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 �This Page Declassified lAW EO12958 B=idig ihe Po$iwm' Air Foroe lions outside the continental United States (Alaska, Hawre1, the Marianas, the Philip- pines, the Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, Iceland, Newfoundland, Canada, and Bermuda). The authorization for such appropnatwns within the United States was 1trailed to $92,846,000 for fiscal 1948, and the appro- priation authorization for construction out- side the contmentaI United States was hmited to $122,200,000. This was /or the Army and Ar Force combined 2 Ths legis- lotton did not meet Air Force needs. At the end of fiscal 1948 the Ar Force had only two-thirds of those base famhties necessary for ts existing units. Its base requirements would inevitably increase under the four- year program,* and half of the existing bases were overate and needed rehabilita- %iota 0s Title III of Public Law 420, 81 Cont., I Sees. (approved 27 October 1949 author- zed the Secretary of the Air Force to estab- hsh or develop mstallatons and facilities outside the continental United States costing a total of $59,232,775. This authori- zation included such items as $300,000 for arcraft warm-up shelters m Alaska; $t9,- 292,000 for facilities of various kinds at Eilson Air Force Base, Alaska; $28,518,208 for famhties at Okinawa; $3,200,000 for low cost family housing units, etc. The Second Supplementary Appropriation Act, 1950, appropriated $20,000,000 in cash and granted contract authority to the amount of $28,834,?0 for carrying out the purposes of Public Law 420, a total of $48,834570  Ttle III of another military constructton act, Pubhc Law 564, 81 Cont., 2 Sees. (ap- proved 17 June 1950), authorized the Secre- tary of the Air Force to establish or develop nstallations and iamlitie, s at a large num- ber of locations within and outside the con- tinental United States. The inclusion of such Iocattons as Wheelus Fmld, Lbya, and Dhahran Air Transport Starran, Saud Arabia, indicate the growing geograpincl spread of USAF bases and facfities to back the global commitments of the United States in the "cold war" Title V of thts act authorized the appropriation of $159,006,- 593 to be spent by the Air Force for public works thus authorized (m Title III) msxde the contmental U.S, and the appropriation of $56,469,162 for those authorized outside the continental United States. The General Appropriation Act, 1951, prowdcd funds. for carrying out the purposes of this act. TM The Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951, ap- propriated an additional $169,700,000 for the "Acquisition and construction of real property, including construction authorized by law. "m At the beginning of fiscal year 1951 the USAF st11 did not have enough modern bases to meet the needs of the 48roup Ar Force then m existence and the later adoption of the 95-Wing program greatly increased the need for modern bases. Hence, t was necessary to reactivate many World War I! bases which needed rehabilitation and remodeling m order to meet the re- quiremonte of modern heavy bombers and ingh speed let aircraft Many other base famhtes were also required to meet the new demands on the Air Force. After the Korean conflict began the Air Force imtiated an emergency construction program to provtde facfites in the combat area and to antmlmte future needs else- where. At the same time a long-range con- struction program was set up. n" By the passage of Public Law 910, 81 Cong., 2 Sees. (approved 6 January 1951) Congress au  thonzed $885,604,000 for public works con- struction within and outside the con- tmental United States. Of this sum, $451,467,000 was for the establishrnet and development of USAF installattune and fa- mhties wthin the continental United States; $367,150,000 for USAF installattune and acllites outside of the Continental Urnted States; and 66,987,000 for the con- struction of arcraft control and warning system facilities.  Pubhc Law 911, 81 Cont., 2 Sees. (approved 6 January 1951) appropriated $807,000,000 to finance the program of public works construction being carried on by the Air Force. m The Fourth Supplemental Appropriatmn Act, 1951, approved 3! May 1951, made $281,664,000 more available for the Air Force public works program. TM Tins made a total of $1,422,148,000 granted to the USAF for its public works program for fiscal 1951. THIS PAGE Declasstried lAW EO12958
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