Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/808

 89 STAT. 748

PUBLIC LAW 94-138—NOV. 28, 1975 GENERAL PROVISIONS

Prior appropriations.

SEC. 101. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for construction in prior years are hereby made available for contraction authorized for each such department by the authorizations enacted into law during the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress. Contracts. SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work, where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. Construction SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be costs, expedition. expended for additional costs involved in expediting construction unless the Secretary of Defense certifies such costs to be necessary to protect the national interest and establishes a reasonable completion date for each project, taking into consideration the urgency of the requirement, the type and location of the project, the climatic and seasonal conditions affecting the construction, and the application of economical construction practices. Service facilities. SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, laundry, or drycleaning facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify, in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at reasonable rates. Motor vehicles, SEC. 105. Funds herein appropriated to the Department of Defense hire. for construction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles. 31 USC 638f. SEC. 106. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for Access roads, construction may be used for advances to the Federal H i g h w a y construction. Administration, Department of Transportation, for the construction 31 USC 700b. of access roads as authorized by section 210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national defense by the Secretary of Defense. New bases. SEC. 107. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to begin construction of new bases inside the continental United States for which specific appropriations have not been made. Land purchases SEC. 108. No part of the funds provided in this Act shall be used for or easements. purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 per centum of the value as determined by the Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, except: (a) where there is a determination of value by a Federal court, or (b) purchases negotiated by the Attorney General or his designee, or (c) where the estimated value is less than $25,000, or (d) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to be in the public interest. Foreign SEC. 109. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used contracts. to make payments under contracts for any project in a foreign country unless the Secretary of Defense or his designee, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee, certifies to the Congress that the use, by purchase from the Treasury, of currencies of such country acquired pursuant to law is not feasible for the purpose, stating the reason therefor.

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