Volume 69 · 594
Public Law 84–302
To amend the National Defense Facilities Act of 1950 to provide for additional facilities necessary for the admin 1st ration and training of units of The Reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States, and for other purposes.
Approved August 9, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the National Defense Facilities Act of 1950 to provide for additional facilities necessary for the admin 1st ration and training of units of The Reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States, 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 National Defense Facilities Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 829; 50 U. S. C. 881–886) is amended as follows:
Section 3 is amended by deleting the phrase “in an amount not
to exceed $250,000,000 over a period of the next five fiscal years” and by inserting in lieu thereof “in an amount not to exceed $500,000,(100 over a period of the next eight fiscal years commencing with fiscal year 1951”.
Subsection 3 (b) is amended to read as follows:
“(b) (1) contribute to any State such funds as he shall determine to be necessary to expand, rehabilitate or convert facilities owned by such State to the extent required for the joint utilization of such facilities; and
“(2) contribute to any State such funds as he shall determine to be necessary to expand, rehabilitate or convert facilities owned by such State to the extent made necessary, or to acquire, construct, expand, rehabilitate or convert such additional facilities as he shall determine to have been made essential, by any conversion, redesignation or reorganization of a unit or units of the National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States requested or authorized by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, respectively.”
Subsection 4 (b) is amended by deleting the words “with regard”
and substituting therefor the words “and shall have consented”.
Subsection 4 (c) is amended by inserting after the word “acquired” in line 7 thereof the words “by the United States”.
Subsection 4 (d) is amended to read as follows:
“(d) Each contribution made pursuant to section 3 (b) or 3 (c) of this Act shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Armed Services Committees of the Congress, shall deem necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act: Provided, That except as agreed at the time the contribution is made the facilities provided through contributions made pursuant to section 3 (b) (2) or 3 (c) of this Act shall be subject to joint utilization only to the extent deemed practicable by the State concerned. No contribution shall be made under section 3 (c) for any armory in an amount exceeding 75 per centum of the cost of the additional or improved armories to be constructed: And provided further, That for the purpose of such computation the amount to be contributed by any State shall be exclusive of the cost or market value of any real estate which may be contributed by the State concerned for the purposes of section 3(c) of this Act.”
Section 6 is amended by (1) inserting immediately after “Sec.
6.” the following: “(a)”, and (2) adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
“(b) All construction, expansion, rehabilitation, or conversion of
Supervision and inspection.
facilities in each State pursuant to section 3 (b) or 3 (c) of this Act shall be done in accordance with the laws of such State and under the supervision of officials of such State, subject to the inspection and approval of the Secretary of Defense.”
Subsections 7 (b), (c), and (d) are redesignated subsections 7 (c), (d), and (e), respectively, and subsection 7 (b) is inserted to read as follows:
“(b) ‘Armory’ means a structure which houses a unit or units of a
“Armory”.
reserve component and is used for the training and administration thereof, including such appurtenant structures as may house equipment used in the training and administration of such unit or units. All other facilities shall be considered nonarmory for the purposes of this Act.”
Subsection 7 (d) as redesignated is amended to read as follows:
“Reserve component”.
“(d) ‘Reserve component’ shall include:
“(1) The National Guard of the United States;
“(2) The Army Reserve;
“(3) The Naval Reserve;
“(4) The Marine Corps Reserve;
“(5) The Air National Guard of the United States;
“(6) The Air Force Reserve; and
“(7) The Coast Guard Reserve; and”.
Approved August 9, 1955.