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PUBLIC LAW 87-649-SEPT. 7, 1962

[76 STAT.

(c) Active service in the Coast and Geodetic Survey as a deck officer or junior engineer and active service counted on June 30, 1922, for longevity pay, shall be credited to commissioned officers as active commissioned service for purposes of retirement and retirement pay. AMENDMENT TO DEPENDENTS ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1950 Ante, p. 152. 50 USC app. 2201-2204. Ante, p. 469.

Ante, p. 470.

SEC. 10. Sections 1-4 of the Dependents Assistance Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 795) are amended to read as follows: "That for the duration of this Act, that part of section 401(3) of title 37, United States Code, which reads 'and actually resides in the member's household' is suspended: Provided, That the dependency of the father or mother as required by that section shall be determined on the basis of an affidavit submitted by such father or mother, and such other evidence as the Secretary concerned may deem necessary under such regulations as he may prescribe, and no such father or mother shall be deemed dependent unless— "(1) the member of the uniformed service claiming such dependency has provided over one-half of the support of such father or mother for such period of time as the Secretary concerned may prescribe; or "(2) in the case of claimed dependency arising by reason of changed circumstances after the entrance of such member into active service subsequent to the effective date of this Act, such father or mother becomes in fact dependent on such member for over one-half of his or her support. "SEC. 2. For the duration of this Act, the last sentence of section 403(a) of title 37, United States Code, is suspended. "SEC. 3. For the duration of this Act, section 403(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out that portion of the table therein which prescribes monthly basic allowances for quarters for enlisted members, and inserting the following new table in place thereof: Not over 2 dependents

"'Pay grade E-9 E-8 E-7 E-6 E-6 E-4 "'Pay grade

E-3 E-2. E-1

$77.10 77.10 77.10 77.10 77.10 77.10 1 dependent 2 dependents

$61.30 61.30 61.30

$77.10 77.10 77.10

Over 2 dependents $96.90 96.90 96.90 96.90 06.90 06.90 Over 2 dependents $96.90 96.90 96.90'

"SEC. 4. (a) Subject to section 403 of title 37, United States Code, enlisted members of the uniformed services without dependents shall be entitled to a basic allowance for quarters at the rate of $51.30 per month. "(b) The payment of the basic allowance for quarters provided in section 403(a) of title 37, United States Code, for enlisted members with dependents shall be made only for such periods as the enlisted member has in effect an allotment of pay not less than the sum of the basic allowance for quarters to which he is entitled plus $40 (or in the case of enlisted members in pay grades E - 4 and E-6, $60; or in the case of enlisted members in pay grades E - 6, E - 7, E - 8, and E - 9,

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