An Act to provide for the relief of certain enlisted members of the Coast Guard
PL 87-690 (H.R.12459), enacted 09/25/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-690-SEPT. 25, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
"SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary shall dispose of materials under this Act 
to the highest responsible qualified bidder after formal advertising 
and such other public notice as he deems appropriate: Pr(yvided^ how^ 
ever, That the Secretary may authorize negotiation of a contract for 
the disposal of materials if— 
"(1) the contract is for the sale of less than two hundred fifty 
thousand board-feet of timber; or, if 
"(2) the contract is for the disposal of materials to be used in 
connection with a public works improvement program on behalf 
of a Federal, State, or local governmental agency and the public 
exigency will not permit the delay incident to advertising; or, if 
" (3) the contract is for the disposal of property for which it is 
impracticable to obtain competition. 
Report to Con- 
" (b) A report shall be made to Congress on January 1 and July 1 
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of each year of the contracts made unoer clauses (2) and (3) of sub-
section (a) during the period since the date of the last report. The 
report shall— 
"(1) name each purchaser; 
"(2) furnish the appraised value of the material involved; 
"(3) state the amount of each contract; 
"(4) describe the circumstances leading to the determination 
that the contract should be entered into by negotiation instead of 
competitive bidding after formal advertising." 
Repeal 
SEC. 2. The Act of March 4,1913 (37 Stat. 1015), as amended by the 
Act of July 3, 1926 (44 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 614r-615), is hereby 
repealed. 
Rights and liabilities existing under that Act on the date 
of the enactment of this Act shall not be affected thereby. 
Approved September 25, 1962. 
Public Law 87-690 
September 25, 1962 
A N A C T 
[H. R. 12459 ] 
To provide for tlie relief of certain enlisted members of the Coast Guard. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of lieprefientatives 
of the 
Coast Guard. 
Vmted States of America in Congress assemhled^ That all payments of 
m^bers.°^ enlisted basic allowauce for subsistence heretofore made to enlisted members of 
the Coast Guard who were assigned to the Coast Guard air detach-
ments located at New Orleans, Louisiana; Biloxi, Mississippi; or 
Corpus Christi, Texas, during the period beginning on July 1, 1958, 
and ending on May 23, 1961, 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 section 310 of the Career 
63 Stat. 812; 
Compensation Act of 1949, as amended\ (37 U.S.C. 251). Any enlisted 
69 Stat. 538. 
memljer who has made a repayment to the United States of the amount 
so paid t-o him as a basic allowance for subsistence is entitled to be paid 
the amount involved, if otherwise proper. 
Relief o
f cer- 
SEC. 2. The Comptroller General of the United States, or his desig-
tifying officers. 
j^gg^ sliall relieve authorized certifying officers of the Coast Guard 
from accountability or responsibility fo,r any payments described in 
the first section of this Act, and shall allow credits in the settlement 
of the accounts of those officers for payments which are found to be 
free from fraud and collusion. 
SEC. 3. Appropriations available to the United States Coast Guard 
for the pay and allowances of military personnel are aA^ailable for 
payments under this Act. 
Approved September 25, 1962.