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SEC. 802. None of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work where cost estimates exceed $25,000 to be performed within the continental United States without the specific approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. SEC. 803. None of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be expended for additional costs involved in expediting construction: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense, or his designee for the purpose, shall establish a reasonable completion date for each project, taking into consideration the type and location of the project, the climatic and seasonal conditions affecting the construction and the application of economical construction practices. SEC. 804. None of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be used for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, laundry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Territories, or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify, in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at reasonable rates. SEC. 805. Funds appropriated to the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force under the headings "Military Construction", "Alaska Communication System, Construction", "Public Works", and "Acquisition and Construction of Real Property", respectively, in fiscal year 1954 and prior years, are hereby made available for military public works authorized for such departments by any law cited in any of such appropriations or any law enacted during the 1st Session of 83d Congress: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000 of such funds appropriated to the Department of the Army, and not to exceed $1,500,000 of such funds appropriated to the Department of the Navy, shall be available for the purposes of advance planning as authorized by section 504 of the Act of September 28, 1951 (65 Stat. 364), in addition to amounts previously made available for such purpose: Provided further, That no funds shall be obligated under the authority contained in this section on any project authorized in the 1st Session of the 83d Congress until the Department of Defense has come into agreement with the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. SEC. 806. I n order more effectively to administer the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense, the President, to the extent he deems it necessary and appropriate in the interest of national defense, may authorize positions in the Department of Defense to be placed temporarily in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949 in accordance with the procedures and standards of that Act, and such positions shall be additional to the number authorized by section 505 of that Act. Under authority herein, grades 16, 17, and 18 in the Department of Defense may be increased only- to the extent that the total of such grades in the Department of Defense shall not exceed one hundred and eighty, notwithstanding the provisions of section 638 of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1954. CHAPTER IX DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AUDITED CLAIMS

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C o s t - p l u s - a* f i x e d-f e e contract.

C o s t s of e x p ed i t i n g construe* tion.

Bakery, laundry facilities, etc.

Military p u b l i c works.

Grades 16-18. Temporary positions.

63 Stat. 9 5 4. 5 USC 1071 note. 5 USC 1105.

Ante, p. 356.

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