Volume 63 · 704
Public Law 81–600
To authorize advances of pay to personnel of the armed services upon permanent change of station, and for other purposes.
Approved October 5, 1949
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize advances of pay to personnel of the armed services upon permanent change of station, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That
upon permanent
Armed services.
Advance payments.
change of station, commissioned and warrant officers, and enlisted men of the armed services, may be paid in advance under such regulations as the heads of the departments concerned may prescribe: Provided, That such advance payments shall not exceed three months’ pay in any one case.
When on duty at distant stations where the pay and emoluments to which they are entitled cannot be disbursed regularly, commissioned and warrant officers, and enlisted men of the armed services, may have their pay and emoluments advanced under such regulations as the heads of the departments concerned may prescribe.
The regulations prescribed for the administration of this section shall, insofar as practicable, be uniform for the services concerned.
Sec. 2.
In the event the person to whom an advance of pay is made pursuant to section 1 of this Act dies or is separated from the service for any reason prior to the liquidation of such advance, the amount remaining unliquidated at the time of death or separation shall be passed to credit in the account of the disbursing officer concerned: Provided, That such amount remaining unliquidated shall remain a debt from such person or his estate due the United States.
Sec. 3.
Section 1563 of the Revised Statutes (34 U. S. C. A. 875) is hereby repealed.
That part of paragraph 1, subheading “Pay of the Navy”, heading “Bureau of Supplies and Accounts” of the Act of March 4, 1917 (39 Stat. 1181; 34 U. S. C. A. 875), which authorizes advances in pay to officers of the Navy and Marine Corps under certain conditions, is hereby repealed.
Approved October 5, 1949.