AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SYSTEM Various locations: Operational facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, medical facilities, administrative facilities, family housing, troop housing, community facilities, utilities, and real estate, $97,257,000. OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE Various locations: Operational facilities, and utilities, $2,566,000. PACIFIC AIR FORCES Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii: Operational facilities, $1,299,000. Wake Island: Supply facilities, troop housing, community facilities, and utilities, $4,953,000. Various locations: Operational facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, hospital facilities, medical facilities, troop housing, community facilities, utilities, and ground improvements, $22,633,000. STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND Andersen Air Force Base, Guam: Supply facilities, and utilities, $374,000. Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico: Operational facilities, and supply facilities, $1,309,000. Various locations: Operational facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, troop housing, community facilities, and utilities, $6,996,000. UNITED STATES AIR FORCES IN EUROPE Various locations: Operational facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, medical facilities, troop housing, community facilities, and utilities, $16,926,000. UNITED STATES SECURITY SERVICE Various locations: Operational facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, troop housing, community facilities, and utilities, $4,908,000. SPECIAL FACILITIES Various locations: Operational facilities, $105,000. AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SYSTEM Various locations: Operational facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, medical facilities, administrative facilities, troop housing, community facili ties, utilities, and ground improvements, $16,987,000. SEC. 302. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop classified military installations and facilities for ballistic, strategic, and defense missiles and ballistic missile detection by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabili tating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment in the total amount of $443,541,000. SEC. 303. (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop Air Force installations and facilities by proceeding with construction made necessary by changes in Air Force missions, new weapons developments, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, or 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 connection therewith to acquire, consruct, 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 the Air Force, or his designee, shall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immedittely 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 au thorization will expire as of September 30, 1960, 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. (b) Section 303 of the Act of August 20, 1958 (72 Stat. 636, 655) is hereby repealed except for those public works projects thereunder concerning which the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been notified prior to the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 304. (a) In accordance with the provisions of section 407 of the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1119, 1125), as amended, the Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to construct, or acquire by lease or otherwise, family housing for occupancy as public quarters and community facilities at the following locations by utilizing foreign currencies acquired pursuant to the provisions of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 454), or through other commodity transactions of the Commodity Credit Corporation: Various locations, France, 300 units. Alconbury RAF Station, United Kingdom, 203 units and community facilities. Bentwaters RAF Station, United Kingdom, 187 units and community facil ities. Burderop Park Hospital, United Kingdom, 152 units and community facilities. Greenham Common RAF Station, United Kingdom, 135 units. Lakenheath-Mildenhall Area, United Kingdom, 468 units and hospital facil ities. Ruislip (West) RAF Station, United Kingdom, community facilities. Sculthorpe RAF Station, United Kingdom, 61 units and community facilities. Wethersfield RAF Station, United Kingdom, community facilities. Classified location, 333 units and community facilities. (b) In accordance with the proviisons of title IV of the Housing Amendments of 1955 (69 Stat. 646), as amended, the Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to construct family housing for occupancy as public quarters at the following locations: Blytheville Air Force Base, Arkansas, 470 units. Clinton County Air Force Base, Ohio, 150 units. Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 300 units. Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, 340 units. Craig Air Force Base, Alabama, 200 units. Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, 250 units. Dow Air Force Base, Maine, 480 units. Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, 190 units. Glasgow Air Force Base, Montana, 300 units. Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, 470 units. K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Michigan, 260 units. SEC. 305. (a) Public Law 85-241, as amended, is amended, under the heading "OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES" in section 301, as follows: Under the subheading "ALASKAN AIR COMMAND", with respect to Ladd Air Force Base, strike out "$1,630,000" and insert in place thereof "$1,895,000”. (b) Public Law 85-241, as amended, is amended by striking out in clause (3) of section 502 the amounts "$160,705,000", and "$607,460,000" and inserting in place there of "$160,970,000", and "$607,725,000", respectively. SEC. 306. (a) Public Law 85-685, is amended, under the heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES" in section 301 as follows: Under the subheading "STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND” (1) with respect to Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana, strike out "$1,832,000" and insert in place thereof "$2,182,000". (2) with respect to Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska, strike out "$3,265,000" and insert in place thereof "$3,890,000”. (3) with respect to Richard Bong Air Force Base, Kansasville, Wisconsin, strike out "$15,552,000" and insert in place thereof "$16,655,000”. (b) Public Law 85-685, is amended by striking out in clause (3) of section 502 the amounts "$542,161,000" and "$952,415,000" and inserting in place thereof "$544,239,000" and "$954,493,000", respectively. TITLE IV GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 401. The Secretary of each military department may proceed to establish or develop installations and facilities under this Act without regard to sections 3648 and 3734 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529; 40 U.S.C. 259, 267), and sections 4774 (d) and 9774 (d) of title 10, United States Code. The authority to place permanent or temporary improvements on land includes authority for surveys, administration, overhead, 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 P.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. 402. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be neces sary for the purposes of this Act, but appropriations for public works projects authorized by titles I, II, III, and IV shall not exceed— (1) for title I: Inside the United States, $90,212,000; outside the United States, $24,210,000; section 102, $99,330,000; section 103, $17,500,000; or a total of $231,252,000. (2) for title II: Inside the United States, $114,514,000; outside the United States, $41,505,000; section 202, $21,765,000; section 203, $17,500,000; or a total of $195,284,000. (3) for title III: Inside the United States, $332,664,000; outside the United States, $79,056,000; section 302, $443,541,000; section 303, $17,500,000; or a total of $872,761,000. SEC. 403. Any of the amounts named in titles I, II, and III of this Act, may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be increased by 5 per centum for projects inside the United States (other than Alaska) and by 10 per centum for projects outside the United States or in Alaska. However, the total cost of all projects in each such title may not be more than the total amount authorized to be appropriated for projects in that title. SEC. 404. Whenever (1) the President determines that compliance with section 2313 (b) of title 10, United States Code, for contracts made under this Act for the establishment or development of military installations and facilities in foreign countries would interfere with the carrying out of this Act; and (2) the Secretary of Defense and the Comptroller General have agreed upon alternative method of adequately auditing those contracts; the President may exempt those contracts from the requirements of that section. SEC. 405. Contracts made by the United States under this Act 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 semiannually to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives with respect to all contracts awarded on other than a competitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder. SEC. 406. As of July 1, 1960, all authorizations for military public works to be accomplished by the Secretary of a military department in connection with the establishment or development of military installations and facilities, and all authorizations for appropriations therefor, that are contained in Acts approved before August 31, 1957, 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) the authorization for public works projects as to which appropriated funds have been obligated for construction contracts or land acquisitions in whole or in part before July 1, 1960, and authorizations for appropriations therefor; (3) the authorization for the rental guarantee for family housing in the amount of $100,000,000 that is contained in section 302 of the Act of July 14, 1952 (66 Stat. 606, 622); (4) the authorization for the development of the Line of Communications, France, in the amount of $10,000,000 that is contained in title I, section 102, of the Act of July 14, 1952 (66 Stat. 606, 609); (5) the authorization for development of classified facilities in the amount of $6,439,000 that is contained in title I, section 102, of the Act of September 28. 1951 (65 Stat. 336, 343); (6) the authorization for public works and for the appropriation of funds. that are contained in the Act of April 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 47), as amended; (7) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 507 of the Act of August 20, 1958 (72 Stat. 636, 661), the authorization for : (a) family housing at a classified installation in the amount of $2,234,000 that is contained in title I, section 101, of the Act of July 15, 1955 (69 Stat. 324, 328); (b) classified facilities in the amount of $369,000 that is contained in title I, section 102, of the Act of July 15, 1955 (69 Stat. 324, 328); (c) the United States Army, Europe, in the amount of $6,925,000 that is contained in title I, section 101, of the Act of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 991, 994); (d) the Caribbean Command Area, in the amount of $1,060,000 that is contained in title I, section 101, of the Act of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 991, 994); (e) classified facilities in the amount of $6.300,000 that is contained in title I, section 102, of the Act of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 991, 994); (f) land acquisition and obstruction removal for flight clearance in the amount of $754,000 at various locations that is contained in title II, section 201, under the heading "CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES" and subheading "AVIATION FACILITIES (Special Purpose Air Stations)" of the Act of July 15, 1955 (69 Stat. 324, 332), as amended; (g) operational facilities in the amount of $700,000 at the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, that is contained in title II, section 201, under the heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES" and subheading "AVIATION FACILITIES (Fleet Support Air Stations)" in the Act of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 991, 996), as amended; (h) the authorization for the construction of family housing contained in the Act of July 15, 1955 (69 Stat. 324), to the extent that section 504 of the Act of August 20, 1958 (72 Stat. 636, 660), made available such authorization for the construction of family housing for the Department of the Army at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and Fort Shafter, Hawaii, and for the Department of the Air Force at Sundance, Wyoming, and at four locations outside the United States. SEC. 407. Section 515 of the Act of July 15, 1955 (69 Stat. 324, 352), as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 515. During fiscal years 1959 through and including 1962, the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, are authorized to lease housing facilities at or near military tactical installations for assignment as public quarters to military personnel and their dependents, if any, without rental charge upon a determination by the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, that there is a lack of adequate housing facilities at or near such military tactical installations. Such housing facilities shall be leased on a family or individual unit basis and not more than seven thousand five hundred of such units may be so leased at any one time. Expenditures for the rental of such housing facilities may be made out of appropriations available for maintenance and operation but may not exceed $150 a month for any such unit." SEC. 408. Subsection (a) of section 406 of the Act of August 30, 1957 (71 Stat. 531, 556), as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, and effective July 1, 1958, no family housing units shall be contracted for or acquired at or in support of military installations or activities unless the actual number of units involved has been specifically authorized by an annual military construction authorization Act except (1) housing units acquired pursuant to the provisions of section 404 of the Housing Amendments of 1955; (2) rental guarantee family housing authorized under section 302 of the Act of July 14, 1952 (66 Stat. 606, 622); and (3) housing units leased for terms of one year, whether renewable or not, or for terms of not more than five years pursuant to the provisions of section 2675 of title 10, United States Code." SEC. 409. Section 407 of the Act of August 30, 1957 (71 Stat. 531, 556), as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 407. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service, with dependents, may occupy on a rental basis, without loss of basic allowance for quarters, inadequate Governmentowned quarters under the jurisdiction of any of the uniformed services which have been constructed, converted, or designated for assignment as public quarters. The net difference between the basic allowance for quarters and the fair rental value of such quarters shall be paid from otherwise available appropriations. "(b) The provisions of this section shall be administered under regulations approved by the President. "(c) The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force for the respective military departments, the Secretary of the Treasury for the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Treasury Department, the Secretary of Commerce for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the Public Health Service (hereafter referred to as the 'Secretaris'), are each authorized, subject to standards established pursuant to (b) above, to designate as rental housing Governmentowned housing which has been constructed, converted, or designated for assignment as public quarters and which he determines to be inadequate for such purposes. (d) The Secretaries are each further authorized, subject to standards established pursuant to subsection (b) above, to lease inadequate Government-owned housing to personnel of any of the mentioned services for occupancy by them and their dependents. The housing facilities leased, as herein provided, shall have either been constructed or converted for assignment as public quarters with funds derived from appropriations made for such purposes, or else designated for assignment as public quarters. "(e) All housing units determined pursuant to subsection, (c) of this section to be inadequate shall, prior to July 1, 1961, either be altered or improved so as to qualify as public quarters, or be demolished or otherwise disposed of. "(f) This section shall have no application to any housing financed with mortgages insured under the provisions of title VIII of the National Housing Act as in effect prior to the enactment of the Housing Amendments of 1955. "(g) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal or affect the authority contained in the Act of July 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 316)." SEC. 410. Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (a) Section 4774 is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(g) Not more than 10 percent of the family quarters constructed from appropriated funds for officers of the Army may be four-bedroom quarters having a net floor area of 1,400 square feet or less for occupancy by officers holding grades below major." (b) Section 7574 is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(e) Not more than 10 percent of the family quarters constructed from appropriated funds for officers of the Navy may be four-bedroom quarters having a net floor area of 1,400 square feet or less for occupancy by officers holding grades below lieutenant commander." (c) Section 9774 is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(g) Not more than 10 percent of the family quarters constructed from appropriated funds for officers of the Air Force may be four-bedroom quarters having |