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PUBLIC LAW 968-AUG. 3, 1956

[70 S T A T.

AIRCRAFT CONTROI^ AND WARNING SYSTEM

Various locations: Operational and training facilities, maintenance facilities, supply facilities, hospital and medical facilities, administrative facilities, housing and community facilities, utilities and ground improvements, and land acquisition, $70,000,000. stSiationi^nd f7- SEC. 302. The Secretary of the Air Force may establish or develop: ciiities. (a) classified military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities and equipment, in the total amount of $163,000,000. (b) Air Force installations and facilities by proceeding with construction made necessary by changes in Air Force missions, new weapons developments, or improved production schedules, if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in the next military construction authorization Act would be inconsistent with interests of national security, and in connection therewith to acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, in the total amount c^n^^ri^s'^sVon Li ^^ $50,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the Air Force, or his committees, dcsignce, shall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement, of the cost of construction of any public work undertaken under this subsection, including those real estate actions pertaining thereto. 63 Stat. 17. gj,(, 303 Section 1 of the Act of March 30, 1949 (ch. 41, 50 U.S.C. 491), is amended by the addition of the following: "The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to procure communication services required for the semiautomatic ground environment system. No contract for such services may be for a period of more than ten years from the date communication services are first furnished under such contract. The aggregate contingent liability of the Government under the termination provisions of all contracts authorized hereunder may not exceed a total of $222,000,000 and no termination payment shall be final until audited and approved by the General Accounting Office which shall have access to such carrier records and accounts as it may deem necessary for the purpose. I n procuring such services, the Secretary of the Air Force shall utilize to the fullest extent practicable the facilities and capabilities of communication common carriers, including rural telephone cooperatives, within their respective service areas and for power supply, shall utilize to the fullest extent practicable, the facilities and capabilities of public utilities and rural electric cooperatives within their respective service areas. Negotiations with communication common carriers, including cooperatives, and representation in proceedings involving such carriers before Federal and State regulatory bodies where such negotiations or proceedings involve contracts authorized by this paragraph shall be in accordance with the provisions of section 201 of the Act of 63 Stat. 383. j ^ ^ e 30, 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. A. sec. 481)." SEC. 304. (a) Public Law 161, Eighty-fourth Congress, is amended, 69 Stat. 337. under the heading "CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES" in section 301, as follows: i Under the subheading "AIR DEFENSE COMMAND"— (1) with respect to Buckingham Weapons Center, Fort Myers, Florida, strike out "$11,577,000" and insert in place thereof "$15,462,000".

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