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PUBLIC LAW 93-552-DEC. 27, 1974

amounts in excess of the $15,000 limitation prescribed in section 610(a) of Public Law 90-110, as amended (81 Stat. 279, 305), as follows: Fort McNair, Washington, District of Columbia, five units, $175,500. Fort Sam Houston, Texas, one hundred and forty units, $2,352,800. SEC. 507. (a) Section 515 of Public Law 84-161 (69 Stat. 324, 352), as amended, is further amended by (1) striking out "1974 and 1975'' and inserting in lieu thereof "1975 and 1976", and (2) revising the third sentence to read as follows: "Expenditures for the rental of such housing facilities, including the cost of utilities and maintenance and operation, may not exceed: For the United States (other than Alaska and Hawaii), Puerto Rico, and Guam an average of $235 per month for each military department or the amount of $310 per month for any one unit; and for Alaska and Hawaii, an average of $295 per month for each military department, or the amount of $365 per month for any one unit." (b) Section 507(b) of Public Law 93-166 (87 Stat. 661, 676), is amended by striking out "$325" and "seven thousand five hundred" in the first sentence, and inserting in lieu thereof "$355", and "twelve thousand", respectively; and in the second sentence by striking out "three hundred units", and inserting in lieu thereof "one hundred fifty units". SEC. 508. There is authorized to be appropriated for use by the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, for military family housing and homeowners assistance as authorized by law for the following purposes: (1) for construction and acquisition of family housing, including demolition, authorized improvements to public quarters, minor construction, relocation of family housing, rental guarantee payments, construction and acquisition of mobile home facilities, and planning, an amount not to exceed $304,088,000. (2) for support of military family housing, including operating expenses, leasing, maintenance of real property, payments of principal and interest on mortgage debts incurred, payment 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 $935,515,000; and (3) for homeowners assistance under section 1013 of Public Law 89-754 (80 Stat. 1255, 1290), including acquisition of properties, an amount not to exceed $5,000,000. SEC. 509. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this or any other Act may be used for the purpose of installing air-conditioning equipment in any new or existing military family housing unit in the State of Hawaii. TITLE VI

1759 87 Stat. 675.

L e a s i n g of facilities. 10 USC 2674 note.

Average unit rental, limitation.

Military housing and homeowners a s s i s t -

Air-conditioning, i n s t a l l a t i o n in Hawaii, prohibition.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 601. 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 and 9774 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

Construction authority, waiver of restrictions.

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