Pub. L. 93-166, tit. V, sec. 507

Sec. 507. (a) Section 515 of Public Law 84–161 (69 Stat. 324, 352), as amended, is further amended to read as follows: “Sec. 515. During fiscal years 1974 and 1975, the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, are authorized to lease housing facilities for assignment as public quarters to military personnel and their dependents, without rental charge, at or near any military installation in the United States, Puerto Rico, or Guam, if the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, finds that there is a lack of adequate housing at or near such military installation and that (1) there has been a recent substantial increase in military strength and such increase is temporary, or (2) the permanent military strength is to be substantially reduced in the near future, or (3) the number of military personnel assigned is so small as to make the construction of family housing uneconomical, or (4) family housing is required for personnel attending service school academic courses on permanent change of station orders, or (5) family housing has been authorized but is not yet completed or a family housing authorization request is in a pending military construction authorization bill. Such housing facilities may be leased on an individual unit basis and not more than ten thousand such units may be so leased at any one time. Expenditures for the rental of such housing facilities, including the cost of utilities and maintenance and operation, may not exceed: For the United States (other than Hawaii), Puerto Rico, and Guam an average of $210 per month for each military department, or the amount of $290 per month for any one unit; and for Hawaii, an average of $255 per month for each military department, or the amount of $300 per month for any one unit.” (b) The average unit rental for Department of Defense family housing acquired by lease in foreign countries may not exceed $325 per month for the Department and in no event shall the rental for any one unit exceed $625 per month, including the costs of operation, maintenance, and utilities; and not more than seven thousand five hundred family housing units may be so leased at any one time. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, may waive these cost limitations for not more than three hundred units leased for: incumbents of special positions, personnel assigned to Defense Attache Offices, or in countries where excessive, costs of housing would cause undue hardship on Department of Defense personnel.