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been settled by the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full settlement of all such claims, the respective sums found to be due in the reports of the Secretary of the Navy to Congress dated November 26, 1951, and November 12, 1952, submitted pursuant to Public Law 637, Eightieth Congress (62 Stat. 389): Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved May 28, 1954. Public Law 379
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^^ ^^^ To revise certain laws relating to w a r r a n t officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Warrant Officer Act of 1954".
May 29, 1954 [H. R. 6374] Warrant Off icer Act of 1954.
DEFINITIONS
SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act— (a) The term "Secretary", unless otherwise qualified, means the Secretary of the Army, with respect to the Army; the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to the Navy and Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy; the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to the Air Force; and the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Treasury Department. (b) The term "warrant officer", unless otherwise qualified, means an officer who holds a warrant or a commission in a permanent or temporary warrant officer grade in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, including any component thereof. (c) The term "date of ^ failure of 'selection for promotion" unless otherwise qualified, is that date on which the Secretary approves the report of the board under section 10(b) of this Act, or the date upon which the name of the officer concerned is removed from a recommended list under section 10(c) of this Act, or the date prescribed by the Secretary under section 12 of this Act, as appropriate. (d) The term "active service" means active service as defined in section 511 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF GRADES OF WARRANT OFFICERS
SEC. 3. (a) Warrant officer grades, as prescribed in the following table, are hereby established in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. These warrant officer grades shall correspond to the various pay grades prescribed for warrant officers by section 201(a) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 802, 806), as amended, in accordance with the following table:
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