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PUBLIC LAW 90-408-JULY 21, 1968

unless such improvement in connection with such unit or units is specifically authorized by law. As used in this section, the term 'improvement' includes alteration, expansion, extension, or rehabilitation of any housing unit or units, including that maintenance and repair which is to be accomplished concurrently with an improvement project. The provisions of this section shall not apply to projects authorized for restoration or replacement of housing units damaged or destroyed." SEC. 609. The Secretary of Defense or his designee is authorized to relocate one hundred units of relocatable housing to Fort Polk, Louisiana, from other military installations where the requirement for such housing shall have been terminated: Provided. That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, not less than thirty days prior thereto, of the proposed relocations and estimated costs. SEC. 610. There is authorized to be appropriated for use by the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, for military family housing as authorized by law for the following purposes: (a) for construction and acquisition of family housing, including improvements to adequate quarters, improvements to inadequate quarters, minor construction, rental guarantee payments, construction and acquisition of trailer court facilities, and planning, an amount not to exceed $48,740,000, and (b) for support of military family housing, including operating expenses, leasing, maintenance of real property, payments of principal and interest on mortgage debts incurred, payments to the Commodity Credit Corporation, and mortgage insurance premiums authorized under section 222 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715m), an amount not to exceed $537,960,000.

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Fort Polk, L a. R e l o c a t i o n of housing. Notification of congressional committees.

Appropriation.

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TITLE VII HOMEOWNERS

ASSISTANCE

SEC. 701. In accordance with subsection 1013(i) of Public I ^ w 89754 (80 Stat. 1255, 1292) there is authorized to be appropriated for use by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of section 1013 of Public Law 89-754, including acquisition of properties, an amount not to exceed $11,800,000.

Appropriation. 42 USC 3374.

TITLE VIII GENER.VL PROVISIONS

SEC. 801. The Secretary of each military department may proceed to establish or develop installations and facilities under this Act without regard to section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529) and sections 4774(d) and 9774(d) of title 10, United States Code. The authority to place permanent or temporary improvements on land includes authority for surveys, administration, overhead, planning, and supervision incident to construction. That authority may be exercised before title to the land is approved under section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U.S.C. 255), and even though the land is held temporarily. The authority to acquire real estate or land includes authority to make surveys and to acquire land, and interests in land (including temporary use), by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned land, or otherwise.

Construction authority. Waiver of restrictions. 70A Stat. 269, 590.

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