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PUBLIC LAW 89-580-SEPT. 16, 1966

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Public Law 89-580 September 16, 1966

[H. R. 7446]

Navy Department civilian employees. Naval shipyard, Portsmouth, Va.

64 Stat. 39 5.

5 USC 61f.

70 Stat. 743. 5 USC 2251 note. 68 Stat. 736. 5 USC 2091 note.

AN

ACT

j,^j. ^jjg relief of certain civilian employees and former civilian employees of.the Department of the Navy at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) each civilian employee and former civilian employee of the Department of the Navy at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, who was determined by the Comptroller General to have received any overpayment of compensation for the period from March 1, 1953, to January 29, 1965, inclusive, or any portion or portions of such period, resulting from a longevity step increase or increases granted to him through administrative error at such shipyard (which employees are named and the amount of overpayments made to them are set forth in the list appearing in file B-154699 of the Comptroller General), is hereby relieved of all liability to refund to the United States the amount of all such overpayments (including overpayments of night differential, holiday, and overtime premium pay) made to him. Each such employee or former employee who has at any time made any repayment to the United States on account of any such overpayments made to him (or, in the event of his death, the person who would be entitled thereto under the first section of the Act of August 3, 1950 (50 U.S.C. 61f), if any such repayment or repayments were unpaid compensation) shall be entitled to have an amount equal to all such repayments made by him refunded if application therefor is made to the Secretary of the Navy within two years after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) For purposes of the Civil Service Ketirement Act and the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, each overpayment for which liability is relieved by subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed to have been a valid payment. SEC. 2. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States full credit shall be given for any amounts for which liability is relieved by the first section of this Act. SEC. 3. Appropriations available for the pay of civilian employees of the Department of the Navy shall be available for refunds provided for in the last sentence of the first section of this Act. SEC. 4. No part of an amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with a claim paid under the authority of this Act, 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 September 16, 1966.

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