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retired or retirement pay at the rate prescribed by law computed on the basis of the basic pay which he would receive if serving on active duty in such grade. Contracts. SEC. 632. No funds contained in this Act shall be used for the purpose of entering into contracts containing article 15 of the Standard Government Contract until and unless said article is revised and amended to provide an appeal by the contractor to the Court of Claims within ninety days of the date of decision by the Department concerned, authority for which appeal is hereby granted. Legal traitiing. SEC, 633. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for training in any legal profession nor for the payment of tuition for training in such profession: Provided, That nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit persons now attending law courses from completing same. Public relations. SEC. 634. Funds provided in this Act for public information and public relations shall not exceed $4,500,000. Obligated funds, SEC. 635. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in this 1954. Act which are limited for obligation during fiscal year 1954 shall be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall not apply to active duty training of civilian components. Revised tables. SEC. 636, The Secretary of Defense is hereby directed to submit by Submittal to Congress. January 1, 1954, revised tables of organization and tables of equipment of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps to the Congress, together with recommendations for decreasing the number of personnel positions, clerical positions, supply positions, and other administrative positions so that the combat effectiveness of our Armed Forces may be improved. A c c e p t a nee of SEC, 637. During the fiscal year 1954, the agencies of the Department property, etc., from foreign countries. of Defense may accept real property, the use of real property, services and commodities from foreign countries for the use of the United States in accordance with mutual defense agreements or occupational arrangements; and such agencies may use the same for the support of the United States forces in such areas without specific appropriation therefor. Grades 16-18. SEC. 638. The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized to establish Temporary positions. during the fiscal year 1954 forty-five temporary positions in grades GS-16, 17, and 18: Provided, That the total number of positions in these grades available to the Department during fiscal year 1954 shall not exceed one hundred seventy-five including those otherwise authorized. Research and deSEC. 639. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to velopment. the Department of Defense for research and development may be 5 USC 235 e, used for the purposes of section 4 of the Act of July 16, 1952 (66 475j, 628e. Stat. 725). Foreign duty alSEC, 640. No part of the funds appropriated in this or any other lowances, restriction. Act shall be available for the payment to any person in the military service who is resident of a United States Territory or possession, of any foreign duty allowances above the authorized allowances for comparable rating in the continental United States unless such person is serving in an area outside the Territory or possession of which he is a resident. Tuition payment, SEO, 641. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall etc. be used for the payment of tuition or expenses for off-duty training of officers above the grade of first lieutenant in the Army, or comparable grades in the other military services. SEC. 642, Limitations in enrollments, when administratively reROTC. L. i m i t a tions in quired to be applied during fiscal year 1954 to membership in the enrollments. Army, Navy, or Air Force Keserve Officer Training Corps shall be

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