An Act to validate payments of mileage made to United States Army and Air Force personnel pursuant to permanent change of station orders authorizing travel by commercial aircraft, and for other purposes
PL 84-820 (H.R.7121), enacted 07/27/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 820-JULY 27, 1956 
[70 S T A T . 
Disposal of im-
provetnents. 
National e m e r -
gency. 
Reservations and 
conditions. 
the purposes intended, then title thereto shall immediately revert to 
the United States, and in addition, all improvements made by the State 
of Texas during its occupancy shall vest in the United States without 
payment of compensation therefor. 
SEC. 4. Nothing in this Act shall prevent the State of Texas from 
disposing of or salvaging the improvements now located on the land 
to be conveyed. 
SEC. 5. The conveyance of the property authorized by this Act shall 
be upon the further provision that whenever the Congress of the 
United States declares a state of war or other national emergency, or 
the President declares a state of emergency, and upon the determina-
tion by the Secretary of Defense that the property conveyed under 
this Act is useful or necessary for military, air, or naval purposes, 
or in the interest of national defense, the United States shall have the 
right, without obligation to make payment of any kind, to reenter 
upon the property and use the same or any part thereof, including any 
and all improvements made thereon by the State of Texas, for the 
duration of such state of war or of such emergency. 
Upon the ter-
mination of such state of war or of such emergency plus six months 
such property shall revert to the State of Texas, together with all 
appurtenances and utilities belonging or appertaining thereto. 
SEC. 6. In executing the deed of conveyance authorized by this Act, 
the Secretary of the Army or his designee shall include specific pro-
visions covering the reservations and conditions contained in sections 
2,3,4, and 5 of this Act. 
Approved July 27, 1956. 
July 27, 1956 
[H. R. 7121] 
Public Law 820 
CHAPTER 754 
AN ACT 
To validate payments of mileage made to United States Army and Air Force 
personnel pursuant to permanent change of station orders anthorizin;; travel 
by commercial aircraft, and for other purposes. 
and 
U. S. Army 
Air Force. 
M i l e a g e 
pay 
ments. 
C r e d i t s in ac-
counts. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That all payments 
of mileage made to United States Army and Air Force personnel in 
accordance with Department of the Army and Department of the Air 
Force instructions during the period January 1, 1950, through March 
ol, 1951, inclusive, for travel performed by commercial aircraft pur-
suant to permanent change of station orders authorizing travel by 
commercial aircraft, except those for which repayment has been 
effected, be validated notwithstanding the provisions of section 12 of 
the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942 (56 Stat. 364), as amended by sec-
tion 203 of the Act of August 2,1946 (60 Stat. 859), in effect when the 
travel involved was performed. 
SEC. 2. The Comptroller General of the United States, or his desig-
nee, shall relieve disbursing officers, including special disbursing 
agents, of the Army and the Air Force from accountability or respon-
sibility for any payments validated by this Act, and shall allow credits 
in the settlement of the accounts of such officers or agents for such 
payments which appear to be free from fraud or collusion. 
Approved July 27, 1956.