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New bases.

Land purchases or easements.

Foreign contracts.

Family housing.

Base realignment or closure. 42 USC 4321 note. Short title.

PUBLIC LAW 94-367—JULY 16, 1976 Code, when projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national defense by the Secretary of Defense. 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. SEC. 108. No part of the funds provided in this Act shall be used for 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 (h) 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. SEC. 109. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 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. SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to (1) acquire land, (2) provide for site preparation, or (3) install utilities for any family housing, except housing for which funds have been made available in annual military construction appropriation Acts. SEC. 111. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act shall be obligated or expended in connection with any base realignment or closure activity, until all terms, conditions and requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act have been complied with, with respect to each such activity. This Act may be cited as the "Military Construction Appropriation .i\.Ctj X(7 t •

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Approved July 16, 1976.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-1222 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 94-1314 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 94-971 (Comm. on Appropriations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): June 16, considered and passed House. June 26, considered and passed Senate, amended. July 1, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred with an amendment to Senate amendment. July 2, Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in House amendment.

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