An Act to amend title 37, United States Code, to provide that enlisted members of a uniformed service who accept appointments as officers shall not receive less than the pay and allowances to which they are previously entitled by virtue of their enlisted status
PL 91-484 (H.R.16732), enacted 10/21/1970

84 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-484-OCT. 21, 1970 
1083 
Public Law 91-483 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance for 
development and operation costs of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve 
in the State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes. 
October 21, 1970 
[H. R. 4172] 
Be it enacted, hy the Senate and Hotise of Repremntative^ 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assetnbled. That the Act of 
October 13, 1964 (78 Stat. 1087) is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 3 is repealed. 
(2) Section 4 is amended by deleting everything after the word 
"nonprofit'' and inserting the word "corporation."'. 
(3) Section 5 is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary is authorized to provide technical assist-
ance to the State of Wisconsin for planning and development of the 
reserve in accordance with the comprehensive plan. 
"(b) In addition to grants made pursuant to the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897; 16 U.S.C. 4601-8), the 
Secretary is authorized to make grants of not to exceed 25 per centum 
of the actual cost of each development project within the reserve in 
accordance wdth the comprehensive plan: Provided^ That the maxi-
mum amount of such grants for all projects shall not exceed $425,000. 
"(c) The Secretary, pursuant to an agreement with the State of 
Wisconsin, may pay up to 50 per centum of the annual costs of man-
agement, protection, maintenance, and rehabilitation of the reserve. 
"(d) Whenever the Secretary determines that appropriate manage-
ment and protection set dovm in the comprehensive plan are not being 
afforded the nationally si^ificant values within the reserve or that 
funds are not being provided on the prescribed matching basis by 
the State of Wisconsin or other non-Federal sources, he may terminate 
contributions under this Act." 
(4) Section 6 is repealed. 
Approved October 21, 1970. 
Ice Age National 
Scientific Restsrve. 
Financial assist-
ance. 
16 u s e 469d-
469i. 
Repeal. 
Contributions, 
termination. 
Repeal. 
Public Law 91-484 
AN ACT 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to provide that enlisted members of a 
uniformed service who accept appointments as officers shall not receive less 
than the pay and allowances to which they were previously entitled by virtue 
of their enlisted status. 
October 21, 1970 
[H.R. 16732] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 17 of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by adding the following new section: 
"§907. Enlisted members appointed as officers; pay and allow-
ances stabilized 
"An enlisted member who accepts a permanent or temporary 
appointment as an officer in a regular or reserve component of a 
uniformed service shall, following his appointment, be paid the 
greater of— 
"(1) the pay and allowances to which, immediately prior to 
his appointment, he was entitled as an enlisted member, 
including— 
Uniformed serv-
ices. 
Officer appoint-
ments, pay and 
allowances. 
76 Stat. 486. 
37 u s e 901-
906. 
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[84 STAT. 
76 Stat. 477. 
"(A) proficiency pay to which he would be entitled had 
he not been appointed as an officer; and 
"(B) clothing allowance, except when such member is 
eligible for payment of a uniform allowance as provided in 
section 415 of this title; or 
"(2) the pay and allowances to which he thereafter becomes 
entitled as an officer. 
However, proficiency pay, incentive pa^ for hazardous duty, special 
pay for diving duty, and sea and foreign duty pay may be used in 
calculating the amount of his former pay and allowances only for so 
lon^ as the member continues to perform the duty and would be 
eligible to receive payment had he remained in his former status"; 
and 
(2) by adding the following new item to the analysis: 
"907. Enlisted memibers appointed as oflScers: pay and allowances stabilized." 
Approved October 21, 1970. 
Public Law 91-485 
October 22, 1970 
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[S.1708] 
To amend the T^nd and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, and 
for other purposes. 
Federal lands 
for parks and 
recreation. 
82 Stat. 355. 
16 u s e 460/-5. 
Disposals by 
Secretary of In-
terior. 
63 Stat. 387. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assetnbled, That subsection 2(c) 
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.G. 
4601-5 (c)) is amended as follows: 
(a) In clause (1), strike out "five fiscal years beginning July 1, 
1968, and ending June 30, 1973" and insert "fiscal years 1968, 1969, 
and 1970, and not less than $300,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter 
through June 30,1989." 
(b) In clause (2), after "$200,000,000" insert "or $300,000,000" and 
after "for each of such fiscal years," insert "as provided in clause (1),". 
SEC. 2. Section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 484), is further amended 
by redesignating section 203(k) (2) as section 203(k) (3), and by add-
ing a new section 203 (k) (2) as follows : 
"(k) (2) Under such regulations as he may prescribe, the Adminis-
trator is authorized, in his discretion, to assign to the Secretary of the 
Interior for disposal, such surplus real property, including buildings, 
fixtures, and equipment situated thereon, as is recommended by the 
Secretary of the Interior as needed for use as a public park or recrea-
tion area. 
"(A) Subject to the disapproval of the Administrator within thirty 
days after notice to him by the Secretary of the Interior of a proposed 
transfer of property for public park or public recreational use, the 
Secretary of the Interior, through such officers or employees of the 
Department of the Interior as he may designate, may sell or lease such 
real property, including buildings, fixtures, and equipment situated 
thereon, for public park or public recreational purposes to any State, 
political subdivision, instrumentalities thereof, or municipality. 
"(B) In fixing the sale or lease value of property to be disposed 
of under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall take into consideration any benefit which has accrued 
or may accrue to the United States from the use of such property by 
any such State, political subdivision, instrumentality, or muncipality.