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PUBLIC LAW 350-MAY 6, 1954

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SEC. 305. The strength authorized for any grade under section 301, 302, or 303 of this title which is not utilized for that grade may be utilized for any lower grade. SEC. 306. Whenever circumstances require that the actual strength of the Air Force in commissioned officers on active duty be more than one hundred and eighty thousand, the Secretary of the Air Force shall, in general conformity with the table set forth in section 301 of this title, fix the authorized strength of each of the grades covered by that table. TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Armed Forces. Comm 1 s s i oned officer personnel.

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65 Stat. 109. 34 USC 3e. 61 Stat. 798. 34 USC 3a note.

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SEC. 401. Subsection 631(a), and that portion of subsection 631 (b) occurring before the proviso of the Act of August 1, 1953 (67 Stat. 355), are repealed. SEC. 402. That portion of title II of the Act of August 1, 1953, appearing under the heading "Retired P a y " (67 Stat. 337), is amended by deleting all after the word "necessary" and substituting therefor a period. SEC. 403. The President may suspend all or any part of the provisions of this Act in time of war, or in time of national emergency hereafter declared by the Congress or by the President. Notwithstanding section 426(c) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as amended, the President may suspend all or any part of those provisions of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, which are amended by this Act, which relate to grades above that of lieutenant, only in time of war, or in time of national emergency hereafter declared by the Congress or by the President. SEC. 404, Not later than January 30 of each year, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force shall present to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the estimated active-duty personnel requirements for his respective service for the next fiscal year, the estimated number of commissioned officers in each grade on active duty whether by permanent or temporary appointment, to be promoted during the next fiscal year, and an analysis of the current distribution by grade of commissioned officers serving on active duty, whether by permanent or temporary appointment. Approved May 5, 1954. Public Law 350

May 6, 1954 [H. R. 8127]

Federal-A i d H i g h w a y Act of 1954. 23 USC 9a note. ^proprlation.

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AN ACT To amend and supplement the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), as amended and supplemented, to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Federal-Aid Eoad Act approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $700,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957. The sum herein authorized for each fiscal year shall be available for expenditure as follows:

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