80 STAT.]
PUBLIC LAW 8 9 - 6 8 0 - O C T. 15, 1966
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Public Law 89-680 AN ACT
October 15, 1966
To amend sections 404 and 406 of title 37, United States Code, relating to travel and transportation allowances of certain members of the uniformed services who are retired, discharged, or released from active duty.
[H. R. 266]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uniformed servUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 7 of title i c e s. 37, United States Code, is amended as follows: Travel and (1) The first sentence of section 404(c) is amended by striking out l'"n"tf°*^"°" 1
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the words after the second semicolon and inserting the following in 76 Stat. 472 place thereof: "may, not later than one year from the date he is so ^^ ^^^ ^^'^^ retired, placed on that list, discharged, or released, except as prescribed in regulations by the Secretaries concerned, select his home for the purposes of the travel and transportation allowances authorized by subsection (a) of this section." 37 USC 406. (2) Section 406(d) is amended by striking out the third sentence and inserting the following in place thereof: "The nontemporary storage of baggage and household effects may not be authorized for a period longer than one year from the date the member concerned is separated from the service, retired, placed on the temporary disability retired list, discharged, or released from active duty, except as prescribed in regulations by the Secretaries concerned for a member who, on that date, or at any time during the one-year period following that date, is confined in a hospital, or is in its vicinity, undergoing medical treatment; or in the case of a member who— " (1) is retired, or is placed on the temporary disability retired list, under chapter 61 of title 10; or iru?c\'2oV. "(2) is retired with pay under any other law, or, immediately 1221. following at least eight years of continuous active duty with no single break therein of more than ninety days, is discharged with severance pay or is involuntarily released from active duty with readjustment pay. Except in the case of a member who, on the date of his separation, discharge, or release, or at any time during the one-year period following that date, is confined in a hospital, or is in its vicinity, undergoing medical treatment, the cost of the storage, for the period that exceeds one year, shall be paid by the member." (3) The first sentence of section 406(g) is amended by striking out ^'^ "sc 406. the words after the second semicolon and inserting the following in place thereof: "is, not later than one year from the date he is so retired, placed on that list, discharged, or released, except as prescribed in regulations by the Secretaries concerned, entitled to transportation for his dependents, baggage, and household effects to the home selected under section 404(c) of this title." Approved October 15, 1966.
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