PUBLIC LAW 96-418—OCT. 10, 1980
94 STAT. 1775
WAIVER OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS
SEC. 702. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop installations and facilities under this title without regard to section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529) and sections 4774 and 9774 of title 10, United States Code. The authority to place permanent or temporary improvements on lands includes authority for surveys, administration, overhead, planning, and supervision incident to construction. That authority may be exercised before title to the land is approved under section 355 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 255) and even though the land is held temporarily. The authority to acquire real estate or land includes authority to msike surveys and to acquire land and interests in land (including temporary use), by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned land, or otherwise. TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS IMPACT ASSISTANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1981 FOR AREAS AFFECTED BY THE MX WEAPON SYSTEM AND THE EAST COAST TRIDENT BASE
SEC. 801. During fiscal year 1981, the Secretary of Defense may utilize funds appropriated for planning and design purposes to provide community planning assistance as follows: (1) To assist communities near MX Weapon System sites, $5,000,000. (2) To assist communities near the East Coast Trident Base, $1,000,000. IMPACT ASSISTANCE FOR FISCAL YEARS AFTER FISCAL YEAR 1981 FOR AREAS AFFECTED BY THE MX WEAPON SYSTEM AND THE EAST COAST TRIDENT BASE
SEC. 802. (a) The Secretary of Defense Oiereinafter in this section lo use 139 note. referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to assist communities located near MX Weapon System sites, communities located near the East Coast Trident Base, and the States in which such communities are located in meeting the costs of providing increased municipal services and facilities to the residents of such communities, if the Secretary determines that there is an immediate and substantial increase in the need for such services and facilities in such communities as a direct result of work being carried out in connection with the construction, installation, testing, and operation of the MX Weapon System or the East Coast Trident Base, as the Case may be, and that an unfair and excessive financial burden will be incurred by such communities, or the States in which such communities are located, as a result of the increased need for such services and facilities. (b)(1) The Secretary shall carry out the program of assistance authorized under this section through existing Federal programs. In carrying out such program of assistance, the Secretary is authorized, subject to the provisions of subsection (d), to (A) supplement funds made available under such Federal programs through a direct transfer of funds from the Secretary to the department or agency concerned in such amounts as the Secretary considers necessary, (B) provide financial assistance to communities described in subsection (a) to help such communities pay their share of the costs under such programs, and (C) guarantee State or municipal indebtedness for improved public facilities related to the MX Weapon System or the East Coast Trident Base.
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