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STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 663-AUG. 26, 1954

(Public Law 534, Eighty-second Congress), the Act of August 7, 1953 (Public Law 209, Eighty-third Congress), the Act of April 1, 1954 (Public Law 325, Eighty-third Congress), and the Act of July 27, 1954 (Public Law 534, Eighty-third Congress), without regard to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; $630,000,000, to remain available until expended.

66 Stat. 613. 67 Stat, 4 4 4.

Ante, p. 47. Ante, p. 543. 10 USC 1339; 40 u s e 259, 267.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 902. Funds appropriated to the military departments for military public works in prior years are hereby made available for military public works authorized for each feuch department by the Act of July 27, 1954 (Public Law 534, Eighty-third Congress): Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000 of such prior year funds appropriated to the Department of the Army shall be available for the purposes of advance planning as authorized by section 504 of the Act of September 28, 1951 (Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress). SEC. 903. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 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. 904. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 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. 905. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 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. 906. (a) The Department of Defense is authorized to acquire by purchase, or by lease or otherwise for a period not to exceed seven years, not to exceed six vessels capable of transporting, loading and unloading railroad rolling stock, on rails by the roll-on, roll-off method, as well as, wheeled and tracked military equipment to be loaded and discharged under, their own power. (b) Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section. SEC. 907. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to receive the sum of $500,000 in partial consideration for the conveyance by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare for educational purposes pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to the Los Angeles City High School District of Los Angeles County, California, of all right, title, and interest of the United States to that portion of the Birmingham General Hospital tract now occupied by troops (consisting of 40.0 acres of land, more or less, and improvements thereon) located at Van Nuys, California, provided such sum is received by the Secretary of the Army on or before 1 July 1956. Upon receipt by the Secretary of the Army such sum shall be credited to the appropriation, "Military Construction, Army", and shall be available for (1) the construction and other costs involved in moving to a suitable Government-owned site not more than eight buildings to be selected by the Secretary of the Army

Funds available.

Ante, p. 535.

65 Stat. 364. 31 USC 723. eost-plus-af i x e d- f e e contracts.

eo n s t r u c t i o n, completion.

Bakery, laundry, etc., facilities.

Acquisition of vessels.

Appropriation. Birmingham General Hospital, Van Nuys, ealif. eonveyance. 6 3 Stat. 3 7 7.

40 USC 471 note.

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