PUBLIC LAW 96-418—OCT. 10, 1980
94 STAT. 1763
TITLE V—MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING AUTHORIZATION TO CONSTRUCT OR ACQUIRE HOUSING
SEC. 501. (a) The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary's designee, is authorized to construct or acquire sole interest in existing family housing units in the numbers and at the locations hereinafter named, but no family housing construction shall be commenced at any such location in the United States until the Secretary shall have consulted with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as to the availability of suitable private housing at such location. If agreement Notification to cannot be reached with respect to the availability of suitable private ^°^^^^fi°^^^ committees. housing at any location, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the """""' Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, in writing, of such difference of opinion, and no contract for construction at such location shall be entered into for a period of thirty days after such notification has been given. This authority shall include the authority to acquire land, and interests in land, by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned land, or otherwise. Qa) With respect to the family housing units authorized to be constructed by this section, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to acquire sole interest in privately owned or Department of Housing and Urban Development-held family housing units in lieu of constructing all or a portion of the family housing authorized by this section, if the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee, determines such action to be in the best interests of the United States, but any family housing units acquired under authority of this subsection shall not exceed the cost limitations specified in this section for the project nor the limitations on size specified in section 2684 of title 10, United States Code. In no case may family housing units be acquired under this subsection through the exercise of eminent domain authority, and in no case may family housing units other than those authorized by this section be acquired in lieu of construction unless the acquisition of such units is hereafter specifically authorized by law. (c) Family housing units: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona, one hundred thirtytwo units, $8,050,000. Defense Housing Complex, South Bay, San Francisco, California, two hundred seventy units, $19,045,000. Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, three hundred units, $17,483,000. Fort Ord, California, five hundred units, $30,808,000. Naval Complex, New London, Connecticut, four hundred units, $24,608,000. Fort Stewart, Georgia, two hundred units, $9,716,000. Fort Polk, Louisiana, two hundred units, $11,173,000. Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine, sixty-two units, $3,956,000. Naval Complex, Norfolk, Virginia, two hundred and thirty-two units, $12,093,000. Lajes Field, Azores, one hundred and fifty units, $9,768,000. Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, two hundred units, $11,723,000. Classified location overseas, five units, $468,000. (d) The amounts specified in this section may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary's designee, be increased by 10 per centum, if he determines that such increase (1) is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual variations in cost, and (2) could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time such estimate was
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