Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 100 units. F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, 200 units. Goose Air Base, Canada, 200 units. Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, 100 units. Clark Air Base, Philippine Islands, 250 units. Site QC, 200 units. (b) Trailer Court Facilities for: (1) The Department of the Army, 383 spaces, $657,000. (2) The Department of the Navy, 172 spaces, $279,000. 77 STAT. 325. (3) The Department of the Air Force, 984 spaces, $1,607,000. SEC. 502. Authorizations for the construction of family housing pro- Limitations. vided in this Act shall be subject to the following limitations on cost, which shall include shades, screens, ranges, refrigerators, and all other installed equipment and fixtures: (a) The cost per unit of family housing constructed in the United States (other than Alaska), the Canal Zone, and Puerto Rico shall not exceed $22,000 for generals or equivalent; $19,800 for colonels or equivalent; $17,600 for majors and/or lieutenant colonels or equivalent; $15,400 for all other commissioned or warrant officer personnel or equivalent; $13,200 for enlisted personnel; (b) When family housing units are constructed in areas other than those listed in subsection (a), the average cost of all such units, in any project of 50 units or more, shall not exceed $32,000, and in no event shall the cost of any unit exceed $40,000. (c) The cost limitations provided in subsections (a) and (b) shall be applied to the five-foot line. (d) No project in excess of 50 units in the areas listed in subsection (a) shall be constructed at an average unit cost exceeding $17,500, including the cost of the family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site preparation, and installation of utilities. (e) No family housing unit in the areas listed in subsection (a) shall be constructed at a total cost exceeding $26,000, including the cost of the family unit and the proportionate costs of land acquisition, site preparation, and installation of utilities. SEC. 503. Sections 4774(b), 7574(b), and 9774 (b) of Title 10, United States Code, are each amended to read as follows: "(b) the 70A Stat. 269, maximum limitations prescribed by subsection (a) are increased 10 468, 590. percent for quarters of the commanding officer of any station, air base, or other installation, based on the grade authorized for that position." SEC. 504. The Secretary of Defense, or his designee, is authorized to accomplish alterations, additions, expansions, or extensions not otherwise authorized by law, to existing public quarters at a cost not to exceed (a) For the Department of the Army, $2,231,000; (b) For the Department of the Navy, $1,177,000; (c) For the Department of the Air Force, $2,363,000. SEC. 505. Section 515 of Public Law 84-161 (69 Stat. 324, 352), as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 515. During fiscal years 1964 through and including 1965, the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, are authorized to lease housing facilities at or near military installations in the United States and Puerto Rico for assignment as public quarters 75 Stat. 111. 10 USC 2674 note. 77 STAT. 326. 74 Stat. 186. Foreign countries. Military housing. 76 Stat. 523. Appropriation authorization. 69 Stat. 651. 68 Stat. 603. to military personnel and their dependents, if any, without rental charge, upon a determination by the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, that there is a lack of adequate housing facilities at or near such military installations. Such housing facilities shall be leased on a family or individual unit basis and not more than five thousand of such units may be so leased at any one time. Expenditures for the rental of such housing facilities may not exceed an average of $160 a month for any such unit, including the cost of utilities and maintenance and operation." SEC. 506. Section 407 (g) of Public Law 85-241 (71 Stat. 531, 556), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1594j (g)), is amended by changing the period to a semicolon and adding the following: "And provided further, That the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, may exempt from this requirement any housing at any particular installation as to which he determines that (1) the housing is safe, decent, and sanitary, so as to be suitable for occupancy; (2) the housing cannot be made adequate as public quarters with a reasonable expenditure of funds; (3) the rentals charged to, or the allowances forfeited by, the occupants are not less than the costs of maintaining and operating the housing; and (4) there is a continuing need which cannot appropriately be met by privately owned housing in the area." SEC. 507. For the purpose of providing military family housing in foreign countries, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into agreements guaranteeing the builders of such housing a rental return equivalent to a specified portion of the annual rental income which the builders would receive from the tenants if the housing were fully occupied: Provided, That the aggregate amount guaranteed under such agreements entered into during the fiscal years 1964 and 1965 shall not exceed such amount as may be applicable to five thousand units: Provided further, That no such agreement shall guarantee the payment of more than 97 per centum of the anticipated rentals, nor shall any guarantee extend for a period of more than ten years, nor shall the average guaranteed rental on any project exceed $150 per unit per month including the cost of maintenance and operation. SEC. 508. Section 2681 (b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(b) The Department of Defense shall pay the Commodity Credit Corporation an amount not to exceed $6,000,000 a year until the amount due for foreign currencies used for housing constructed or acquired under this section has been liquidated." SEC. 509. There is authorized to be appropriated for use by the Secretary of Defense or his designee for military family housing as authorized by law for the following purposes: (a) for construction and acquisition of family housing, including improvements to adequate quarters, improvements to inadequate quarters, minor construction, rental guarantee payments, construction and acquisition of trailer court facilities, and planning, an amount not to exceed $211,912,000 of which not to exceed $9,400,000 is authorized to be appropriated for initial acquisition during fiscal year 1964 of 2,023 housing units, pursuant to title IV of the Housing Amendments of 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1594 et seq.) and improvements to such units; and (b) for support of military family housing, including operating expenses, leasing, maintenance of real property, payments of principal and interest on mortgage debts incurred, payments to the Commodity Credit Corporation, and mortgage insurance premiums authorized under section 222 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715m), an amount not to exceed $473,400,000. 54-544 O 71 (Vol. 1) - 54 77 STAT. 327. SEC. 510. Section 406 (a) of Public Law 85-241, as amended, is 73 Stat. 321. amended by inserting a comma after the word "activities" and adding 42 USC 15941. the following: "and no certificates with respect to any family housing units shall be issued by the Secretary of Defense or his designee or by any of the military departments in connection with section 810 of the National Housing Act, as amended,". Approved November 7, 1963. 73 Stat. 683. 12 USC 1748h-2. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 345 (Comm. on Armed Services), No. 882 SENATE REPORT No. 571 (Comm. on Armed Services). June 5 Considered and passed House. Oct. 22: Considered and passed Senate, amended. Oot. 31 Conference report agreed to in Senate and House. Public Law 88-220 An Act Making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and for other purposes. FAMILY HOUSING, Defense 77 STAT. 463. For expenses of family housing for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense Agencies, for construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension and alteration, and for operation, maintenance, and debt payment, including leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, $637,406,000, to be obligated and expended in the Family Housing Management Account established pursuant to section 501 (a) of Public Law 87–554, in not to exceed the 76 Stat. 237. following amounts: For the Army: Construction, $34,681,000; Operation, maintenance, $134,154,000; For the Navy and Marine Corps: Construction, $68,248,000; Operation, maintenance, $63,621,000; For the Air Force: Construction, $61,027,000: Operation, maintenance, $105,682,000; For Defense Agencies: Construction, $50,000; Operation, maintenance, $2,546,000: Provided, That the unobligated balances in the Family Housing Management Account as of June 30, 1963, shall remain available herein. Approved December 21, 1963. 42 USC 15948. LEGISLATIVE HISTOR': HOUSE REPORTS: No. 901 (Comm. on Appropriations), No. 1036 SENATE REPORT No. 50 (Comm. on Appropriations). Nov. 18: Considered and passed House. Dee. 9. Considered and passed Senate, amended, Deo. 131 House and Senate agreed to conference report. Temporarily extending the program of insured rental housing loans for the elderly in rural areas under title V of the Housing Act of 1949. 78 STAT. 233, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 515(b) (5) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by striking out “June 30, 1964" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30, 1964”. Approved June 30, 1964. Housing for the elderly. 76 Stat. 671. 42 USC 1485. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 1472 (Comm. on Banking & Currency). June 15: Considered and passed House. (840) |