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[CITE: 50USC491]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                     CHAPTER 18--AIR-WARNING SCREEN
 
Sec. 491. Establishment and development of land-based air 
        warning and control installations and facilities; extent of 
        appropriation; procurement of communication services
        
    The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to establish and 
develop within and without the continental limits of the United States 
in fulfilling the air defense responsibilities of the Department of the 
Air Force such land-based air warning and control installations and 
facilities, by the construction, installation, or equipment of temporary 
or permanent public works, including buildings, facilities, 
appurtenances, utilities, and access roads, and to provide for necessary 
administration and planning therefor, without regard to section 3324(a) 
and (b) of title 31, as he may deem necessary in the interest of 
national security: Provided, That not to exceed $85,500,000 shall be 
appropriated for the construction of public works authorized by this 
section.
    The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized to procure 
communication services required for the semiautomatic ground environment 
system. No contract for such services may be for a period of more than 
ten years from the date communication services are first furnished under 
such contract. The aggregate contingent liability of the Government 
under the termination provisions of all contracts authorized hereunder 
may not exceed a total of $222,000,000 and the General Accounting Office 
shall have access to such carrier records and accounts as it may deem 
necessary for the purpose of audit. In procuring such services, the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall utilize to the fullest extent 
practicable the facilities and capabilities of communication common 
carriers, including rural telephone cooperatives, within their 
respective service areas and for power supply, shall utilize to the 
fullest extent practicable, the facilities and capabilities of public 
utilities and rural electric cooperatives within their respective 
service areas. Negotiations with communication common carriers, 
including cooperatives, and representation in proceedings involving such 
carriers before Federal and State regulatory bodies where such 
negotiations or proceedings involve contracts authorized by this 
paragraph shall be in accordance with the provisions of section 481 of 
title 40.

(Mar. 30, 1949, ch. 41, Sec. 1, 63 Stat. 17; Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 939, 
title III, Sec. 303, 70 Stat. 1012; Pub. L. 97-214, Sec. 10(b)(4), July 
12, 1982, 96 Stat. 175; Pub. L. 104-316, title I, Sec. 128(a), Oct. 19, 
1996, 110 Stat. 3841.)

                          Codification

    ``Section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31'' substituted in text for 
``section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529)'' on authority of 
Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first 
section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-316, in third sentence of second par., struck out 
``no termination payment shall be final until audited and approved by'' 
after ``$222,000,000 and'', struck out ``which'' after ``Office'', and 
inserted ``of audit'' after ``for the purpose''.
    1982--Pub. L. 97-214 struck out reference to sections 1136 [10 
U.S.C. 4774, 9774] and 3734 [40 U.S.C. 259, 267] of the Revised 
Statutes.
    1956--Act Aug. 3, 1956, authorized procurement of communication 
services required for the semiautomatic ground environment system.


                    Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-214 effective Oct. 1, 1982, and applicable 
to military construction projects, and to construction and acquisition 
of military family housing, authorized before, on, or after such date, 
see section 12(a) of Pub. L. 97-214, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 2801 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 492 of this title.
