Volume 50
Public Law 75–661
To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works in or in the vicinity of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Approved August 16, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works in or in the vicinity of the District of Columbia, 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 Act
District of Columbia, public works.
approved February 25, 1931 (46 Stat. 1419), be and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
“That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to construct
Naval Hospital, etc., replacement.
in the District of Columbia, or m the immediate vicinity thereof, on land already acquired or hereby authorized to be acquired therefor by purchase, gift, or otherwise, buildings to replace the present Naval Hospital and Naval Medical School at Washington, District of Columbia, with the utilities, accessories, and appurtenances pertaining thereto, including facilities for the Naval Medical Center
Naval Medical Center, etc., included.
Provisos.
Advice of National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
and Naval Dental School: Provided, That the advice of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission be requested before the acquisition of property for this purpose and before the construction herein authorized shall begin; if located in the District of Columbia, the construction herein authorized be subject to the approval of the
Approval by National Park Service.
National Park Service under authority of section 6 of the Public Buildings Act of May 25, 1926, as amended (U. S. C., title 40, sec. 346): Provided further, That the total cost of the land and of the
Limit of cost; amount for site.
construction hereby authorized shall not exceed $4,850,000, of which not more than 15 per centum may be expended for the purchase of the site.
“Sec. 2.
The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to accept
Acceptance of land.
on behalf of the United States, free from encumbrances and without cost to the United States, the title in fee simple to any land which may be acquired by gift.”
Approved, August 16, 1937.