An Act for the relief of certain civilian employees and former civilian employees of the Department of the Navy at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va.
PL 89-580 (H.R.7446), enacted 09/16/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-580-SEPT. 16, 1966 
[80 
STAT. 
Public Law 89-580 
September 16, 1966 
A N 
A C T 
[H. R. 7446] 
j,^j. ^jjg relief of certain civilian employees and former civilian employees of .the 
Department of the Navy at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia. 
Navy Depart-
ment civilian em-
ployees. 
Naval shipyard, 
Portsmouth, Va. 
64 Stat. 39 5. 
5 u s e 61f. 
70 Stat. 743. 
5 u s e 2251 
note. 
68 Stat. 736. 
5 u s e 2091 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) each civil-
ian employee and former civilian employee of the Department of the 
Navy at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, who was 
determined by the Comptroller General to have received any over-
payment of compensation for the period from March 1,1953, to Janu-
ary 29, 1965, inclusive, or any portion or portions of such period, re-
sulting from a longevity step increase or increases granted to him 
through administrative error at such shipyard (which employees are 
named and the amount of overpayments made to them are set forth 
in the list appearing in file B-154699 of the Comptroller General), is 
hereby relieved of all liability to refund to the United States the 
amount of all such overpayments (including overpayments of night 
differential, holiday, and overtime premium pay) made to him. Each 
such employee or former employee who has at any time made any 
repayment to the L^nited States on account of any such overpayments 
made to him (or, in the event of his death, the person who would be 
entitled thereto under the first section of the Act of August 3, 1950 
(50 U.S.C. 61f), if any such repayment or repayments were unpaid 
compensation) shall be entitled to have an amount equal to all such 
repayments made by him refunded if application therefor is made to 
the Secretary of the Navy within two years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) For purposes of the Civil Service Ketirement Act and the Fed-
eral Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, each overpay-
ment for which liability is relieved by subsection (a) of this section 
shall be deemed to have been a valid payment. 
SEC. 2. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certify-
ing or disbursing officer of the United States full credit shall be given 
for any amounts for which liability is relieved by the first section of 
this Act. 
SEC. 3. Appropriations available for the pay of civilian employees 
of the Department of the Navy shall be available for refunds provided 
for in the last sentence of the first section of this Act. 
SEC. 4. No part of an amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 
10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any 
agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with a 
claim paid under the authority of this Act, and the same shall be un-
lawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. 
Any person 
violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not 
exceeding $1,000. 
Approved September 16, 1966. 
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