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 62 STAT.] 8OTH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 478, 479-JUNE 16, 1948 (b) To aid in making surplus athletic equipment available to the youth of the country through associations, groups, organizations, and institutions sponsoring or promoting the participation of youth in athletics, sports, and games, any Government agency having a sur- plus of personal property which would be suitable for the purposes of this Act may declare such surplus to the War Assets Administrator who shall have authority to dispose of same in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (c) Any surplus property suitable for use by the youth of the coun- try in athletics, sports, and games, or any property owned by any agency of the Government hereafter declared surplus which may be so used, shall not be disposed of in any manner other than as provided in this Act unless the Administrator has given sufficient notice of such property available for disposal as herein provided and no request for such property has been received. SEC. 2. (a) Any property so transferred shall be without restric- tion and without charge to the transferee except for disassembling, transporting, and delivering such property. The United States shall incur no obligation or liability in connection with the disassembling, transporting, or delivery of any property disposed of pursuant to this Act. (b) The War Assets Administrator is hereby authorized to pre- scribe, amend, and rescind such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. (c) The War Assets Administrator is hereby authorized to deter- mine the qualifications of the transferees under the provisions of this Act and his decision shall be final. (d) The War Assets Administrator is hereby authorized to effect transfers under the provisions of this Act without regard to priority as between the transferees under this Act or any other law, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved June 16, 1948. 459 Availability to or- ganizations, etc. Transfer of prop- erty. Rules and regula- tions. Finality of decision. Priority. [CHAPTER 479] AN ACT AN ACT June 1, 1948 To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain is. L'675 public works, and for other purposes. [Public Law 663] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to establish or develop naval installa- tions and facilities by the construction, installation, or equipment of temporary or permanent public works, including buildings, facilities, appurtenances, and utilities; or by the completion of such construction, installation, or equipment specifically approved by the Secretary of the Navy and heretofore undertaken as follows: CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES Naval air station, Alameda, California: Test cells for turbine engines; $230,000. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: Facilities for flight indoc- trination, including the acquisition of land (two thousand four hundred acres); $12,000,000. National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland: Chapel; $205,000. Marine training and replacement command, Camp Joseph H. Pendleton, Oceanside, California: Acquisition of land, five hundred and seventy-five acres; $46,500. Navy Department. Construction of public works. Post, p. 1042.

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