71 Stat. 305. 70 Stat. 1102. 40 USC 461. discounts are imposed in connection with such home loan. Such limits may vary in accordance with the terms of the mortgage involved, the geographical area in which the housing is located, and such other pertinent factors as the Commissioner or the Administrator deems advisable. As a condition of eligibility for such guaranty or insurance, the lender shall certify that no charge, fee, or discount has been imposed by it in excess of the limits fixed pursuant to this section. URBAN PLANNING GRANTS SEC. 606. The second sentence of section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954 is amended by striking out "and (3) to State planning agencies, to be used for the provision of planning assistance to the cities, other municipalities, and counties referred to in clause (2) hereof" and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(3) to official governmental planning agencies for areas threatened with rapid urbanization as a result of the establishment or rapid and substantial expansion of a Federal installation; and (4) to State planning agencies, to be used for the provision of planning assistance to the cities, other municipalities, and counties referred to in clause (2) hereof and to the areas referred to in clause (3) hereof". Approved July 12, 1957. Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Supplemental sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other Appropriation wise appropriated, to supply regular and supplemental appropriations Act, 1958. (this Act may be cited as the "Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1958") for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, and for other purposes, namely: CHAPTER III DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-MILITARY FUNCTIONS INTERSERVICE ACTIVITIES SEC. 306. Appropriations to the military departments for construc- Family tion may be charged for the cost of administration, supervision and housing. inspection of family housing authorized pursuant to title IV of the Act of August 11, 1955 (Public Law 345), in an amount not to exceed 69 Stat. 646. three and one-half per centum of the cost of each such project: Pro- 12 USC 1743 vided, That such appropriations shall be reimbursed from the proceeds et seq. of any mortgage executed on each such project. SEC. 307. Any limitations contained in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1958, on the unit cost of construction of family Ante, p. 312. quarters shall not be applicable to forty-seven units of family quarters at the United States Air Force Academy, the individual cost of which shall not exceed the following limitations: $75,000 on one unit for the superintendent; $50,000 on two units for the deans; and $30,000 on forty-four units for department heads. SEC. 308. Funds appropriated to the military departments for construction may be used for advances to the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, for the purposes of section 6 of the Defense Highway Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 765), as amended, and section 12 of 23 USC 106 the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 785), as amended, and note. when projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national defense by the Secretary of Defense. SEC. 309. The family unit costs for family housing including land authorized to be purchased by section 103 of H. R. 8240, Eighty-fifth Congress, may exceed by not more than 15 per centum the respective limitations on such costs contained in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act for 1958. Ante, p. 312. SEC. 310. Any limitations contained in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1958, on the unit cost of the construction of family Ante, p. 312. quarters shall not be applicable to such units constructed in Canada, Álaska, and the Aleutian Islands. The average per unit cost of all family quarters constructed in Canada, Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands shall not exceed $32,000, and in no event shall the individual cost exceed $40,000. SEC. 311. None of the funds appropriated in this chapter may be New bases. used to begin construction on new bases for which specific appropriations have not been made. Approved August 28, 1957. Public Law 85-234 85th Congress, S. 2460 August 30, 1957 AN ACT To authorize the transfer of certain housing projects to the city of Decatur, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand- Decatur, Ill. ing any other provision of law, the Housing and Home Finance Conveyance. Administrator is authorized and directed to sell and convey to the city of Decatur, Illinois, or to the Decatur Housing Authority, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to that part of the North Jasper Homes housing projects (ILL-11218 and ILL11219) which comprises a single site of approximately twenty-two and four hundred and fifty-two one-thousandths acres and on which there are located one hundred and eighty dwelling units and an administration building. Such sale shall be made in consideration of the payment of $266,000 by the purchaser to the United States. The purchase price shall be paid at the time of closing, or in such installments as may be agreed upon by the Housing and Home Finance Administrator over a period not in excess of five years after the date of sale. Such sale shall be subject to the condition that if, at the end of five years after the date of sale, any such dwelling units have not been 71 Stat. 515, demolished, the purchaser shall pay an additional amount, to be deter- 71 Stat. 516. mined by the Housing and Home Finance Administrator, to the United States for each month beyond the stated five-year period that any such units have not been demolished. Any sale pursuant to this authorization shall be made within four months after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved August 30, 1957. Public Law 85-241 AN ACT To authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes. Military installations. Construction of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the public works. United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE IV-FAMILY HOUSING SEC. 401. Any outstanding authority heretofore provided by the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1119), the Act of July 15, 1955 (69 Stat. 324), and the Act of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 991) for the provision of family housing shall be available for the construction of family housing at any installations for which family housing is authorized to be constructed under titles I, II, and III of this Act. SEC. 402. Section 515 of the Act of July 15, 1955 (69 Stat. 324, 352), as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 515. During the fiscal years 1957, 1958, and 1959, the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, are authorized to lease housing facilities at or near military tactical installations for assignment as public quarters 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 tactical 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 be made out of appropriations available for maintenance and operation but may not exceed $150 a month for any such unit." Leases. Net floor area limitations. SEC. 403. (a) Family quarters to be constructed under the authority of titles I, II, and III of the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1119), shall be subject to the net floor area limitations respectively prescribed in sections 4774, 7574, and 9774 of title 10, United States Code. (b) Section 404 of the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1119, Repeal. 1125), is hereby repealed. SEC. 404. Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (a) Section 4774 is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(f) Not more than 15 percent of the family quarters constructed from appropriated funds for enlisted members of the Army may be four-bedroom quarters having a net floor area of 1,250 square feet or less." 70A Stat. 269, 468, 590. 70A Stat. 269. 71 Stat. 555. 71 Stat. 556. (b) Section 7574 is amended by adding the following new subsec- 70A Stat. 468. tion at the end thereof: "(d) Not more than 15 percent of the family quarters constructed from appropriated funds for enlisted members of the Navy may be four-bedroom quarters having a net floor area of 1,250 square feet or less." (c) Section 9774 is amended by adding the following new subsec- 70A Stat. 590. tion at the end thereof: "(f) Not more than 15 percent of the family quarters constructed from appropriated funds for enlisted members of the Air Force may be four-bedroom quarters having a net floor area of 1,250 square feet or less.' SEC. 405. The second paragraph of section 407 of the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1119, 1125), as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "The Department of Defense shall pay the Commodity Credit Cor- Commodity Credit poration, from appropriations otherwise available for the payment of Corporation. quarters allowances for military personnel and from appropriate allotments or rental charges for civilian personnel, amounts equal to Payment. the quarters allowances or allotments otherwise payable to or the 42 USC 15948. SEC. 406. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, and Restriction. effective July 1, 1958, no family housing units (other than housing units required to be acquired pursuant to the provisions of section 404 69 Stat. 652. of the Housing Amendments of 1955) shall be contracted for or acquired at or in support of military installations or activities unless the actual number of units involved has been specifically authorized by an annual military construction authorization act. (b) Effective July 1, 1958, the provisions of section 419, Public Repeal. Law 968, Eighty-fourth Congress, second session, are hereby repealed. 70 Stat. 1018. SEC. 407. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, Occupancy. members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service, with dependents, may occupy on a rental basis, without loss of basic allowance for quarters, inadequate quarters under the jurisdiction of any of the uniformed services, notwithstanding that such quarters may have been constructed or converted for assignment as public quarters. The net difference between the basic allowance for quarters and the fair rental value of such quarters shall be paid from otherwise available appropriations. (b) The provisions of this section shall be administered under Administration. regulations approved by the President. (c) The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force for the Rental housing respective military departments, the Secretary of the Treasury for designation. the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Treasury Department, the Secretary of Commerce for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the Public Health Service (hereafter referred to as the "Secretaries"), are each authorized, subject to standards established pursuant to (b) above, to designate as rental housing such housing as he may determine to be inadequate as public quarters. (d) The Secretaries are each further authorized, subject to standards established pursuant to subsection (b) above, to lease inadequate housing to personnel of any of the mentioned services for occupancy by them and their dependents. The housing facilities leased, as herein provided, shall not be required to have been constructed with funds derived from appropriations specifically made for the purpose of the construction of rental housing for personnel of the services mentioned. (e) All housing units determined pursuant to subsection (c) of this section to be inadequate shall, prior to July 1, 1960, either be altered or improved so as to qualify as public quarters, or be demolished or otherwise disposed of. (f) This section shall have no application to any housing financed with mortgages insured under the provisions of Title VIII of the National Housing Act as in effect prior to the enactment of the Housing Amendments of 1955. Approved August 30, 1957. Nonapplicability 63 Stat. 570. 12 USC 1748 et seq. |