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thousand square feet for each of two units for deans; and one thousand seven hundred and fifty square feet for each of forty-four units for department heads. (b) The last sentence of section 9 of the Air Force Academy Act 10 USC 1857. (68 Stat. 49) is amended by striking out "$1,000,000" and inserting in place thereof "$1,858,000". SEC. 414. Section 3 of the National Defense Facilities Act of 1950, 64 Stat. 8 3 0. as amended (50 U.S.C. 882), is further amended by striking out clause (a) and inserting in place thereof the following: " (a) acquire by purchase, lease, or transfer, construct, expand, rehabilitate, convert, and equip such facilities as he shall determine to be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act, except that expenditures for the leasing of property for such purposes may be made from appropriations otherwise available for the payment of rentals and without regard to the monetary limitation otherwise imposed by this section;. SEC. 415. To the extent that housing is to be constructed at a military installation under title IV of the Housing Amendments of 1955 (69 Stat. 635, 646), any outstanding authority under the Act of September 12 USC 1748. 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1119), the Act of July 15, 1955 (69 Stat. 324), and this Act to provide housing at that installation may be exercised at other military installations of the department concerned. Liquid fuels, SEC, 416. The Secretaries of the military departments are authore o n t r a c t for storage, etc. ized to contract for the storage, handling, and distribution of liquid fuels for periods not exceeding five years, with option to renew for additional periods not exceeding five years, for a total not to exceed twenty years. This authority is limited to facilities which conform to the criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for protection, including dispersal, and also are included in a program approved by the Secretary of Defense for the protection of petroleum facilities. Such contracts may provide that the Government at the expiration or termination thereof shall have the option to purchase the facility under 10 USC 1339; 31 contract without regard to sections 1136, 3648, and 3734 of the Revised u s e 529; 40 USC Statutes, as amended, and prior to approval of title to the underly259, 267. ing land by the Attorney General: Provided further, That the Secretaries of the military departments shall report to the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives with respect to the names of the contractors and the terms of the contracts, the reports to be furnished at times and in such form as may be agreed upon between the Secretaries of the military departments and the Committees on Armed Services. Five-year lease SEC. 417. That, notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of a limitation. military department may lease, for terms of not more than five years, off-base structures including real property relating thereto, in foreign countries, needed for militarv purposes. T y p e of c onSEC. 418. I n the design of family housing or any other repetitive struction. type buildings in the continental United States authorized by this Act, the military departments may, to the extent deemed practicable, use the principle of modular design in order that the facility may be built by conventional construction, on-site fabrication, or factory fabrication. Restriction. SEC. 419. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act or of any other provision of law except a provision of law hereafter enacted expressly in limitation hereof, no contract shall be entered into by the United States for the construction or acquisition of family housing units by or for the use of military or civilian personnel of any of the military services unless—

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