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PUBLIC LAW 161-JULY 15, 1955

A p p r o priations authorized.

Post,

p. 453.

Post, p. 453.

Poat, p. 4 5 4.

P o s t, p. 453. Cost variations.

I n c i d e n t a l expenses.

Contracts. 65 Stat. 700. 41 USC 1 5 3, 2 5 4.

62 Stat. 2 1. 41 USC 151 note. Family housing. U s e of foreign currencies. 68 Stat. 1125. 5 USC 171«-1.

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develop such installations and facilities shall include, in respect of those installations and facilities as to which family housing or the acquisition of land is specified in titles I, II, III, and IV of this Act, authority to make surveys and to acquire lands and rights and interests thereto or therein, including the temporary use thereof, by donation, purchase, exchange of Government-owned lands, or otherwise, and to place permanent or temporary improvements thereon whether such lands are held in fee or under lease or under other temporary tenure. 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, $224,927,000; outside continental United States, $74,984,000; section 102, $223,993,000; section 103, $10,000,000; or a total of $533,904,000; (2) for public works authorized by title II: Inside continental United States, $299,690,600; outside continental United States, $107,191,300; section 202, $151,342,400; section 203, $6,000,000; or a total of $564,224,300; (3) for public works authorized by title III: Inside continental United States, $743,989,000; outside continental United States, $458,563,000; section 302, $5,000,000; section 303, $350,000; or a total of $1,207,902,000; and (4) for public works authorized by title IV: $54,500,000. SEC. 503. 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 by 5 per centum in the case of projects within the 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. Appropriations made to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be available for expenses incident to construction, including surveys, administration, overhead, planning, and supervision. SEC. 505. 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, Eightysecond Congress. SEC. 506. All contracts entered into by the United States pursuant to the authorization contained in this Act shall be awarded, so far as practicable, if the interest of the national security shall not be impaired thereby and if such award is consistent with the provision of the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947, on a competitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder. SEC. 507. Section 407 of Public Law 765, Eighty-third Congress, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 407. I n addition to family housing otherwise authorized to be constructed or acquired by the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense is authorized, subject to the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, to construct, or acquire by lease or otherwise, family housing for occupancy as public quarters in foreign countries

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