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65 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 155—SEPT. 28, 1951

in connection with public works projects which are not otherwise authorized by law in such amounts as may be provided in the appropriation Act concerned. Such sums as are appropriated shall remain available until expended when specifically provided in the appropriation Act. SEC. 505. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated funds for acquisition of land, installation of outside utilities, and site preparation for housing projects to be constructed under title VIII of the National Housing Act, as amended. Such funds may be expended by the respective military departments for housing projects when the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Federal Housing Commissioner, determines that such housing projects should be constructed and that such expenditures are essential to the construction of satisfactory housing. Such expenditures may not exceed an average of $1,500 per housing unit in respect of any housing project, and shall not exceed an average of $1,000 per housing unit in respect of all housing projects for which expenditures are approved under the provisions of this section. SEC. 506. No family quarters shall be constructed under the authority of this Act with a net floor area in excess of one thousand two hundred and fifty square feet, and the average net floor area of all such family quarters shall not exceed one thousand and eighty square feet. SEC. 507. Appropriations made to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be available with respect to projects authorized by law for expenses incident to construction, including administration, overhead, planning and supervision. SEC. 508. Any project authorized by this Act may be prosecuted under direct appropriations or authority to enter into contracts in lieu of such appropriations. TITLE VI

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SEC. 601. The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Air Arre^fm*lnf'w°tii Force, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Administrator of the Federal congressional oomCivil Defense Administration, as the case may be, or his designee, shall ™® ^ " ®' come into agreement with the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives with respect to those real-estate actions by or for the use of the military departments or the Federal Civil Defense Administration that are described in (a) through (e) below, and in the manner therein described. (a) Acquisitions of real property where fee title is to be acquired ffHoJ^'^^ ^° ^^^^^ for an amount estimated to be in excess of $25,000. I n those cases where individual acquisitions are to be made as part of a project, the agreement to be reached shall be based on general plans for the project, which shall include an estimate of the total cost of the lands to be acquired. (b) Leases to the United States of real property where the estimated excess°?$25 ww**'^ *° annual rental is in excess of $25,000. I n those cases where individual leases are to be made as part of a project, the agreement to be reached shall be based on general plans for the project, which shall include an estimate of the total cost of the leases to be made. (c) Leases of Government-owned real property where the estimated real pTo'^rty^*'"^™^^ annual rental is in excess of $25,000. (d) Transfers of Government-owned real property with an estimated value in excess of $25,000 under the jurisdiction of the military departments or the Federal Civil Defense Administration, which are to be made to other Federal agencies, or to States, including transfers between the military departments. (e) Reports to a disposal agency of excess Government-owned real property with an estimated value in excess of $25,000.