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Appropriation limitations.

Cost v a r i a t i o n s.

Report to cong r e s s i o n a l committees.

Annual report to C o n g r e s s.

PUBLIC LAW 93-552-DEC. 27, 1974

[88 STAT.

land (including temporary use), by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned hind, or otherwise. SEC. 602. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, but appropriations for public works projects authorized by titles I, II, III, IV, and V, shall not exceed— (1) for title I: Inside the United States $491,695,000; outside the United States $120,184,000; or a total of $611,879,000. (2) for title II: Inside the United States, $509,498,000; outside the United States, $41,458,000; or a total of $550,956,000. (3) for title III: Inside the United States, $307,786,000; outside the United States, $74,887,000; section 302, $8,100,000: or a total of $390,773,000. (4) for title IV: A total of $28,400,000. (5) for title V: Military family housing and homeowners assistance, $1,244,603,000. SEC. 603. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (e), any of the amounts specified in titles I, II, III, and IV of this Act, may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be increased by 5 per centum when inside the United States (other than Hawaii and Alaska), and by 10 per centum when outside the United States or in Hawaii and Alaska, if he determines that such increase (1) is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual variations in cost, and (2) could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time such estimate was submitted to the Congress. However, the total cost of all construction and acquisition in each such title may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appropriated in that title. (b) When the amount named for any construction or acquisition in title I, II, III, or IV of this Act involves only one project at any military installation and the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, determines that the amount authorized must be increased by more than the applicable percentage prescribed in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned may proceed wath such construction or acquisition if the amount of the increase does not exceed by more than 25 per centum of the amount named for such project by the Congress. (c) Subject to the limitations contained in subsection (a), no individual project authorized under title I, II, III, or IV of this Act for any specifically listed military installation may be placed under contract if— (1) the estimated cost of such project is $250,000 or more, and (2) the current working estimates of the Department of Defense, based upon bids received, for the construction of such projectexceeds by more than 25 per centum the amount authorized for such project by the Congress, until after the expiration of thirty days from the date on which a written report of the facts relating to the increased cost of such project, including a statement of the reasons for such increase has been submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate. (d) The Secretary of Defense shall submit an annual report to the Congress identifying each individual project which has been placed under contract in the preceding twelve-month period and with respect to which the then current working estimate of the Department of Defense based upon bids received for such project exceeded the amount authorized by the Congress for that project by more than 25 per centum. The Secretary shall also include in such report each individual project with respect to which the scope was reduced in order to permit contract award witliin the available authorization for such

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