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§1594f Net floor area limitations

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XI— - HOUSING FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL › § 1594f

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Summary

Housing built under this title and title VIII must follow the same maximum floor area per unit that applies to appropriated‑funds military public quarters when plans begin.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1594f

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In the construction of housing under the authority of this title and title VIII of the National Housing Act, as amended [12 U.S.C. 1748 et seq.], the maximum limitations on net floor area for each unit shall be the same as the net floor area limitations prescribed by law (at the time plans and specifications for such construction are begun) for public quarters built with appropriated funds under military construction authority.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This title, referred to in text, means title IV of act Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 783, 69 Stat. 646, which enacted section 1594 and 1594a, 1594b to 1594f of this title, amended section 1720, 1748, and 1748a to 1748g of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 1748 of Title 12. The National Housing Act, referred to in text, is act June 27, 1934, ch. 847, 48 Stat. 1246. Title VIII of the National Housing Act is classified generally to subchapter VIII (§ 1748 et seq.) of chapter 13 of Title 12, Banks and Banking. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1701 of Title 12 and Tables.

Amendments

1957—Pub. L. 85–104 substituted “limitations prescribed by law (at the time plans and specifications for such

Construction

are begun) for public quarters built with appropriated funds under military

Construction

authority” for “permanent limitations prescribed in the second, third, and fourth provisos of section 3 of the act of
June 12, 1948 (62 Stat. 375), or section 3 of the act of
June 16, 1948 (62 Stat. 459), other than the first, second, and third provisos thereof”.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1594f

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73