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PUBLIC LAW 86-161-AUG. 14, 1959

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SEC. 3. Section 221(a) of the Public Health Service Act, as 70A Stat. 619; 72 amended (42 U.S.C. 213a(a)), is amended— Stat. 1547. (1) by redesignating clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) as clauses " (2) ", " (3) ", " (4) ", " (5) ", " (6) ", " (7) ", and " (8) ", respectively; and (2) by inserting the following new clause at the beginning: "(1) Section 1036, Escorts for dependents of members: transportation and travel allowances." Payments v a l i SEC. 4. Travel and transportation allowances paid before the effec- dated. tive date of this Act to persons ordered by competent authority to escort dependents of members of the uniformed services are hereby validated, if they would have been authorized under section 1 of this Act. App 1 SEC. 5. Any person who was ordered by competent authority after payment.ication for January 1, 1950, and before the effective date of this Act to escort dependents of members of the uniformed services and who has not been paid travel and transportation allowances, or who has repaid the United States the amount so paid to him, is entitled to be paid the amount otherwise authorized by section 1 of this Act, if application for such payment is'made not later than one year after the effective date of this Act. Disbursing SEC. 6. The Comptroller General of the United States, or his cers, relief. offidesignee, shall relieve disbursing officers, including special disbursing agents, from accountability or responsibility for any payments described in section 4 of this Act, and shall allow credits in the settlement of the accounts of those disbursing officers or agents for payments which are found to be free from fraud or collusion. Approval SEC. 7. No regulations under section 1 of this Act relating to the ulations. of regmilitary departments shall be prescribed by the Secretary of a military department unless such regulations are first approved under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Regulations of the Secretaries of the Treasury, Commerce, and Health, Education, and Welfare under section 1, 2, or 3 of this Act shall, to the extent practicable, agree with regulations so approved. Approved August 14, 1959.

Public Law 86-161 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to acquire certain real property in the county of Solano, California, to transfer certain real property to the county of Solano, California, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States, by gift, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the real property described in section 3 of this Act, for the purpose of relocating thereon certain railroad tracks located on the date of enactment of this Act on the real property described in section 4 of this Act. SEC. 2. Upon acquisition of the real property described in section 3 of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the county of Solano, California, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the real property described in section 4 of this Act, upon payment to the United States by such county of all expenses incurred by the United States under the first section of this Act, including expenses incurred

August 14^ 1959 [H. R. 697]

Solano, Calif. Property acquisition and (conveyance.

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