70 STAT.1
P U B L I C LAW
968-.AUG.:3, 1956
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TITLE IV GENERAL PROVISIONS Land i m SEC. 401. The Secretary of each militarjy^ department may proceed to ments, etc. p r o v e establish or develop installations and facilities under this Act without se 31 regard to sections 1136, 3648, and 3734 of the Revised Statutes, as u s10 u529; 1339; S e e 40 U amended. The authority to place permanent or temporary improve- 259, 267. ments on land includes authority for surveys, administration, overhead, planning and supervision incident to construction. That authority may be exercised before title to the land is approved under 33 section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, and even though the note. u s e 733 and land is held temporarily. The authority to provide family housing includes authority to acquire such land as the Secretary concerned determines, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, to be necessary in connection with that housing. The authority to acquire real estate or land includes authority to make surveys and to acquire land, and interests in land (including temporary use), by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned land, or otherwise. SEC. 402. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as Appropriations. may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, but appropriations for public works projects authorized by titles I, II, and III shall not exceed— (1) for title I: Inside the United States, $86,916,000; outside the United States, $35,763,000; section 102, $200,783,000; or a total of $323,462,000. (2) for title II: Inside the United States, $292,572,000; outside the United States, $61,625,000; section 203, $84,043,000, or a total of $438,240,000; and (3) for title III: Inside the United States, $742,873,000; outside the United States, $405,061,000; section 302(a), $163,000,000; section 302(b), $50,000,000 or a total of $1,360,934,000. SEC. 403. Any of the amounts named in title I, II, or III of this Act Cost variation!!. may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be increased by 5 per centum for projects inside the United States and by 10 per centum for projects outside the United States. However, the total cost of all projects in each such title may not be more than the total amount authorized to be appropriated for projects in that title. SEC. 404. Wlienever— (1) the President determines that compliance with section 4(c) Contracts. of the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947 (41 U.S.C. 153 (c)) for contracts made under this Act for the establishment or 65 Stat. 700. development of military installations and facilities in foreign countries would interfere with the carrying out of this Act; and (2) the Secretary of Defense and the Comptroller General have agreed upon alternative methods for adequately auditing those contracts; the President may exempt those contracts from the requirements of that section. SEC. 405. Contracts made by the United States under this Act shall Contracts. be awarded, insofar as practicable, on a competitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder, if the national security will not be impaired and the award is consistent with the Armed Services Procurement Act of 62 Stat. 21. 1947 (41 U.S.C. 153 et seq.). Ac SEC. 406. The Secretaries of the military departments may acquire land. q u i s i t i o n of land, and interests in land, not exceeding $5,000 in cost (exclusive of administrative costs and deficiency judgment awards), which the Secretary concerned determines to be urgently required in the interests of national defense. The authority under this section may not, how-
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