An Act making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes
PL 88-576 (H.R.11369), enacted 09/02/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-576-SEPT. 2, 1964 
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Public Law 88-576 
AN A C T 
September 2, 1964 
Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense 
[H. R. ii369] 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following stmction^A^°ro-
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- priation Act, i965. 
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1965, for military 
construction functions administered by the Department of Defense, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
MiLriARY 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, and in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, 
United States Code, $300,393,000, to remain available until expended. 
72 stat. i459, 
1460, 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY 
For acquisition, 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 Bureau of Yards and Docks 
and other personal services necessarj^ for the purposes of this appro-
priation, $247,867,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary 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, and the Act of Aj)ril 1,1954 (Public Law 325), 
without regard to section 9774(d) of title 10, United States Code, 
7OA stat. 590. 
$332,101,000, to remain available until expended. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE AGENCIES 
For acquisition, construction, installation and equipment of tempo-
rary or permanent public works, installations and facilities for activi-
ties and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili-
tary departments and the Office of Civil Defense), as currently 
authorized in military public works or military construction acts, and 
in sections 2673 and 2675 of title 10, United States Code, $12,656,000, 
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, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conver-
sion of facilities for the training and administration of the Army 
Reserve, as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, 
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as amended, and the Reserve Forces Facilities Acts, $5,000,000, to 
2238. 
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remain available until expended. 
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, $7,000,000, 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, $5,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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, $10,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
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, $14,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LoRAN STATIONS, 
D E F E N S E 
For construction of additional loran stations by the Coast Guard, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be trans-
ferred on approval of the Secretary of Defense to the appropriation, 
"Acquisition, construction, and improvements", Coast Guard. 
FAMILY HOUSING, DEFENSE 
For expenses of family housing for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
Air Force, and Defense agencies, for construction, including acqui-
sition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension and alteration, and 
for operation, maintenance, and debt payment, including leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges and insurance 
premiums, as authorized by law, $631,161,000, to be obligated and ex-
pended in the Family Housing Management Account established pur-
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suant to section 501(a) of Public Law 87-554, in not to exceed the 
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following amounts: 
For the Army: 
Construction, $35,600,000; 
Operation, maintenance, $124,710,000; 
Debt payment, $48,618,000. 
For the Navy and Marine Corps: 
Construction, $64,544,000; 
Operation, maintenance, $65,331,000; 
Debt payment, $32,408,000. 
For the Air Force: 
Construction, $57,589,000; 
Operation, maintenance, $108,058,000; 
Debt payment, $90,801,000. 
For Defense agencies: 
Construction, $981,000; 
Operation, maintenance, $2,511,000. 
Provided, That the unexpended balances of amounts heretofore pro-
vided under this head for construction, and the amounts appropriated 
herein for that purpose, shall remain available until expended. 
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-eighth 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 affecting 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 reason-
able rates. 
SEC. 105. Funds appropriated to the military departments for con-
struction are hereby made available for hire of passenger motor 
vehicles. 
SEC. 106. 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 75^stat^*i2^3°^' 
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 for which specific appropriations have 
not been made. 
SEC. 108. No part of the funds contained in this Act shall be used for 
the construction of hospitals or composite medical facilities which 
do not provide facilities for obstetrical services. 
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Short title. 
SEC. 109. 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. 110. 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, 
stating the reason therefor. 
SEC. 111. This Act may be cited as the Military Construction Appro-
priation Act, 1965. 
Approved September 2, 1964. 
Public Law 88-577 
AN ACT 
September 3, 1964 
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To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good 
of the whole people, and for other purposes. 
Wilderness Act. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representathes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Wilderness Act". 
WILDERNESS SYSTEM E8TAELISHED STATEMENT OF POLICY 
SEC. 2. (a) In order to assure that an increasing population, accom-
panied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not 
occupy and modify all areas within the United States and its posses-
sions, leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection in 
their natural condition, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the 
Congress to secure for the American people of present and future 
generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness. 
For 
this purpose there is hereby established a National Wilderness Preser-
vation System to be composed of federally owned areas designated by 
Congress as "wilderness areas", and these shall be administered for 
the use and enjoyment of the American people in such manner as will 
leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness, and 
so as to provide for the protection of these areas, the preservation of 
their wilderness character, and for the gathering and dissemination of 
information regarding their use and enjoyment as wilderness; and no 
Federal lands shall be designated as "wilderness areas" except as pro-
vided for in this Act or by a subsequent Act. 
(b) The inclusion of an area in the National Wilderness Preservation 
System notwithstanding, the area shall continue to be managed by the 
Department and agency having jurisdiction thereover immediately 
before its inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System 
unless otherwise provided by Act of Congress. No appropriation shall 
be available for the payment of expenses or salaries for the adminis-
tration of the National Wilderness Preservation System as a separate 
unit nor shall any appropriations be available for additional personnel