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 68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW

534-TJULY

SEC. 502. 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, $129,096,000; outside continental United States, $19,264,000; classified installations and facilities, $87,700,000; or a total of $236,060,000; (2) for public works authorized by title II: Inside continental United States, $102,042,000; outside continental United States, $36,493,000; classified installations and facilities, $63,358,000; or a total of $201,893,000; (3) for public works authorized by title III: Inside continental United States, $389,125,000; outside continental United States, $9,829,000; or a total of $398,954,000; and (4) for public works authorized by title IV: a total of $462,600. SEC. 503. Any of the approximate costs enumerated in titles I, II, III, and IV as to which appropriations are authorized by this Act may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be varied upward by 5 per centum in the case of projects within continental United States and 10 per centum in the case of projects outside the continental United States, but the total cost of all projects so enumerated under each of such titles shall not exceed the total of all amounts specified in respect of projects in such title. SEC. 504. Except as otherwise specifically authorized in this Act, 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. 505. 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. 506. Whenever— (a) the President determines that compliance with the requirements of Public Law 245, Eighty-second Congress, in the case of contracts made pursuant to this Act with respect to the establishment or development of military installations and facilities in foreign countries would interfere with the carrying out of the provisions of this Act; and (b) the Secretary of Defense and the Comptroller General have agreed upon alternative methods for conducting an adequate audit of such contracts, the President is authorized to exempt such contracts from the requirements of Public Law 245, Eighty-second Congress. SEC. 507. Section 405 of the Act of June 17, 1950 (64 Stat. 236, 244) is repealed. SEC. 508. None of the authority contained in titles, I, II, and III of this Act shall be deemed to authorize any building construction project within the continental United States at a unit cost in excess of-^ (a) $20 per square foot for cold-storage warehousing; (b) $6 per square foot for regular warehousing; (c) $1,700 per man for permanent barracks; (d) $1,400 per man for ten-year-life barracks; or (e) $5,000 per man for bachelor officer quarters, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that, because of special circumstances, application to such project of the limitation on unit costs contained in this section is impracticable.

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Appr op r i a t ions authorized.

Cost variations.

Family quarters.

P ubl i c works projects.

Contracts. 65 Stat. 700. 41 USC 153, 254.

Unit cost limitations.

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