An Act to amend subsection 303 (c) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 relating to transportation and storage of household goods of military personnel on permanent change of station
PL 84-245 (H.R.6277), enacted 08/05/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 245-AUG. 5, 1955 
[69 S T A T . 
64 Stat. 395. 
Effective date. 
68 Stat. 736. 
5 u s e 209 I note. 
(including service in the Armed Forces of the United States) or the 
municipal government of the District of Columbia on the date of 
enactment of this Act, except that retroactive salary shall be paid (1) 
to an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force, the Fire De-
partment of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police 
force, or the White House Police force, who retired during the period 
beginning on the first day of the first pay period which began after 
February 28, 1955, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act 
for services rendered during such period, and (2) in accordance with 
the provisions of the Act of August 3, 1950 (Public Law 636, Eighty-
first Congress), as amended (5 U. S. C, sees. 61f-61k), for services 
rendered during the period beginning on the first day of the first pay 
period which began after February 28, 1955, and ending on the date 
of enactment of this Act by an officer or member who dies during such 
period. 
(b) For the purposes of this section, service in the Armed Forces 
of the United States, in the case of an individual relieved from training 
and service in the Armed Forces of the United States or discharged 
from hospitalization following such training and service, shall include 
the period provided by law for the mandatory restoration of such 
individual to a position in or under the Federal Government or the 
municipal government of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 6. (a) This Act shall take effect as of the first day of the first 
pay period which began after February 28,1955. 
(b) For the purpose of determining the amount of insurance for 
which an individual is eligible under the Federal Employees' Group 
Life Insurance Act of 1954, all changes in annual basic salary which 
result from the enactment of this Act shall be held and considered to 
be effective as of the first day of the first pay period which begins on 
or after the date of such enactment. 
Approved August 5, 1955. 
August 5, 1955 
[H.R. 6277] 
Public Law 245 
CHAPTER 571 
AN ACT 
To amend subsection 303 (c) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 relating 
to transportation and storage of liousehold goods of military personnel on 
permanent change of station. 
A r m e d Forces. 
Storage of house-
hold effects. 
37 u s e 253. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 303 (c) 
of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 802) is amended 
by inserting the following at the end of the first sentence thereof: 
"Contemporary storage of baggage and household effects may be 
authorized in Government facilities, or in commercial facilities when-
ever such storage is considered to be more economical to the Govern-
ment : Provided, hoiaever. That in no instance shall the weight stored 
j)lus the weight transported in connection with a change of station 
exceed the maximum weight limitation fixed by regulations promul-
gated by the respective Secretaries where not otherwise fixed oy law: 
And provided further, That nontemporary storage of baggage and 
household effects shall not be authorized for a period longer than one 
year from the date members are separated from the service, except that 
a longer period may be authorized by regulations promulgated by the 
respective Secretaries where a member is confined in a hospital or in 
its vicinity undergoing medical treatment on date of separation." 
Approved August 5, 1955.