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PUBLIC LAW 89-740-NOV. 2, 1966

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Public Law 89-740 November 2, 1966 [H. R. 17376]

Nickel. Disposal.

60 Stat. 596.

AN ACT To authorize the disposal of nickel from the national stockpile.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Administrator of General Services is hereby authorized to dispose of, by negotiation or otherwise, approximately twenty-four million five hundred thousand pounds of nickel now held in the national stockpile established pursuant to the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98-98h). Such disposition may be made without regard to the provisions of section 3 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act: Provided, That the time and method of disposition shall be fixed with due regard to the protection of the United States against avoidable loss and the protection of producers, processors, and consumers against avoidable disruption of their usual markets. Approved November 2, 1966.

Public Law 89-741 November 2, 1966 [H. R. 1 7 4 5 1 ]

Navy Department. Retirement benefits of certain officers.

70A Stat. 285. 10 USC 5133. 76 Stat. 454.

AN ACT To preserve the pay and retirement privileges for certain former chiefs of Navy bureaus and to preserve the pay privileges of certain former deputy chiufs of Navy bureaus.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (a) An officer who on the day before the effective date of this Act was serving as the Chief of the Bureau of Ships or the Bureau of Yards and Docks, and who on that effective date was detailed to serve as the commander of one of the six principal subordinate commands of the Naval Material Command, continues, from that date, to be eligible for the rank, pay, and retirement privileges he was entitled to receive as a bureau chief under chapter 513 of title 10, United States Code, and under section 202(h) of title 37, United States Code. If any such officer is retired while serving in the office to which so detailed, he may be retired in the grade of rear admiral, w4th retired pay based on the upper half of that grade; if retired after serving in that office, his eligibility for the retirement privileges authorized by chapter 513 of title 10, United States Code, is to be determined by adding his service as a bureau chief and all service performed in the office to which detailed on the effective date of this Act. (b) An officer who on the day before the effective date of this Act Avas serving as the Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Ships, the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, or the Bureau of Yards and Docks, and who on that effective date was detailed to serve as the vice commander of one of the six principal subordinate commands of the Naval Material Command, is entitled to the pay authorized by section 202(i) of title 37, United States Code, from the effective date of this Act and as long as he continues to serve in the office to which then detailed. SEC. 2. This Act shall be effective on May 1, 1966. Approved November 2, 1966.

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