PUBLIC LAW 94-431—SEPT. 30, 1976 departments recommend and the Secretary of Defense approves to assure the most efficient, expeditious, and cost-effective accomplishment of the construction herein authorized. The Secretaries of the military departments shall report annually to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a breakdown of the dollar value of construction contracts completed by each of the several construction agencies selected together with the design, construction supervision, and overhead fees charged by each of the several agents in the execution of the assigned construction. Further, such contracts (except architect and engineering contracts which, unless specifically authorized by the Congress, shall continue to be awarded in accordance with presently established procedures, customs, and practice) shall 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 w4th chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code. The Secretaries of the military departments shall report annually to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives with respect to all contracts awarded on other than a competitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder. Such reports shall also show, in the case of the ten architect-engineering firms which, in terms of total dollars, were awarded the most business; the names of such firms; the total number of separate contracts awarded each such firm; and the total amount paid or to be paid in the case of each such action under all such contracts awarded such firm. REPEAL o r
PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS;
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EXCEPTIONS
SEC. 605. (a) As of January 1, 1978, all authorizations for military public works, including family housing to be accomplished by the Secretary of a military department, in connection with the establishment or development of installations and facilities, and all authorizations for appropriations therefor, that are contained in titles I, II, III, IV, and V of the Act of October 7, 1975, Public Law 94-107 (89 Stat. 546), and all such authorizations contained in Acts approved before October 7, 1975, and not superseded or otherwise modified by a later authorization are repealed except— Exceptions. (1) authorizations for public works and for appropriations therefor that are set forth in those Acts in the titles that contain the general provisions; (2) authorizations for public works projects as to which appropriated funds have been obligated for construction contracts, land acquisition, or payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in whole or in part, before January 1, 1978, and authorizations for appropriations therefor. (b) ISTotwithstanding the repeal provisions of section 605 of the Act of October 7, 1975, Public Law 94-107 (89 Stat. 546, 565), authorizations for the following items shall remain in effect until January 1, 1979: (1) Defense Satellite Communications System construction in the amount of $1,054,000 at Stuttgart, Germany, authorized in section 101 of the Act of December 27, 1974 (88 Stat. 1747), as amended. (2) Cold storage warehouse construction in the amount of $1,215,000 at Fort Dix, New Jersey, authorized in section 101 of the Act of October 25, 1972 (86 Stat. 1135), as amended and extended in section 605(3)(B) of the Act of December 27, 1974 (88 Stat. 1762), as amended.
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