Volume 67
Public Law 83–177
To further amend the Military Personnel Claims Act of 1945 by extending the time for filing certain claims thereunder, and for other purposes.
Approved August 1, 1953
Statutory text
AN ACT
To further amend the Military Personnel Claims Act of 1945 by extending the time for filing certain claims thereunder, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 1 (d) of the Act of May 29, 1945 (59 Stat. 225), as amended by Public Law 439 of the Eighty-second Congress, is hereby further amended by
deleting therefrom the first proviso of that subsection and substituting therefor the following: “Provided, That, if a claim accrues in time of
Presentation of claim.
war or in time of armed conflict in which Armed Forces of the United States are engaged, or if war or such armed conflict intervenes within two years after it accrues, it may, on good cause shown, be presented within two years after such good cause ceases to exist, but not later than two years after peace is established or the armed conflict terminates. The dates of commencement and termination of an armed conflict for the purpose of this subsection shall be as established by concurrent resolution of the Congress or by determination of the President:”.
Sec. 2.
Effective as of July 3, 1952, section 2 (b) of the Emergency
Repeal.
Powers Continuation Act (Public Law 450, Eighty-second Congress) is repealed.
Approved August 1, 1953.