Section, added [Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(b)(6)(B)], Sept. 13, 1982, [96 Stat. 1054], authorized appropriations for advance design of military public works not otherwise authorized and for construction management of foreign government funded projects used primarily by United States armed forces, and required preliminary reports to Congress on military public works whose projected advance costs exceeded a specified level.
The repeal of this section by [Pub. L. 97–295] reflected the effect of section 7(2) and (8) of the Military Construction Codification Act ([Pub. L. 97–214], July 12, 1982, [96 Stat. 173]), which repealed the source statutes of this section (subsec. (a) was based on acts [Sept. 28, 1951, ch. 434, § 504], [65 Stat. 364]; [July 15, 1955, ch. 368, § 512], [69 Stat. 352]; Dec. 23, 1981, [Pub. L. 97–99, § 902], [95 Stat. 1381] ([31 U.S.C. 723]); and subsec. (b) was based on acts Sept. 12, 1966, [Pub. L. 89–568, § 612], [80 Stat. 756]; Dec. 27, 1974, [Pub. L. 93–552, § 607], [88 Stat. 1763] ([31 U.S.C. 723a])) subsequent to Apr. 15, 1982, the cut-off date prescribed by [section 4(a) of Pub. L. 97–258], section 2(b)(6)(B) of which enacted this section.
