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[71 Stat. 430]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1957
[71 Stat. 430]

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PUBLIC LAW 85-170-AUG. 28, 1957

Bakeries, l a u n dries, e t c.

Funds for advance planning.

31 USC 723. Family housing.

69 Stat. 646. 12 USC 1743 et aeq.

Ante, p. 312.

23 USC 106 and note.

Post, p. 534.

Ante, p. 312. Ante, p. 312.

New b a s e s.

Transfer funds.

Ante, p. 325.

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SEC. 304. None of the funds appropriated in this chapter shall be used for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, laundry, or dry-cleaning facility in the United States, its Territories or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify, in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at reasonable rates. SEC, 305. Funds appropriated to the military departments for construction are hereby made available for advance planning, construction design and architectural services, as authorized by section 504 of the Act of September 28, 1951, as amended (69 Stat. 352), and for hire of passenger motor vehicles. SEC. 306. Appropriations to the military departments for construction may be charged for the cost of administration, supervision and inspection of family housing authorized pursuant to title IV of the Act of August 11, 1955 (Public Law- 345), in an amount not to exceed three and one-half per centum of the cost of each such project: Provided, That such appropriations shall be reimbursed from the proceeds of any mortgage executed on each such project. SEC. 307. Any limitations contained in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1958, on the unit cost of construction of family quarters shall not be applicable to forty-seven units of family quarters at the United States Air Force Academy, the individual cost of which shall not exceed the following limitations: $75,000 on one unit for the superintendent; $50,000 on two units for the cleans; and $30,000 on forty-four units for department heads. SEC. 308. Funds appropriated to the military departments for construction may be used for advances to the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, for the purposes of section 6 of the Defense Highway Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 765), as amended, and section 12 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 785), as amended, when projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national defense by the Secretary of Defense. SEC. 309. The family unit costs for family housing including land authorized to be purchased by section 103 oi H. R. 8240, Eiglity-fifth Congress, may exceed by not more than 15 per centum the respective limitations on such costs contained in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act for 1958. SEC. 310. Any limitations contained in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1958, on the unit cost of the construction of family quarters shall not be applicable to such units constructed in Canada, Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands. The average per unit cost of all family quarters constructed in Canada, Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands shall not exceed $32,000, and in no event shall the individual cost exceed $40,000. SEC. 311. None of the funds appropriated in this chapter may be used to begin construction on new bases for which specific appropriations have not been made. SEC. 312. The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized to transfer to the "Air Force industrial fund" not to exceed $75,000,000 from appropriations to the Department of the Air Force available for obligation during the fiscal year 1958. SEC. 313. Section 612 of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act of 1958, Public Law 117, approved August 2, 1957, is amended by deleting the figures "$41,000,000" in the first line and insertinir in lieu thereof "$45,000,000". SEC. 314. The General Counsel of the Department of Defense shall be paid at the rate prescribed by Reorganization Plan Numbered 6 approved June 30, 1953 (67 Stat. 638).