An Act to provide for additional income for the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home by requiring the Board of commissioners of such home to collect a fee from the members of such home and by increasing deductions for the support of such home from pay of enlisted men and warrant officers, and for other purposes.
PL 94-454 (H.R.13549), enacted 10/02/1976

90 STAT. 1518 
PUBLIC LAW 94-454—OCT. 2, 1976 
Public Law 94-454 
94th Congress 
Oct. 2, 1976 
[H.R. 13549] 
United States 
Soldiers' and 
Airmen's Home. 
Additional 
income. 
24 u s e 44b. 
Enlisted men and 
warrant officers, 
pay deductions. 
24 u s e 44c. 
Repeal. 
Study. 
24 u s e 41 note. 
An Act 
To provide for additional income for the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's 
Home by requiring the Board of Commissioners of such home to collect a fee 
from the members of such home and by increasing deductions for the support 
of such home from the pay of enlisted men and warrant oflScers, 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 Board of 
Commissioners of the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home shall 
collect from members of the home a fee which may be used solely for the 
operation of the home. The amount of the fee shall be determined by the 
Board of Commissioners on the basis of financial needs of the home 
and the ability of the members to pay, but in no case may the fee 
collected in any month in the case of any member exceed an amount 
equal to 25 per centum of the monthly— 
(1) military retired pay paid to such member; 
(2) civil service annuity paid to such member where such 
annuity is based in part on years of military service; 
(3) disability compensation or pension paid to such member 
by the Veterans' Administration; or 
(4) military retired pay and disability compensation or pension 
where such member is receiving both retired pay and disability 
compensation or pension. 
SEC. 2. (a) There shall be deducted each month from the pay of each 
enlisted man and warrant officer on the active list of the Regular Army 
and Regular Air Force a sum not to exceed 50 cents which shall be 
deposited to the credit of the permanent fund, United States Soldiers' 
and Airmen's Home (trust fund) in the Treasury of the United States. 
The sums to be deducted shall be fixed from time to time, within the 
limit prescribed above, by the Secretary of the Army and the Secre-
tary of the Air Force in consultation wnth the Board of Commissioners 
of such home so as to meet the annual operating requirements of such 
home. Such sums may be fixed at different amounts for such enlisted 
men and warrant officers on the basis of grade or time in service, or 
both, except that the sums fixed shall be the same for both the Army 
and Air Force. 
(b) The Act entitled "An Act to provide further for the mainte-
nance of United States Soldiers' Home", approved February 13, 1936 
(49 Stat. 1137; 24 U.S.C. 44a), is repealed. 
SEC. 3. (a) The Comptroller General of the United States shall con-
duct a study of the operations of the United States Soldiers' and 
Airmen's Home with a view to determining the short- and long-term 
financial needs of such home, the appropriate functions of such home, 
and the operating efficiency of such home. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-454—OCT. 2, 1976 
90 STAT. 1519 
(b) The Comptroller General shall transmit the results of such Report to 
study to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the congressional 
House of Eepresentatives on or before August 1, 1977, together with committees, 
such comments and recommendations as he deems appropriate. 
SEC. 4. The Act of August 29, 1974 (Public Law 93-397; 10 U.S.C. 
8202 note), is amended by striking out "through September 30, 1976" 
and inserting in place thereof "through September 30, 1978". 
Approved October 2, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1136 (Comm. on Armed Services). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-1238 (Comm. on Armed Services). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): 
May 18, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 20, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Sept. 23, House agreed to Senate amendments. 
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