fort Bragg/Pope Air Force Base, Nor^h Carolina, five 
hundred units. 
Fort Hood, Texas, one thousand units. 
Fort Belvoir, Virginia, one hundred and fifty units. 
(^2) The Department of the Navy, four thousand six hundred 
units, $119,900,000: 
Naval Complex, Long Beach, California, four hundred 
units. 
Construction 
authorization. 
Congressional 
committees, noti-
fication. 
Army. 
Navy. 
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[86 STAT. 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, four hun-
dred units. 
Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California, one 
hundred units. 
Naval Complex, Washington, District of Columbia, six 
hundred units. 
Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida, three hundred 
units, and additional real estate. 
Naval Complex, Oahu, Hawaii, five hundred units. 
Naval Complex, Great Lakes/Gienview, Illinois, three 
hundred and fifty units. 
Naval Complex, New Orleans, Louisiana, one hundred 
units. 
. ,^ 
. 
Naval Air Station, Meridian, Mississippi, two hundred 
.; v
" .' 
units. 
~ 
Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, two hundred 
units. 
Naval Complex, Newport, Khode Island, one hundred and 
fifty units. 
Naval Complex, Charleston, South Carolina, two hundred 
.. 
units. 
i . 
Naval Complex, Norfolk, Virginia, six hundred units, and 
•''''•'-' 
additional real estate. 
Naval Security Group Activity, Galeta Island, Canal Zone, 
twenty units. 
Naval Complex, Guam, Marianas Islands, two hundred and 
thirty units. 
Naval Air Station, Bermuda, two hundred and fifty units. 
Air Force. 
(3) ^he Department of the Air Force, three thousand one hun-
dred and sixty-eight units, $76,024,000: 
.,„,^ 
Maxwell/Gunter Air Force Bases, Alabama, two hundred 
units. 
.^ i 
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, four hundred 
^ • '"' ' 
units. 
_ f 
Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado, three hundred units. 
'^' 
Boiling Air Force Base, District of Columbia, four hun-
dred imits. 
Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, three hundred units. 
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, two hundred units. 
^ 
Laredo Air Force Base, Texas, two hundred units. 
Hill Air Force Base/Defense Depot, Ogden, Utah, three 
hundred and eighteen units. 
' 
' 
Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, five hundred units. 
San Vito Air Station, Italy, one hundred and fifty units. 
Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, two hundred units, 
(b) Mobile home facilities: 
(1) The Department of the Army, four hundred and twenty-
one spaces, $1,662,000. 
(2) The Department of the Navy, four hundred and thirty-
two spaces, $1,725,000. 
(3) The Department of the Air Force, five hundred and fifty 
spaces, $2,000,000. 
Cost umitauons. 
Q^Q 502. Authorizatiou for the construction of family housing pro-
vided in this Act shall be subject, under such regulations as the Secre-
tary of Defense may prescribe, to the following limitations on cost, 
which shall include shades, screens, ranges, refrigerators, and all other 
installed equipment and fixtures: 
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1149 
(a) The average unit cost for each military department for all 
miits of family housing constructed in the United States (other than 
Hawaii and Alaska) shall not exceed $24,000 including the cost of the 
family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site prep-
aration and installation of utilities. 
(b) Xo family housing unit in the area specified in subsection (a) 
shall be constructed at a total cost exceeding $42,000 including the cost 
of the family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site 
preparation and installation of utilities. 
(c) When family housing units are constructed in areas other than 
that specified in subsection (a) the average cost of all such units shall 
not exceed $33,500 and in no event shall the cost of any unit exceed 
$42,000. The cost limitations of this subsection shall include the cost 
of the family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site 
preparation and installation of utilities. 
SEC. 503. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to 
accomplish alterations, additions, expansions, or extensions not other-
wise authorized by law, to existing public quarters at a cost not to 
p Y 
{^ 
p 
p/i ^^-. 
(1) f 
or the Department of the Army, $22,511,000. 
(2) for the Department of the Navy, $9,121,000. 
(3) for the Department of the Air Force, $11,955,000. 
SEC. 504. Notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 502 
^'"s^"-
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to 
construct or otherwise acquire, four-family housing units in Brazil 
at a total cost not to exceed $215,000. This authority shall include the 
authority to acquire lands and interests in land. 
SEC. 505. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized 
^ep^'s and im-
T i 
• 
1 • 
L 
I 
• I- 
I T 
provements, cost 
to accomplish repairs and improvements to existing public quarters limitation excep-
in amounts in excess of the $10,000 limitation prescribed in section *^°"^-
610(a) of Public Law 90-110, as amended (81 Stat. 279, 305), as 
follows: 
The United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, eleven 
units, $275,000. 
Royal Air Force Station, Mildenhall, New Market, United King-
dom, one unit, $18,500. 
SEC. 506. Section 515 of Public Law 84-161 (69 Stat. 324, 352), as .,.^^^^^"« °^ ^^'="-
amended, is amended by (1) striking out "1972 and 1973" in the first '*8%^stat. 1220; 
sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "1973 and 1974", and (2) strik- ss stat. 407. 
ing out the third sentence and inserting a new sentence as follows: 
^° ^^^ ^^^'^ 
"Expenditures for the rental of such housin^r facilities, including the 
cost of utilities and maintenance and operation, may not exceed: for 
the United States (other than Hawaii), Puerto Rico, and Guam an 
average of $210 per month for each military department, or the amount 
of $290 per month for any one unit; and, for Hawaii, an average of 
$255 per month for each military department, or the amount of $300 
per month for any one unit." 
SEC. 507. Section 507 of Public Law 88-174 (77 Stat. 307, 326), as 
amended, is amended bv (1) strikino: out "1972 and 1973" and insert-
note. 
(1) strikino: out "1972 and 1973" and insert- 
si stat. 304; 
ing in lieu thereof "1973 and 1974", and (2) striking out "$210" *42^usc^;594k. 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$225". 
SEC. 508. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, 
inadequate quai-
members of the uniformed services (as defined in section 101(3) *^'"^'^'''=''P"°"^-
of title 37, United States Code), with dependents, may occupy 80^810^*1 m^' 
on a rental basis, without loss of basic allowance for quarters, 
inadequate quarters under the jurisdiction of a military depart-
ment notwithstanding that such quarters may have been con-
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[86 STAT. 
Repeal. 
81 Stat. 305, 
Appropriation. 
84 Stat. 1865. 
structed or converted for assignment as public quarters, subject to a 
charge against their basic allowance for quarters in the amount of 
the fair rental value of the housing facility: Provided^ That notwith-
standing the fair rental value of such family housing facility, no 
charge for occupancy thereof shall be made against the basic allow-
ance for quarters of the occupant in excess of 75 per centum of such 
allowance, except that in no event shall the total charge to the occu-
pants' basic allowance for quarters for such housing at any installation 
be less than the cost of maintenance and operation thereof. The net 
difference between the basic allowance for quarters and the occupancy 
charge shall be paid to the occupant from otherwise available 
appropriations. 
(b) The Secretaries of the Military Departments are each author-
ized, subject to regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense— 
(1) to designate as rental housing such housing as he may 
determine to be inadequate as public quarters; and, 
(2) to lease inadequate housing to personnel of any of the men-
tioned services for occupancy by them and their dependents. 
In no event shall more than a total of 20,000 housing units be deter-
mined inadequate as public quarters under authority of this section. 
(c) On the effective date of this section, section 407 of Public Law 
85-241 (71 Stat. 556), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1594j), is repealed. 
SEC. 509. There is authorized to be appropriated for use by the 
Secretary of Defense, or his designee, for military family housing as 
authorized by law for the following purposes: 
(1) for construction and acquisition of family housing, includ-
ing improvements to adequate quarters, improvements to inade-
quate quarters, minor construction, relocation of family housing, 
rental guarantee payments, construction and acquisition of mobile 
home facilities, and 
planning, an amount not to exceed 
$319,792,000, and, 
(2) for support of military family housing, including operating 
,^ expenses, leasing, maintenance of real property, payments of prin-
cipal and interest on mortgage debts incurred, payment to the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, and mortgage insurance pre-
miums authorized under section 222 of the National Housing Act, 
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715m), an amount not to exceed 
$730,949,000. 
TITLE VI 
Property acqui-
sition at closed 
military bases. 
84 Stat. 1226. 
42 use 3374. 
Foreign property 
loss, compensa-
tion. 
HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 601. Effective November 30, 1970, section 1013 of Public Law 
89-754 (80 Stat. 1255, 1290) as amended, is amended by (1) deleting 
the period at the end of subsection 1013(d) and adding the following: 
", except in connection with compensation for property located on a 
base or installation pursuant to subsection (1).", and by (2) adding 
the following new subsection: 
"(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(2) and 
the second proviso of subsection (b), Federal employees or military 
personnel employed at or near a military base or installation outside 
the United States who are otherwise eligible under the criteria as set 
forth above shall be entitled to compensation for losses arising (1) 
out of the sale of property, or (2) out of the inability to sell property 
located on a base or installation, incident to the owner's transfer, reas-
signment, or involuntary termination of employment, which results in 
his relocation. Such employees or military personnel whose property is 
located off a base or installation shall be entitled to compensation 
under subsection (c) for losses sustained in private sales. Such 
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1151 
employees or personnel whose property is located on a base or installar 
tion, who sell or are unable to find a purchaser for such property, may 
surrender their interest in such property to the United States, and shall 
be entitled to compensation, notwithstanding lack of ownership of the 
land on which such property is located, in an amount equal to (A) 90 
per centum of the sum of the present owner's purchase price of the 
dwelling and improvements, and all costs of ownership including 
interest on notes, utilities and services, maintenance and insurance, less 
(B) the total of all housing allowances received from the Government 
during ownership and occupancy of the dwelling, all rents collected, 
and the sale price, if any, received for the property, as determined by 
the Secretary of Defense: Provided^ however^ That the maximum com-
pensation shall in no event exceed 90 per centum of the unamortized 
portion of the cost of the property, including improvements, at the 
time ownership is terminated, as reflected in the amortization sched-
ule, if any, relating to such property. For the purpose of this subsec-
tion, the term 'United States' means the several States and the District 
of Columbia." 
TITLE VII 
Limitation. 
"United States." 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. The Secretary of each military department may proceed 
to establish or develop installations and facilities under this Act with-
out regard to section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 
U.S.C. 529), and sections 4774(d) and 9774(d) of title 10, United 
States Code. The authority to place permanent or temporary improve-
ments on land includes authority for surveys, administration, over-
head, planning, and supervision incident to construction. That 
authority may be exercised before title to the land is approved under 
section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U.S.C. 255), and 
even though the land is held temporarily. The authority to acquire real 
estate or land includes authority to make surveys and to acquire land, 
and interests in land (including temporary use), by gift, purchase, 
exchange of Government-owned land, or otherwise. 
SEC. 702. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, but appropriations for 
public work projects authorized by titles I, II, III, IV, and V, shall 
not exceed— 
(1) for title I : Inside the United States, $441,704,000; outside 
the United States, $117,074,000; or a total of $558,778,000. 
(2) for title I I : Inside the United States, $474,450,000; outside 
the United States, $41,217,000; or a total of $515,667,000. 
(3) for title I I I : Inside the United States, $232,925,000; out-
side the United States, $32,565,000; section 302, $18,660,000; or 
a total of $284,150,000. 
(4) for titie I V : A total of $33,004,000. 
(5) for titie V: Military family housing, $1,050,741,000. 
SEC. 703. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any of the 
amounts specified in titles I, II, III, and IV of this Act, may, in the 
discretion of the Secretary concerned, be increased by 5 per centum 
when inside the United States (other than Hawaii and Alaska), and 
by 10 per centum when outside the United States or in Hawaii and 
Alaska, if he determines that such increase (1) is required for the sole 
purpose of meeting unusual variations in cost, and (2) could not have 
been reasonably anticipated at the time such estimate was submitted 
to the Congress. However, the total cost of all construction and acquisi-
tion in each such title may not exceed the total amount authorized to 
be appropriated in that title. 
Construction 
authority. 
Waiver of re-
strictions. 
70A Stat. 
590. 
269, 
Appropriation. 
Cost variations. 
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[86 STAT. 
Annual report 
to Congress.. 
Contract 
supervision. 
Reports to 
Congress. 
70A Stat. 127. 
10 u s e 2301. 
Reports to 
Congress. 
(b) When the amount named for any construction or acquisition 
in title I, II, III, or IV of this Act involves only one project at any 
military installation and the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, 
determines that the amount authorized must be increased by more than 
the applicable percentage prescribed in subsection (a), the Secretary 
concerned may proceed with such construction or acquisition if the 
amount of the increase does not exceed by more than 25 per centum 
the amount named for such project by the Congress. 
(c) Subject to the limitations contained in subsection (a), no indi-
vidual project authorized under title I, II, III, or IV of this Act for 
any specifically listed military installation may be placed under con-
tract if— 
(1) the estimated cost of such project is $250,000 or more, and 
(2) the current working estimate of the Department of Defense, 
based upon bids received, for the construction of such project 
exceeds by more than 25 per centum the amount authorized for 
such project by the Congress, until after the expiration of thirty 
days from the date on which a written report of the facts relating 
to the increased cost of such project, including a statement of the 
reasons for such increase has been submitted to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
(d) The Secretary of Defense shall submit an annual report to the 
Congress identifying each individual project which has been placed 
under contract in the preceding twelve-month period and with respect 
to which the then current working estimate of the Department of 
Defense based upon bids received for such project exceeded the amount 
authorized by the Congress for that project by more than 25 per 
centum. The Secretary shall also include in such report each individual 
project with respect to which the scope was reduced in order to permit 
contract award within the available authorization for such project. 
Such report shall include all pertinent cost information for each indi-
vidual project, including the amount in dollars and percentage by 
which the current Avorking estimate based on the contract price for 
the project exceeded the amount authorized for such project by the 
Congress. 
SEC. 704. Contracts for construction made by the United States for 
performance within the United States and its possessions under this 
Act shall be executed under the jurisdiction and supervision of the 
Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, or the Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command, Department of the Navy, or such other 
department or Government agency as the Secretaries of the mili-
tary departments recommend and the Secretary of Defense approves 
to assure the most efficient, expeditious, and cost-effective accom-
plishment of the construction herein authorized. The Secretaries of the 
military departments shall report annually to the President of the 
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a breakdown 
of the dollar value of construction contracts completed by each of the 
several construction agencies selected, together with the design, con-
struction supervision, and overhead fees charged by each of the sev-
eral agents in the execution of the assigned consti-uction. Further, such 
contracts (except architect and engineering contracts which, unless 
specifically authorized by the Congress, shall continue to be awarded 
in accordance with presently established procedures, customs, and 
practice) shall be awarded, insofar as practicable, on a competitive 
basis to the lowest responsible bidder, if the national security will not 
be impaired and the award is consistent with chapter 137 of title 10, 
United States Code. The Secretaries of the military departments shall 
report annually to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 
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STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-545-OCT. 25, 1972 
1153 
House of Kepreseiitatives with respect to all contracts awarded on 
other than a competitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder. 
SEC. 705. (a) As of October 1, 1973, all authorizations for military 
public works (other than family housing) to be accomplished by the 
Secretary of a military department in connection with the establish-
ment or development of military installations and facilities, and all 
authorizatipns for appropriations therefor, that are contained in titles 
1, II, III, and IV of the Act of October 27, 1971, Public Law 92-145 
(85 Stat. 394), and all such authorizations contained in Acts approved 
before October 28, 1971, and not superseded or otherwise modified 
by a later authorization are repealed except— 
(1) authorizations for public works and for appropriations 
therefor that are set forth in those Acts in the titles that contain 
the general provisions; 
(2) authorizations for public works projects as to which appro-
priated funds have been ooligated for construction contracts, land 
acquisitions, or payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation, in whole or in part before October 1,1973, and authoriza-
tions for appropriations therefor; and 
(3) notwithstanding the repeal provisions of section 705(a) 
of the Act of October 27, 1971, Public Law 92-145 (85 Stat. 
394, 410), authorizations for the following items which shall 
remain in effect until October 1,1974: 
(A) utilities in the amount of $2,200,000 at Fort Belvoir, 
Virginia, that is contained in title I, section 101 of the Act 
of October 26,1970 (84 Stat. 1204), as amended. 
(B) utilities in the amount of $2,333,000 at Radford Army 
Ammunition Plant, Virginia, that is contained in title I, 
section 101 of the Act of October 26,1970 (84 Stat. 1204), as 
amended. 
(C) utilities in the amount of $876,000 at Fort Ritchie, 
Maryland, that is contained in title I, section 101 of the Act 
of October 26,1970 (84 Stat. 1204), as amended. 
(D) land acquisition contiguous to the Marine Corps Air 
Station, El Toro, California, as authorized in title II, sec-
tion 204 of the Act of October 26, 1970 (84 Stat. 1204, 
1212). 
(E) land acquisition conti^ous to the Marine Corps Air 
Station, Santa Ana, California, as authorized in title II, sec-
tion. 205 of the Act of October 26, 1970 (84 Stat. 1204, 
1212). 
(b) Effective fifteen months from the date of enactment of this 
Act, all authorizations for construction of family housing, includ-
ing mobile home facilities, all authorizations to accomplish alterations, 
additions, expansions, or extensions to existing family housing, and 
all authorizations for related facilities projects, which are contained in 
this or any previous Act, are hereby repealed, except— 
(1) authorizations for family housing projects as to which 
appropriated funds have been obligated for construction contracts 
or land acquisitions or manufactured structural component con-
tracts in whole or in part before such date; and 
(2) authorizations to accomplish alterations, additions, expan-
sions or extensions to existing family housing, and authorizations 
for related facilities projects, as to which appropriated funds have 
been obligated for construction contracts before such date. 
SEC. 706. None of the authority contained in titles I, II, III, and 
IV of this Act shall be deemed to authorize any building construc-
tion projec^^s inside the United States in excess of a unit cost to be 
determined in proportion to the appropriate area construction cost 
Public works 
authorizations. 
Repeals. 
Exceptions. 
Family housing 
construction au-
thorizations. 
Repeals; effec-
tive date. 
Exceptions. 
Unit cost 
limitations. 
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[86 STAT. 
Retroactive 
provision. 
Legislative 
jurisdiction, 
relinquishment. 
84 Stat. 1226. 
Camp Pendle-
ton, Calif., pro-
hibition. 
70A Stat. 147; 
Supra. 
10 u s e 2661. 
Rental limita-
tion. 
74 Stat. 186. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Citation of 
titles. 
index, based on the following unit cost limitations where the area 
construction cost index is 1.0: 
(1) $27.00 per square foot for permanent barracks; 
(2) $29.00 per square foot for bachelor officer quarters; unless 
the Secretary of Defense or his designee determines that because 
of special circumstances, application to such project of the 
limitations on unit costs contained in this section is impracti-
cable : Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations contained 
in prior Military Construction Authorization Acts on unit costs, 
the limitations on such costs contained in this section shall apply 
to all prior authorizations for such construction not heretofore 
repealed and for which construction contracts have not been 
awarded by the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 707. Section 2683, title 10, United States Code (relating to 
relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction) is amended by revising 
subsection (a) thereof to read as follows: 
"(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
a military department may, whenever he considers it desirable, relin-
quish to a State, or to a Commonwealth, territory, or possession 
of the United States, all or part of the legislative jurisdiction of the 
United States over lands or interests under his control in that State, 
Commonwealth, territory, or possession. Relinquishment of legislative 
jurisdiction under this section may be accomplished (1) by filing 
with the Governor (or, if none exists, with the chief executive officer) 
of the State, Commonwealth, territory, or possession concerned a 
notice of relinquishment to take effect upon acceptance thereof, or (2) 
as the laws of the State, Commonwealth, territory, or possession may 
otherwise provide. 
SEC. 708. Section 709 of Public Law 92-145 (85 Stat. 394, 414) is 
amended to read as follows: "Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the lands constituting Camp Pendleton, California, may 
be sold, tranferred, or otherwise disposed of by the Department of 
Defense unless hereafter authorized by law: Provided, however, That 
with respect to said lands the Secretary of the Navy, or his designee, 
may grant leases, licenses, or easements pursuant to chapter 159 of 
title 10, United States Code." 
SEC. 709. Section 2662 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(e) No element of the Department of Defense shall occupy any 
general purpose space leased for it by the General Services Adminis-
tration at an annual rental in excess of $50,000 (excluding the cost 
of utilities and other operation and maintenance services), if the effect 
of such occupancy is to increase the total amount of such leased space 
occupied by all elements of the Department of Defense, until the 
expiration of thirty days from the date upon which a report of the 
facts concerning the proposed occupancy is submitted to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Repre-
SEC. 710. Titles 1,11, III, IV, V, VI, and VII, of this Act may be 
cited as the "Military Construction Authorization Act, 1973". 
TITLE VIII 
RESERVE FORCES FACILrriES 
70A Stat. 120. 
10 use 2231. 
SEC 801. Subject to chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Defense may establish or develop additional facilities 
for the Reserve Forces, including the acquisition of land therefor, but 
the cost of such facilities shall not exceed— 
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(1) For the Department of the Army: 
(a) 
Army 
National 
Guard 
of 
the United 
States, 
$33,570,000. 
(b) Army Keserve, $33,500,000. 
(2) For the Department of the Navy: Naval and Marine Corps 
Reserves, $19,215,000. 
(3) For the Department of the Air Force: 
(a) Air National Guard of the United States, $14,500,000. 
(b) Air Force Reserve, $6,400,000. 
SEC. 802. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop instal-
lations and facilities under this title without regard to section 3648 
of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529), and sections 
4774(d) and 9774(d) of title 10, United States Code. The authority 
to place permanent or temporary improvements on lands includes 
authority for surveys, administration, overhead, planning, and super-
vision incident to construction. That authority may be exercised before 
title to the land is approved under section 355 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended (40 U.S.C. 255), and even though the land is held tem-
porarily. The authority to acquire real estate or land includes authority 
to make surveys and to acquire land, and interests in land (including 
temporary use), by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned 
land, or otherwise. 
SEC. 803. This title may be cited as the "Reserve Forces Facilities 
Authorization Act, 1973". 
Approved October 25, 1972. 
70A Stat. 269, 
590 
Citation of 
title. 
Public Law 92-546 
-AN ACT 
To amend chapter 2o, title 44, United States Code, to provide for two additional 
members of the National Historical Publications Commission, and for other 
purposes. 
October 25, 1972 
[H. R. 15763] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 25 of 
title 44, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(a) In section 2501, by inserting immediately after the word "Asso-
ciation;" where it appears for the second time, the following: "two 
members of the Organization of American Historians to be appointed 
for tenns of four years by the Executive Board of the Organization, 
one of whom shall be appointed for an initial term of two years, and 
whose successors shall each serve four years;". 
(b) In section 2503, by deleting "$25" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$40". 
(c) In section 2504, by inserting at the beginning of the text subsec-
tion designation " (a)", and by adding at the end thereof a new subsec-
tion (b), as follows: 
"(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the General 
Services Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and 
for each of the four succeeding fiscal years an amount not to exceed 
$2,000,000 for each year for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of 
this section: Provided, That such appropriations shall be available 
until expended when so provided in appropriation Acts." 
SEC. 2. Section 503(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, as added by the Act of July 28, 1964 (78 Stat. 
335), and as amended by the Act of August 8, 1968 (82 Stat. 638), is 
repealed. 
Approved October 25, 1972. 
National 
Historical 
Publications 
Commission. 
Additional 
members. 
82 Stat. 1293. 
Appropriation. 
Repeal. 
44 u s e 2504 
note.