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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 450-JUNE 12, 1948 379 Army Ground Force Bases, Marianas: Housing, storage, and utilities; $3,803,940. Air Force bases, Marianas: Barracks, storage, and utilities; $5,376,708. Clark-Stotsenberg Area, Philippine Islands (Army Security Agency): Barracks and utilities; $669,300. Albrook Field, Canal Zone: Sewerage; $276,000. Fort Brooke, Puerto Rico: Family quarters, water storage, and utilities; $324,100. Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico: Bachelor quarters, water storage, and utilities; $466,500. Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico: Water storage and distribution facilities; $165,000. Henry Barracks, Puerto Rico: Barracks and utilities; $561,200. Keflavik Airport, Iceland: Development of Keflavik Airport; $10,352,100. Harmon Field, Newfoundland: Family quarters, operational facili- ties, laundry and dry-cleaning facilities, warehouses, and utilities; $12,087,100. Frobisher Bay (Upper Frobisher), Canada: Family quarters and utilities; $396,905. Fort Chimo, Canada: Family quarters and utilities; $214,570. Kindley Field-Fort Bell, Bermuda: Family quarters (including conversions), water evaporation building, and utilities; $2,359,938. Alaska: Classified installation for the Air Force; $5,000,000. Newfoundland: Two classified installations for the Air Force; $3,500,000. SEC. 2. To accomplish the above-authorized construction the Secre- Acquisition of land. tary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force are authorized to acquire lands and rights pertaining thereto, or other interest therein, including the temporary use thereof, by donation, purchase, exchange of Government-owned lands, or otherwise, without regard to section 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended. 31U. . C. § 529. SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any Appropriation au- money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, such sums of money as may be necessary toward meeting the purposes of this Act, but not to exceed $92,846,000 for public works in the con- Tiiiltatioi o" M18 tinental United States during the fiscal year 1948, which includes $5,000,000 for emergency projects within the United States as may be authorized by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, and $122,200,000 for public works outside continental United States during fiscal year 1948, which includes $20,000,000 for emer- gency projects outside the United States as may be authorized by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force. With respect ct 1 riation of partial to projects within and without continental United States, the approxi- mate partial cost for each project enumerated and authorized in section 1 of this Act may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, be varied upward or downward 10 per centum, but the total cost of the work on the projects in continental United States authorized by this Act shall not exceed $85,886,000 and the total cost of the work outside continental United States authorized by this Act shall not exceed $122,044,350. Any such appropriation shall be available under the direction of the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force for expenses incident to construction, including administration, overhead, planning, and surveys, and shall be available until expended: Provided, That any work undertaken under this authorization may be prosecuted by direct appropriations, or by both direct appropriations and continuing contracts subject to the availability of subsequent appropriations: Providedfurther,That no ofRnte~ of ud money from current or future appropriations for the Army or the