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PUBLIC LAW 4 8 8 - J U L Y 10, 1952

ments of appropriations, funds, and accounts to be made in the settlement of their disbursing accounts. SEC. 614. The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Air Force, and the Secretary of the Navy are authorized to expend out of the appropriations in this Act available for construction or maintenance such amounts as may be required for minor construction (except family quarters), conversion of and extensions to existing structures, and improvements, at facilities of the Department concerned, but the cost of any project authorized under this section which is not otherwise authorized shall not exceed $50,000, except that the limitation on the cost of any such project which is determined by the Secretary of Defense to be urgently required in the interests of national defense, shall not exceed $200,000: Provided, That the cost limitations of this section shall not apply to amounts authorized to be expended for emergency expenses on the approval of the Secretary concerned: Provided further, That the cost of converting existing structures to family quarters pursuant to the authority contained in this section shall not exceed $50,000 during the current fiscal year at any single facility of the Department concerned. SEC. 615, During the current fiscal year, appropriations contained in this Act (except those for liquidation of prior contract authorizations) shall not be obligated for construction of family quarters for personnel at a cost per family unit in excess of $14,040 on housing units for generals; $12,040 on housing units for majors, lieutenant colonels and colonels, or equivalent; $11,040 on housing units for second lieutenants, lieutenants, captains, and warrant officers, or equivalent; or $10,040 on housing units for enlisted personnel, except that when such units are constructed outside the continental United States or in Alaska, the average cost per unit of all such units shall not exceed $25,850 and in no event shall the individual cost exceed $35,000. The last proviso of section 3 of the Act of June 12, 1948 (Public Law 626), and the last proviso in the next to last paragraph of section 3 of the Act of June 16, 1948 (Public Law 653), shall not be applicable to appropriations made herein or heretofore to carry out such Acts, in cases where the Secretary of the Department concerned determines that the erection of prefabricated family quarters will be more advantageous to the United States than multiple type dwellings of conventional construction. SEC. 616. Appropriations for the Air Force and the Army for the current fiscal year shall be available for expenses in connection with the administration of occupied areas; for distribution of trophies and devices as authorized by law; for actual and necessary expenses or per diem in lieu thereof authorized by law; and, except as otherwise authorized by the Act of September 80, 1950 (Public Law 874), for primary and secondary schooling for dependents of military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense residing on military installations or stationed in foreign countries in amounts not exceeding an average of $225 per student, when the Secretary of the Department concerned finds that schools, if any, available in the locality, are unable to provide adequately for the education of such dependents. SEC. 617. Appropriations for the Navy for the current fiscal year shall be available for expenses including those heretofore incurred incident to the operation by the Navy of private plants taken over at the direction of the President, and the Secretary of the Navy may designate any naval appropriation to be charged with such expenses, proper adjustment to be made on the basis of final costs between applicable appropriations; payment of rewards, as authorized by law, for information leading to the discovery of missing naval property or the recovery thereof, and except as otherwise authorized by the Act of

M i nor construction.

Cost limitation.

Emer g e n c y expenses.

Family quarters.

62 Stat. 379,462. 5 USC 626p and note; 34 USC 9 I Ib9 lid.

Schooling for dependents. 64 Stat. 1100. 20 USC 236-244.

Navy.

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