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PUBLIC LAW 88-283-MAR. 13, 1964

[78 STAT.

Public Law 88-283 March 13, 1964 [H. R. 8507]

Air For c e. Medical and dental officers. Relief.

AN ACT For the relief of certain nieflical and dental officers of the Air Force.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Houi^e of Representatives of the United States of Amenen in Congress aHHemhled^ That any medical or dental officer, or former medical or dental officer, of the Air Force who was credited with an erroneous amount of service for pay purposes because of paragraph 5 of Personnel Orders Numbered 198, the National Guard Bureau, is relieved of all liability to the United States for amounts received by him as a result of such erroneous credit. SEC. 2. I n the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States, credit shall be given for amounts for which liability is relieved by this Act. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each of the officers covered by section 1 of this Act an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts paid by him, or withheld from sums otherwise due him, in complete or partial satisfaction of the liability to the United States described in section 1 of this Act. SEC. 4. No part of the amount appropriated in this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved March 13, 1964.

Public Law 88-284 March 17, 1964 [S. 1561]

Federal Employe e s Health B e n e fits Act of 1959, amendment. 73 Stat. 708.

Repeal.

AN ACT To amend the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of ll^oS) to remove certain inequities in the application of such Act, to improve the administration thereof, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefientatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 (5 U.S.C. 3001-3014) is hereby amended as follows: (1) Section 2(c)(3) (5 U.S.C. 3001(c)(3)) is amended by striking out "as a result of injury sustained or illness contracted on or after such date of enactment". (2) Section 2(c)(4)_ (5 U.S.C. 3001(c)(4)) is amended by striking out "on account of injury sustained or illness contracted on or after such date of enactment". (3) Section 2(d) (5 U.S.C. 3001(d)) is amended—_ (A) by inserting ", foster child," immediately following "stepchild"; and (B) by striking out "nineteen" wherever occurring therein and inserting in lieu thereof "twenty-one". (4) Section 2(e) (5 U.S.C. 3001(e)) is repealed. (5) Section 3(b)(1) (5 U.S.C. 3002(b)(1)) is amended— (A) by striking out "whichever is shorter, or"; and (B) by inserting in lieu thereof "or (C) the full period or periods of service beginning with the enrollment which became effective not later than December 31, 1964, and ending with the date on which he becomes an annuitant, whichever is shortest, or".

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