74
STAT.]
PUBLIC
LAW 86-723~SEPT. 8, 1960
847
"TRANSPORTATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
"SEC. 913. The Secretary may, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, transport for or on behalf of an officer or employee of the Service, a privately owned motor vehicle in any case in which he shall determine that water, rail, or air transportation of the motor vehicle is necessary or expedient for all or any part of the distance between points of origin and destination. Not more than one motor vehicle of any such officer or employee may be transported under authority of this section during any four-year period, except that, as a replacement for such motor vehicle, one additional motor vehicle of any such officer or employee may be so transported during such period upon approval, in advance, by the Secretary and upon a determination, in advance, by the Secretary that such replacement is necessary for reasons beyond the control of the officer or employee and is in the interest of the Government. After the expiration of a period of four years following the date of transportation under authority of this section of a privately owned motor vehicle of any officer or employee who has remained m continuous service outside the continental United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) during such period, the transportation of a replacement for such motor vehicle for such officer or employee may be authorized by the Secretary in accordance with this section." SEC. 48. (a) Section 1021 of such Act is amended by inserting the ^^ use 809. phrase "the Department including" immediately prior to the phrase "the Service" wherever it appears in this section. (b) Section 1021(a) is further amended by striking out the phrase "if recommendedpy the Director General" and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase "at the discretion of the Secretary". SEC. 49. Section 4 of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, as amended (22 U.S.C. 295), is amended by adding at the end thereof ^^ Stat. 405. the following new subsection: "(c) For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Appropriation. Act there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, in addition to amounts previously authorized, an amount not to exceed $10,000,000, which shall remain available until expended." SEC. 50. Section 11 of the Act of August 1, 1956 (70 Stat. 890), is s use i7op. hereby amended by inserting after the phrase "Government-owned vehicles" the phrase "or taxicabs", and by inserting after the phrase "public transportation facilities" the phrase "other than taxicabs". SEC. 51. Paragraph (4) of section 104(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 104(a)(4)) (relating to the exclusion from gross income of compensation for injuries and sickness) is hereby amended to read as follows: "(4) amounts received as a pension, annuity, or similar allowance for personal injuries or sickness resulting from active service in the armed forces of any country or in the Coast and Geodetic Survey or the Public Health Service, or as a disability annuity payable under the provisions of section 831 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1081; 60 Stat. 1021)." SEC. 52. The following headings and sections in the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, are hereby repealed: 5^22 u | c 887,925, (1) Section 442 of such Act and the heading thereto. (2) Section 525 of such Act and the heading thereto. (3) Section 576 of such Act and the heading thereto. (4) Section 577 of such Act and the heading thereto.
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