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PUBLIC LAW 87-554-JULY 27, 1962
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SEC. 503. (a) The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to accomplish alterations, additions, expansions, or extensions not otherwise authorized by law of family housing units at various locations under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense which, on the effective date of this Act, have not been designated as public quarters. Units so improved shall be designated public quarters. (b) No family housing unit may be improved at a total cost of more than 50 per centum of the maximum cost of construction prescribed by this Act for an equivalent unit of new family housing. SEC. 504. (a) Sections 47T4(f) and 9774(f) of title 10, United States Code, are amended to read as follows: 7i Stat. 555, " (f) If the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, determines, on the *^^' basis of a survey of the family housing needs at any installation where the construction of family housing is authorized, that the construction of four-bedroom units for enlisted men is required, such units may be constructed with a net floor area of one thousand two hundred and fifty square feet or less." (b) Section 7574(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 71 Stat. ss6. read as follows: " (d) If the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, determines, on the basis of a survey 01 the family housing needs at any installation where the construction of family housing is authorized, that the construction of four-bedroom units for enlisted men is required, such units may be constructed with a net floor area of one thousand two hundred and fifty square feet or less." (c) Sections 4774(g) and 9774(g) of title 10, United States Code, ^^^3 Stat. 321, are amended to read as follows: " (g) If the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, determines, on the basis of a survey of the family housing needs at an installation where the construction of family housing is authorized, that the construction of four-bedroom units for officers holding grades below major is required, such units may be constructed with a net floor area of one thousand four hundred square feet or less." (d) Section 7574(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 73 Stat. 321. read as follows: "(e) If the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, determines, on the basis of a survey of the family housing needs at an installation where the construction of family housing is authorized, that the construction of four-bedroom units for officers holding grades below lieutenant commander or equivalent is required, such units may be constructed with a net floor area of one thousand four hundred square feet or less." SEC. 505. Section 515 of the Act of July 15, 1955 (69 Stat. 324, 352), as amended (75 Stat. 96, 111), is further amended by deleting the word 10 USC 2674 note. "tactical" in the third line of the section. SEC. 506. Authorizations for the construction of family housing pro- Limitations. vided in this Act shall be subject to the following limitations: (a) the cost per family unit shall not exceed— $22,000 for generals or equivalent; $19,800 for colonels or equivalent; $17,600 for major and/or lieutenant colonel or equivalent; $15,400 for all other commissioned or warrant officer personnel or equivalent,; $13,200 tor enlisted personnel; except that when such units are constructed outside the continental Exceptions. United States or in Alaska, the average cost per unit of all such units shall not exceed $32,000, and in no event shall the individual cost exceed $40,000. The cost limitations provided in this subsection shall be applied to the five-foot line.
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