An Act to amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize travel and transportation allowances for travel performed under orders that are canceled, revoked, or modified, and for other purposes
PL 88-238 (H.R.4338), enacted 12/23/1963

77 STAT. ] 
PUBUC LAW 88-238-DEC. 23,1963 
475 
Public Law 88-237 
A N A C T 
Decemb«sr 23, 1963 
To amend the Act authorizing the transmission and disix)sition by the Secre- 
[H. R. 4062] 
tary of the Interior of electric energy generated at Falcon Dam on the Rio 
<}rande to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to also market power 
generated at Amistad Dam on the Rio Grande. 
Be if enacted hy the Senate <md House of Repr'esentatives of the 
Vnited States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1 of 
Faicon andAmi-
fhe Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255), be amended as follows: 
'*^PoSe^market-
(a) In the fii-st sentence of section 1 change the phrase "Falcon ing° 
Dam, an international storage reservoir project'' to read "Falcon Dam 
and Amistad Dam, international storage reservoir projects", and 
change the word "pi-oject", the second place it appears, to read 
"projects". 
(b) In the second sentence of section 1 change the word "project'' 
to read "projects'*. 
(c) In the fourth sentence of section 1 of said Act, strike out the 
balance of the sentence beginning with the phrase "in order to make 
the power and energy generated at said project" and insert in lieu 
thereof the following: "for the integration of the Falcon and Amistad 
projects and in order to make the power and energy generated at said 
projects available in wholesale quantities for sale on fair and reason-
able terms and conditions to facilities owned by the Federal Govern-
ment, public bodies, cooperatives, and privately owned companies." 
SEC. 2. The Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255), is amended by 
adding a new section 4 to read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. The release of United States w^ater from the Falcon and 
Amistad Dams for the production of hydroelectric energy shall be 
such as not to interfere with United States vested rights to the use of 
water for municipal, domestic, irrigation, and industrial purposes 
or with storage of water for these purposes." 
Approved December 23, 1963. 
Public Law 88-238 
A N A C T 
December 23, 1963 
'!'(» {iiiuMid lilh- 'M. Iiiilpd Stjiles ('<»de. to nxwhurvAv (niv**! ;IIMI lnnis|Kirialioii 
[H. R. 4338] 
sillowances f(»r tnivel pfrfciniied under orders tluil ure c.-nu'eled. revoke<l. or 
moditled. and for otiier i»un'<'ses. 
He it eiuivted 
hy the >>einife and Hou.se of Hepresentatirfx 
of 
the 
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Armed Forces. 
Travel allow 
I'nited States of America in dtngt'esx aHsenihled.^ Tliat clia])tei' 
title 37, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
ances. 
(1) The following new section is inserted after section 406: 
76 stat. 469. 
3 7 u s e 40 I-
"§406a. Travel and transportation allowances: authorized for 426. 
travel performed under orders that are canceled, 
revoked, or modified 
•'I'nder uniform i-egidations prescril)ed by the Secretaries concerned, 
a member of a unifonned service is entitled to travel and transporta-
tion allowances under sex-tion 404 of this title, and to trah»|«>rtation of 
liis dependent^s, baggage, and household effects under sections 406 and 
409 of this title, if otherwise fj[ualified, for travel performed l)efore the 
eft'e(.'tive date of ordei's that direct him to make a change of station and 
that are later— 
476 
PUBLIC LAW 88-239-DEC. 23, 1963 
[77 STAT. 
Effective date. 
Appropriations, 
availability. 
"(1) oHiiceled, revoked, or modified lo direct him to return to 
the station from which he was beiii^ transferred; or 
"(2) modified to direct him to make a different change of 
station." 
(2) The following new item is inserted in the analysis: 
•'406a. Travel and transportation allowances: authorized for travel i»erformed 
under orders that are ganceled, revoked, or modified." 
SEC. 2. This Act becomes effective on October 1,1949. Any member 
or former member of the uniformed services who, after September 30, 
1949, but before the date of enactment of this Act, has not been paid, 
or has repaid the United States, an amount to which he otherwise 
would have been entitled had section 1 of this Act been in effect during 
that period is entitled to be paid or repaid that amount, if the pay-
ment or repayment is otherwise proper and he applies for the payment 
or repayment within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. Any appropriations available to the departments concerned 
for the pay and allowances of members of the uniformed services are 
available for payments under this Act. 
Approved December 23, 1963. 
Public Law 88-239 
December 23, 1963 
AN A C T 
[H. R. 5179] 
'p(> authorize the Postiua«ter Geaiernl to enter into atjreeuients for the trans-
portation of mail by passenjfer conunon carriers by motor vehicle, and for 
other puiix)ses. 
Postal Service. 
Motor vehicle 
common carriers. 
Agreements. 
74 Stat. 696. 
39 u s e 6401-
6440. 
74 Stat. 696; 
76 Stat. 855. 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and Ilou-se of liepresentaticeti 
of the 
rnited 
States of Amenca 
in Congress asHenihled^ That chapter 101 
of title 39, United States (^ode, is amended by adding immediately 
following section (>402 tliereof the following new section : 
"§ 6402a. Agreements with passenger common carriers by motor 
vehicle 
"The Postmaster (xeneral may enter into agreements, under such 
terms and conditions as he shall prescribe and without advertising 
for bids and without bond, for the transportation of mail, in pas-
senger-cany 
ing motor vehicles, by passenger conunon carriers by 
motor vehicle over the regular routes on which the carrier is per-
mitted by law to transport passengers."'. 
SEC. 2. The table of contents ofChapter 101 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by insei-ting 
'6402a. Agreements witli passenger conunon carriers by niotor vehicle." 
immediately below 
'•6402. Authority to contract for mail transix)rtation." 
SEC. 3. Section 6402 (a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking out the word "'and" immediately following the 
semicolon in subparagraph (4) thereof;