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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1979

93 STAT. 948

PUBLIC LAW 96-125—NOV. 26, 1979 DEVELOPMENT OF SOURCES OF ENERGY ON OR FOR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS".

30 USC 1002a.

(2) Subsection (b)(1) is amended by inserting "or on private property" after "jurisdiction". USE OF ROI-NAMUR ISLAND

Effective date.

SEC. 803. (a) The Secretary of Defense may pay to the owners of the land of Roi-Namur Island, Marshall Islands District of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, such amount as the Secretary of Defense determines to be in the public interest for the use after 1960 of Roi-Namur Island by the Government of the United States. (b) Subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1979, and shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts. USE OF SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

10 USC 2688.

SEC. 804. (a)(1) Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 2688. Use of solar energy systems in new facilities "(a) The Secretary of Defense shall require that all new facilities (including family housing) placed under design after the date of the enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1980, shall include consideration of solar energy systems in those cases in which solar energy has the potential to save fossil-fuel-derived energy. All contracts for construction resulting from such design shall include the requirement to furnish and install solar energy systems if such systems can be shown to be cost effective. "(b) For the purposes of this section, a solar energy system shall be considered to be cost effective if the original investment cost differential can be recovered over the expected life of the facility.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: "2688. Use of solar energy systems in new facilities.".

(b) Section 804 of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979 (42 U.S.C. 5504a), is repealed. PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN BASE CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENTS

SEC. 805. (a) No action with respect to the closure of, or the realignment of, the Army Training Command at Fort Dix, New Jersey, may be taken unless and until the Secretary of the Army has prepared an environmental impact statement in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to the proposed closure or realignment. Such environmental impact statement shall place special emphasis on socio-economic factors in the affected area. (b) No action with respect to the closure of, or the realignment of, the Air Training Command at Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas, may be taken unless and until the Secretary of the Air Force has prepared an environmental impact statement in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to the proposed closure or realignment. Such