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PUBLIC LAW 92-145-OCT. 27, 1971

(3) notwithstanding the repeal provisions of section 605(a) of the Act of October 26, 1970, Public Law 91-511 (84 Stat. 1204, 1223), authorization for the following item which shall remain in effect until October 1, 1973: (a) utilities in the amount of $2,874,000 at Navy Public Works Center, Newport, Rhode Island, that is contained in title II, section 201 of the Act of July 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 373); and (4) notwithstanding the repeal provisions of section 605(a) of the Act of October 26, 1970, Public Law 91-511 (84 Stat. 1204, 1223) authorizations for the following items which shall remain in effect until October 1, 1973: (a) Utilities in the amount of $288,000 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey, that is contained in title I, section 101 of the Act of December 5, 1969 (83 Stat. 293), as amended. (b) Utilities in the amount of $545,000 at Fort Wadsworth, New York, that is contained in title I, section 101 of the Act of December 5, 1969 (83 Stat. 293), as amended. (b) Effective fifteen months from the date of enactment of this Act, all authorizations for construction of family housing, including trailer court facilities, all authorizations to accomplish alterations, additions, expansions, or extensions to existing family housing, and all authorizations for related facilities projects, which are contained in this or any previous Act, are hereby repealed, except— (1) authorizations for family housing projects as to which appropriated funds have been obligated for construction contracts or land acquisitions or manufactured structural component contracts in whole or in part before such date; and (2) authorizations to accomplish alterations, additions, expansions, or extensions to existing family housing, and authorizations for related facilities projects, as to which appropriated funds have been obligated for construction contracts before such date. SEC. 706. None of the authority contained in titles I, II, III, and IV of this Act shall be deemed to authorize any building construction projects inside the United States in excess of a unit cost to be determined in proportion to the appropriate area construction cost index, based on the following unit cost limitations where the area construction cost index is 1.0: (1) $3,200 per man for permanent barracks; (2) $11,000 per man for bachelor officer quarters; unless the Secretary of Defense or his designee determines that because of special circumstances, application to such project of the limitations on unit costs contained in this section is impracticable: Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations contained in prior military construction authorization Acts on unit costs, the limitations on such costs contained in this section shall apply to all prior authorizations for such construction not heretofore repealed and for which construction contracts have not been awarded by the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 707. Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 2674(a) is amended by adding immediately before the period at the end thereof "or for a project which the Secretary of a military department determines will, within three years following completion of the project, result in savings in maintenance and operation costs in excess of the cost of the project". (2) The catchline and text of section 2672, and the corresponding item in the analysis are amended by striking out "$25,000" wherever it appears and inserting in place thereof "$50,000". (3) Section 2672 is amended by adding the following new sentence at the end thereof: "The authority to acquire an interest in land under

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