Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§1592h Conditions and requirements as to contracts; utilization of existing facilities; disposition of facilities constructed by United States

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - DEFENSE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES › § 1592h

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Make contracts under this part follow section 6101 of title 41 when that does not conflict with emergency needs. Do not use cost-plus-percentage contracts. Cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts are allowed, but the fixed fee must not exceed 6 percent of the estimated cost. Use or expand existing community facilities instead of building new ones. Any facility the U.S. builds must be transferred to the proper state or local agency willing to operate it no later than one year after June 30, 1953, under rules Congress later sets.

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Title 42, §1592h

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In carrying out this subchapter—

(a)notwithstanding any other provisions of this subchapter, so far as is consistent with emergency needs, contracts shall be subject to section 6101 of title 41;

(b)the cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting shall not be used, but contracts may be made on a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee basis: Provided, That the fixed fee shall not exceed 6 per centum of the estimated cost;

(c)wherever practicable, existing private and public community facilities shall be utilized or such facilities shall be extended, enlarged, or equipped in lieu of constructing new facilities; and

(d)all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any community facilities constructed by the United States pursuant to the authority contained in this subchapter shall (if such agency is willing to accept such facility and operate the same for the purpose for which it was constructed) be disposed of to the appropriate State, city, or other local agency having responsibility for such type of facility in the area not later than one year after June 30, 1953, and subject to the conditions and requirements hereafter prescribed by the Congress.

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Codification In subsec. (a), “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

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42 U.S.C. § 1592h

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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