PUBLIC LAW 96-125—NOV. 26, 1979 incident to construction. That authority may be exercised before title to the land is approved under section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U.S.C. 255), and even though the land is held temporarily. The authority to acquire real estate or land includes authority to make surveys and to acquire land and interests in land (including temporary use), by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned land, or otherwise. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES
SEC. 703. Section 2233 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "and" after clause (3); (2) by striking out the period at the end of clause (4) and inserting in lieu thereof: "; and"; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: "(5) contribute to any State or Territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia, such amounts for the acquisition, construction, expansion, rehabilitation, or conversion by the failure of existing facilities to meet the purposes of this chapter. A contribution made for an armory may not be more than 75 percent of the cost of construction of which it is applied.". INCREASE IN MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION FOR GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES WITHOUT NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS
SEC. 704. Paragraph (1) of section 2233a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "$100,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$175,000". TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS REVISIONS TO MINOR CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY
SEC. 801. Section 2674 of title 10, United States Code, relating to minor construction, is amended— (1) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following new sentence: "Approvals under the preceding sentence are not required for projects at specified locations that have been identified in the annual military construction program submitted by the Department of Defense to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives."; and (2) by adding at the end of subsection (f) the following new sentence: "Such notice is not required for projects at specified locations that have been identified in the annual military construction program submitted by the Department of Defense to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives.". AMENDMENT WITH RESPECT TO DEVELOPMENT OF SOURCES OF ENERGY ON MILITARY LANDS
SEC. 802. Section 803 of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979 (30 U.S.C. 1002a), is amended as follows: (1) The section heading is amended to read as follows:
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