An Act to further amend the act of May 26, 1948, entitled ""An Act to establish Civil Air Patrol as a civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force and to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to extend aid to Civil Air Patrol in the fulfillment of its objective, and for other purposes""
PL 83-368 (H.R.2274), enacted 05/27/1954

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grade on the retired list under the said Act of July 24,1941, as amended, 
and who were restored to their former retired enlisted or warrant 
officer status, as the case may be, pursuant to section 3 of the Act 
approved June 19, 1948 (Public Law 709, Eightieth Congress), shall 
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be entitled to receive enlisted or warrant officer retired pay as appro-
priate, from November 1,1946, or from the date of advancement on the 
retired list, whichever date is the later, to the date on which they were 
so restored: Provided^ That no such retired pay shall accrue to 
personnel mentioned in this section for periods during which such 
personnel received commissioned officer retired pay. 
Approved May 27, 1954. 
Public Law 368 
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AN ACT 
j^ay 27, 1954 
To further amend the Act of May 26, 1948, entitled "An Act to establish Civil Air 
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Patrol as a civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force and to authorize 
the Secretary of the Air Force to extend aid to Civil Air Patrol in the fulfill-
ment of its objectives, and for other purposes." 
Civil Air Patrol. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That the first section 
of the Act of May 26,1948 (62 Stat. 274), as amended, is hereby further 
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amended to read as follows: 
"That the Civil Air Patrol is established as a volunteer civilian 
auxiliary of the Air Force. To assist the Civil Air Patrol in the ful-
fillment of its objectives as set out in section 2 of the Act of July 1,1946 
(60 Stat. 346), the Secretary of the Air Force is authorized, under such 
regulations as he may prescribe with the approval of the Secretary of 
Defense— 
"(1) to furnish to the Civil Air Patrol from available stocks 
which are excess to the requirements of the Departments of the 
Army, Navy, and Air Force, without regard to the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, by gift, 
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loan, or sale (A) major items of equipment, including aircraft, 
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motor vehicles, and communication equipment, and (B) necessary 
related supplies, materials, training aids, and other equipment; 
"(2) to permit utilization of such services and facilities of the 
Air Force as in the opinion of the Secretary of the Air Force are 
required by the Civil Air Patrol to carry out its assigned mission; 
"(3) to furnish to the Civil Air Patrol such quantities of fuel 
and lubricants as may be required by it for the purpose of carrying 
out those missions assigned by the Air Force; 
"(4) to establish, maintain, supply and equip liaison officers of 
the Air Forces at the National, State, Territorial, and not more 
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than eight regional, headquarters of the Civil Air Patrol, and to 
detail and assign military and civilian personnel of the Air Force 
to such offices; 
"(5) to detail military and civilian personnel of the Air Force 
to units and installations of the Civil Air Patrol to assist in the 
training program of the Civil Air Patrol; and 
"(6) to authorize, in time of w^ar or national emergency here-
after declared by the Congress or the President, payment of travel 
expenses and allowances, in accordance with the Travel Expense 
Act of 1949, for members of the Civil Air Patrol while engaged in 
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carrying out any mission specifically assigned by the Air Force." 
Approved May 27, 1954.