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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

[80 STAT.

"(2) a monetary allowance at the prescribed rate for all, or that part, of the travel for which transportation in kind is not furnished. " (f) The Secretary concerned may store the household and personal effects of a member described in subsection (b) of this section until proper disposition can be made. The cost or the storage and transportation (including packing, crating, drayage, temporary storage, and unpacking) of household and personal effects shall be charged against appropriations currently available. " is) The Secretary concerned may, when he determines that there is an emergency and a sale would be m the best interests of the United States, provide for the public or private sale of motor vehicles and other bulky items of household and personal effects of a member described in subsection (b) of this section. Before a sale, and if practicable, a reasonable effort shall be made to determine the desires of the interested persons. The net proceeds received from the sale shall, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, be sent to the owner or other persons. I f there are no such persons, or if they or their addresses are not known within one year from the date of sale, the net proceeds may be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. " (h) Claims for net proceeds that are covered into the Treasury under subsection (g) of this section may be filed with the General Accounting Office by the rightful owners, their heirs or next of kin, or their legal representatives at any time before the end of a 5-year period from the date the proceeds are covered into the Treasury. When a claim is filed, the General Accounting Office shall allow or disallow it. A claim that is allowed shall be paid from the appropriation for refunding money erroneously received and covered. If a claim is not filed before the end of the 5-year period from the date the proceeds are covered into the Treasury, it is barred from being acted on by the courts or the General Accounting Office. " (i) This section does not amend or repeal— " (1) section 2575, 2733,4712,4713,6522,9712, or 9713 of title 10; " (2) section 507 of title 14; or "(3) chapter 171 of title 28. " (a) When a member of a uniformed service entitled to pay and allowances under section 552 of this title has been in a missing status, and the official report of his death or of the circumstances of his absence has not been received by the Secretary concerned, he shall, before the end of a 12-month period in that status, have the case fully reviewed. After that review and the end of the 12-month period in a missing status, or after a later review which shall be made when warranted by information received or other circumstances, the Secretary concerned, or his designee, may— "(1) if the member can reasonably be presumed to be living, direct a continuance of his missing status; or " (2) make a finding of death. " (b) When a finding of death is made under subsection (a) of this section, it shall include the date death is presumed to have occurred for the purpose of— " (1) ending the crediting of pay and allowances;
 * § 555. Secretarial review

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