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PUBLIC LAW 179-AUG. 1, 1953

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the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces for the purpose of proficiency flying except in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretaries of the Departments concerned and approved by the Secretary of Defense which shall establish proficiency standards and maximum and minimum flying hours for this purpose, but not to exceed one Fl i t pay hundred hours during the fiscal year 1954: Provided, That, during certaing hofficers.for the fiscal year 1954, without regard to any provision of law or executive order prescribing minimum flight requirements, such regulations may provide for the payment of flight pay at the rates prescribed in 63 section 204(b) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 37 Stat. 2810. u 35. 802) to certain officers of the Armed Forces otherwise entitled to receive flight pay (1) who have held aeronautical ratings or designations for not less than twenty years, or (2) whose particular assignment outside the United States makes it impractical to participate in regular aerial flights. SEC. 629. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall g oH dos.u s e h o l d o be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, temporary storage, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and personal effects in excess of an average of five thousand pounds net but not exceeding nine thousand pounds net in any one shipment: Provided, Nonapplic ability. That the limitations imposed herein shall not be applicable in the case of members transferred to or serving in stations outside the continental United States or in Alaska under orders relieving them from a duty station within the United States prior to July 10, 1952, and who are returned to the United States under orders relieving them from a duty station beyond the United States or in Alaska on or after July 1,'1953. SEC. 630. Vessels under the jurisdiction of the Department of Com- v eT sreal sn. s f e r of s merce, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force, or the Department of the Navy may be transferred or otherwise made available without reimbursement to any of such agencies upon the request of the head of one agency and the approval of the agency having jurisdiction of the vessels concerned. SEC. 631. (a) During the last quarter of the fiscal year 1954, no ofPic°e'?peVlonnei.'* funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the pay, compensation, or allowances of commissioned officer personnel on active duty in the Armed Forces (excluding Reserve officers on active duty training or Reserve officers and Retired officers ordered to active duty for periods of thirty days or less) in excess of the following numbers in each grade: Army

Ranks General of the Army or fleet admiral of the Navy General or admiral Lieutenant general or vice admiral Major general or rear admiral Brigadier general or rear admiral Colonel or captain of the Navy Lieutenant colonel or commander Major or lieutenant commander

Navy

3 9 27 170 291 5,102 13,560 18,250

Marine Corps

Air Force

3 7 24 128 128 3,131 8,438 10,911

9 23 152 244 4,349 8,401 20,916

1 5 24 31 521 1,280 2,620

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cial assistant to the Comptroller, Department or Defense, shall, ef- grade, fective May 1, 1954, be considered to hold the grade of major general for all purposes, without regard to subsection (a) hereof, and while so serving shall receive the pay and allowances of an officer of that grade and his length of service, and when retired under any provision of law shall be advanced on the retired list to such grade and shall receive

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