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sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, but

appropriations for public works projects authorized by titles

I, II, III, IV, and V, shall not exceed—

(1) for title I: Inside the United States, $512,877,000 outside the United States, $112,578,000; section 102, $2,000,000; or a total of $627,455,000.

(2) for title II: Inside the United States, $258,469,000; outside the United States, $24,778,000; section 202, $974,000; or a total of $284,221,000.

(3) for title III: Inside the United States, $208,741,000; outside the United States, $35,827,000; section 302, $22,712,000; or a total of $267,280,000.

(4) for title IV: A total of $43,600,000.

(5) for Title V: Military family housing, $809,038,000.

16 SEC. 603. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b),

any of the amounts specified in titles I, II, III, and IV of 18 this Act, may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, 19 be increased by 5 per centum when inside the United 20 States (other than Hawaii and Alaska), and by 10 per

centum

when outside the United States or in Hawaii and

Alaska, if he determines that such increase (1) is required

23 for the sole purpose of meeting unusual variations in cost, 24 and (2) could not have been reasonably anticipated at the 25 time such estimate was submitted to the Congress. How

ever,

the total cost of all construction and acquisition in

1 each such title may not exceed the total amount authorized

2 to be appropriated in that title.

(b) When the amount named for any construction or 4 acquisition in title I, II, III, or IV of this Act involves. 5 only one project at any military installation and the Secre6 tary of Defense, or his designee, determines that the amount 7 authorized must be increased by more than the applicable 8 percentage prescribed in subsection (a), the Secretary con9 cerned may proceed with such construction or acquisition 10 if the amount of the increase does not exceed by more than 11 25 per centum the amount named for such project by the 12 Congress.

13 (c) Subject to the limitations contained in subsection

(a), no individual project authorized under title I, II, III, or IV of this Act for any specifically listed military installa16 tion may be placed under contract if—

(1) the estimated cost of such project is $250,

(2) the current working estimate of the Department of Defense, based on bids received, for the con

struction of such project exceeds by more than 25 per

centum the amount authorized for such project by the Congress, until after the expiration of thirty days from

the date on which a written report of the facts relating

to the increased cost of such project, including a state

1 ment of the reasons for such increase has been submitted

to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of

Representatives and the Senate.

(d) The Secretary of Defense shall submit an annual

report to the Congress identifying each individual project 6 which has been placed under contract in the preceding 7 twelve-month period and with respect to which the then 8 current working estimate of the Department of Defense 9 based upon bids received for such project exceeded the amount authorized by the Congress for that project by more

than 25 per centum. The Secretary shall also include in 12 such report each individual project with respect to which 13 the scope was reduced in order to permit contract award 14 within the available authorization for such project. Such report shall include all pertinent cost information for each individual project, including the amount in dollars and per

centage by which the current working estimate based on the

contract price for the project exceeded the amount authorized for such project by the Congress.

SEC. 604. Contracts for construction made by the United 21 States for performance within the United States and its possessions under this Act shall be executed under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy, or such other department or Gov

1 ernment agency as the Secretaries of the military depart 2 ments recommended and the Secretary of Defense approved 3 to assure the most efficient, expeditious and cost-effective ac4 complishment of the construction herein authorized. The 5 Secretaries of the military departments shall report annually 6 to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House 7 of Representatives a breakdown of the dollar value of con8 struction contracts completed by each of the several con9 struction agencies selected, together with the design, con10 struction, supervision, and overhead fees charged by each 11 of the several agents in the execution of the assigned 12 construction. Further, such contracts shall be awarded, in13 sofar 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 de

partments shall report semiannually to the President of the 18 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 19 with respect to all contracts awarded on other than a com

petitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder.

SEC. 605. (a) As of October 1, 1971, all authorizations

for military public works (other than family housing) to be

accomplished by the Secretary of a military department in 24 connection with the establishment or development of military

25 installations and facilities, and all authorizations for appro

1 priations therefor, that are contained in titles I, II, III, and 2 IV of the Act of December 5, 1969, Puble Law 91-142 (83 3 Stat. 293), and all such authorizations contained in Acts ap4 proved before December 6, 1969, and not superseded or 5 otherwise modified by a later authorization are repealed

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(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) authorizations for public works projects as to which appropriated funds have been obligated for construction contracts or land acquisitions in whole or in

part before October 1, 1971, and authorizations for appropriations therefor; and

(3) notwithstanding the repeal provisions of section 705 (a) of the Act of December 5, 1969, Public Law 91-142 (83 Stat. 293, 315), all authorizations for mili

tary public works (other than family housing), contained in titles I, II, III, IV, and V of the Act of July 21, 1968, Public Law 90-408 (82 Stat. 367), and all authorizations for appropriations therefor, and not superseded or otherwise modified, are hereby continued and shall remain in full force and effect until October 1, 1971.

(b) Effective fifteen months from the date of enactment

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