An Act making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and for other purposes
PL 87-684 (H.R.12870), enacted 09/25/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-684-SEPT. 25, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
September 25, 1962 
[H.R. 12870] 
Military Con-
struction Appro-
priation Act, 1963. 
72 Stat. 1459, 
1460. 
68 Stat. 47. 
70A Stat. 590. 
Public Law 87-6a4 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for military construction for thie Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1963, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Am^erica in Congress assembled^ That the folloAving 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1963, for militaiy 
construction functions administered by the Department of Defense, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, military installations and facilities 
for the Army as currently authorized in military public works or 
military construction Acts, in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, United 
States Code, to remain available until expended, $181,272,000. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, naval installations, and facilities 
for the Navy as currently authorized in military public works or 
military construction Acts, in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, United 
States Code, including personnel in the Bureau of Yards and Docks 
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this appro-
priation, to remain available until expended, $193,355,000. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem-
porary or permanent public works, military installations, and facilities 
for the Air Force as currently authorized in military public works 
or military construction Acts, in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, 
United States Code, the Act of A.pril 1,1954 (Public Law 325), with-
out regard to section 9774(d) of title 10, United States Code, to remain 
available until expended, $847,810,500. 
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 Civil Defense (other than 
the military departments and the Office of Defense), as currently 
authorized in military public works or military construction acts, 
in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, United States Code, to remain 
available until expended, $35,677,000; 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 the 
unexpended balances of the appropriation "Military Construction, 
Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense" shall 
be merged with this appropriation and accounted for as one fund 
effective July 1, 1962: Provided further^ 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, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conver-
sion of facilities for the training and administration of the Army 
Eeserve, as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, 
as amended, and the Reserve Forces Facilities Acts, to remain available 
lo use 2231-
until expended, $8,000,000. 
2238. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVAL RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the reserve 
components of the Navy and Marine Corps, as authorized by chapter 
133 of title 10, United States Code, as amended, and the Reserve 
Forces Facilities Acts, to remain available until expended, $7,000,000. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conver-
sion 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, to remain avail-
able until expended, $5,000,000. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the Army 
National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter 
133 of title 10, United States Code, as amended, and the Reserve 
Forces Facilities Acts, to remain available until expended, $7,000,000. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and con-
version of facilities for the training and administration of the Air 
National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter 
133 of title 10, United States Code, as amended, and the Reserve Forces 
Facilities Acts, to remain available until expended, $14,000,000. 
LoRAN STATIONS, D E F E N S E 
For construction of additional loran stations by the Coast Guard, 
to remain available until expended, $20,000,000^ which shall be trans-
ferred on approval of the Secretary of Defense to the appropriation, 
"Acquisition, construction, and improvements". Coast Guard. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, FOREIGN COUNTRIES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE 
The appropriation available to the Department of Defense for 
"Military Construction, Foreign Countries, Department of Defense", 
shall not be available for obligation after June 30,1962. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
FAMILY HOUSING MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 
During the current fiscal year, not to exceed a total of $712,427,500 
shall be available for obligation against the Department of Defense 
Family Housing Management Account for the purpose of section 
501(b) of Public Law 87-554, approved July 27, 1962, as follows: 
Ante. p. 237. 
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Cost-plus-a-
flxed-fee contract. 
Expediting con-
struction. 
Bakeries, laun-
dries, etc. 
Motor vehicles, 
hire, etc. 
69 Stat. 350. 
5 u s e 171Z-1. 
For the Army: 
Construction, $46,625,000; 
Operation and maintenance, $135,115,000; 
Debt payments, $49,863,000. 
For the Navy and Marine Corps: 
Construction, $92,542,000; 
Operation and maintenance^Navy, $58,360,000; Marine Corps, 
$7,700,000; 
Debt payments—Navy, $25,744,000; Marine Corps, $4,691,000. 
For the Air Force: 
Construction, $100,771,000; 
Operation and maintenance, $98,986,000; 
Debt payments, $89,574,000. 
For Defense Agencies: 
Operation and maintenance, $2,456,500. 
The foregoing amounts available for obligation for operation and 
maintenance may be increased as determined by the Secretary of 
Defense: Provided, That such increased amounts are transferred from 
applicable operation and maintenance appropriations for the current 
fiscal year: Provided further, That the total obligations against the 
account are authorized to be increased accordingly. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Funds appropriated to the military departments for con-
struction in prior years are hereby made available for construction 
authorized for each such department by the authorizations enacted 
into law during the second session of the Eighty-seventh Congress. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work 
where cost estimates exceed $25,000 to be performed within the United 
States, except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 
Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended for additional costs involved in expediting construction 
unless the Secretary of Defense certifies such costs to be necessary to 
protect the national interest and establishes a reasonable completion 
date for each project, taking into consideration the urgency of the 
requirement, the type and location of the project, the climatic and 
seasonal conditions aflfecting the construction and the application of 
economical construction practices. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, 
laundry, or drycleaning facility in the United States, its Territories or 
possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify, in 
writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished 
by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at 
reasonable rates. 
SEC. 105. Funds appropriated to the military departments for con-
struction are hereby made available for: (1) hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, and (2) the construction, or acquisition by lease or otherwise, 
of family housing and community facilities projects in foreign coun-
tries as authorized by section 407(b) of the Act of September 1, 1954 
(68 Stat. 1119), as amended. 
SEC. 106. Appropriations to the military departments for construc-
tion may be charged for the cost of administration, supervision and 
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inspection of family housing authorized pursuant to title IV of the 
Act of August 11, 1955 (Public Law 345), as amended, in an amount 
not to exceed 3i/^ per centum of the cost of each such project: Provided^ 
That such appropriations shall be reimbursed from the proceeds of any 
mortgage executed on each such project. 
SEC. 107. Funds appropriated to the military departments for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Bureau of Public Roads, 
Department of Commerce, for the purposes of 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. 108. Noije of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to begin construction of new bases for which specific appropriations 
have not been made. 
SEC. 109. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available 
for construction of family quarters for personnel shall not be obli-
gated for such construction at a cost per family unit in excess of 
$22,000 on housing units for generals or equivalent; $19,800 on hous-
ing units for colonels or equivalent; $17,600 on housing units for 
majors and lieutenant colonels, or equivalent; $15,400 on housing 
units for second lieutenants, lieutenants, captains, and warrant officers, 
or equivalent; or $13,200 on housing units for enlisted personnel, 
except that when such units are constructed outside the continental 
United States or in Alaska, the average cost per unit of all such units 
shall not exceed $32,000 and in no event shall the individual cost 
exceed $40,000. 
SEC. 110. No part of the funds contained in this Act shall be used 
to incur obligations for the planning, design, or construction of facil-
ities for an Air Force Academy the total cost of which will be in excess 
of $140,986,000, except for construction pursuant to section 2674 of 
title 10, United States Code, as amended. 
SEC. 111. 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 Bureau of 
Yards and Docks, except: (a) where there is a determination of value 
by a Federal court, (b) purchases negotiated by the Attorney General 
or his designee, and (c) where the estimated value is less than $25,000. 
SEC. 112. 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 Treasuiy, of currencies 
of such country acquired pursuant to law is not feasible for the 
purpose, stating the reason therefor. 
SEC. 113. This Act may be cited as the Military Construction Appro-
priation Act, 1963. 
Approved September 25, 1962. 
69 Stat. 646. 
12 u s e 1748a-
1748g, 1720; 
42 u s e 1594-
1594f. 
72 Stat. 908; 
75 Stat. 123. 
New bases. 
Family quarters. 
Air Force Acad-
emy. 
72 Stat. 1459. 
Land purchase. 
Foreign proj-
ects. 
Short title. 
Public Law 87^685 
AN ACT 
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September 25, 1962 
To amend section 9 of the Act of May 22, 1928, as amended, authorizing and 
[s. 3064] 
directing a national survey of forest resources. 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Umted States of America in Congress assenihled^ That the last sentence 
of section 9 of the Act of May 22,1928, as amended (45 Stat. 699, 702; 
16 U.S.C. 581h), is hereby amended by striking out "$1,500,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$2,500,000". * 
Approved September 25, 1962. 
63 Stat. 271.