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 PUBLIC LAW 96-418—OCT. 10, 1980

94 STAT. 1765

Yokota Air Base, Japan, two hundred and sixty-eight units, $9,054,800. ADVANCE PLANNING AND DESIGN

SEC. 503. The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary's designee, may carry out advance planning and construction design and may obtain architectural and engineering services in connection with any family housing construction, including improvements, authorized or not otherwise authorized by law at a total cost of not to exceed— (1) for the Department of the Army, $3,993,000; (2) for the Department of the Navy, $2,994,000; (3) for the Department of the Air Force, $1,380,000; and (4) for the Defense agencies, $2,000. LEASING OF FAMILY HOUSING

SEC. 504. (a) Subsection (c) of section 2686 of title 10, United States Code, relating to leases for military family housing in the United States, is amended to read as follows: "(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), expenditures for the rental of such housing facilities (including the cost of utilities, maintenemce, and operation) may not exceed $515 per month for any unit. "(2) The Secretary of Defense may lease not more than five hundred housing units under this section for which the expenditure for the rental of such facilities (including the cost of utilities, maintenance, and operation) exceeds $515 per month but does not exceed $600 per month.". (b) The first sentence of section 2675(d)(1) of such title, relating to leases in foreign countries, is amended to read as follows: "Expenditures for the rental of family housing in foreign countries (including the cost of utilities and maintenance and operation) may not exceed $1,115 per month for any unit.".

Cost limitation. 10 USC 2675.

SETTLEMENT OF CONTRACTOR CLAIMS ON MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING

SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the proposed settlement of any contractor claim or claims arising out of the construction of new or improvement of existing family housing would cause authorized cost limitations on the construction or improvement of family housing to be exceeded, the Secretary of Defense may proceed with the settlement of such claim or claims after (1) he has submitted a report regarding such claim or claims, including the amount of the proposed settlement, to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, and (2) a period of thirty days has elapsed after the date of submission of such report to such committees.

Report to congressional committees. 42 USC 1594h-3.

OCCUPANT LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES TO FAMILY HOUSING

SEC. 506. (a) Chapter 165 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§2775. Liability of member for damages to family housing, lo use 2775. equipment, and furnishings "(a) A member of the armed forces shall be liable to the United States for damage to any family housing unit, or damage to or loss of any equipment or furnishing of any family housing unit, assigned to

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