An Act for the relief of certain medical and dental officers of the Air Force
PL 88-283 (H.R.8507), enacted 03/13/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-283-MAR. 13, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
March 13, 1964 
[H. R. 8507] 
Air Force. 
Medical and 
dental officers. 
Relief. 
Public Law 88-283 
AN ACT 
For the relief of certain nieflical and dental officers of the Air Force. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houi^e of Refre-sentaf'tves of the 
United States of Amenen in Congress aHHemhled^ That any medical or 
dental officer, or former medical or dental officer, of the Air Force who 
was credited with an erroneous amount of service for pay pur])oses 
because of paragraph 5 of Personnel Orders Numbered 198, the Na-
tional Guard Bureau, is relieved of all liability to the United States 
for amounts received by him as a result of such erroneous credit. 
SEC. 2. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying 
or disbursing officer of the United States, credit shall be given for 
amounts for w^hich liability is relieved by this Act. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and di-
rected to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, to each of the officers covered by section 1 of this Act an 
amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts paid by him, or with-
held from sums otherwise due him, in complete or partial satisfaction 
of the liability to the United States described in section 1 of this Act. 
SEC. 4. No part of the amount appropriated in this Act shall be paid 
or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of serv-
ices rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be un-
lawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. 
Any person 
violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not ex-
ceeding $1,000. 
Approved March 13, 1964. 
Public Law 88-284 
March 17, 1964 
[S. 1561] 
Federal Employ-
ees Health Bene-
fits Act of 1959, 
amendment. 
73 Stat. 708. 
Repeal. 
AN A C T 
To amend the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of ll^oS) to remove certain 
inequities in the application of such Act, to improve the administration thereof, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Reprefientatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Federal 
Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 (5 U.S.C. 3001-3014) is hereby 
amended as follows: 
(1) Section 2(c) (3) (5 U.S.C. 3001(c) (3)) is amended by striking 
out "as a result of injury sustained or illness contracted on or after 
such date of enactment". 
(2) Section 2(c) (4)_ (5 U.S.C. 3001(c) (4)) is amended by striking 
out "on account of injury sustained or illness contracted on or after 
such date of enactment". 
(3) Section 2(d) (5 U.S.C. 3001(d)) is amended—_ 
(A) by inserting ", foster child," immediately following "step-
child"; and 
(B) by striking out "nineteen" wherever occurring therein and 
inserting in lieu thereof "twenty-one". 
(4) Section 2(e) (5 U.S.C. 3001(e)) is repealed. 
(5) Section 3(b) (1) (5 U.S.C. 3002(b) (1)) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "whichever is shorter, or"; and 
(B) by inserting in lieu thereof "or (C) the full period or 
periods of service beginning with the enrollment which became 
eifective not later than December 31, 1964, and ending with the 
date on which he becomes an annuitant, w^hichever is shortest, or".