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68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 368-MAY 27, 1954

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grade on the retired list under the said Act of July 24, 1941, as amended, and who were restored to their former retired enlisted or warrant officer status, as the case may be, pursuant to section 3 of the Act approved June 19, 1948 (Public Law 709, Eightieth Congress), shall be entitled to receive enlisted or warrant officer retired pay as appropriate, from November 1, 1946, or from the date of advancement on the retired list, whichever date is the later, to the date on which they were so restored: Provided, That no such retired pay shall accrue to personnel mentioned in this section for periods during which such personnel received commissioned officer retired pay. Approved May 27, 1954. Public Law 368

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CHAPTER 225

AN ACT To further amend the Act of May 26, 1948, entitled "An Act to establish Civil Air Patrol as a civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force and to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to extend aid to Civil Air Patrol in the fulfillment of its objectives, and for other purposes."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first section of the Act of May 26, 1948 (62 Stat. 274), as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "That the Civil A i r Patrol is established as a volunteer civilian auxiliary of the A i r Force. To assist the Civil A i r Patrol in the fulfillment of its objectives as set out in section 2 of the Act of July 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 346), the Secretary of the Air Force is authorized, under such regulations as he may prescribe with the approval of the Secretary of Defense— "(1) to furnish to the Civil Air Patrol from available stocks which are excess to the requirements of the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, without regard to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, by gift, loan, or sale (A) major items of equipment, including aircraft, motor vehicles, and communication equipment, and (B) necessary related supplies, materials, training aids, and other equipment; "(2) to permit utilization of such services and facilities of the Air Force as in the opinion of the Secretary of the Air Force are required by the Civil Air Patrol to carry out its assigned mission; "(3) to furnish to the Civil Air Patrol such quantities of fuel and lubricants as may be required by it for the purpose of carrying out those missions assigned by the A i r Force; "(4) to establish, maintain, supply and equip liaison officers of the Air Forces at the National, State, Territorial, and not more than eight regional, headquarters of the Civil Air Patrol, and to detail and assign military and civilian personnel of the Air Force to such offices; "(5) to detail military and civilian personnel of the Air Force to units and installations of the Civil Air Patrol to assist in the training program of the Civil Air Patrol; and "(6) to authorize, in time of war or national emergency hereafter declared by the Congress or the President, payment of travel expenses and allowances, in accordance with the Travel Expense Act of 1949, for members of the Civil Air Patrol while engaged in carrying out any mission specifically assigned by the Air Force." Approved May 27, 1954.

j^ay 27, 1954 [H. R. 2274]

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