Pub. L. 89-568, tit. VI, sec. 607

Sec. 607. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the military public works authorized by title I, II, III, or IV of this Act may be placed under contract until such time as those military public works previously authorized by law, and for which funds have been appropriated and for which the authorization has been extended by section 606 of this Act, have been placed under contract. The foregoing provision shall not apply to military public works previously authorized by law which have heretofore been deferred and which are certified by the Secretary of Defense to lie no longer current and necessary to the mission of the military department or military installation concerned. Certifications by the Secretary of Defense under this section shall be made in writing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, any military public work authorized by title I, II, III, or IV of this Act may80 Stat. 756 be placed under contract if the Secretary of Defense determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives that such project is (1) urgently required in the interests of national defense, and (2) more essential to the interests of national defense than those military public works previously authorized by law, described in the first sentence of this section.