U.S. Code > Title 14 Coast Guard > PART I—REGULAR COAST GUARD (§§ 1—693) > CHAPTER 18—COAST GUARD HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 680—689) > § 681. General authority

§ 681. General authority

(a) Authority.— In addition to any other authority providing for the acquisition or construction of military family housing or military unaccompanied housing, the Secretary may exercise any authority or any combination of authorities provided under this chapter in order to provide for the acquisition or construction by private persons, including a small business concern qualified under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637 (a)), of the following:
(1) Family housing units on or near Coast Guard installations within the United States and its territories and possessions.
(2) Unaccompanied housing units on or near such Coast Guard installations.
(b) Limitation on Appropriations.— No appropriation shall be made to acquire or construct military family housing or military unaccompanied housing under this chapter if that acquisition or construction has not been approved by resolutions adopted by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.