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 PUBLIC LAW 95-82—AUG. 1, 1977

91 STAT. 371

LiEASED QUARTERS

SEC. 504. (a)(1) Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, relating to real property, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 10 USC 2686. "(a) The Secretaries of the military departments are authorized to lease housing facilities for assignment as public quarters to military personnel and their dependents, without rental charge, at or near any military installation in the United States, Puerto Rico, or Guam, if the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, finds that there is a lack of adequate housing at or near such military installation and that— "(1) there has been a recent substantial increase in military strength and such increase is temporary, "(2) the permanent military strength is to be substantially reduced in the near future, "(3) the number of military personnel assigned is so small as ' to make the construction of family housing uneconomical, "(4) family housing is required for personnel attending service school academic courses on permanent change of station orders, or "(5) family housing has been authorized but is not yet completed or a family housing authorization request is in a pending military construction authorization bill. "(b) Housing facilities may be leased under subsection (a) on an individual unit basis, and not more than ten thousand such units may he so leased at any one time. "(c) Expenditures for the rental of such housing facilities, includ- Cost limitations. ing the cost of utilities and maintenance and operation of such facilities, may not exceed— "(1) for housing facilities in the United States (other than Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam) and Puerto Rico, (A) an average of $280 per month for each military department, or (B) $450 per month for any one unit; and "(2) for housing facilities in Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam, (A) an average of $350 per month for each military department, or (B) $450 per month for any one unit.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: "2686. Leases: military family housing.".
 * '§2686. Leases: military family housing

(b) Section 515 of Public Law 84^161, approved July 15, 1955 (10 U.S.C. 2674 note), is repealed. (c) The amendments made by subsection (a) and the repeal made by subsection (b) shall take effect October 1, 1977. LEASES FOR FAMILY HOUSING FACILITIES I N FOREIGN COUNTRIES

SEC. 505. (a) Section 2675 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out the period at the end of subsection (a) and inserting: in lieu thereof ", except that a lease under this sec' tion for military family housing facilities and real property relating thereto may be for a period of more than five years but may not be for a period of more than ten years."; (2) by inserting after "under this section" in subsection (b) the following: "or any other provision of law for structures,

Repeal.

10 USC 2674

note. Effective date.

10 USC 2686

note.

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