Pub. L. 84-968, tit. IV, sec. 408

Sec. 408. (a) Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the military departments may expend out of appropriations available for military construction such amounts as may be required for the establishment and development of military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing (except family quarters), converting, extending, or installing permanent or temporary public works determined to be urgently required, including site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, for projects not otherwise authorized by law when the cost of the project is not in excess of $200,000, subject to the following limitations: (1) No such project, the cost of which is in excess of $50,000, shall be authorized unless approved in advance by the Secretary of Defense. (2) No such project, the cost of which is in excess of $25,000 shall be authorized unless approved in advance by the Secretary of the military department concerned. (3) Not more than one allotment may be made for any project authorized under this section. (4) The cost of conversion of existing structures to family quarters may not exceed $50,000 in any fiscal year at any single facility. (b) The Secretaries of the military departments may expend out of appropriations available for maintenance and operation amounts necessary to accomplish a project which, except for the fact that its cost does not exceed $25,000, would otherwise be authorized to be accomplished under subsection (a). (c) The Secretary of each department shall report in detail semiannually to the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives with respect to the exercise of the authorities granted by this section. (d) Section 26 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 853, 856; 34 U. S. C. 559), is repealed.