74 STAT. 187. Report to Con gress office of Ci 11 and Defense Mobilization. Report to Con gress. action is submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives: "(1) An acquisition of fee title to any real property, if the estimated price is more than $50,000. (2) A lease of any real property to the United States, if the estimated annual rental is more than $50,000. (3) A lease of real property owned by the United States, if the estimated annual rental is more than $50,000. "(4) A transfer of real property owned by the United States to another Federal agency or another military department or to a State, if the estimated value is more than $50,000. "(5) A report of excess real property owned by the United States to a disposal agency, if the estimated value is more than $50,000. if a transaction covered by clause (1) or (2) is part of a project, the report must include a summarization of the general plan for that project, including an estimate of the total cost of the lands to be acquired or leases to be made. 66 (b) The Secretary of each military department shall report quarterly to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on transactions described in subsection (a) that involve an estimated value of more than $5,000 but not more than $50,000. "(c) This section applies only to real property in the United States and Puerto Rico. It does not apply to real property for river and harbor projects or flood-control projects, or to leases of Government-owned real property for agricultural or grazing purposes. "(d) A statement in an instrument of conveyance, including a lease, that the requirements of this section have been met, or that the conveyance is not subject to this section, is conclusive." (2) Chapter 159 is amended by deleting the following item in the analysis: "2662. Real property transactions: Agreement with Armed Services Committees; reports." and inserting the following item in lieu thereof: "2662. Real property transactions: Reports to the Armed Services Committees." SEC. 512. Section 43 of the Act of August 10, 1956 (70A Stat. 636, 50 U.S.C. App. 2285), is amended to read: " 43. Real property transactions "(a) The Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, or his designee, may not enter into any of the following listed transactions by or for the use of that agency until after the expiration of thirty days from the date upon which a report of the facts concerning the proposed transaction is submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives: "(1) An acquisition of fee title to any real property, if the estimated price is more than $50,000. (2) A lease of any real property to the United States, if the estimated annual rental is more than $50,000. "(3) A lease of real property owned by the United States, if the estimated annual rental is more than $50,000. "(4) A transfer of real property owned by the United States to another Federal agency or another military department, or to a State, if the estimated value is more than $50,000. "(5) A report of excess real property owned by the United States to a disposal agency, if the estimated value is more than $50,000. 74 STAT, 188. If a transaction covered by clause (1) or (2) is part of a project, the report must include a summarization of the general plan for that project, including an estimate of the total cost of the lands to be acquired or leases to be made. (b) The Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization shall report quarterly to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on transactions described in subsection (a) that involve an estimated value of more than $5,000 but not more than $50,000. "(c) This section applies only to real property in the United States and Puerto Rico. It does not apply to real property for river and harbor projects or flood-control projects, or to leases of Governmentowned real property for agricultural or grazing purposes. "(d) A statement in an instrument of conveyance, including a lease, that the requirements of this section have been met, or that the conveyance is not subject to this section, is conclusive." SEC. 513. Titles I, II, III, IV, and V of this Act may be cited as Short title. the "Military Construction Act of 1960". Approved June 8, 1960. 57-272 O-66-49 Public Law 86-578 86th Congress, S. 3226 AN ACT To amend section 809 of the National Housing Act. 74 STAT. 314. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 809 of Housing. the National Housing Act is amended by adding at the end thereof Mortgage insurthe following new subsection: ance. 70 Stat. 273. "(g) A mortgage secured by property which is intended to provide 12 USC 1748h-1. housing for a person employed or assigned to duty at a research or development installation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and which is located at or near such installation, where such installation was a research or development installation of one of the military departments of the United States (on or after June 13, 1956) before its transfer to the jurisdiction of such Administration, may (if the mortgage otherwise meets the requirements of this section) be insured by the Commissioner under the provisions of this section. The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or his designee, is authorized to guarantee and indemnify the Armed Services Housing Mortgage Insurance Fund against loss to the extent required by the Commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, in the case of mortgages referred to in this subsection. For purposes of this Definitions. subsection, (1) the terms 'Armed Forces', 'one of the military departments of the United States', 'military department', 'Secretary or his designee', and 'Secretary' when used in subsections (a) and (b) of this section and the term 'Secretary of the Army, Navy, or Air Force' when used in section 805, shall be deemed to refer to the National 12 USC 1748d. Aeronautics and Space Administration or the Administrator thereof, as may be appropriate, (2) the terms 'civilian employee', 'civilians', and 'civilian personnel' as used in this section shall be deemed to refer to employees of such Administration or a contractor thereof or to military personnel assigned to duty at an installation of such Administration, and (3) the term 'military installation' when used in section 805 shall be deemed to refer to an installation of such Administration." Approved July 5, 1960. Public Law 86-630 AN ACT 74 STAT. 463. Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Military Construcsums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- tion Appropriation wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, for mili- Act, 1961. tary construction functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes, namely: GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 101. Funds appropriated to the military departments for construction 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-sixth Congress. SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be Cost-plus-a-fixedexpended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work fee contracts. 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 Expediting conexpended for additional costs involved in expediting construction struction. 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 Bakeries, launfor the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, dries, etc. 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 there for, 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- Motor vehicle struction are hereby made available for: (1) hire of passenger motor hire, etc. vehicles, and (2) the construction, or acquisition by lease or otherwise, of family housing and community facilities projects in foreign countries as authorized by section 407 (b) of the Act of September 1, 5 USC 171z-1. 1954 (68 Stat. 1119), as amended. SEC. 106. Appropriations to the military departments for construction may be charged for the cost of administration, supervision and inspection of family housing authorized pursuant to title IV of the Act of August 11, 1955 (Public Law 345), as amended, in an amount 69 Stat. 646. not to exceed 312 per centum of the cost of each such project: Pro- 12 USC 17488vided, That such appropriations shall be reimbursed from the pro- 1748g, 1720; ceeds of any mortgage executed on each such project. 42 USC 1594- SEC. 107. Funds appropriated to the military departments for construction may be used for advances to the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, for the purposes of section 210 of title 23, 72 Stat. 908. United States Code, when projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national defense by the Secretary of Defense. SEC. 108. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to New bases. begin construction on new bases for which specific appropriations have not been made. SEC. 109. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available Family quarters. for construction of family quarters for personnel shall not be obligated for such construction at a cost per family unit in excess of $22,000 on housing units for generals or equivalent; $19,800 on housing 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, and except that the Secretary of the Army may provide 156 units of family housing for company grade officers at the United States Military Academy at a unit cost of not more than $20,300 per family unit. SEC. 110. No part of the funds contained in this Act shall be used Air Force to incur obligations for the planning, design, or construction of fa- Academy. cilities for an Air Force Academy the total cost of which will be in excess of $139,797,000. 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. Land purchase. projects. SEC. 112. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used Foreign 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. 113. This Act may be cited as the "Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1961"." Approved July 12, 1960. Short title. |