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PUBLIC LAW 85-685-AUG. 20, 1958

40 USC 258a.

Cost limitation.

Short title. Rental housing. 71 Stat. 557. 42 USC 1594J.

Reserve Facilities 1958.

Forces Act of

70A Stat. 121.

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26, 1931 (46 Stat. 1421), providing for such declarations. Unless title is in dispute, the court, upon application, shall promptly pay to the owner at least 75 per centum of the amount so deposited, but such payment shall be made without prejudice to any party to the proceeding. I n the event that condemnation proceedings are instituted in accordance with procedures under such Act of February 26, 1931, the court shall order that the amount deposited shall be paid in a lump sum or over a period not exceeding five years in accordance with stipulations executed by the parties in the proceedings. I n connection with condemnation proceedings which do not utilize the procedures under such Act, the Secretary or his designee, after final judgment of the court, may pay or agree to pay in a lump sum or, in accordance with stipulations executed by the parties to the proceedings, over a period not exceeding five years the difference between the outstanding principal obligation, plus accrued interest, and the price for the property fixed by the court. Unless such payment is made in a lump sum, the unpaid balance thereof shall bear interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum." SEC. 514. 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— (1) $32 per square foot for cold-storage warehousing; (2) $6 per square foot for regular warehousing; (3) $1,850 per man for permanent barracks; (4) $8,500'per man for bachelor officer quarters; unless the Secretary of Defense determines that, because of special circumstances, application to such project of the limitations on unit costs contained in this section is impracticable. SEC. 515. Titles I, II, III, IV, and V of this Act may be cited as the "Military Construction Act of 1958". SEC. 516. Section 407(e) of Public Law 85-241, approved August 30, 1957, is amended by striking out "July 1, 1960" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1961". TITLE VI RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES

SEC. 601. Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) That part of section 2233(a) that precedes clause (1) thereof is amended to read as follows: "§2233. Acquisition " (a) Subject to sections 2233a, 2234, 2235, 2236, and 2238 of this title and subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary of Defense may—". (2) Section 2233 is amended by adding the following new subsections at the end thereof: "(e) The Secretary of Defense may procure advance planning, construction design, and architectural services i n connection with facilities to be established or developed under this chapter which are not otherwise authorized by law. " (f) Facilities authorized by subsection (a) shall not be considered 'military public works' under the provisions of the military construction authorization acts that repeal prior authorizations for military public works."

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