A bill to amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to make permanent certain provisions of the Dependents Assistance Act of 1950, as amended, and for other purposes.
PL 93-64 (H.R.8537), enacted 07/09/1973

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and West Potomac Park, and such other visitor facilities as may be 
established pursuant to this Act, and, with the concurrence of the 
Architect of the Capitol, to provide such services on, among, and 
between such areas and the United States Capitol Grounds. The 
Secretary shall determine that such services are desirable to facilitate 
visitation and to insure proper management and protection of such 
areas. Such interpretive transportation services shall, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law to the contrary, be deemed transportation 
by the United States and shall be under the sole and exclusive charge 
and control of the Secretary." 
Approved July 6, 1973. 
Public Law 93-63 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
juiy 6, 1973 
To provide for an extension of certain laws relating to the payment of interest [s. j . Res. 128] 
on time and savings deposits. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assemhled, That section 7 of the Act 
of September 21,1966 (Public Law 89-597; 80 Stat. 823), is amended 
by striking out "June 1,1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "August 1, no\e. 
1973". 
Approved July 6, 1973. 
85 Stat. 38. 
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Public Law 93-64 
AN ACT 
July 9, 1973 
To amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to make permanent certain 
[H. R. 8537] 
provisions of the Dependents Assistance Act of 1950, as amended, and for 
other purposes. 
Armed Forces 
Dependents, 
allowances. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repi^esentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO MAKE PERMANENT 
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TAIN PROVISIONS OF T H E DEPENDENTS ASSISTANCE 
ACT OF 1950, AS AMENDED 
SEC. 101. Sections 10, 11, and 12 of the Dependents Assistance Act 
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of 1950 (50 App. U.S.C. 2210, 2211, and 2212) are repealed. 
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SEC. 102. Chapter 59 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by gilfat^^fsV^^' 
adding after section 1172 the following new section and inserting a 
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corresponding item in the analysis: 
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§ 1173. Enlisted members: discharge for hardship 
"Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, a regu-
lar enlisted member of an armed force who has dependents may be 
discharged for hardship." 
76 Stat. 469. 
gj,^.^ ^Qg^ Sectlon 401 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by— 
(1) amending clause (2) to read as follows: 
"(2) his unmarried child (including any of the following 
categories of children if such child is in fact dependent on the 
member: a stepchild; an adopted child; or an illegitimate child 
whose alleged member-father has been judicially decreed to be 
the father of the child or judicially ordered to contribute to the 
child's support, or whose parentage has been admitted in writing 
by the member) who either— 
" (A) is under 21 years of age; or 
"(B) is incapable of self-support because of a mental or 
physical incapacity, and in fact dependent on the member 
for over one-half of his support; and"; and 
(2) striking out the first sentence after clause (3). 
SEC. 104. Section 401(3) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(3) his parent (including a stepparent or parent by adop-
tion, and any person, including a former stepparent, who has 
stood in loco parentis to the member at any time for a continuous 
period of at least five years before the member became 21 years 
of a^e) who is in fact dependent on the member for over one-half 
of his support; however, the dependency of such a parent is deter-
mined on the basis of an affidavit submitted by the parent, and 
any other evidence required under regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary concerned, and he is not considered a dependent of the 
member claiming the dependence unless— 
" (A) the member has provided over one-half of his support 
for the period prescribed by the Secretary concerned; or 
"(B) due to changed circumstances arising after the mem-
ber enters on active duty, he becomes in fact dependent on 
the member for over one-half of his support." 
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^^^- ^^^' Section 403 of title 37 is amended— 
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(1) by Striking out that part of the table in subsection (a) 
77 Stat. 216; 
wliicli prescribes monthly basic allowances for quarters for 
85 Stat. 58. 
eullsted members in pay grades E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4 (four years' 
or less service), and E-4 (over four years' service) and inserting 
in place thereof the following: 
"I>4 
$81. 
60 $121. 
50 
E-3 
72.30 105.00 
E-2 
63. 
90 
105. 
00 
E-1 
60. 
00 105. 
00" 
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(2) by striking out the last sentence in subsection (a); 
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(3) by striking out "subsection (g)" in the second sentence of 
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subsection (b), and inserting in place thereof "subsection (j)"; 
(4) by inserting the following new subsections after subsection 
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"(g) An aviation cadet of the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or 
Coast Guard is entitled to the same basic allowance for quarters as a 
member of the uniformed services in pay grade E-4. 
"(h) The Secretary concerned, or his designee, may make any deter-
mination necessary to administer this section with regard to enlisted 
members, including determinations of dependency and relationship, 
and may, when warranted by the circumstances, reconsider and change 
or modify any such determination. This authority may be redelegated 
by the Secretary concerned or his designee. Any determination made 
under this section with regard to enlisted members is final and is not 
subject to review by any accounting officer of the United States or a 
court, unless there is fraud or gross negligence. 
" (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the basic allowance 
for quarters to which an enlisted member may be entitled as a member 
with dependents shall not, for such period as the Secretary concerned 
may prescribe, be contingent on the right of such member to receive 
pay."; and 
(5) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (j). 
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6 stat. 470. 
TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
85 Stat. 355. 
85 Stat. 357. 
SEC. 201. Section 302 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "July 1,1973" wherever it appears therein and inserting 
in place thereof "July 1,1975". 
SEC. 202. Section 302a of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "July 1,1973" wherever it appears therein and inserting in 
place thereof "July 1,1975". 
SEC. 203. Section 303 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "July 1,1973" wherever it appears therein and inserting 
in place thereof "July 1,1975". 
SEC. 204. Section 308a of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
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by— 
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(1) stnkmg out the phrases "any combat element of an armed 
force" and "a combat element of an armed force" in the first 
sentence of subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the 
phrases "the career field of Infantry, Armor, or Field Artillery 
Cannon in the Army, or the career field of Infantry, Field 
Artillery, or Tank and Amphibian Tractor in the Marine Corps" 
and "such a career field", respectively; and 
(2) striking out in subsection (c) "June 30,1973" and inserting 
in place thereof "June 30, 1974". 
SEC. 205. Section 207 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as 
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amended (70 Stat. 338), is repealed. 
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SEC. 206. This Act shall become effective July 1, 1973. 
Effective date. 
Approved July 9, 1973.