An Act making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for other purposes
PL 92-547 (H.R.16754), enacted 10/25/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-547-OCT. 25, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
Public Law 92-547 
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October 25, 1972 
A N A C T 
[H. R. 16754] 
Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1973, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepresentMives 
of the 
stmction^App"o- 
United States of America in Congress assemMed, That the following 
priation Act, 
sums tii'e appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
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wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for mili-
tary construction functions administered by the Department of 
Defense, and for other purposes, namely: 
MiiJTARY CONSTRUCTION, A R M Y 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tempo-
rary or permanent public works, military installations, and facilities 
for the Army as currently authorized in military public works or mili-
tary construction Acts, and in sections 2678 and 2675 of title 10, 
United States Code, $413,955,000, to remain available until expended. 
72 Stat. 1459; 
84 Stat. 1224. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY 
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^^^ ac(][uisitioii, construction, installation, and equipment of tempo-
rary or permanent public works, naval installations, and facilities for 
the Navy as currently authorized in military public works or military 
construction Acts, and in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, United 
States Code, including personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering 
Command and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 
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this appropriation, $517,830,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tempo-
rary or permanent public works, military installations, and facilities 
for the Air Force as currently authorized in military public works or 
military construction Acts, and in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, 
United States Code, $265,552,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, installations, and facilities for 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 
military departments and the Civil Defense Preparedness Agency), 
as currently authorized in military public woi-ks or military construc-
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^IQ^^ Acts, and in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, United States Code, 
$36,704,000, to remain available until expended; and, in addition, not 
to exceed $20,000,000 to be derived by transfer from the appropriation 
"Research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense Agencies" as 
determined by the Secretary of Defense: Provided, That such amounts 
of this appropriation as may be determined by the Secretary of 
Defense may be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 
of Defense available for military construction as he may designate. 
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, A R M Y NATIONAL GUARD 
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For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the Army 
National Guard as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United States 
70A st^t^ 120. 
Code, as amended, and the Reserve Forces Facilities Acts, $40,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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MILITARY CoNSTRtrCTiON, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conr 
version of facilities for the training and administration of the Air 
National (xuard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter 
183 of title 10, United States Code, as amended, and the Reserve Forces 
7OA stat. 120. 
5 aciuties Acts, $16,100,000, to remain avaiJable imtil expended. 
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTIOX, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the Army 
Reserve as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, 
as amended, and the Reserve Forces Facilities Acts, $38,200,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, XAVAL RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the reserve 
components of the Navy and Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 
133 of title 10, United States Code, as amended, and the Reserve Forces 
Facilities Acts, $20,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the Air 
Force Reserve as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United States 
Code, as amended, and the Reserve Forces Facilities Acts, $7,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING, DEFENSE 
For expenses of family housing for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
Air Force, and Defense agencies, for construction, including acquisi-
tion, replacement, addition, expansion, extension and alteration and 
for operation, maintenance, and debt payment, including leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance pre-
miums, as authorized by law, $1,064,046,000, to be obligated and 
expended in the Family Housing Management Account established 
pursuant to section 501(a) of Public Law 87-554, in not to exceed 
76 stat. 235. 
the lollowmg amounts: 
For the Army: 
Construction, $122,825,000; 
For the Navy and Marine Corps: 
Construction, $123,079,000; 
For the Air Force: 
Construction, $86,958,000; 
For Defense agencies: 
Construction, $235,000; 
For Department of Defense: 
Debt payment, $157,464,000; 
Operation, maintenance, $573,485,000. 
Provided, That the amounts provided under this head for construction 
and for debt payment shall remain available until expended. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Prior appropri-
ations. 
Contracts. 
Construction 
costs, expedi-
tion. 
Service facili-
ties. 
Motor vehicles 
hire. 
Access roads, 
construction. 
72 Stat. 908. 
New bases. 
Land pur-
chases or ease-
ments. 
Foreign proj-
ects. 
Family housing 
limitations. 
SEC. 101. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for 
construction in prior years are hereby maxie available for construction 
authorized for each such department by the authorizations enacted 
into law during the second session of the Ninety-second Congress. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for 
work, where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be performed within the 
United States, except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing 
of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended for additional costs involved in expediting construction 
unless the Secretary of Defense certifies such costs to be necessary to 
protect the national interest and establishes a reasonable completion 
date for each project, taking into consideration the urgency of the 
requirement, the type and location of the project, the climatic and sea-
sonal conditions affecting the construction, and the application of eco-
nomical construction practices. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, 
laundry, or drycleaning facility in the United States, its territories, or 
possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify, in 
writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished 
by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at 
reasonable rates. 
SEC. 105. Funds herein appropriated to the Department of Defense 
for construction shall be available for hire of passenger motor 
vehicles. 
SEC. 106. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for 
construction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, for the construction 
of access roads as authorized by section 210 of title 23, United States 
Code, when projects authorized therein are certified as important to 
the national defense by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 
begin construction of new bases inside the continental United States 
for which specific appropriations have not been made. 
SEC. 108. No part of the funds provided in this Act shall be used 
for purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 per centum of 
the value as determined by the Corps of Engineers or the Naval 
Facilities Engineering Command, except: (a) where there is a deter-
mination of value by a Federal court, o^, (b) purchases negotiated by 
the Attorney General or his designee, or (c) where the estimated value 
is less than $25,000, or (d) as otherwise determined by the Secretary 
of Defense to be in the public interest. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to make payments under contracts for any project in a foreign country 
unless the Secretary of Defense or his designee, after consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee, certifies to the Congress 
that the use, by purchase from the Treasury, of currencies of such 
country acquired pursuant to law is not feasible for the purpose, stat-
ing the reason therefor.' 
SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
to (1) acquire land, (2) provide for site preparation, or (3) install 
utilities for any family housing, except housing for which funds have 
been made available in annual military construction appropriation 
Acts. 
This Act may be cited as the "Military Construction Appropriation 
Act, 1973". 
Approved October 25, 1972.