An Act to amend section 409 of title 37, United States Code, to authorize the transportation of house trailers and mobile dwellings of members of the uniformed services within the continental United States, within Alaska, or between the continental United State and Alaska, and for other purposes
PL 88-406 (H.R.8954), enacted 08/07/1964

78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-407-AUG. 10, 1964 
383 
Public Law 88-406 
AN ACT 
To amend section 409 of title 37, United States Code, to authorize the transpor-
tation of house trailers and mobile dwellings of members of the uniformed 
services within the continental United States, within Alaska, or between the 
continental United States and Alaska, and for other purposes. 
August 7, 1964 
[H. R. 8954] 
Be It enacted hy the Sermte and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 409 of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"§409. Travel and transportation allowances: trailers 
"Under regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned and in 
place of the transportation of baggage and household effects or pay-
ment of a dislocation allowance, a member, or in the case of his death 
his dependent, who would otherwise be entitled to transportation of 
baggage and household goods under section 406 of this title, may 
transport a house trailer or mobile dwelling within the continental 
United States, within Alaska, or between the continental United States 
and Alaska, for use as a residence by one of the following means— 
"(1) transport the trailer or dwelling and receive a monetary 
allowance in place of transportation at a rate to be prescribed by 
the Secretaries concerned, but not more than 20 cents a mile; 
"(2) deliver the trailer or dwelling to an agent of the United 
States for transportation by the United States or by commercial 
means; or 
"(3) transport the trailer or dwelling by commercial means 
and be reimbursed by the United States subject to such rates as 
may be prescribed by the Secretaries concerned. 
However, the cost of transportation under clause (2) or the reim-
bursement under clause (3) may not be more than the lesser of (A) 
the current average cost for the commercial transportation of a house 
trailer or mobile dwelling; (B) 51 cents a mile; or (C) the cost of 
transporting the baggage and household effects of the member or his 
dependent plus the dislocation allowance authorized in section 407 of 
this title. Any payment authorized by this section may be made in 
advance of the transportation concerned. 
For the purposes of this 
section, 'continental United States' means the forty-eight contiguous 
States and the District of Columbia.'' 
Approved August 7, 1964. 
Uniformed serv-
ices. 
House trailers 
and mobile dwell-
ings. 
76 Stat. 475. 
"Continental 
United S t a t e s . " 
Public Law 88-407 
AN ACT 
To change the name of the United States Olympic Association to the United 
States Olympic Committee. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled^ That the cor-
poration known as the United States Olympic Association, which was 
incorporated by the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the United 
States Olympic Association," approved September 21, 1950 (64 Stat. 
899), shall be known and designated hereafter as the United States 
Olympic Committee and any reference to such corporation under the 
name of the United States Olympic Association shall be held to refer 
to such corporation under and by the name of the United States 
Olympic Committee. 
Approved August 10, 1964. 
August 10, 1964 
[H. R. 4732] 
United States 
Olympic Com-
mittee. 
36 u s e 371.