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PUBLIC LAW 209-AUG. 7, 1953 TITLE V GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 501. The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are respectively authorized to proceed with the establishment or development of military installations and facilities as authorized by titles I, II, III and IV of this Act without regard to the provisions of sections 1136, 3648, and 3734, as respectively amended, of the Revised Statutes, and prior to approval of title to underlying land, as provided by section 355, as amended, of the Revised Statutes. The authority to establish or develop military installations and facilities shall include, in respect of those installations as to which the acquisition of land is specified in titles I, II, and III of this Act, authority to acquire lands and rights and interests thereto or therein, including the temporary use thereof, by donation, purchase, exchange of Government-owned lands, or otherwise. SEC. 502. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums of money as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act, but not to exceed— (1) for public works authorized by title I: Inside continental United States, $44,003,000; outside continental United States, $20,560,000; classified facilities, $69,108,000; or a total of $133,671,000. (2) for public works authorized by title II: Inside continental United States, $61,687,130; outside continental United States, $24,255,000; classified facilities, $1,069,000; or a total of $87.011,130. (3) for public works authorized by title III: Inside continental United States, $241,392,000; outside continental United States, $2,242,000; aircraft control and warning system facilities, $25,875,000; or a total of $269,509,000; and (4) for public works authorized by title IV; a total of $1,404,800. SEC. 503. Any of the approximate costs enumerated in titles I, II, III, and IV of this Act may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be varied upward 5 per centum in the case of projects within continental United States and 10 per centum in the case of projects outside continental United States, but the total cost of all work so enumerated under each of such titles shall not exceed the total of all amounts specified in respect of such title. SEC. 504. 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. 505. Appropriations made to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be available with respect to public works projects authorized by law for expenses incident to construction, including administration, overhead, planning, and supervision. SEC. 506. Whenever— (a) the President determines that compliance with the requirements of Public Law 245, Eighty-second Congress, in the case of contracts made pursuant to this Act with respect to the establishment or development of military installations and facilities in foreign countries would interfere with the carrying out of the provisions of this Act; and (b) the Secretary of Defense and the Comptroller General have agreed upon alternative methods for conducting an adequate audit of such contracts.

Acquisition of land, e t c.

10 USC 1339; 31 u s e 529; 40 USC 259, 267.

Appropriations.

e o s t variations.

Family quarters.

Public projects.

works

Contracts. 65 Stat. 700. 41 USC 153, 254.