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 PUBLIC LAW 95-82—AUG. 1, 1977

91 STAT. 369

I N S I D E THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, $650,000. DEFENSE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT COLLEGE

Fort Belvoir, Virginia, $1,810,000. HIGH ENERGY LASER FACILITY

White Sands, New Mexico, $33,449,000. EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION

S E C 402. (a) The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop installations and facilities which he determines to be vital to the security of the United States and, in connection therewith, may acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, in the total amount of $20,000,000. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, shall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement, of the cost of construction of any public works undertaken under this section, including real estate actions pertaining thereto. (b) Any authorization, or any part of any authorization, for emergency construction in any prior Military Construction Authorization Act which permits the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations and facilities which he determines to be vital to the security of the United States for which funds have not been appropriated before the date of enactment of this Act is repealed.

Congressional committees, notification.

TITLE V—MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING AND HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION TO CONSTRUCT OR ACQUIRE HOUSING

S E C 501. (a) The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to construct or acquire sole interest in existing familv housing units in the numbers and at the locations hereinafter named, but no family housing construction shall be commenced at any such location in the United States until the Secretary shall have consulted with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as to the availability of suitable private housing at such location. If agreement cannot be reached with respect to the availability of suitable private housing at any location, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, in writing, of such difference of opinion, and no contract for construction at such location shall be entered into for a period of thirty days after such notification has been given. This authority shall include the authority to acquire land, and interests in land, by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned land, or otherwise. (b) With respect to the family housing units authorized to be constructed by this section, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to acquire sole interest in privately owned or Department of Housing and Urban Development held iamily housing units in lieu of constructing all or a portion of the family housing authorized by this

Secretary of HUD, consultation.

Congressional committees, notification.

Cost limitations.

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