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the Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California; research and development facilities in the amount of $1,804,000 at the Naval Air Turbine Test Station, Trenton, New Jersey; and navigational aids in the amount of $400,000 at the Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Washington: that are contained in title II, section 201, under the heading "CONTINENTAL ITNITED STATES" and subheading "AVIAITON FACILITIES of the Act of July 27, 1964 (68 Stat. 535, 540), as amended; (c) the development of aviation ordnance facilities in the amount of $2,638,000 that is contained in title II, section 202, of the Act of July 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 535, 543), as amended. Repeal. SEC. 508. Section 408(b) of the Act of June 17, 1950 (64 Stat. 236,245), is hereby repealed. SEC. 509. Section 515 of the Act of July 15, 1955 (69 Stat. 324, 352), as amended, is further amended to read as follows: Housing faciu. "SEC. 515. During fiscal years 1958 through and including 1961, Ifease. the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, are authorized to lease housing facilities at or near military tactical installations for assignment as public quarters to military personnel and their dependents, if any, without rental charge upon a determination by the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, that there is a lack of adequate housing facilities at or near such military tactical installations. Such housing facilities shall be leased on a family or individual unit basis and not more than five thousand of such units may be so leased at any one time. Expenditures for the rental of such housing facilities may be made out of appropriations available for maintenance and operation but may not exceed $150 a month for any such unit." 50 USC 171b. SEC. 510. Section 406 of the Act of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 991, 1015), is amended to read as follows: land" '^"^ ^ "^°" °' "SEC. 406. (a) The Secretary of a military department may acquire any interest in land that— "(1) he or his designee determines is needed in the interest of national defense; and "(2) does not cost more than $25,000 (exclusive of administrative costs and the amounts of any deficiency judgments). This section does not authorize the acquisition, as part of the same project, of two or more contiguous parcels of land that together cost more than $25,000." SEC. 511. Section 408(a) of the Act of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 991, 5 USC 171Z-4. 1016), is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(5) No determination that a project is urgently required shall be necessary for projects, the cost of which is not in excess of $5,000." SEC. 512. Subsection (a) of section 406 of the Act of August 30, 42 USC 15941. 1957 (71 Stat. 631, 556), is amended to read as follows: Family housing. ^^ {?i) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, and effective July 1, 1958, no family housing units shall be contracted for or acquired at or in support of military installations or activities unless the actual number of units involved has been specifically authorized Exceptions. \yy an annual military construction authorization Act except (1) housing units acquired pursuant to the provisions of section 404 of the 42 us^c f594a. Housing Amendments of 1965; (2) housing units leased, utilizing available operation and maintenance appropriations, for terms of one year, whether renewable or not, or for terms of not more than five years pursuant to the provisions of section 417 of the Act of August 5 USC 171Z.3. 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 991, 1018).
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