Public Law 83–477

That the third paragraph of section 67 of the National Defense Act, as amended (32 U. S. C. 49), is amended to read as follows:

39 Stat. 200.

“Property and fiscal officers.—

The Governor of each State and Territory and the Commanding General of the National Guard of the District of Columbia shall appoint, designate, or detail, subject to the approval of the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force, a qualified officer of the National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States, who is an officer of the National Guard or Air National Guard of the State, Territory, or District of Columbia and who shall be the United States property and fiscal officer. The President may with the consent of the officer concerned, if such officer is not on active duty, order him to active duty to serve as United States property and fiscal officer of the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, for which appointed, designated or detailed, and, upon relief from assignment as United States property and fiscal officer, he shall revert to his National Guard or Air National Guard status. The United States property and fiscal officer shall receipt and account for all funds and property belonging to the United States in possession of the National Guard or Air National Guard of the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, and shall make such returns and reports pertaining thereto as may be required by the appropriate Secretary. Before entering upon his duties as property and fiscal officer he shall be required to give good and sufficient bond to the United States, the amount thereof to be determined by the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force, for the faith-ful performance of his duties and for the safekeeping and proper disposition of the Federal property entrusted to his care. He shall receive pay and allowances provided by law. The appropriate Secretary shall cause an inspection of the pertinent accounts and records of the United States property and fiscal officer to be made by an Inspector General of his Department at least once each year. The Secretaries shall make joint rules and regulations necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this section, which rules and regulations shall establish a maximum grade, not above colonel, for the United States property and fiscal officer of each State, Territory, and the District of Columbia, which grade shall be commensurate with the duties, functions, and responsibilities of the office.