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PUBLIC LAW 8 6 - 2 7 6 - S E P T. 16, 1959

United States Code, when projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national defense by the Secretary of Defense. SEC. 108. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to begin construction on new bases for which specific appropriations have not been made. SEC. 109. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available for construction of family quarters for personnel shall not be obligated for such construction at a cost per family unit in excess of $22,000 on housing units for generals or equivalent; $19,800 on housing units for colonels or equivalent; $17,600 on housing units for majors and lieutenant colonels, or equivalent; $15,400 on housing units for second lieutenants, lieutenants, captains, and warrant officers, or equivalent; or $13,200 on housing units for enlisted personnel, except that when such units are constructed outside the continental United States or in Alaska, the average cost per unit of all such units shall not exceed $32,000 and in no event shall the individual cost exceed $40,000, and except that the Secretary of the Army may provide 156 units of family housing for company grade officers at the United States Military Academy at a unit cost of not more than $20,300 per family unit; the family unit costs for family housing including land authorized to be purchased by section 103 of the Act of August 30, 1957 (Public Law 85-241), may exceed by not more than 15 per centum the respective limitations on such costs contained in this Act. SEC. 110. No part of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to incur obligations for the planning, design, or construction of facilities for an A i r Force Academy the total cost of which will be in excess of $139,797,000. SEC. 111. No part of the funds provided in this Act shall be used for purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 per centum of the value as determined by the Corps of Engineers or the Bureau of Yards and Docks, except: (a) where there is a determination of value by a Federal court, (b) purchases negotiated by the Attorney General or his designee, and (c) where the estimated value is less than $25,000. SEC. 112. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to make payments under contracts for any project in a foreign country unless the Secretary of Defense or his designee, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee, certifies to the Congress that the use, by purchase from the Treasury, of currencies of such country acquired pursuant to law is not feasible for the purpose, stating the reason therefor. SEC. 113. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the construction of a combat operations center for the North American Air Defense Command at a cost in excess of $29,000,000. SEC. 114. This Act may be cited as the "Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1960". Approved September 16, 1959.

72 Stat. 909. New b a s e s.

Housing for officers.

71 Stat. 534. 42 USC I594h.

Short title.

Public Law 86-276 AN ACT

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September 16, 1959

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Spokane Valley project, Washington and Idaho, under Federal reclamation laws.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou.^e of Repre-sentativefi of the United States of America in Congrens nssembled., That, for the pur- Spokane vaiiey pose of providing water for the irrigation of approximately ten ZionpJo^elt^aTIdaho. Construction.

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