DISPOSITION OF DEFENSE HOUSING

DISPOSITION OF DEFENSE HOUSING Sec. 406. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, there are hereby transferred to the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, effective on the first day of the month following enactment of the Housing Act of 1956, all right, title, and interest, including contractual rights and obligations and any reversionary interest, held by the Federal Government in and with respect to all real and personal property comprising the following housing projects: Project Numbered: Location ALA-1D1 Ozark, Alabama. ALA-1D2 Ozark, Alabama. ALA-2D1 Foley, Alabama. ALA-2D2 Foley, Alabama. ARIZ-1D1 Yuma, Arizona. ARIZ-1D2 Yuma, Arizona. ARIZ-3D1 Flagstaff, Arizona. CAL-3D1 Oceanside, California. CAL-3D2 Oceanside, California. CAL-4D1 Miramar, California. CAL-6D1 San Ysidro, California. CAL-7D2 Barstow, California. CAL-9D1 Barstow, California. CAL-9D2 Barstow, California. CAL-10D1 Twentynine Palms, California. COLO-1D1 Colorado Springs, Colorado. FLA-2D1 Green Cove Springs, Florida. FLA-4D1 Milton, Florida. FLA–8082 Pensacola, Florida. FLA–8084 Pensacola, Florida. GA-1D1 Hinesville, Georgia. KAN-3D1 Hutchinson, Kansas. ME-4D1 Brunswick, Maine. MD-1D1 Bainbridge, Maryland. MO-1D1 Waynesville, Missouri. MO-2D1 Waynesville, Missouri. MO-4D1 Waynesville, Missouri. MO-5D1 Waynesville, Missouri. NEV-2D1 Fallon, Nevada. NC-1D1 Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. NC-3D1 Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. NC-4D1 Elizabeth City, North Carolina. RI-1D1 Portsmouth, Rhode Island. RI-2D1 Portsmouth, Rhode Island. TEX-2D1 Kingsville, Texas. TEX-3D1 Hondo, Texas. TEX-5D1 Beeville, Texas. TEX-5D2 Beeville, Texas. TEX-6D1 Mission, Texas. VA-6D1 Quantico, Virginia. VA-10D1 Yorktown, Virginia. VA-12D1 Yorktown, Virginia. VA-13D1 Williamsburg, Virginia. The provisions of title III of the Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services Act of 1951, as amended, and of the Act entitled “An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection 70 Stat. 1106 with national defense, and for other purposes”, approved October 14, 1940, as amended, shall not apply to any property transferred hereunder and, except as otherwise provided herein, the laws relating to similar property of the Department of Defense shall be applicable to the property transferred. The Department of Defense is authorized to utilize any revenues derived from the property transferred hereunder, after its transfer, for the maintenance, operation, improvement, and liquidation of such property and for administrative expenses in connection therewith. There is hereby transferred to the Department of the Navy out of the fund entitled “Office of the Administrator revolving fund (liquidating programs)” established in the Office of the Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency, under title II of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1955 (68 Stat. 272, 295), as amended, $375,000 to be available until expended for repair and rehabilitation of such property by the Navy. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other law, any housing constructed or acquired under the provisions of title III of the Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services Act of 1951, as amended, which is not transferred under the provisions of subsection (a) hereof shall, as expeditiously as possible, but not later than June 30, 1957, be disposed of on a competitive bid basis to the highest responsible bidder upon such terms and after such public advertisement as the Housing and Home Finance Administrator may deem in the public interest; except that the Administrator may reject any bid which he deems less than the fair market value of the property and may thereafter dispose of the property by negotiation: Provided, That the third proviso in section 302 (b) of such Act shall be applicable to housing disposed of under this subsection, except that project numbered IDA-2D1 at Cobalt, Idaho, shall be sold only for use on the site. (c) The Housing and Home Finance Administrator is hereby directed to convey (pursuant to the provisions of section 606 of the Act entitled “An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes”, approved October 14, 1940, as amended): (1) Housing project numbered RI–37013 to the Housing Authority of the City of Newport, Rhode Island: Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of that section or of any other law, the agreement required by that section shall permit the use of the project in whole or in part for the housing of military personnel without regard to their income, and shall require the Authority, in selecting tenants, to give a first preference in respect of three hundred and sixty dwelling units to such military personnel as the Secretary of Defense or his designee prescribes for three years after the date of conveyance and to give thirty days’ advance notice of available vacancies to such designee, and (2) housing projects numbered PA–36011 and PA–36012 to the Housing Authority of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of that section or of any other law, the agreement required by that section shall permit the use of the projects in whole or in part for the housing of military personnel without regard to their income, and shall require the Authority, in selecting tenants, to give a first preference in respect of seven hundred dwelling units to such military personnel as the Secretary of Defense or his designee prescribes for three years after the date of conveyance and to give thirty days’ advance notice of available vacancies to such designee.