PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 110 STAT. 2635 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. — (1) Section 1007(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after "Secretary of Defense" the following: "(or the Secretary of Transportation, in the case of an officer of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy)". (2) Section 3527(b)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting after "Department of Defense" the following: "(or the Secretary of Transportation, in the case of a disbursing official of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy)"; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after "or the Secretary of the appropriate military department" the following: "(or the Secretary of Transportation, in the case of a disbursing official of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy)". SEC. 1010. AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND OR TERMINATE COLLECTION ACTIONS AGAINST DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD. Section 3711(g) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out "or Marine Corps" and inserting in lieu thereof "Marine Corps, or Coast Guard during a period when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy"; (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2): "(2) The Secretary of Transportation may suspend or terminate an action by the Secretary under subsection (a) to collect a claim against the estate of a person who died while serving on active duty as a member of the Coast Guard if the Secretary determines that, under the circumstances applicable with respect to the deceased person, it is appropriate to do so.". SEC. 1011. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DISBURSING OFFICIAL CHECK CASHING AND EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS. Section 3342(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; (2) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (5); (3) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting in lieu thereof "; or"; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(7) a Federal credit union (as defined in section 101(1) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752(1)) that at the request of the Secretary of Defense is operating on a United States military installation in a foreign country, but only if that country does not permit contractor-operated military banking facilities to operate on such installations.".
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