Private Law 87–144

That all payments

Certain members of the Air Force.

of basic allowance for subsistence heretofore made to enlisted members of the Air Force who were assigned to Headquarters, Air Kesearch and Development Command, at Baltimore, Maryland, during the period beginning on July 1, 1955, and ending on June 30, 1958, and which are otherwise correct, are validated to the extent that those allowances were paid, because the military commander concerned determined that no Government mess was available to those enlisted members under regulations prescribed under section 301 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended (37 U.S.C. 251). Any enlisted

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member who has made a repayment to the United States of the amount so paid to him as a basic allowance for subsistence is entitled to be paid the amount involved, if otherwise proper.

Sec. 2.

The Comptroller General of the United States, or his designee, shall relieve disbursing officers, including special disbursing agents, of the Army, Navy, and Air Force from accountability or responsibility for any payments described in section 1 of this Act, and shall allow credits in the settlement of the accounts of those officers or agents for payments which are found to be free from fraud and collusion.

Sec. 3.

Appropriations available to the Department of the Air Force for the pay and allowances of military personnel are available for payments under this Act.