An Act to amend title 37 of the United_ States Code to provide that a family separation allowance shall be paid to any Member of a uniformed service who Is a prisoner of war, missing in action, or in a detailed status during the Vietnam conduct
PL 91-534 (H.R.9486), enacted 12/07/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-532-DEC. 7, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
December 7, 1970 
[H. R. 4183] 
Public Law 91-532 
AN ACT 
To provide that the widow of a retired officer or member of the Metropolitan 
Police Department or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia who 
married such officer or member after his retirement may qualify for survivor 
benefits. 
D.C. police and 
firemen, survivor 
benefits. 
71 Stat. 391. 
••Widow." 
Applicability, 
exception. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assen^hled^ That (a) subsection 
(a) (3) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability 
Act (D.C. Code, sec. 4r-521 (3)) is amended to read as follows : 
"(3) The term 'widow' means the surviving wife of a member or 
former member if— 
"(A) she was married to such member or former member (i) 
while he was a member, or (ii) for at least two years immediately 
preceding his death, or 
"(B) she is the mother of issue by such marriage." 
(b) The amendment made by this Act shall apply with respect 
to any surviving wife of a "member" (as that term is defined in sub-
section (a) (1) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Dis-
ability Act) or former member irrespective of whether such wife 
became a "widow" (as that term is defined in such amendment) prior 
to, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that no 
annuity shall be paid by reason of the amendment made by this Act 
for any period prior to the first day of the first pay period beginning 
on or after January 1,1971. 
Approved December 7, 1970. 
December 7, 1970 
[H. R. 386] 
Public Law 91-533 
AN ACT 
To amend title 37 of the United States Code to provide that a family separation 
allowance shall be paid to any member of a uniformed service assigned to 
Government quarters providing he is otherwise entitled to such separation 
allowance. 
Uniformed 
Services. 
Family separa-
tion allowance. 
Ante, p. 1389. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 427(b) 
of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out "who is 
entitled to a basic allowance for quarters". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the 
first day of the first calendar month which occurs after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
Approved December 7, 1970. 
December 7, 1970 
[H. R. 9486] 
Public Law 91-534 
AN ACT 
To amend title 37 of the United States Code to provide that a family separation 
allowance shall be paid to any member of a uniformed service who is a prisoner 
of war, missing in action, or in a detained status during the Vietnam conflict. 
Uniformed 
Services. 
Family separa-
tion allowance. 
80 Stat. 625. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That, under regula-
tions to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member of a 
uniformed service with dependents who is in a missing status (as 
defined in section 551(2) of title 37 United States Code) during the 
Vietnam conflict and is not entitled to an allowance under section 
Effective date. 
84 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-535-DEC. 8, 1970 
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427(b) of title 37 may be paid a monthly allowance equal to $30. For 13^"!^' ^^' ^^^^" 
the purposes of this Act, the Vietnam conflict ends on the date desig-
nated by the President by Executive order as the date of the termina-
tion of combat activities in Vietnam. 
SEC. 2. This Act takes effect on the first day of the first month which 
begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved December 7, 1970. 
Public Law 91-535 
AN ACT 
rt.i> ^v^ J. 
Decembers, 1970 
To amend the District of Ck)lumbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. 
[H. R. 90i7] 
District of 
Columbia Alco-
ve it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rep^'esentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
^„_„.„.„ „_„. 
SECTION 1. The last sentence of subsection (c) of section 3 of the hoHc"'Beve"age 
District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. a^endm^'tl' 
25-103 (c)) is amended by striking out", other than champagne". 
48 stat. 319. 
SEC. 2. Subsection (g) of section 11 of the District of Columbia 
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-111 (g)) is amend- yg^ltft? 89^^^' 
ed by striking out the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth sentences and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "In the case of restaurants and 
hotels, alcoholic beverages may be sold or served only to (1) persons 
seated at counters or tables, (2) persons in an enclosed or screened-off 
area set aside for the accommodation of persons waiting to be seated 
at tables, or (3) assemblages of more than six persons in a private 
room if such room has been previously approved by the Board. A 
restaurant operating on the premises of a theater, symphony hall, 
opera house, or other facility which has as its principal purpose the 
presentation of live drama, music, opera, or other performing arts, 
may sell and serve alcoholic beverages to seated or standing persons at 
locations within the facility approved by the Board. In the case of 
hotels, alcoholic beverages may also be sold and served in the private 
room of a registered guest. In the case of clubs, alcoholic beverages 
may be sold and served in any room or area available only to bona fide 
members of such club or their bona fide guests, or both." 
SEC. 3. (a) The first sentence of section 17 of the District of Colum-
bia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-118) is 
^^ stat. 900. 
amended by striking out "or knowingly employs in the sale or distri-
bution of beverages any person who has, within five years prior thereto, 
been convicted of a misdemeanor under the National Prohibition Act, 
as amended and supplemented, or, within ten years prior thereto, been 
convicted of any felony,". 
(b) Section 25 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-125) is amended by 
striking out "allow any person who has, within ten years prior thereto, 
been convicted of any felony, to sell, give, furnish, or distribute any 
beverage, nor". 
SEC. 4. Section 26 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage 
Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-126) is amended— 
^« ^'^'- 333. 
(1) by inserting "within the District" immediately 
after 
"served" in the second sentence;