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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 313 -JUNE 11, 1940 Pearl Harbor, T. H. Ouantanamo,Cuba. Coco Solo, C. Z . Pearl Harbor, T . H. Net and ammuni- tion storage facilities. Naval aviation shore facilities. Preoisos. Construction of offi- cers', etc., quarters, limitation. Construction of buildings. Contracts. Certain personnel, continuance in em- ployment. Ante, p. 282 . Aviation expenses. Ante, pp. 265, 282. Provisos. Modification of con- tracts. Disposaloffacilities. Contracts for new airplanes, etc. $53,325,000, which amount, together with unexpended balances of appropriations herein and heretofore made under this head, shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund: Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Temporary storehouses and accessories, $1,000,000; Naval Station, Guantanamo, Cuba: Defense facilities, including buildings and accessories, $1,500,000; Naval Air Station, Coco Solo, Canal Zone: Breakwater, $3,000,000; Naval Supply Depot, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Quay wall and unloading wharf, $500,000; Net and ammunition storage facilities: Naval net depots and ammunition storage, including buildings and accessories and the acqui- sition of land, $6,262,362; Naval aviation shore facilities, including acquisition of land, $45,000,000: Provided, That no part of this amount or any other amount in this title for temporary housing shall be available for erecting, including utilities, upon any site however acquired subse- quent to the calendar year 1938, married officers quarters at a unit cost of more than $8,500, nor bachelor officers quarters at a unit cost of more than $1,750, nor student flyers quarters at a unit cost of more than $550; nor barracks for enlisted men at a unit cost of more than $350: Provided further, That no part of this amount, nor of any other amount in this title for temporary housing, shall be available for erecting buildings upon any site acquired subsequent to the calendar year 1938 except of a distinctly temporary character unless structures (such as hospitals, hangars, and storage facilities for inflammable or explosive materials) of a more substantial type are essential to the purpose. The provisions of section 4 of the Act approved April 25, 1939 (53 Stat. 590-592), shall be applicable to all public works and public utilities projects mentioned in this Act regardless of location. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to continue the employ- ment, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, of such employees now carried on the rolls as will be required for the preparation of plans and specifications and administrative work in connection with the public works and public utilities projects authorized by this Act, or heretofore otherwise authorized. BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS AVIATION, NAVY For an additional amount for aviation, Navy, comprising the same objects specified under this head in title I of this Act, to be imme- diately available, $43,850,000, which sum is hereby made available for expenditure, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, for the procurement and installation of special facilities for use by con- tractors in manufacturing aircraft and aeronautical material: Pro- vided, That existing contracts for aircraft and aeronautical material may be appropriately modified: Provided further, That facilities procured hereunder may be leased, sold, or otherwise disposed of, m the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, when no longer required for use under naval contracts and the Secretary of the Navy shall report annually to the Congress on the rental, sale, or disposal of the facilities provided for in this Act: Provided further, That in addition to the amount herein appropriated, the Secretary of the Navy may, prior to July 1, 1941, enter into contracts for the pro- duction and purchase of new airplanes and their equipment, spare parts and accessories, to an amount not in excess of $100,000,000. [54 STAT.