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 PUBLIC LAW 97-99—DEC. 23, 1981

95 STAT. 1385

MINOR CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY

SEC. 907. (a) Subsection (b) of section 2674 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ''(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a project costing more than $1,000,000 may not be carried out under the authority of this section. "(2) The cost of a project may be increased above $1,000,000— "(A) to not more than $1,100,000 if the Secretary of Defense determines that such an increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual variations in cost and that such variations in cost could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time the project was originally approved by Congress; and the Secretary of Defense determines that such an increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual variations in cost and that such variations in cost could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time the project was originally approved by Congress, (ii) the Secretary of Defense has notified the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives in writing that he has made those determinations with respect to the project, and (iii) a 15-day period has elapsed after the date the notmcation is received by the committees, or both committees approve such increase before the expiration of the 15-day period. ''(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a project costing more than $750,000 may not be carried out under this section unless approved in advance mr the Secretary of Defense, and a project costing more than $500,000 but less than $750,000 may not be carried out under this section unless approved in advance by the Secretary of the military department or the Director of the defense agency concerned. "(B) Approval under this paragraph is not required if the project has been authorized in an annual Military Construction Authorization Act.". (b) Subsection (f) of such section is amended— (1) by striking out "30 days" and "$300,000" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "fifteen days" and "$500,000", respectively; and (2) striking out the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Such notice is not required in the case of a project that has been authorized in an annual Military Construction Authorization Act.". (c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take Effective date. effect on October 1, 1982. lo use 2674 note. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
 * XB) to more than $1,100,000 but not more than $1,250,000 if (i)

SEC. 908. Subsection (a) of section 803 of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979 (Public Law 95-356; 92 Stat. 585), is amended 3o use ioo2a. to read as follows: "(a) The Secretary of each military department may develop, for the use or benefit of the Department of Defense, any geothermtd energy resource within lands under his jurisdiction, including public lands, if such development is in the public interest, as determined by the Secretary of the military department concerned, and will not deter commercial development and use of other portions of such resource if offered for leasing.".

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