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PUBLIC LAW 534-JULY 14, 1952

funds appropriated pursuant to any Act authorizing civil or military public works projects for any military department, to the extent available, may be used to reimburse the owners and tenants of such acquired lands for such incurred expenses, losses, and damages. The authority for reimbursement of owners and tenants for moving costs conferred by this subsection shall be in addition to but not in duplication of authority contained in subsection 501(b) of the Act of September 28, 1951 (65 Stat. 365) for the reimbursement to owners and tenants of land acquired pursuant to authorization contained in said Act. SEC. 402. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums of money as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act, but not to exceed— (1) for public works authorized by title I: Inside continental United States, $124,420,800; outside continental United States, $68,617,000; classified facilities, $135,010,000; or a total of $328,047,800. (2) for public works authorized by title II: Inside continental United States, $138,183,000; outside continental United States, $32,295,000; classified facilities, $86,397,000; or a total of $256,875,000. (3) for public works authorized by title III: Inside continental United States, $708,352,000; outside continental United States^ $92,610,000; classified facilities, $1,012,398,000; or a total of $1,813,360,000. SEC. 403. Any of the approximate costs enumerated in titles I, II, and III of this Act may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be varied upward 10 per centum but the total cost of all work so enumerated under each of such titles shall not exceed the total appropriations authorized in respect of such title by section 402 of this Act. SEC. 404. No family quarters shall be constructed under the authority of this Act with a net floor area in excess of one thousand two hundred and fifty square feet, and the average net floor area of all such family quarters shall not exceed one thousand and eighty square feet. SEC. 405. Appropriations made to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be available with respect to public works projects authorized by law for expenses incident to construction, including administration, overhead, planning, and supervision. SEC. 406. Any public works project authorized by this Act may be prosecuted under direct appropriations or authority to enter into contracts in lieu of such appropriations. SEC. 407. In the case of any public work authorized to be established or developed under the authority of section 102,202, or 302 of this Act, the Secretary of the military department authorized to establish or develop such public work, or his designee, shall come into agreement with the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives with respect to the cost of construction of such public work, including those real-estate actions pertaining thereto. SEC. 408. The Secretary of Defense shall maintain direct surveillance over the planning and construction by the military departments of all public works projects. Such surveillance shall be maintained through a civilian official of the Department of Defense to be known as the Director of Installations, who shall be appointed by and directly responsible to the Secretary of Defense and who shall receive compensation at the rate of $14,800 a year. The Director of Installations shall, from time to time, make such reports directly to the Secretary of Defense with respect to public works projects under construction by the military departments as he may deem necessary to keep the

Appropriations.

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Family quarters.

Public projects.

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Director of In ' stallations.

Reports.

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