SEC. 302. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop classified military installations and facilities by acquiring, construcing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment in the total amount of $1,000,000. SEC. 303. 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 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 inclusion in the next Military Construction 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 amount of $10,000,000: 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, 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 authorization will expire as of September 30, 1974, 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. 304. (a) Section 301 of Public Law 92–145 is amended under the heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES" as follows: Under the subheading STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND" with respect to Malmstrom Air Classified installations. Establishment. Emergency construction. Congressional committees, notification. Authorization expiration. 85 Stat. 402. 86 Stat. 1143. 87 STAT. 673 Force Base, Great Falls, Montana, strike out "$522,000" and insert in place thereof "$735,000". (b) Public Law 92-145 is further amended by striking out in clause (3) of section 702 "$226,484.000" and "$247,347,000" and inserting in place thereof "$226,697.000" and "$247,560,000", respectively. SEC. 305. (a) Public Law 92-545 is amended under the heading "INSIDE THE UNITED STATES" in section 301 as follows: With respect to Kessler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, strike out "$4,454,000" and insert in place thereof "$5,654,000”. (b) Public Law 92-545 is amended under the heading "OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES," in section 301 as follows: Under the subheading “UNITED STATES AIR FORCES IN EUROPE" with respect to Germany, strike out "$11.422,000" and insert in place thereof "$18,755.000”. (c) Public Law 92-545 is amended by striking out in clause (3) of section 702 "$232,925,000"; "$32,565,000"; and "$284,150,000" and 86 Stat. 1151. inserting in place thereof "$234,125,000"; "$39,898,000"; and "$292,683,000", respectively. Defense agencies. Construction authorization. Congressional committees, notification. TITLE IV SEC. 401. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop military 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: DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, $374,000. Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Test Site, Las Vegas, Nevada, $200,000. DEFENSE SUPPLY AGENCY Defense Construction Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio, $1,188,000. Defense Depot, Ogden, Utah, $250,000. Defense Depot, Tracy, California, $747.000. Defense General Supply Center, Richmond, Virginia, $2,653,000. Defense Logistics Services Center, Battle Creek, Michigan, $160,000. Defense Personnel Support Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $560,000. Regional Office. Defense Contract Administration Services, Chicago, Illinois, $404,000. NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, $8,156,000. TITLE V-MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING AND 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 family 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 adequate private housing at any location, the Secretary of Defense shall immediately notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 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, five thousand three-hundred Army. sixty-nine units, $153,170,000. Fort Carson, Colorado, two hundred units. Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, twenty-five units. United States Army Installations, Oahu, Hawaii, six hundred units. Fort Riley, Kansas, nine hundred one units. Fort Campbell, Kentucky, one thousand units. Fort Polk, Louisiana, five hundred units. Fort Bragg/Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, one hundred thirty-six units. Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania, eighty-six units. Red River Army Depot, Texas, twenty-one units. (2) The Department of the Navy, three thousand six hundred ten units, $109,397,000. Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, eight hundred units. Naval Complex, San Diego, California, three hundred twentyfive units. Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California, two hundred units. Naval Station, Mayport, Florida, four hundred units. Naval Complex, New Orleans, Louisiana, one hundred units. Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, one hundred units. Naval Home, Gulfport, Mississippi, five units. Naval Complex, South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, three hundred fifty units. Naval Complex, Charleston, South Carolina, two hundred seventy units. Naval Complex, Guam, Marianas Islands, five hundred ten units. Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland, one hundred fifty units. Blytheville Air Force Base, Arkansas, one hundred units. Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, two hundred fifty units. United States Air Force Installations, Oahu, Hawaii, four hundred units. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, three hundred units. Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, one hundred units. Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, two hundred units. Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Marianas Islands, three hundred units. (b) Mobile home facilities: (1) The Department of the Army, eight hundred twenty-five spaces, $3,300,000. (2) The Department of the Navy, one hundred spaces, $400,000. (3) The Department of the Air Force, four hundred fifteen spaces, $2,000,000. SEC. 502. (a) Authorization for the construction of family housing provided in this Act shall be subject, under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, to the following limitations on cost, which shall include shades, screens, ranges, refrigerators, and all other installed equipment and fixtures. 87 STAT. 674 Navy. Air Force. Cost limitations. 87 STAT. 675 Family housing construction, land acquisition in for eign countries, cost limitations. Improvement, cost limitations. Repairs and improvements, cost limitation, exceptions. (b) The average unit cost for each military department for all units of family housing constructed in the United States (other than Hawaii and Alaska) shall not exceed $27,500 including the cost of the family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site preparation, and installation of utilities. (c) No family housing unit in the area specified in subsection (b) shall be constructed at a total cost exceeding $44,000 including the cost of the family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site preparation, and installation of utilities. (d) When family housing units are constructed in areas other than that specified in subsection (b) the average cost of all such units shall not exceed $37,000 and in no event shall the cost of any unit exceed $44,000. 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 otherwise authorized by law, to existing public quarters at a cost not to exceed (1) for the Department of the Army, $28,160,000. (2) for the Department of the Navy, $10,600,000. (3) for the Department of the Air Force, $23,750,000. SEC. 504. Notwithstanding the limitations contained in prior Military Construction Authorization Acts on cost of construction of family housing, the limitations on such cost contained in section 502 of this Act shall apply to all prior authorizations for construction of family housing not heretofore repealed and for which construction contracts have not been executed prior to the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 505. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to construct, or otherwise acquire, in foreign countries, twelve family housing units. This authority shall include the authority to acquire land and interests in land. The authorization contained in this section shall not be subject to the cost limitations set forth in section 502 of this Act, but the cost shall not exceed a total of $520,000 for all units nor $60,000 for any one unit, including the cost of the family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site preparation, and installation of utilities. SEC. 506. (a) Section 610(a) of Public Law 90-110 (81 Stat. 279, 305), as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(a) None of the funds authorized by this or any other Act may be expended for the improvement of any single family housing unit, or for the improvement of two or more housing units, when such units are to be converted into or used as a single family housing unit, the costs of which exceed $15,000 per unit including costs of repairs undertaken in connection therewith, and including any costs in connection with (1) the furnishing of electricity, gas, water and sewage disposal; (2) roads and walks; and (3) grading and drainage, unless such improvement in connection with such unit or units is specifically authorized by law. As used in this section the term 'improvement includes alteration, expansion, extension, or rehabilitation of any housing unit or units, including that maintenance and repair which is to be accomplished concurrently with an improvement project. The provisions of this section shall not apply to projects authorized for restoration or replacement of housing units damaged or destroyed." (b) The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to accomplish repairs and improvements to existing public quarters in amounts in excess of the $15,000 limitation prescribed in section 610 (a) of Public Law 90-110 as follows: Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, one unit, $35.800. Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California, one unit, $17,000. Fort McNair, Washington, District of Columbia, five units, $165,000. Naval Complex, New Orleans, Louisiana, four units, $119,600. Ramstein Air Base, Federal Republic of Germany, one unit, $26,500. SEC. 507. (a) Section 515 of Public Law 84-161 (69 Stat. 324, 352), as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 515. During fiscal years 1974 and 1975, the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, are authorized to lease housing facilities for assignment as public quarters to military personnel and their dependents, without rental charge, at or near any military installation in the United States, Puerto Rico, or Guam, if the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, finds that there is a lack of adequate housing at or near such military installation and that (1) there has been a recent substantial increase in military strength and such increase is temporary, or (2) the permanent military strength is to be substantially reduced in the near future, or (3) the number of military personnel assigned is so small as to make the construction of family housing uneconomical, or (4) family housing is required for personnel attending service school academic courses on permanent change of station orders, or (5) family housing has been authorized but is not yet completed or a family housing authorization request is in a pending military construction authorization bill. Such housing facilities may be leased on an individual unit basis and not more than ten thousand such units may be so leased at any one time. Expenditures for the rental of such housing 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." (b) The average unit rental for Department of Defense family housing acquired by lease in foreign countries may not exceed $325 per month for the Department and in no event shall the rental for any one unit exceed $625 per month, including the costs of operation, maintenance, and utilities; and not more than seven thousand five hundred family housing units may be so leased at any one time. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, may waive these cost limitations for not more than three hundred units leased for: incumbents of special positions, personnel assigned to Defense Attaché Offices, or in countries where excessive costs of housing would cause undue hardship on Department of Defense personnel. SEC. 508. Section 507 of Public Law 88-174 (77 Stat. 307, 326), as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 507. For the purpose of providing military family housing in foreign countries, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into agreements guaranteeing the builders or other sponsors of such housing a rental return equivalent to a specified portion of the annual rental income which the builders or other sponsors would receive from the tenants if the housing were fully occupied: Provided, That the aggregate amount guaranteed under such agreements entered into during the fiscal years 1974 and 1975 shall not exceed such amount as may be applicable to five thousand units: Provided further, That no such agreement shall guarantee the payment of more than 97 per centum of the anticipated rentals, nor shall any guarantee extend for a period of more than ten years, nor shall the average guaranteed rental on any project exceed $275 per unit per month, including the cost of maintenance and operation.' 87 STAT. 676 81 Stat. 305. Leasing of facilities. 84 Stat. 1220; 86 Stat. 1149. 10 USC 2674 note. Cost limitation. Waiver. Military housing, foreign countries. 81 Stat. 304; 86 Stat. 1149. 42 USC 1594k. 87 STAT. 677 SEC. 509. (a) Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 70A Stat. 147. by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 10 USC 2661. |