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following new clause: "and (3) notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of debt service, proceeds of the disposal of family housing of the Department of Defense, including related land and improvements, whether disposed of by the Department of Defense or any other Federal agency, but less those expenses payable pursuant to section 204(b) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 485 (b)), to remain available until 68 Stat. 1051. expended." Leasing SEC. 607. Section 515 of Public Law 84-161 (69 Stat. 324, 352), as facilities. of amended, is amended to read as follows: 79 Stat. 813. 10 "SEC. 515. During fiscal years 1968 and 1969, the Secretaries of the note. u s e 2674 Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, are authorized to lease housing facilities, for assignment as public quarters to military personnel and their dependents, if any, without rental charge, at or near any military installation in the United States, Puerto Rico, or Guam if the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, finds that there is a lack of adequate housing facilities at or near such military installation and that (1) there has been a recent and substantial increase in the personnel strength assigned to such military installation and such increase is temporary, or (2) the permanent personnel strength of such military installation is to be substantially reduced.in the near future, or (3) the number of military personnel assigned to such military installation is so small as to make the construction of family housing uneconomical. Such housing facilities may be leased on an individual basis and not more than seven thousand five hundred such units may be so leased at any one time. Expenditures for the rental of such housing facilities may not exceed an average of $175 per unit per month for each military department, including the cost of utilities and maintenance and operation." Inadequate SEC. 608. Subsection (g) of section 407 of Public Law 85-241 (71 quarters, exempStat. 531, 556), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1594j (g)) is amended by add- tion. ing the following sentence at the end thereof: "Any such housing so 74 Stat. 186; exempted in connection with depot-type installations, as to which the 77 Stat. 326. Secretary of Defense, or his designee, determines, subsequent to July 1, 1967, that indefinite retention may be necessary to satisfy unanticipated housing requirements resulting from future expanded activity at such installations, may be retained and utilized as necessary, notwithstanding that the foregoing criteria are no longer satisfied." SEC. 609. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to Eglin Air Force acquire by transfer, without reimbursement, all rights and interests of Base, Fla. of Transfer the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, in ten family housing housing units located on Auxiliary Field Number 6, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds authorized by this or any other Act "Repair or immay be expended for the repair or improvement of any single family provement." Cost limitahousing unit, or for the repair or improvement of two or more housing tions. units when such units are to be converted into or used as a single family housing unit, if the cost of such repair or improvement to such unit or units, as the case may be, exceeds a total cost of $10,000, including any costs in connection with (1) the furnishing of electricity, gas, water, and sewage disposal; (2) roads and walks; and (3) grading and drainage, unless such repair or improvement in connection with such unit or units is specifically authorized by law. As used in this section the term "repair or improvement" includes maintenance, alteration, expansion, extension, or rehabilitation of any housing unit or units. (b) The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to accomplish repairs and improvements to existing public quarters in amounts in excess of the $10,C00 limitation prescribed in subsection (a) of this section as follows:

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