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 service, and for other purposes
PL 84-368 (H.R.6600), enacted 08/11/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 368-AUG. 11, 1955 
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years to which the corresponding provisions of prior revenue 
laws apply. 
"(2) In the case of a notice of deficiency for a taxable year to 
which this subchapter does not apply, this section shall apply only 
in the case of proceedings tried on the merits after the date of 
the enactment of this paragraph." 
SEC. 5. Subsection (b) of section 534 of such Code (relating to noti-
fication by Secretary) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new sentence: "In the case of a notice of deficiency to 
which subsection (e) (2) applies and which is mailed on or before 
the 30th day after the date of the enactment of this sentence, the noti-
fication referred to in the preceding sentence may be mailed at any 
time on or before such 30th day." 
Approved August 11, 1955. 
Public Law 368 
CHAPTER 806 
AN ACT 
To amend section 303 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, to autliorize 
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. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 303 
(a) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 813) is amended 
by inserting the following sentence immediately after the first sentence 
thereof: "Under uniform regulations prescribed by the Secretaries 
concerned, a member of the uniformed services who— 
"(1) is retired for physical disability or placed upon the 
temporary disability retired list; or 
"(2) is retired with pay for any other reason, or is discharged 
with severance pay, immediately following at least eight years of 
continuous active duty (no single break therein of more than 
ninety days); 
may select his home for the purposes of the travel and transportation 
allowances payable under this subsection." 
SEC. 2-. Section 303 (c) of the (>ireer Compensation Act of 1949 
(63 Stat. 814) is amended by inserting the following sentences at the 
end thereof: "Under uniform regulations prescribed by the Secretaries 
concerned, a member of the uniformed services who— 
"(1) is retired for physical disability or placed on the tempo-
rary disability retired list; or 
"(2) is retired with pay for any other reason, or is discharged 
with severance pay, immediately following at least eight years of 
continuous active duty (no single break therein of more than 
ninety days) ; 
is entitled to transportation for his dependents and for his baggage 
and household effects to the home selected for allowance purposes 
under subsection (a) of this section." 
SEC. 3. This Act shall be effective from April 1,1951. 
No additional 
amount may be paid to members of the uniformed services as a result 
of enactment of this amendatory Act unless travel to such selected 
home be performed on or prior to April 28, 1953, or within one year 
after such retirement, placement upon the temporary disability retired 
list, or discharge, whichever is later. 
Approved August 11, 1955. 
August 11, 1955 
[H.R. 6600] 
Uniformed serv-
ices. 
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Effective date.