An Act to amend section 303 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, to authorize travel and transportation allowances, and transportation of dependents and of baggage and household effects to the homes of their selection for certain members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes
PL 86-638 (H.R.10068), enacted 07/12/1960

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Public Law 86-637 
AN ACT 
To amend section 303(c) of the Career Comi)eusation Act of 1949 by imi>osing 
certain limitations on the transportation of household effects. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 
303(c) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended (37 
U.S.C. 253(c)), is amended by adding the following new sentence 
after the first sentence thereof: "However, no transportation of the 
household effects (except that not to exceed one thousand pounds of 
unaccompanied baggage may be transported by commercial air carrier 
under regulations to b« issued under the authority of the Secretary of 
Defense, which regulations shall be uniform as far as practicable) of 
a member of any uniformed service may be made by commercial air 
carrier at an estimated overall cost exceeding the estimated overall 
cost of the transportation thereof by other means unless an appro-
priate transportation officer has certified in writing to his command-
ing officer that the household effects to be so transported are required 
for use in carrying out assigned duties, or are necessary to prevent 
undue hardship, and other means of transportation will not fulfill 
these requirements." 
(b) This Act shall take effect on the first day of the second month 
beginning after the date of enactment. 
Approved July 12, 1960. 
July 12, I960 
[H. R. 12570] 
Armed Forces. 
Transportation of 
household effects. 
63 Stat. 813. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 86-638 
AN ACT 
To amend section 303 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, to authorize travel 
and transportation allowances, and transportation of dependents and of bag-
sage and household effects to the homes of their selection for certain members 
of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That clause (2) of 
the second sentence of section 303(a) of the Career Compensation Act 
of 1949 (37 U.S.C. 253 (a)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(2) is retired with pay for any other reason, or, immediately 
following at least eight years of continuous active duty (no single 
break therein of more than ninety days), is discharged with 
severance pay or involuntarily released to inactive duty with 
readjustment pay;". 
SEC. 2. Clause (2) of the last sentence of section 303(c) of the 
Career Compensation Act of 1949 (37 U.S.C. 253(c)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(2) is retired with pay for any other reason, or, immediately 
following at least eight years of continuous active duty (no single 
break therein of more than ninety days), is discharged with 
severance pay or involuntarily released to inactive duty with 
readjustment pay;". 
Approved July 12, 1960. 
July 12, 1960 
[H. R. 10068] 
Armed Forces. 
Travel and trans -
p o r t a t i o n aliow-
ances. 
63 Stat. 813.